Office Pizza Party!

The art of Thig’s Pen turns one year old. Time for corporate morale building and one slice of lukewarm pizza apiece.

Apr 30, 2025

Twelve months.

Fifty-two Wednesdays.
~30,000 words and 150 drawings —
All of it shoveled out of the semi-sane parts of my brain straight into your inbox.

My zine turns one.

[Insert tiny woop woop here.🥳🥳🥳 ]

A Lie Was Born

Writing and drawing consistently for a year created a lie:

That I’m a decent writer and artist, and I don’t need external validation.

I now believe this lie to be true. Yay! #SelfLuvvv #SarcasmFont

Observe, Probe, Predict

Sorry, no pizza.
I’m broke.

So instead, to celebrate, here’s an interactive art piece I drew with extremely serious instructions:

Stare at the image below by squinting your eyes.
Trace your finger around the shapes.
Close your eyes. Note the first three words that come to mind.
(Example: “Tunnel. Woman. Steps.” or in my case “Sexy. Beautiful. Coming to grips with having saggy Moobs.”)
Post your three words in the comments.
No peeking at other people’s posts, you filthy cheetah.
Then — and only then — proceed.
(Trust me. You want the full art experience.)

I drew this very intentionally. Squint, let your eyes blur, trace your finger around the shapes then use the comment button below to tell me your first three words.(Then proceed to the next part.)

Our Private Predictions

If you saw STEPS first:

You’re highly strategic, future-focused, and allergic to being present.
Patience will eventually turn into tangible success — probably financial, probably uncomfortable. You’re also an Aries with a waning moon in your future, prepare yourself for lots of checks and wealth.

If you saw THE WOMAN first:

You are emotionally magnetic, quietly dangerous, and destined to attract what others miss.
There’s a gravity inside you that, when unleashed, could lead to “significant financial windfalls” and/or one unforgettable, poorly lit text conversation. You’re also an Aries with a moon wane. Prepare to have your wealth checked by the IRS, because unless you’re a billionaire, you have to pay taxes.

If you saw A BLUR or… NOTHING:

You’re hovering between realities.
Transformation is already happening — you’re just the last to know.
Keep staggering. There’s treasure in your confusion.
Maybe even a boat, with T-Pain singing on it.
You’re also an Aries who has gone past moon wangs and now in Retro Gatorade. Prepare to be poor because the IRS took all your money (golden toilets don’t grow on trees, you know).

If you saw A WOMAN MADE OF STEPS:

You’re building your own mythology while pretending you stumbled into it.
Destiny owes you interest payments.
You’re very lucky. Very soon.
Probably in your bank account.
Maybe also in bed.
You wild thing, you.

You’re also an Aries… and a corporate shill for Gatorade’s newest flavor Retro Moon Wang (the ultimate thirst-trap quencher).

If you saw an O and a P… and then another P:

Hmm. That’s rare.
It’s not something easily explained.

But I’ll try, frame by frame.

The O stands for Other.
Not just anyone — the rare ones.
Those who don’t quite fit, but somehow belong more deeply than anyone else.
The P is for People.
The ones drawn to you.
Orbiting you even when you don’t fully see them.
And the last P?
Well…
That’s not that simple.

How many others out there know exactly what I’m getting at?
Who here senses it’s wrong to splittin’ and co-hittin’ that?

If you do… that’s O.P.P. — and you’re not down with it.
But if you don’t… here’s your membership:

Who’s down with O.P.P.?
Yeah, you know me.
Who’s down with O.P.P.
Every last Aires!

Other People’s Prophecies

Did you even for a split second think my sketch hid some cosmic secret, and then you read the options and thought, “Thig must be psychic”? Feel free to stroke my ego but it was just a warm up sketch that I ended up really liking. I do not believe in astrology, I do believe Gatorade cures hangovers… and a cash windfall in this economy? Ha, we all gonna die.

The sketch above is similar to cold reading, where fortune tellers toss out vague lines so your brain fills in the blanks. It is like a viral political meme that sounds true but hijacks your mind. I first learned about it in Marie Konnikova’s The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time (2016). Read it to arm yourself against scammers hustlers and grifters of every stripe.