Ever have a song live in your head? Not just live there, embed itself into your neural patterns. An old song. A resonating song. It generates sympathetic vibrations in your skull. You hear a word, or see a bit of clothing, and the opening chords rise up in your head. For the last few months,… Continue reading Wish I Knew What You Were Looking For
Author: urdith
Would be author, photographer and dreamer living in the corporate world.
Looking Forward – also, Alan Wake II calls me out
Mid-Week Winter Blues Time has screamed by - February came in with a drunken mix of freezing days and unseasonal warmth. It also came in with the completion of a two projects - flooring in the basement and a cleaning of the chimney. This President's day, there will be assembly of display cases and kitty… Continue reading Looking Forward – also, Alan Wake II calls me out
Welcome to 2024 – A To-Do List
OK, I will be completely blunt. The idea of creating a list of goals for the year outside of what has been defined in a professional capacity (i.e. 'the day job says you need to make x number of customer success plans and hold y number of meeting') has me in the following mood: Crow… Continue reading Welcome to 2024 – A To-Do List
Crying at Christmas – or the Ancient Magus’ Bride
I honestly should not have liked this show/manga. The basic premise sounds like the cringiest of urban fantasy books. An ancient fae mage purchases a young woman with magical abilities and declares she will be his apprentice... and his bride. In any other context, I'd be throwing this book at the wall/shutting off the TV.… Continue reading Crying at Christmas – or the Ancient Magus’ Bride
Shifts, Changes, and Doubts
I've been looking over the last year. Had two new additions to the Publications Credits page. hey add to my catalog stories people can get to support small press (and small authors ^_^) which is not a small thing at all. I've shifted the focus of my photography to landscapes, and images like this one:… Continue reading Shifts, Changes, and Doubts
It’s Always Noirvember in Our Hearts
It's November. Or, to my little on-line circle of cinema lovers, Noirvember. There's even a #Noirvemberchallenge out there on the Twitters. Today, I got name dropped by Christa Fucking Faust as we talked about our favorite cinematographers. (Yes, I'm a John Alton fanboy. There's a pantheon of great noir cinematographers including Alton, James Wong Howe,… Continue reading It’s Always Noirvember in Our Hearts
October Memories
Has it been over a month? I need to write more. Well, here, at least I've got a picture of Howliday Inn up because it is one of my early October memories. Autumn is my favorite season. It wasn't always the case, though. In youth, it was all about summers. They were a relief from… Continue reading October Memories
Who did I think I would be? Who am I now?
Re-aligning expectations. Sounds like corporate double-talk. A nice way to say, "yeah, we're firing everyone," without saying it. But I have to re-align myself in a few ways. One involves my photography. I had dreams of taking photographs like Helmut Newton or 11MileBay: Moody, strange, erotic and monochromatic. Instead, circumstances brought me here: I… Continue reading Who did I think I would be? Who am I now?
Have You Seen This Bird?
No, seriously. With this weekend being the last gasp of summer (spiritually speaking - summer has devoured both spring and autumn in the Mid-Atlantic thanks to climate change) I went out to the Seneca Creek to take some photographs. I shouldn't have been surprised there were people out enjoying the creek - it flows… Continue reading Have You Seen This Bird?
A.J. Harris Update – New Anthology Appearance: Sexy Strangers
News from the world of my alter egotist, A.J. Harris: A new short story is appearing in the latest anthology edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel Sexy Strangers. You can order it from the Cleis Press site here. Aching for a preview? Check this amazing cover: I'll talk a bit more about the story, "Private Beach," as… Continue reading A.J. Harris Update – New Anthology Appearance: Sexy Strangers
Biomechanoid Blues 