Watson Neith

@watsonneith

A person overly concerned with books. Stories published in Translunar Travellers Lounge, We're Here 2021 (Neon Hemlock), Strange Machines (Apex), Nature Futures.

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Watson Neith@watsonneith· 4d

Delta, presumably: please, Seattle, please spend your money on an international summer vacation. The Irish, presumably: you know it's like 15c and rainy right now, right? The Summerlands, obviously: come child, step into the stone circle and dance among us, never to tire or worry or return...

A video ad in a light rail station. The text, in white on a blue background, reads "Delta. Chase an endless summer in Ireland. Shannon is ready when you are." Above it is a photo of rolling green hills and a person in blue jeans, presumably Shannon, frolicking in the grass.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· 25d

I snapped this photo a few weeks ago and finally got around to looking up the number. It's live. You can leave a voice message. Too millennial for phones, but need to liquidate a certain something? Try webuysouls.com; they're harvesting up and down the coast, I'm sure for good reasons.

Photo of a small sign attached to a telephone pole beneath the open mouth of a monster made from spray painted salvage materials. The sign looks like a low-budget advertising of services until you realize it reads "we buy souls! +1 213 293 9156"

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Jul 11

I'm getting more ads like this and some of them aren't even targeted, like the ridiculous taskrabbit one I saw on the lightrail last week.

A screenshot of Yelp trying to lure me into using its app with the text "Not just another AI summary. Get the right answers based on customer... (Probably the missing word is reviews)

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Jun 6

Someone else please tell this blurry jerk that they'll be happier outside. They don't believe me.

Blurry photo of a large, white moth, with long, feathered feelers, a puffy white thorax, and lightly brindled wings, parked at the edge of a door where it might get its wings caught. Wingspan's at least three inches.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Apr 30

I really want Zwei zu eins (Two to One) to get a US release. If you have a VPN you can probably get hold of the UK or German releases, but people surfing netflix should get the pleasure of randomly coming across it.

A movie poster. The text "zwei zu eins," the letters scored in a way that suggests currency, is overlaid below a montage of one teddy bear and a bunch of white German actors of multiple ages and genders, dressed like it's 1990, holding and/or throwing a rather suspicious amount of East Germany money.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Mar 23

My @pamwishbow.bsky.social city is steadily growing. I have plans for this windowsill neighborhood. The next step is probably dusting though.

A dusty windowsill with three small wooden, urban structures arranged on it, bracketed by smooth sea brick and a small cat sculpture. The buildings are painted different midtone colors and illustrated, all art by Pam Wishbow: blackcat coffee, monster subs, and a printshop. The sub shop has apartments overhead and they all have cats on the windows.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Dec 29

How I'm walking out of 2025

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Dec 28

For $50 each fist, I could make this a meme come true.

A fabric hand puppet of the Muppet Statler, dukes up, eyebrows bushy.

A fabric hand puppet of the Muppet Waldorf, mustache luxurious, eyes bulging, ready to punch.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Nov 27

Me, a little too enthusiastically: it's a holiday, time to assemble some IKEA! The open box:

An open box containing the pieces of a charcoal-colored IKEA Raskog wheeled cart, awaiting assembly.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Sep 28

I thought I'd play Koriko to give myself a benign project. Now I'm completely obsessed with over-engineered layout spreads and my cat is helping.

The open recto page of a journal, with writing in jade green ink, lies obscured under the leg of a cat.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Sep 13

That pose.

Scene from the Michael Jackson cat dance sequence in the Makoto Kobayashi manga, when the cats are all posed and ready to start dancing, the center cat posed with paws on hips, legs akimbo, staring directly at the viewer.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Aug 30

I'm just saying, I have this meme in a special place for special occasions and I am always ready to use it. Kissinger getting caught by death's arcade claw machine was my ast opportunity. The world can give us more.

The iconic moment in The Muppet Christmas Carol (the only Christmas movie in the history of the world) where Scrooge has flung the window open and leans out into the snowy elements in his nightgown and cap to bellow "YOU THERE, BOY! WHAT DAY IS IT?"

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Aug 3

I relive this drama at least once a day, every single day, all because they won't let me trim their claws.

The scene from The Neverending Story where Artax is overcome with sadness in the swamp, but overwritten with large white text. The text under Atreyu, who is tugging at Artax's reins, reads "My cat, overcome with emotion." The text unter Artax, who is half submerged, reads "the soft chair my cat's claws are embedded in"

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Jul 31

I might be inside in a weirdly dark room, but I've got my summer snacks.

A pressed paper carton of cuke-melons, which are a small fruit that tastes like lemony cucumbers but looks remarkably like watermelon

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Jul 27

She's making sure I read @kateelliottsff.bsky.social's The Witch Roads with proper attentiveness. One pet, one page. Another pet, another page.

A cat curled up, asleep, with her feet poking past her head, alongside an open book. The book is The Witch Roads by Kate Elliott.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Jul 20

I always vote early but I'm apparently now voting within twenty minutes of receiving my ballot.

Close-up of a ballot return envelope. The word "vote!" Is in a speech bubble above the words "return envelope."

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Jul 19

More of my last efforts at marbling

Paper marbled with a sloppy bouquet pattern in blue, red, black and white.

Paper marbled with predominately pale red, soft yellow, black and cream with some blue splatters

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Jul 17

I'm getting better at marbling paper but I've never been good at consistently applying paint to the water.

Marbled paper featuring a feather design in blue, black, white and some other light neutrals.

Close-up of a marbled sheet of paper featuring a bouquet pattern in black, white, green and yellow.

Marbled paper featuring a stones pattern in brown, beige, lavender, black and blue

Marbled paper featuring a fine comb often in black, white, and shades of brown and blue

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Jul 13

Sometimes I wander through a furniture store with great staging props

A copy of "I wish I could give my son a wild raccoon" edited with an introduction by Eliot Wigginton, the editor of the foxfire books.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Jun 30

I've seen the future (Nature Futures)! Next Wednesday, my flash fiction piece "The Cold Coffee Effect" will be published. Anyone with an inclination (please have an inclination) can read it online on July 9th.

Screenshot from the final proof of a short story, featuring the headings and no spoilers. The first line says "science fiction"; beneath it, in large bold text, "Futures"; beneath that, in slightly smaller, strong font, "Cold coffee effect", and beneath that in two different fonts, "Time for a break. By Watson Neith." There is a bare glimpse of a black and white editorial illustration beneath that, but what it reveals is uncertain...

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Jun 30

Netflix has missed out on an opportunity, and that opportunity is putting these guys on every single kind of merchandise in existence. Basically spent the entire movie shrieking into a pillow "But if the next song makes the honmoon permanent, will this precious baby be OK?"

Screenshot from the animation KPOP Demon Hunters, featuring a dopey blue demonic tiger leaning over the edge of a rooftop, with a magpie with too many eyes and wearing a tiny, traditional gat as befits a noble bird.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Jun 1

I went back and got a better photo.

A handwritten sign in black and red on white posterboard is looped up to a metal fence. It reads in all capital letters: YOU GOT COFFEE NOW GET CRAB.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· May 31

YOU GOT COFFEE NOW GET CRAB.

A large orange banner on a metal bar fence reads in capital letters: HUGE KING CRAB SALE! DUNGENESS AND SNOW CRAB TOO. More importantly, a small, handwritten white posterboard reads: You got coffee, now get crab. Also in all caps with the 'now' italicized. The carcinization begins.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· May 30

Me, organizing my stationery to avoid thinking about the world: oh yes I do have a pretty great collection of stickers.

A sticker that says "everyone deserves a living wage" in hand lettered red font reminiscent of a simple blackletter. It is bordered with a warm red -almost scarlet- and pink block border with a rustic design of strawberries, tulips, and dark brown and white hands sprouting from vines. By the excellent HagatoneArt on Etsy.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· May 3

Look, she's protective of her image rights.

A tortoisehsell cat with dark points and bright blue eyes sits perilously close to falling out the back of a padded dining room chair.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Mar 23

Got to love a bar that gladly tells you who their clientele is not.

A door covered in stickers. Highlights include: "Impeach Trump. Again." "Stop normalizing fascism" over a red stop sign. "Nicht mein Führer." "Eat the rich." And many, many beer labels.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Mar 20

A copy of Matt Dinniman's book The Gate of the Feral Gods, with the jacket removed so you can see the text "cats do not swim" stamped in pink foil on the bright blue binding. A cat is curled up by the head of the book, leaning slightly into it and looking at the photographer.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Mar 12

If you see this, post a photo from your device, no explanation

A bed, nightstand, lamp and wall art set up like an IKEA display room but it's all cigarette themed when a filtered cigarette bolster, bedframe, and textured sheets.

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Mar 10

They're super pretty but I'm not the biggest fan of paperblanks for two reasons: 1)I don't find the paper works well with fountain pen, and 2) one of my cats thinks this is a primo scratching surface, and if you look closely you can tell. None of my other notebooks are this desirable to her.

A paperblanks notebook with clasps and golden scrollwork on the embossed cover. There are small gouges on the surface from a cat's claws

Watson Neith@watsonneith· Mar 8

Seattle's sticker scene is really top-notch, what else can I tell you.