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david: Whoa! I watched this on TV last night and was so...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:06:54 -0700

Whoa!

I watched this on TV last night and was so excited to shout out “TUMBLR” just at the name of David Karp, who btw is the same age as me and whom I would envy for his success if he hadn’t built this amazing site that I love.

elementalsight: viergacht: femmeforeverybody: Nichelle...

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:57:38 -0700

elementalsight:

viergacht:

femmeforeverybody:

Nichelle Nichols (Uhura on the original series):”Whoopi Goldberg, she’s just marvellous. I had no way of knowing that she was a Star Trek fan. When I finally met her it was her first year on the Next Generation.

She loved the show so much and she told her agent she wants a role on Star Trek. Well agents go ‘Big screen, little screen, no, you can’t do that’. Well you can’t tell Whoopi ‘You can’t do that’.

And so they finally asked, and they had the same reaction at Star Trek office, specifically Gene. And she said, ‘I want to meet him and I want him to tell me to my face. If he tells me he doesn’t want me and why, I’ll be fine.’

Knowing Gene he had to take that challenge, and so he met with her. She said, ‘I just wanted you to tell me why you don’t want me in Star Trek.’

Gene said, ‘Well, I’ll just ask you one question and I’ll make my decision on that. You’re a big screen star, why do you want to be on a little screen, why do you want to be in Star Trek?’

And she looked at him and she said, ‘Well, it’s all Nichelle Nichols’ fault.’

That threw him, he said, ‘What do you mean?’

She said, ‘Well when I was nine years old Star Trek came on,’ and she said, ‘I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, “Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there’s a black lady on television and she ain’t no maid!”’ And she said, ‘I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be, and I want to be on Star Trek.’

And he said, ‘I’ll write you a role.’

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/nichols/page4.shtml

Manly tears were shed.

Representation is important.

"After learning my flight was detained 4 hours, I heard the announcement: If anyone in the vicinity..."

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:09:50 -0700

“

After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
I heard the announcement:
If anyone in the vicinity of gate 4-A understands any Arabic,
Please come to the gate immediately.

Well—one pauses these days. Gate 4-A was my own gate. I went there.
An older woman in full traditional Palestinian dress,
Just like my grandma wore, was crumpled to the floor, wailing loudly.
Help, said the flight service person. Talk to her. What is her
Problem? we told her the flight was going to be four hours late and she
Did this.

I put my arm around her and spoke to her haltingly.
Shu dow-a, shu- biduck habibti, stani stani schway, min fadlick,
Sho bit se-wee?

The minute she heard any words she knew—however poorly used—
She stopped crying.

She thought our flight had been canceled entirely.
She needed to be in El Paso for some major medical treatment the
Following day. I said no, no, we’re fine, you’ll get there, just late,

Who is picking you up? Let’s call him and tell him.
We called her son and I spoke with him in English.
I told him I would stay with his mother till we got on the plane and
Would ride next to her—Southwest.

She talked to him. Then we called her other sons just for the fun of it.

Then we called my dad and he and she spoke for a while in Arabic and
Found out of course they had ten shared friends.

Then I thought just for the heck of it why not call some Palestinian
Poets I know and let them chat with her. This all took up about 2 hours.

She was laughing a lot by then. Telling about her life. Answering
Questions.

She had pulled a sack of homemade mamool cookies—little powdered
Sugar crumbly mounds stuffed with dates and nuts—out of her bag—
And was offering them to all the women at the gate.

To my amazement, not a single woman declined one. It was like a
Sacrament. The traveler from Argentina, the traveler from California,
The lovely woman from Laredo—we were all covered with the same
Powdered sugar. And smiling. There are no better cookies.

And then the airline broke out the free beverages from huge coolers—
Non-alcoholic—and the two little girls for our flight, one African
American, one Mexican American—ran around serving us all apple juice
And lemonade and they were covered with powdered sugar too.

And I noticed my new best friend—by now we were holding hands—
Had a potted plant poking out of her bag, some medicinal thing,

With green furry leaves. Such an old country traveling tradition. Always
Carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere.

And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and thought,
This is the world I want to live in. The shared world.

Not a single person in this gate—once the crying of confusion stopped
—has seemed apprehensive about any other person.

They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women too.
This can still happen anywhere.

Not everything is lost.

”

- Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952), “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal.” I think this poem may be making the rounds, this week, but that’s as it should be. (via oliviacirce)

mixingaroundtown: Movies today would be nothing without VFX...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:14:08 -0700

mixingaroundtown:

Movies today would be nothing without VFX teams working tirelessly on their craft to make them feel real!

whatsaclockwithouthands:

all my dreams have just been smashed

movie magic

Fight Club trivia: When Lou sees the Fight Club members in the...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:05:24 -0700

Fight Club trivia: When Lou sees the Fight Club members in the basement of his restaurant, Lou punches Tyler in the stomach. When Tyler gets punched, you can see the Narrator double over slightly as if he too was punched in the stomach. A few shots later, Lou kicks Tyler in the face while he is kneeling, and in the background we see the Narrator’s head go back at the moment of impact.

love love love this movie

Photo

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:42:08 -0700

Photo

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:18:42 -0700

rememo: [x] Thanks, Coke! ;-)

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:05:54 -0700

rememo:

[x]

Thanks, Coke! ;-)

Things I Like.: What would you do if you weren’t afraid?

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:59:17 -0700

Things I Like.: What would you do if you weren’t afraid? :

meagan-marie:

As many of my female peers are doing at the moment, I’m reading a book by Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg called Lean In. The first chapter asks: What would you do if you weren’t afraid?

My answer? I’d write this blog.

Hello. My name is Meagan Marie, and I’m a person. I’ve decided I’m going to…

slamwise-gamgee: saladmpreg: weenage-tasteland: monsterjess: ...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:23:25 -0700

slamwise-gamgee:

saladmpreg:

weenage-tasteland:

monsterjess:

justintheamazingallan:

fuckingshitupsince1998:

for real..

Macaroni wigs at the time were extremely fashionable and this led to Macaroni being a contemporary slang for foppishness/fashionable. Doodle meant idiot and Yankee was a term for Colonials. Sooooo basically the ryhme is saying “Americans are such uncivilized dickheads that they could stick a feather in their cap and think themselves fancy.”

… And why was I not taught this in school alongside the years of repetitive American history?

My orchestra is playing this in a suite of patriotic music…?

why is your orchestra is playing yankee doodle

THE BEST PART about this is that Americans, being the sarcastic bitches we are, adopted the term “yankee” to make the Britt’s think we LIKED being called yankee. So we could sock it to them.

Tumblr: reeducating the masses, one reblog at a time.

How to break up with someone: Give them a sock and tell them they are a free elf now.

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:37:55 -0700

How to break up with someone: Give them a sock and tell them they are a free elf now.

wholockian221b: sammyshadenoughnow: benaddiction-cumberbitch: ...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:19:17 -0700

wholockian221b:

sammyshadenoughnow:

benaddiction-cumberbitch:

doctorwhoslostcompanion:

theinsultingdetective:

your-moms-butt:

roselalonde:

s0mbodybetter:

wisecraxx:

cookieroach:

sillysinz:

wooooooooooooooooooooooow

whoaaaaaaa

HOLY FUCK

ITS LIKE

REAL LIFE ANIMATION

this choreography

this

everything

somebody make words

proper commentary i cannot

uhh?

WOW

I believe these guys were on Americans Got Talent!

THIS.
VIDEO.
OH. MY GOD.

MOTHER. OF. GOD.

brink pink: Ron is racist - and that's great

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:24:46 -0700

brink pink: Ron is racist - and that's great:

lurknomoar:

Ron Weasley’s character is consciously written as somewhat racist. Not as racist as Malfoy, of course - he doesn’t scoff at mudbloods and halfbloods, and he doesn’t see himself as superior at all. Still, he unquestionably accepts the inferior position of house elves (they love…

more evidence of JK Rowling’s brilliant writing

Why Crediting is Important

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:48:43 -0700

whatiscredit:

What’s supposed to happen

What’s happening when you don’t credit

What you’re making them do

Every artist grow by displaying their work and getting critique. But when their work is spread around without any credit to the artist, AND EVEN MAKES THE OWN ARTIST DELETE IT FROM HIS/HER SITE it lost the purpose and meaning.

I would trade this for the pumpkin fall line in a heartbeat.

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:22:33 -0700

I would trade this for the pumpkin fall line in a heartbeat.

cracked: 7 Amazing Movie Special Effects You Won’t Believe...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:24:36 -0700

cracked:

7 Amazing Movie Special Effects You Won’t Believe Aren’t CGI

#5. Tron (the Original) — The Film Was Shot in Black and White, Then Hand Painted

Tron and the two-hour Daft Punk video masquerading as its sequel are famous for containing all of the CGI. That’s the entire reason those movies were made, right? To show off the state of computer animation every 30 or so years?

However, although the original film did contain some computer-generated effects, most of it was done by hand — yes, even those bitchin’ glowing blue suits.

To get the desired effect, the filmmakers had to employ cutting-edge technology … from the 1930s. All the scenes set inside the computer were filmed entirely in black and white, after which they were turned back into individual cells that were hand painted in post-production. One by one.

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kelcimccarthy: trailofdesire: notmissmarple: dorkery: dendrop...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:22:23 -0700

kelcimccarthy:

trailofdesire:

notmissmarple:

dorkery:

dendropsyche:

Like, I knew shepherding was a boring job

but these guys really had nothing better to do

Oh my god

this is the BEST THING

I HAVE SEEN

ALL MONTH

Could not hit reblog fast enough.

omg

Better than any marching band!

Porn stars without make up

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:14:01 -0700

Porn stars without make up:

doctorwhothefuckisthis:

blaperture-mesa:

effloresceinfinite:

rhiea:

severalknives:

caitedge:

I think this is a wonderful representation of the unrealistic standards porn.

All I thought when I saw this was “what the hell kind of foundation are these ladies using damn”

This is that post I was talking about, Skadoobie.

whoa seriously what kinda foundation are they using

what the fuck i need like a gallon of that stuff

I feel so much better about myself all of the sudden

WTF MAKE UP ARTISTS IN PORN ARE ACTUALLY MAGICIANS

noitsroman: therothwoman: labellelunaclaire: willbearmatthewgr...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:28:26 -0800

noitsroman:

therothwoman:

labellelunaclaire:

willbearmatthewgraygublersbabies:

gerrybaboona:

plushturtle:

ravenclawesome:

forcatladies:

The most efficient and “no fucking way” inducing apartment

Fuck

this is so fucking cool I want it

OMG

WHY DOES THIS NOT HAVE MORE NOTES HOLY SHIT THIS IS FUCKING REVOLUTIONARY

Wow. That’s is so fucking amazing. I hate small living spaces, but I would live there.

DUDE

They’re making more apartments like this in my city. Well, the size at least, and affordable.

Also, no one noticed he had “How To Be Black”?

greenleapoffaith: Solar City Tower, to be built with the 2016...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:56:25 -0800

greenleapoffaith:

Solar City Tower, to be built with the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

This vertical structure will be built in Cotonduba Island, in front of Rio, in conjunction with the Olympics 2016, that is taking place in Brazil. The building is both an observation Tower and a welcome sign for the visitors arriving by air and by Sea at Rio de Janeiro.

Designed by Zurique firm, RAAFA, Solar City Tower features an artificial waterfall designed to generate clean, renewable energy: during the day the solar panels capture the energy needed to pump the sea water at the top, that is then conveyed through the turbines and produce the power to feed the system at night.

Source: http://www.thecreatorsproject.com