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Sat, 18 May 2013 22:44:14 -0700

thestormypetrelofcrime: A little something for all those Pepper...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:49:47 -0700

thestormypetrelofcrime:

A little something for all those Pepper haters out there.

I’m calling it: What Movie Were YOU Watching???

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Sat, 18 May 2013 21:19:57 -0700

spacemarried: rectumofglory: In fact. their first kick at the franchise was such a smash —...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:18:58 -0700

spacemarried:

rectumofglory:

In fact. their first kick at the franchise was such a smash — convincing not only fans but also bringing in a much larger audience of casual viewers — that John Cho admitted that the pressure going into sequel Star Trek Into Darkness (now playing) was, if anything, greater.

“On the other hand,” he added, “I’m not J.J. Abrams, who’s ultimately responsible. I’m just his Asian puppet. Which, by the way, is also the title of my autobiography.”

http://www.straight.com/movies/383146/star-treks-john-cho-george-takei-sulu-army-and-being-jj-abramss-asian-puppet

John Cho is not fucking around. I’m in love.

admiralwithoutships: Fancast meme: Firefly → 1 of 8 alternate...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:46:57 -0700

admiralwithoutships:

Fancast meme: Firefly → 1 of 8 alternate universe premises

1920s - “So, what are we doing?” “Crime!”

After fighting in the trenches of the Great War, Malcolm Reynolds and Zoe Washburne open a restaurant in Manhattan. Serenity’s a bit dingy and a lot disreputable-looking, but it is a front for a speakeasy and other not-so-legal enterprises. Jayne Cobb’s intimidatin’ person makes public relations a breeze, and no one on the East Coast is half the getaway driver Hoban “Wash” Washburne is. Kaylee Frye’s young, but she’s a genius when comes to keeping Serenity running. Good thing too, no one else has a clue how restaurants and speakeasies work. Inara Serra lends the operation some respectability. Can’t be too bad a place if you’ve got a talented jazz singer, right? Things get a little complicated when the Tam siblings come crashing through with the Bureau of Investigation hot on their heels. Simon gave up a glittering surgical career to break River out of a fancy government-funded boarding school upstate. He says they were messing with her mind. Whether or not that’s true, she’s definitely a bit in the way of Zelda Fitzgerald. It’s a heap of trouble, but the crew doesn’t have to explain gunshot wounds to nosy nurses anymore. For some reason, Derrial Book’s hanging around, and he knows an awful lot about shady folk and their ways for a pastor. Not much they can do about that: the guy’s a real help. Still, it ain’t easy. Plans never go smooth and it’s a bit too easy to catch a bullet between the eyes, especially when everyone in town thinks you’re a man of honor in a den of thieves. But at the end of the day, after they’ve outrun cops and outgunned competition, they still got Serenity. It ain’t much, but it’s enough.

“Uhura never had another name during the series. One of the fan...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:44:05 -0700

“Uhura never had another name during the series. One of the fan writers wrote “Upenda” – which means “peace” in Swahili, I understand – not officially, but in some of their fan writings. And it sort of took hold. But when they were going to do the official history of Star Trek in a published book, the writer called Gene and asked him was “Uhura” her first name or her last name? Gene said, “Well, Nichelle and I never decided.” We always leaned towards it being her last name because it’s taken from the Swahili “uhuru” which means freedom. So it would sort of be like the same as “Freeman.” So he said, “You can make it her last name.” The writer said, “What about her first name? I’ve come up with one in Swahili. It’s Nyota.” Gene said, “I can’t give you that permission because Nichelle and I named her together, and she has rights to that, so you’ll have to call her and get her permission.” So he gave him my number, and he called me and I laughed and was delighted. He said, “I have a name and it’s Nyota.” I said, “That’s quite beautiful. What does it mean?” He said, “It means ‘star’.” I said, “You can have my permission!” So I have since said that her name is Nyota Upenda Uhura, which would mean a free-floating star: “star of freedom and peace”. I like that.”
— NICHELLE NICHOLS

martincrief: TOMORROW IS THE 23RD OF NOVEMBER ISN’T IT?

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:07:17 -0700

martincrief:

TOMORROW IS THE 23RD OF NOVEMBER ISN’T IT?

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Sat, 18 May 2013 19:21:28 -0700

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Sat, 18 May 2013 19:19:37 -0700

longlivetheatre: for one single second i thought the doctors name was “please” and was incredibly...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:16:12 -0700

longlivetheatre:

for one single second i thought the doctors name was “please” and was incredibly confused.

hellotailor: i know sulu is obviously the coolest guy on the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:17:11 -0700

hellotailor:

i know sulu is obviously the coolest guy on the enterprise and all but seriously, in the new movie? HE WAS SUPER SUPER COOL. DEFINITELY THE COOLEST.

iipikachuii: Zachary…GRAB IT.

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:06:44 -0700

iipikachuii:

Zachary…GRAB IT.

biowarelove: Quarian Bonds by *shutterbones

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:06:35 -0700

biowarelove:

Quarian Bonds by *shutterbones

wait n0 that l00ks stupid: digivolvin: love stories about monsters are THE BEST because the idea...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:44:13 -0700

wait n0 that l00ks stupid: digivolvin: love stories about monsters are THE BEST because the idea...:

digivolvin:

love stories about monsters are THE BEST because the idea of conceptualizing love in a way that is not human and fundamentally cannot be human and is AN ENTIRELY SEPARATE LEVEL FROM THE HUMAN is so great.

made better when one half of the relationship is human and suddenly we’re dealing with a) a human learning to love like a monster or b) a monster learning to translate their love into human terms and that’s

the best thing

to me.

which often goes hand in hand with MONSTER TRYING TO HUMANIZE THEMSELVES but that’s.. not necessary, don’t worry monster, you don’t need to do that. your capacity for love does not need to be whittled and softened into a human shape. it’s okay. your heart can be brutal and all consuming. you will learn to cope and you will learn to funnel it, pieces at a time, into something conceivable and measurable to the human mind.

and i don’t strictly mean monster monsters because there’s room here for divinity (alpha and omega, first and last, holy terror OF THE HEART. apocalypses OF FEELING.) or ghosts, or non-human, non-monster outliers (superheroes, androids, idek), or even human beings who are self-made monsters and whose expression and understanding of love is two steps removed and two shades off.

but, you know what i mean.

love stories about monsters.

she5los: Being a feminist is kind of like being Bruce Banner. “My secret is… I’m always sick of...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:14:15 -0700

she5los:

Being a feminist is kind of like being Bruce Banner.

“My secret is… I’m always sick of this bullshit.”

oliviatheelf: Whoa, man. @_@

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:13:41 -0700

oliviatheelf:

Whoa, man. @_@

"I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:54:33 -0700

“I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they’re going to have, where the wires are going to run, what kind of plumbing there’s going to be. They have the whole thing designed and blueprinted out before they even nail the first board up. The gardeners dig a hole, drop in a seed and water it. They kind of know what seed it is, they know if planted a fantasy seed or mystery seed or whatever. But as the plant comes up and they water it, they don’t know how many branches it’s going to have, they find out as it grows. And I’m much more a gardener than an architect”

- George R.R. Martin (via writingquotes)

grrm has forgotten the third type of writer: the bee. hopping around from flower to flower, and accidentally planting stuff with its stinger-slash-ass. and that is who i am.
(via spicychimney)

ilovecharts: Things Yahoo! Has Made Better

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:53:36 -0700

ilovecharts:

Things Yahoo! Has Made Better

"Here is the thing, okay? Coming into a feminist conversation with, “Have you considered that..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:33:40 -0700

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Here is the thing, okay? Coming into a feminist conversation with, “Have you considered that sometimes women acquire free drinks at bars?” is like walking into graduate school during Philosophy finals and saying, “Have you considered that the color blue that I see may not be the color blue that you see?”

Imagine you are the guy who just walked into that Philosophy class and laid that shit down. Imagine the class full of students who have worked very hard and committed themselves and sacrificed to be here, students who have spent several years of their lives learning about this subject. Imagine now their feelings when you go to the head of the classroom with a smirk on your face and demand the professor give you an A for effort. Imagine now that they think you are a douchebag asshole, because they do, and because you are. You are a douchebag asshole because you are obviously so self-centered, arrogant, and completely ignorant of the world around you, that you thought you could walk into a high-level course with no background and no work and say something profoundly simplistic and totally unrelated and also everybody should congratulate you for having done this thing, so brave, so provocative.
[….]
You are not asking us a real question. You are simply illustrating, for all to see, your own ignorance. You are saying, “I have not considered the implications of the question I have just asked. I have not taken the time nor effort nor commitment to sit down and ask myself this question. Instead, I have come into your philosophy classroom/office/feminist blog and shat out my question with a smirk, because I believe that my two seconds of thought are worth more than your long-term analysis, because I believe I am worth more.”

”

- Fugivitus: A few things to consider when you find a feminist blog (via absolutely-spiffing)

A Leonard Cohen Minute: Leonard Cohen Has 150 Million Girls in Every Port

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:31:59 -0700

A Leonard Cohen Minute: Leonard Cohen Has 150 Million Girls in Every Port:

leonardcohenminute:

Jennifer Warnes on Leonard Cohen:

“The first thing that you notice is that he doesn’t sleep,” she says of life on the road with Cohen. “I don’t know what he does to preserve his energy, but he doesn’t sleep. And there are a hundred girls in every port. I mean, 150 million girls, all who seem to know him as deeply as the others. And they’re not all that jealous of each other, because he does tend to make people feel like they’re very special. The men, too, feel like they’re his deepest buddies, comrades in the trenches.”

“So it causes this immense intimacy. And then there’s this thing he does with the audience. He seems to understand, in every city, what they need, to suss out the audience and how far he can push them.” In Israel, she recalls, Cohen got sad in the middle of a show, decided he needed a shave and left the stage; while he was gone, the audience sang to him.

From “Jenny Sings Lenny” by Steve Pond, Rolling Stone, March 12, 1987.