May 2013
255 posts
totalfangirl221b:
My cooking is either undercooked or overcooked there is no inbetween
What’s worse is that I’m a damn adukt and this is still how I cook. I like to think I’m spoilt by meal delivery services, but mostly I just don’t care enough. Cooking: bleh.
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[She shuts her eyes.] Drifts off, untroubled, everything clear, and radiant, and...
– Khaled Hosseini, from And the Mountains Echoed (via the-final-sentence)
Guys (esp book people), are you following the-final-sentence? Because wow, it makes me want to give some authors another chance.
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Talison's Art/Misadventures of Meteorette: The... →
talisonpulido:
I want to talk about the supposed “white washing” of Khan in Star Trek: Into Darkness.
First a bit about my background. I am of Mexican and Irish decent and grew up with a large Mexican family in America. I have been a Star Trek Fan since about 1991 or 92. The Original Series is my…
interesting thoughts. Thanks, stranger, for the perspective.
mental_floss on tumblr: Wonderful Words With No... →
motherjones:
mentalflossr:
Sometimes we must turn to other languages to find le mot juste. Here are a whole bunch of foreign words with no direct English equivalent.
1. Kummerspeck (German) Excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon.
2. Shemomedjamo (Georgian) You know when you’re…
“Grief Bacon”
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I read several dozen stories a year from miserable, lonely guys who insist that...
– David Wong, 6 Harsh Truths That Will Make You a Better Person (via creatingaquietmind)
Fabulous. Reading the rest now.
quazza:
i am reminded that english is a flawed language every time I am forced to use “that that” in a sentence
English is a vampire. It sucks the life blood from other languages with a raging thirst that has kept it alive and slowly taking over the world for millennia.
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Remember When Actors Wanted to Be Versatile?... →
greenmuse89:
cumbertrekky:
The brooding Sherlock star and Star Trek Into Darkness villain has a beloved, lesser-known side project: a radio sitcom in which he’ssurprise!magnificently funny.
A fantastic article on Benedict’s versatility. Please do read it.
“Versatility, it seems to me, is becoming rarer among actors these days. I’m not sure we even understand anymore what genuine...
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newsweek:
PSA: Help victims of the tornadoes in Oklahoma by donating $10 to the Red Cross. Text REDCROSS to 90999, or visit redcross.org.
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clumsyoctopus:
my ad for beauty products
girls putting makeup on like warpaint and kicking people in the face
old ladies wearing eyeshadow and getting flocked by hunks who carry them away and crown them queens of their own country
girls putting on makeup and then just sitting and eating doritos in front of the computer all day because fuck it that shits for you
ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN...
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finally on S8 of supernatural. It’s definitely getting better again.
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BLOGGING via TYPEWRITER.: A Tumblr Primer for... →
inothernews:
Please leave our blogs alone. Don’t tell us what to post, what political leanings to have, what stuff we can link to. Unless it’s outright criminal, in which case please feel free to come over and give us the full Yahoo!-Acquires-Geocities-for-$3.6 billion treatment.
Please leave the…
Perfecto.
Your Daily Gross-Out
motherjones:
Mysterious Poop Foam Causes Explosions on Hog Farms
greenpeacesemester:
you read that right.
poop
foam
poop foam.
“The foam grows to a thickness of up to four feet … a vile-looking substance seeping up from between the slats that form the floor of a hog barn …
And here’s the catch: Scientists can’t explain the phenomenon.”
Yeah, sorry to gross everyone out, but we figured...
I wrote a poem about it, and then threw it away, because that’s the last thing I...
– Thought Catalogue (via mayflowrs)
I die.
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How many fans of Benedict Cumberbatch are on...
boggartsaremyboggarts:
Reblog if you are a Cumberbabe, Cumberbitch, member of the Cumbercollective etc.
I wasn’t going to do it, have scrolled past once today already, but I can’t avoid the truth anymore. Time to admit once & for all: I am part of the Collective. (I am neither babe nor bitch, sorry.)
I am a fangirl.
Dammit.
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Remembrance of Things Past
It’s possible I just referenced Proust in a whatsapp chat about cupcakes.
It’s more than likely no one got it.
I don’t know whether to be proud or ashamed.
Also, I really want a madeleine now.
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40yr-old-fangirl:
lovingmarlseveryminute:
I feel proud that my english teacher has posters of david tennant and pictures of RDJ, emma watson, logan lerman, daniel radcliffe, rupert grint, benedict cumberbatch etc plastered all over her classroom. And a bunch of tv show posters like sherlock, perks, harry potter on top of that.
I bet she’s on Tumblr, too
I am.
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Just realised I cannot visit tumblr until tomorrow, AFTER I’ve watched Doctor Who. Ciao, tumblr.
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Star Trek Into Darkness: Khan's Actor →
bennypants:
iexisttherefore:
Benicio Del Toro was in early talks for the role of John Harrison, but eventually declined due to monetary issues. Demián Bichir, Édgar Ramírez and Jordi Mollà were considered afterwards, before Benedict Cumberbatch was finally cast.
So yes. Please. Don’t be a jerk, stop with the whitewashing “facts” and get on with your lives. How about finding something a bit...
Laurie Penny’s Saudade
There are more of us than you think, kicking off our...
– Laurie Penny’s Saudade, from Fifty Shades of Feminism (via mollycrabapple)
So good.
(via neil-gaiman)
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Almost caught up with Supernatural
watching season 7 today. Seasons 4.5-6 were a trifle tedious, if I may say so. 7 starts loads more interesting.
iamcumbermaned:
I’m slowly learning not to get on tumblr until I’m caught up on all my shows.
I keep the shows in the background. Usually.
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faineemae:
confusedtree said:
I just got back from seeing it and when he goes “my name is Khan” my sister and I laughed and were like “no it fucking isn’t”
Yes, that line nearly took me completely out of the film. Even though I knew before I saw Star Trek, and even though I’m a fan of the actor, and even though he’s actually quite a brilliant actor, Khan Noonien Singh?...
akwhard:
does anyone else find it awkward emailing teachers like are you supposed to say hey, or hi or use their name or say love from at the end?
My students all start with “Hi Miss” or just “Miss” and end with “thank you” and sometimes their name. I don’t understand what is confusing here.
fabubbly:
i dont think americans realize that sherlock and doctor who arent the only shows on the BBC and by saying you like the BBC any british person could assume you’re talking about the a to z of tv gardening or countryfile
Or QI and Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Mock the Week. For the longest time, BBC = quiz shows for me!
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Out shopping with a weight-loss friend. She has gone from a 24 to a 14. I am totally inspired.
Plus I love playing dress-up with people.
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