Random snippets from a semi-retired punk princess
Description
My life is an open book with the pages half filled. I'd like to think it's a pretty good novel in progress.Nerd, yes, and a bit of an original if I might add. Gamer girl, fandom geek, avid reader, lover of conversation, tea, and friends.
I'm easy to please and hard to shut up.
If you've been there, chances are I have too; and if I haven't, I know someone who has. I'm from up the road a bit, but I'm hoping that just gives me some insight. I still dream, just not about being a rock star anymore. My stripey socks are staying. My pink hair is still bright against the little wrinkles on my forehead. I'm somewhere in the world between young and old, and I'm appreciating the in-between.
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callmedorka
super-tr4mp
fuckyeahsterekfeels
Have your co-stars treated you differently since you’ve won an oscar?
(via elfana)
onginalmaz
In the moments before she dies, a woman whose hair used to be bright ginger is visited by a man in a bowtie. She does not know who he is and thinks about giving him a piece of her mind till he moves forward and presses his fingertips to her temple. Memories flood her mind. People and planets and places she had saved alongside a long streak of nothing rush back to her. She remembers being the most important woman in creation. Then with a smile on her face Donna Noble closes her eyes and sleeps forevermore. The Doctor simply looks on with tears in his eyes as his best friend leaves this world with the only gift he could give her.
wHy
hello yes, 911 send me an aMBULANCE
I’m literally in tears right now. This would be so perfect and heartbreaking.
(Source: onginalmaz, via unguided-madness)
archaeologicalnews
Scientists Finally Pinpoint the Pathogen That Caused the Irish Potato Famine
For nearly 150 years, starting in the late 17th century, millions of people living in Ireland subsisted largely off one crop: the potato. Then, in 1845, farmers noticed that their potato plants’ leaves were covered in mysterious dark splotches. When they pulled potatoes from the ground, most were shrunken, mushy and inedible. The blight spread alarmingly quickly, cutting yields from that year’s harvest in half. By 1846, harvest from potato farms had dropped to one quarter of its original size.
The disease—along with a political system that required Ireland to export large amounts of corn, dairy and meat to England—led to widespread famine, and nearly all of the few potatoes available were eaten, causing shortages of seed potatoes that ensured starvation would continue for nearly a decade. Ultimately, over one million people died, and another million emigrated to escape the disaster, causing Ireland’s population to fall by roughly 25 percent; the island has still not reached its pre-famine population levels today. Read more.
dirtylittledamsel
I Should’ve Saved That Gif When I Had The Chance Because Now I Can’t Find It: The Musical
(via whataboutadam)
noseasboba
I never get tired of this photo.
Ella Fitzgerald was not allowed to play at Mocambo because of her race. Then, one of Ella’s biggest fans made a telephone call that quite possibly changed the path of her career for good. Here, Ella tells the story of how Marilyn Monroe changed her life:
“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt… she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him – and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status – that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman – a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it.”
jesus christ this is so much better than all of the “you don’t have to be size zero!!!!!” and “i don’t mind living in a man’s world if i can be a woman!!!!!!!” bullshit related to marilyn monroe i see.
Huh, I didn’t know this. :3 It sounds like a really neat friendship, and definitely quite reciprocal. They both influenced each other a lot. There’s more about it here: http://www.kplu.org/post/how-marilyn-monroe-changed-ella-fitzgeralds-life
(via scarlett-witchh)
likeafieldmouse
"Aren’t we all waiting to be read by someone, praying that they’ll tell us that we make sense?"
(Source: likeafieldmouse, via bookporn)
johnwtsons
her little face jkhgkfyfh j
One good thing about this movie: he could have said “no, shooting arrows is not for little girls” but instead he said “no, shooting with that big bow is not for little girls. use this small one.” i think that’s fantastic.
I adore how supportive Fergus is. How much he loves his daughter, his wife, his sons and cares for his kingdom. Big teddy bear one moment, but an equally savage bear as Mordu when his family is in danger.
(via astoldbyama)
Come one, come all to Bill Shatner’s School of Overacting!
Forget subtle, nuanced performances. Those are boring and forgettable. Learn how to say your lines with gusto!
In this course you will learn such techniques as…
- The double fist shake
- The naughty kitten
- The cultural appropriation
- The self bitch slap
- The enthusiastic mime stuck in a box
- The nipple hardener
- The sweaty declaration of self
- The “this wall is amazing”
And many more!
(Source: trekgate, via rogue-asaliano)
Doctor Who meme: nine scenes: You just want to mate? (3/9)
(via jojothemeerkat)
isaykonnichiwa
steelplatedhearts
Alternate title for The Great Gatsby:
I Am Uncomfortable With Your Personal Drama And I Want To Go Home: The Nick Carraway Story
(via booksandahotbeverage)
