+5 to Charisma

alenkoed: fic rec: a longitudinal study of biotic acclimation...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:46:49 -0700

fic rec: a longitudinal study of biotic acclimation and temperance training students (f!shepard/kaidan) by bethfury

With Kaidan’s life plotted out on a graph, Shepard finds herself focused on what the data truly means.

Oh my gosh guys.

My favorite Shenko tumblrs are talking about my fic and I have no words.

Just noises and frantic hand motions and intense love for my fandom.

trustyourtennant: Matt and David source I just want to hug...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:36:53 -0700

trustyourtennant:

Matt and David

source

I just want to hug this picture forever.

peachestech: PLL & Bomb Girls: These are a few of my...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:40:43 -0700

peachestech:

PLL & Bomb Girls: These are a few of my favorite things.

Gif sources: 1 & 2

These are two of my favorite shows currently on television and everyone needs to watch it, ship it, gif it, and talk obsessively about it with me. Both are currently on Netflix and totally worth your time.

If I always reblogged Kenzi, the theme of this blog would change...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:35:58 -0800

If I always reblogged Kenzi, the theme of this blog would change pretty quickly to how awesome Kenzi is all of the time.

Guys, I’m already pretty emotional today due to Mass...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:28:47 -0800

Guys, I’m already pretty emotional today due to Mass Effect but I love this.

pgdigs: 1987: “Fred Rogers and his puppet detente” Once known...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:58:59 -0800

Newspaper clipping: Vedeneeva and Rogers, 1987

"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" celebrates 25 years

Mr.Rogers from one of the Mr Rogers neighborhood shows, 2003

Mr.Rogers speaks with children, circa 1990s

Fred Rogers and his young fans, Jan. 8, 1998 (AP)

Mister Rogers learns safety tips on roller skates, 1995

pgdigs:

1987: “Fred Rogers and his puppet detente”

Once known as “the nicest person on television,” Mr. Rogers touched millions of lives. His own life was one for service, as he himself liked to say, “Those of us in broadcasting are servants of those who watch and listen.” For 33 years he wrote and starred in PBS’s “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.”

Today marks 10 years since Mr. Rogers died of cancer and here are some photographs from the Post-Gazette’s archive, which describe different stages of Mr. Rogers’ career, capture his personality and even tell stories that are not so widely known.

In November 1984, amidst the Cold War, Mr. Rogers was part of what was dubbed “puppet detente.” Tatiana Vedeneeva, host of the Soviet children’s show “Good Night, Little Ones” arrived at the door of Mr. Rogers’ make-believe home in Oakland with an interpreter, gifts of Matryoshka dolls — shiny, painted figures which nest inside each other — and a videotape of how the dolls are made. Tatiana Vedeneeva wore a white blouse and a cream-colored sweater, at which Mr. Rogers later marveled, “Isn’t it nice that she wore a sweater?”

Vedeneeva’s “Good Night, Little Ones” ushered millions of the Soviet children to bed each evening, including yours sincerely, and was as popular among the children of the Soviet Union as “Mr.Rogers’ Neighborhood” was among the American kids.

On the day Vedeneeva visited the WQED studio, she and Mr. Rogers taped a segment together. The program was scheduled to air on Dec. 7, when President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev was due in America to meet with President Reagan.

Vedeneeva’s appearance marked the first time a non-English-speaking person and an interpreter appeared on the show. “That in itself is interesting for children — and that people can understand one another even in different tongues,” Mr. Rogers concluded during a break in taping.

While the Soviet TV host was at Mr. Rogers’ studio, a message board outside read, in English and Russian, “On the bridge of trust and the rainbow of love, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood welcomes Tatiana Vedeneeva.”

Echoing themes Rogers covered daily on his show, the Soviet TV star said, “Small children will be looking at this show, and they’re going to understand that children around the world are really similar…We all want to get along with one another, we all want friendships, we all want to be cared for.”

Earlier that year, Mr. Rogers visited a studio of “Good Night, Little Ones” in Moscow. He didn’t go there alone. On that trip, he brought a puppet of his own, Daniel Striped Tiger. American viewers saw that clip on March 8, 1985.

The moral of the story, to put it in Mr. Rogers’ words: “Peace means far more than just the opposite of war.” Mr. Rogers’ caring and wisdom transcended every barrier. As cellist and virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma said in his tribute to Mr. Rogers, “His advocacy for children was truly an advocacy for the human race.”

— Mila Sanina

thetardisbabe: comealongkatniss: timelordy-teganbreann: bow-ti...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:25:48 -0800

thetardisbabe:

comealongkatniss:

timelordy-teganbreann:

bow-tied:

melodypondicus:

Scrolling like a boss

My day just got a whole lot better

I pressed play.

2 seconds later I reblogged.

IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU TOO

This is actually my ringtone.

Mass Effect Kiss Battle 2013

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:24:18 -0800

Mass Effect Kiss Battle 2013:

pretend-people:

This is a crazy fun meme going on for Valentine’s Day on livejournal. I’ve submitted a few snippets and am looking forward to submitting more.

pantsdesign: Made these Avengers valentines to share on...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:51:21 -0800

pantsdesign:

Made these Avengers valentines to share on Chocolate & Cream Cake (my personal blog).

kevstown: Betsy Braddock, 1983 Another favorite Phil Noto...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:36:54 -0800

kevstown:

Betsy Braddock, 1983

Another favorite Phil Noto piece. If there was one character that I would not mind see resurrected (other than Nightcrawler, Wasp, Banshee, Stature, and the Deadly Genesis X-men Petra and Sway) it would be Revanche. I do not think we got to know Kwannon’s character that well, and I kind of miss British Psylocke.

This makes me feel a certain way that I can’t even really explain.

Cirque du Normandy - Ch. 2 (GA, Kaidan/FemShep, Circus AU)

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:37:44 -0800

bioticsweekly:

pretend-people:

Title: Cirque du Normandy
Chapter: 2 of ?
Rating: General Audiences
Fandom: Mass Effect
Relationships: Kaidan/FemShep
Note: Found on AO3

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Haha, that’s perfect for me. I think, I actually thought a lot about ME and Shenko while watching CdS Amaluna.

Edit: Seriously, it’s hilarious. bethfury is a talented writer.

You are too sweet and thank you so much :)

purrrfect-plaything: I am not going to lie, I laughed so...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:41:21 -0800

purrrfect-plaything:

I am not going to lie, I laughed so hard I cried.

theparishofspacedust: talkativeprovocative: bury-the-pr0m-queen...

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:13:02 -0800

theparishofspacedust:

talkativeprovocative:

bury-the-pr0m-queen:

you’re not hardcore unless you live hardcore

and the legend

of the sax

is way hardcore

college marching band everyone

This is Rutgers summed up by one sax player.

Leeches, Lye, and Spanish Fly

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:57:32 -0800

Leeches, Lye, and Spanish Fly :

iamateenagefeminist:

Why would a woman put a leech inside her body, in the most private of female places? Why would she put cayenne pepper there?

Why might a woman swallow lye? Gunpowder? Why would a woman hit herself about the abdomen with a meat pulverizer? A brickbat? Throw herself down the stairs?

Why would she syringe herself, internally, with turpentine? Gin? Drink laundry bluing?

Why might she probe herself with a piece of whalebone? A turkey feather? A knitting needle?

Why would she consume medicine made of pulverized Spanish fly? How about powdered ergot, a poisonous fungus? Or strychnine, a poison?

Why would she take a bath in scalding water? Or spend the night in the snow?

Because she wanted to end a pregnancy.

"If your activism makes your oppressor feel comfortable than maybe you should reevaluate your..."

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:56:53 -0800

“If your activism makes your oppressor feel comfortable than maybe you should reevaluate your activism”

- My badass professor Dr. Zwissler

We were talking about Slutwalks, when she dropped that truth bomb. “Don’t get my wrong, I want to dance at the revolution, but I don’t want my oppressors dancing with me”.

LOVE HER

(via iamateenagefeminist)

notavengersquotes: (Quote from Community)

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:10:08 -0800

notavengersquotes:

(Quote from Community)

Happy 32nd Birthday, Buffy Anne Summers! (January 19,...

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:28:22 -0800

Happy 32nd Birthday, Buffy Anne Summers! (January 19, 1981)

pittsburghisbeautiful: Sign at Assemble art gallery on Penn...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:10:07 -0800

pittsburghisbeautiful:

Sign at Assemble art gallery on Penn Avenue in Garfield that read:

Don’t tell me hip-hop is not good for my soul.

It is soul.

romulanhawk: cries about how attractive I find Anthony Stewart Head’s singing I saw him sing a...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:53:19 -0800

romulanhawk:

*cries about how attractive I find Anthony Stewart Head’s singing*

I saw him sing a duet with Amber Benson live at a Buffy convention. It is still one of my greatest moments of life.

tysonhesse: This was a commission I did for my pal Sam Logan’s...

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:17:57 -0800

tysonhesse:

This was a commission I did for my pal Sam Logan’s wife for a Christmas present. Also, Sgt. Calhoun is pretty coooool duuude.

Anyone else think this was Commander Shepard as you were scrolling by?