without regrets

I love stories. I'm beginning to see them not just in books and TV, but in art and nature. This blog will always relate to story in some way because I think they're everywhere. Hope you like what you see here!

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Disney concept art ⇢ Yellow

[africagirl2012]

"Gospel" is good news having seriously to do with the people's welfare,... one which shapes our common lives for the better.

John Howard Yoder, “Watch for the Light”, December 11th

[africagirl2012]

Watching DS9's episode that takes place in the 1950s (Far Beyond the Stars) and the policemen hassling Ben Sisko is a little too close for comfort. Sometimes it feels like we haven't progressed much in almost 70 years. However, I'm thankful for this show for tackling hard issues that continue to be relevant twenty years after it was released. That's the kind of thing that made Star Trek excellent.

[africagirl2012]

Just realized that while a running joke on DS9 is wondering what the Breen look like under the helmets, Kira and Dukat find out in the very first episode the Breen are in because they steal their uniforms. So the joke kind of falls apart before it starts. :)

[africagirl2012]

Rom and Nog’s relationship is one of the things that make DS9 my favorite Star Trek.

Rom: My son’s happiness is more important to me than anything! Even latinum!!

[africagirl2012]

That moment when a show in 1999 has such hope for the future that in 2009, the regular person’s TV is voice activated and MTV is doing a show on the moon. Back to the Future 2 wasn’t much more accurate but at least they were predicting much further in the future so there’s a little more margin for error. :)

[africagirl2012]

Respect for Star Trek

One of the best story lines for a woman in television has to be for Quark’s mother, Ishka. First, she earns more money than her sons in a society that forces females to essentially be slaves and where it’s against the law for her to do so. All while being single. Then, when she does end up finding a man, it’s the leader of the species and she convinces him to reform the laws and society so that women have rights and that things are better for everyone. 

While sometimes I get annoyed that a show based around science, technology, exploration, and problem solving still fails the Bechtel test, they get some things right. 

[thirty-flirty-thriving]

The cutest kitten gifs ever on tumblr

[snarkymonkeyprime]

@kiriei, @sanepsycho240, @thetallestofhobbits

[africagirl2012]

I just want a kitten that will stay a kitten forever.

[breanna-lynn]

I want to reach for God the way I reach for my phone. When I’m bored, when I’m uncomfortable, when I need answers or entertainment, when I’m lonely and need someone to talk to.

Cory Asbury (via breanna-lynn)

[africagirl2012]

Why do people on TV only wear baggy, comfy clothes when they break up from someone and are sad? By that logic, I'm constantly sad and just broken up with someone.

[africagirl2012]

Mick: They read out of some book called (lists a bunch of names that are wrong)...something like that.

Nate: Do you remember what language it was in?

Mick: Aramaic.

Jax: Dude, how do you even know what Passion of the Christ sounds like?

Mick: “Passion of the Christ”. Good movie.

One of my favorite things about Mick Rory is his ability to always be smarter than everyone expects him to be. 

[africagirl2012]

The girl selling lemonade in the Metro PCS commercial looks like the little sister of Summer Hathaway in School of Rock

[africagirl2012]

Fun fact: Green as in Rachel Green is actually spelled Greene. That’s been mispelled EVERYWHERE.

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Vanessa keeps saying she’s not sure if Nick is ready to be engaged because she doesn’t think he will compromise. But really it’s that she doesn’t want to compromise. 

[africagirl2012]

In other news... BEAUTY AND THE BEAST WAS EVERYTHING I COULD HAVE IMAGINED AND MORE!!!!

[africagirl2012]

So Corinne was awful the whole season but my heart broke a little when he apologized to Nick saying that she was sorry if she had ever done anything wrong. Oh sweetie, just because he didn't choose you doesn't mean you need to feel that horrible about yourself. I wouldn't want any girl to say that to a guy just because he broke up with her. Also, if she actually meant that she was going to stop trying to impress men and actually learns from this experience, I would be really ok with that.

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What would modern technology and social networks look like if they were vintage ads

This is a post gathered Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Skype, iMac, Nintendo Wii and Sony Playstation as if they were vintage ads.