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Flying to Toronto on the 27th so that I can be at a hospital for 7am on the 28th so that a super special, can’t be done in town line is jammed into my chest.

Maybe my back?

Literally NO ONE can/will tell me what the fuck, exactly, is going to be done to me, so that’s always exciting.

And then I have to have my shit together enough to fly home on the 30th.

I’m already having anxiety attacks about not being out under general and having to lay on the table, screaming again. At least it’s assumed I won’t be out? Let’s really hope I am. I don’t want to be at all awake when they do whatever they need to do.

Anyone in Toronto end of April? Will be there for 2 or 3 days for a special, can’t be done in my town line change.

Take me out for noodles, I’ll buy us some pre rolls.

I find myself unable to reconcile the George Cooper as described by Adult Sheldon and the one seen on the show.

Especially since Young Sheldon has hit the age range at which Sheldon has made claim to several events, including walking in on his father cheating on his mother.

And don’t get me started on Big Bang Theory!Memaw. VS. young Sheldon!Memaw.

#young Sheldon #the big bang theory #she #don copper #George cooper #Connie tucker

Why was there no strawberry jelly in my strawberry jelly donut???

Someone should be arrested for this.

Is…. Is Tumblr aloud to do this?

The caboose

The heel.

The fucking worst.

Random thought: I strongly disagree with the commentary that SNW Uhura is "masculinized". She's got makeup, sparkly earrings, walks with a sashay, and was a literal queen in one episode.

Some of these negative comments regarding the character have hurt people, particularly Black fans with that very hair which is the subject of much of this commentary.

captaincrusher

I don't know where this commentary is coming from, but it sure feels familiar. When have people not been upset about Uhura's hair? I've written about this before, but to return to this:

In the original series Uhura had straightened hair, which Nichelle Nichols later called "denying her identity" or something similar. When the movies came around Nichelle was determined to keep her afro but the studio called this "too contemporary". They settled on the short style.

Is Uhura presenting as more masculine because she doesn't have long, straightened hair? Of course not. Is a hairstyle that black people have had for thousands of years "too contemporary" to appear on black people hundreds of years in the future? Of course not.

There's a long Star Trek tradition of being obsessed with Uhura's hair in particular. The racist connotations of calling Celia Rose Gooding's profile masculine because they have short hair unfortunately have a long history in Star Trek. It's also very telling that people don't complain about how almost every black woman in Star Trek had straightened hair until recently, which is a time consuming process and wouldn't work for everyone - but they chime in when a woman has a much shorter, easier to manage hairstyle. Which one makes more sense in the quasi military setting of Starfleet?

It displays a very narrow view of femininity and just like when Nichelle fought for her hair in the 70's, it reveals that black actors have to fit in a much tinier box than white counterparts to conform to people's expectation on screen.

blowup1sun

The struggle with finding beauty outside of traditional white, western standard continue marches on I see.

frontier001

The Lead (William Shatner), the Director (Nicolas Meyer), and the Executive Producer (Leonard Nimoy) of “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country”.

It’s rumored that Leonard Nimoy was offered the reigns of the Star Trek franchise as a whole in the wake of this film, coupled with Gene Roddenberry’s death. He turned such down, if said offer was extended. I wonder what Trek would have been like with Nimoy at the helm for the next decade instead of Rick Berman?

blowup1sun

Tells you all you need to know about Shatner, if true.

devolution45pt2

blowup1sun

Seasons and seasons (maybe the whole run?) of him are on Tubi for free.

Literally 1 min of ads every 45 ish minutes or so, with a subtle pre-warning on the corner of the screen.

atomic-chronoscaph

Grace Lee Whitney - Star Trek (1966)

mudwerks

hair style + easter basket

blowup1sun

The cosmo students at my high school, learned to to this hair do one year.

blowup1sun

Was at work the other day, minding my own, when some woman standing a couple of feet away from me simply yelled “PENCIL CRAYONS!” at me. Well, my Customer Service brain took over, helped her out with the pencil crayons and she carried on her merry way.

The hilarity of this event didn’t hit me until a few minutes later. It was discussed with my very cynical co-workers and then forgotten about.

Until I told one of my managers about it.

“Did you just yell back MARKERS?” she asked.

Needless to say, there are now periodic greetings of PENCIL CRAYONS! being yelled across the store.

blowup1sun

Oh man.

I’d forgotten about this.

Craft stores man.

@rahleeyah

I think I might be a casual SVU watcher now? Who’s starting to read fic?

And I’m pretty sure I blame you.

columboscreens

I'm rewatching Columbo (again) and honestly? So many men are obsessed with him. He's their little scrungly boy. They despise him. They want to kiss him on the mouth.

Anyway top 5 Columbo gay moments?

you're asking me to pick five of my favorite children? very well. i'll try. top five columbo gay momence...

number five, double exposure

number four, swan song

number three, etude in black

number two, sky high IQ

number one, any old port

honorable mentions, short fuse

and prescription: murder

blowup1sun

Used the phrase “Get a clue, Columbo.” The other day and my mother couldn’t stop laughing.

everkings

oh god I have zero points, I am pointless and ancient and gentle

dduane

1 point. The AOL email addy.

neil-gaiman

Two points. Never had an AOL address (although I was sort of on AOL after they bought Compuserve) and never had a MySpace account because the aesthetics of MySpace were like all the fingernails meeting all the blackboards.