Diary of a Derby Freshmeat

Musings and memoirs of my exploits in Roller Derby.

Permalink missgingerlee: apatheticsexlife: smauglocktheconsultingdragon: dynamicsarenotmyforte: thedukeoflions: frescaparty: someone on facebook posted this intending it to be negative but instead it’s INCREDIBLE. go girl scouts girl scouts fuckin OWN this is awesome! I’m so proud to be a part of the Girl Scouts Community! We go girls! ^_^ Such a wonderful organization. I will gladly support them any way I can. Girl Scouts=awesome. Buy ALL the cookies. Oh no, “progressives”, “liberals”, “information” how scary. Please don’t give young girls information or ideas about progress and rights to their own bodies, whatever you do! Jebus. I wish I was American so I could buy their overpriced cookies and help them alarm conservatives everywhere. Yay, Girl Scouts!
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  • Me: I'm so tired I could collapse into bed and sleep for a year..
  • Me: gets in bed
  • Me: how was earth created
  • Me: who made microwaves
  • Me: how does the internet even work
  • Me: I'm hungry
  • Me: feels bad about something I did 4 years ago
  • Me: remembers 73 unfinished tasks
  • Me: too wired to sleep.
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Permalink totalfilm: 50 Weirdest VHS Covers Well, now I want to see this…..
Permalink rhyfeddu-partyofone: whataboutbobbed: Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 - ) “Uhura never had another name during the series. One of the fan writers wrote “Upenda” - which means “peace” in Swahili, I understand — not officially, but in some of their fan writings. And it sort of took hold. But when they were going to do the official history of Star Trek in a published book, the writer called Gene and asked him was “Uhura” her first name or her last name? Gene said, “Well, Nichelle and I never decided.” We always leaned towards it being her last name because it’s taken from the Swahili “uhuru” which means freedom. So it would sort of be like the same as “Freeman.” So he said, “You can make it her last name.” The writer said, “What about her first name? I’ve come up with one in Swahili. It’s Nyota.” Gene said, “I can’t give you that permission because Nichelle and I named her together, and she has rights to that, so you’ll have to call her and get her permission.” So he gave him my number, and he called me and I laughed and was delighted. He said, “I have a name and it’s Nyota.” I said, “That’s quite beautiful. What does it mean?” He said, “It means ‘star’.” I said, “You can have my permission!” So I have since said that her name is Nyota Upenda Uhura, which would mean a free-floating star: “star of freedom and peace”. I like that.”    — NICHELLE NICHOLS Star Trek geek fact
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