#as a school teacher but also sewing and classical singing

[cosmicrhetoric]

my grandmother left me all her sewing and embroidery books from her technical college in india and it's like. five notebooks of meticulously laid out references for hand and machine sewing with how-to diagrams she did in pencil for every single stitch that are so easy to follow i think i can actually do them w/ no experience. AND samples on fabric that she stapled in between pages. i seriously think i should scan it all and upload it somewhere as this insane reference from 1940s maharastra but im still stuck in She Wrote These When She Was 16 And I Am Holding Them With My Hands mode

[just-before-dawn]

While you’re moving in (have fun btw), what’s something unique/interesting about you human cats characters? Any of them ╰(*´︶`*)╯

hm hm well let's see, i guess i can do like one random fact/headcanon about each of them?

misto: he writes in script (really neatly too), he practices his handwriting sometimes. he has a separate journal for this. he has a lot of journals actually (he likes notebooks)

tugger: he has relative pitch (close to perfect pitch but not really). any sound he hears, he can actually try and guess what note it is, he's usually accurate

victoria: she sews and crochets in her own personal time! she likes to make plushies (and gives them as gifts too!) she's currently working on something for plato :)

bomba: loves taking care of plants, knows a lot about them too. (she gave cass a small cactus, that's their baby). she also knows how to play the bass

tumble: really wants to do parkour one day, he watches videos on the daily. he also wants to be a stunt double for a superhero film as his dream career. his little brother wants to be like him.

jemima: takes opera lessons! (to no one's surprise) she dreams of performing in opera houses in europe. she used to be in band, but had to quit because of her focus on singing.

cassandra: she draws in her spare time and she's pretty good at it. she likes to paint and she sketches people in cafes whenever she goes (her sketchbook is actually full of bomba). she also plays classical piano (literally no one knows this fact about her)

rumple: can skateboard and rollerblade. you can usually find her at a skatepark sometimes. she is also trying to learn how to bmx bike. she can also play drums (her and jerrie really wanted to start a band with tugger and bomba)

jerrie: plays a lot of video games, but he really sucks at them (he tries his best). he also has an interest in pokemon cards. he's been getting into comics lately too.

plato: a really good cook, actually. he can cook a mean meal and he likes to bake too. he's made a couple of pastries for victoria (while also almost dropping them, he got nervous :( )

pouncival: he's a band kid! he plays the clarinet for concert band and he also decided to pick up the trumpet for marching band. he still wishes jemima was in band, it felt special with her around.

electra: extremely athletic, but her favorite sport is volleyball, she's on the team and plays as a libero. she also gets concerned a lot about etcetera and wishes she could get over tugger.

etcetera: she owns so...much...stationery...over 500 sticker sheets, lots of pens, markers, pencils, washi tape, etc. she likes to collect them! (her and misto one time bonded over different notebooks and pens)

tantomile: loves everything about mbtis, enneagrams, and zodiac signs. she will always ask you your big three and your personality type. she also knows everyone's birthday because of this.

coricopat: loves to read comics and manga. you'll usually find him at the comic shop sometimes, he's quite acquainted with the people who own the store. he's also the younger twin. he's been getting into pokemon cards lately.

munkustrap: knows his hair is going grey very quickly and is insecure about that. he has already bought a ring for demeter and plans to propose after the spring musical season. he plans to start his own theater company like his father.

demeter: she works as a vocal teacher, teaching one on one lessons. she doesn't teach jemima, but she helps her out. she wishes to own her own music school one day.

alonzo: he didn't actually know what he wanted to do for a career, but munkustrap encouraged him to pursue the theater. he has a special interest in coffee and likes to explore different cafes and try out their drinks, comparing different coffees and espresso drinks. he keeps a journal about it.

[hubillusion]

Thank you @schumi-nadal and @rafasbiscuits for tagging me, It's great to get to know each others a bit more 🥰

Are you named after anyone? In a certain way yes. When my father heard that my mother was pregnant he went to a church and prayed a saint who is buried there for her to protect my mother during the pregnancy and he wowed that if everything went find the baby would have her name, since I'm here you can guess the rest.

When was the last time you cried? Strangely, around a month which is weird because I'm use to cry a lot.

Do you have kids? Not yet!

Do you use sarcasm a lot? Yes, a lot, but people don't always get it.

What sports do you play/have played? Horse-riding (if it's a sport), swimming and karate.

What’s the first thing you notice about other people? Their face and their smile.

What’s your eye color? Dark brown.

Scary movies or happy endings? I'm to sensitive to the view of blood to be able to watch any scary movies so happy ending but I like it more when the happy ending is not cliché.

Any special talent? I don't think I have any. I know how to do a few things but it's always because I learned them and worked on them, i never felt like it was something natural for me.

Where were you born? In the middle east of France.

What are you hobbies? Reading, writing, watching sport, singing, playing theater, hiking, swimming, sewing, cooking, visiting museum, going to classical music concert...

Do you have any pets? Yes we have two horses in my family (we used to have seven a few years ago) and we have adopted a puppy yesterday.

How tall are you? 1,60m

Favorite subject in school? History. Also mathematic when i was in middle-school but later maths became my nemesis.

Dream job? I'd love to be a comedian, or a guide in a museum, or a art-history teacher or to have my own tea-room (i love too many things help me !!!)

I'm tagging @flourbray , @thomas-mvller, @fedalgaard, @smolnerdz,@zingaplanet , @veyoux and @carlosdropshot (but feel free to ignore).

[thecapturedafrique]

HLAW: Day 2—Skills v. Passions/Chocolate

I hope everyone has been having a fantastic HLAW so far! I was out of town on vacation this past Juneteenth weekend and am definitely late to the party, but I wanted to share my idea of how Hana’s extensive skill set came to be! This post covers not only the skills we’re shown directly in canon but also the subjects she’d have been expected to be educated in as a noble lady. While it was originally intended to be a list of bullet points, I ended up adding more elaboration (and a little bit of the second theme there at the end lol).

Tagging @hanaleeappreciationweek and its awesome hosts @lizzybeth1986 and @sazanes!

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In my version of Hana’s backstory, she was educated from ages of 5 to 10 primarily by her Taiwanese governess Tài Luó, named after the character Miss Anne Taylor from Emma. This included the basics such as reading, writing, and arithmetic, as well as some local history and folklore alongside the life sciences.

Under different tutors, Hana began additional lessons in French and Italian as well as the fine arts. This included painting and singing but began with the piano, when 3-year-old Hana first demonstrated her talent by repeating a section played by her mother, leading Lorelai to seek the best piano teacher money could buy.

Lin Changsong (parodied after the real pianist Yin Chengzong) agreed to instruct Hana after hearing her play, teaching her musical theory as well. He also encouraged her to take up another instrument after she demonstrated an aptitude for composition, and so she was also to a far lesser extent taught to play the violin.

After her tenth birthday, Hana’s governess was exchanged for an etiquette coach to prepare her for her first high societal appearance at the upcoming English Social Season. Named after the tutor from Barbie in the Princess and the Pauper, Lady Julianne de Montfort is the heiress to the extinct IRL duchy of Brittany.

Under her tutelage, Hana became fully fluent in French and thoroughly instructed in all of the social graces like conversation, decorum, and courtly manners. Lorelai also enrolled her in the Shanghai Dance School for additional lessons, where she learned ballet and classical Chinese dances from the instructor Shi Zhongyi.

Though having already been taught to sew by her grandmother Lee Bao, Hana was sent to the Shanghai Embroidery Institute, where she had to take supplementary knot tying lessons after finishing early. Bao encouraged her to take her skills further, first for dressmaking and later on for fashion design in general.

Hana’s academic studies were furthered as well by various instructors in world/cultural/ancient history, philosophies of multiple doctrines, classical literature (both Western and Chinese), advanced mathematics, and the physical/social sciences (including astronomy, chemistry, economics, political science, and sociology).

Her instruction in the equestrian arts took place while abroad in England for the Social Season, where she joined the riding club at Wimbledon Village Stables and learned dressage as well as the various riding styles. Hana was led by her parents to partake in other “noble” sporting activities like polo, ice skating, and archery.

She also learned some tai chi from Bao, who passed soon after her 15th birthday. This also ended Hana’s lessons with both Lady Julianne (which had evolved into fencing practice) and Lin Changsong, as they had both been financed by her grandmother after receiving the blame for her last public piano performance at age 12.

Hana was given a laptop to attend the online Balissande Finishing School, where her social education shifted to focusing on developing her skills as a hostess. This included courses on interior decorating and the history of art and furniture, which ignited her genuine interest in historical interior design.

One of the conditions to be a debutante for the Queen Charlotte's Ball (the finale of Hana’s official court debut) was entering a university program. While Lorelai and Xinghai did limit her options to areas of study they deemed would increase her appeal to noble suitors, Hana was still excited to choose the culinary arts.

She attended the Culinary Arts Academy Switzerland to earn her Swiss Grand Diploma in Pastry & Chocolate Arts, and her internship at Le Cordon Bleu Shanghai further refined her palate. Her graduation at the age of 18 marked the end of Hana’s formal training period, and thus began the search for an eligible husband.

[cityoftheangelllls]

15 Questions for 15 Mutuals

Thank you so much to @kittyball23 for tagging me! Love ya! <3

Are you named after anyone?

Not specifically, but on a slightly related note, my parents bought me literally every Angelina Ballerina book and toy in existence because my name was/is Angelina. That franchise was a pretty huge part of my childhood and made me want to become a ballet dancer, but I ended up becoming more of a singer and actress in my adulthood.

2. When was the last time you cried?

A few nights ago I cried because my parents were overwhelming me by nagging me about my future and my boyfriend's future. I also felt overwhelmed about feeling trapped in my house; I love my parents but I want to get out on my own and have my own house. I ended up confiding in a friend and felt better after talking to them and then going back to talk to my parents, and overall I only cried for a few minutes.

3. Do you have kids?

No, and I'm not sure if I want to have them at the moment. I love kids but I feel like it's a little too soon for me to think seriously about having my own.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Oh heck yes. When I was younger I didn't really understand sarcasm all that much, being autistic and all, but now I do and I love using it when the situation calls for it.

5. What sports do you play/have you played?

I am NOT AT ALL a sporty person, I already decided that by PE in elementary school. But I do occasionally do bowling and ice skating for funsies.

6. What's the first thing you notice about other people?

I'm not so sure as I've never really thought about that, but I guess I gotta say their faces.

7. What's your eye color?

Hazel

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

I'm a sucker for happy endings, of course any Disney junkie would be.

9. Any special talents?

I'm an artist, a singer (soprano), and a sewist/cosplayer (I just started)!

10. Where were you born?

USA

11. What are your hobbies?

Singing, doing theater, drawing/making art, sewing, listening to music, shopping, reading, writing, DIY projects, thrifting, going to shows and concerts, working out, bicycle riding, roller skating, hanging with friends, cooking/baking, and wasting time on the Internet (my favorite sites are Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram, and YouTube)! Just to name a few :)

12. Do you have any pets?

Yes! I have a German Shepherd dog and four beautiful kitties!

13. How tall are you?

5'1"

14. Favorite subject in school?

If we're talking elementary thru high school, I gotta say English! I've always loved reading and analyzing stories and I got a lot of respect from my teachers for reading classic novels during independent reading periods!

15. Dream job?

Being a professional singer and actress in theatre!

My tags for any moots who want to participate: @girlofprey7 @salad-of-potatoes @quasiimodo @roger-s-maracas @sweetpolkadots13 @suppenkasparcrazy @chacusha @jezabatlovesbats @magicaltoongirldraws @ibrithir-was-here @eahravinqueen @notyouraveragejulie @curetapwater @gorilladude32 @darlingfreddie

15 questions for 15 mutuals!

Tagged by @liliaenbaggins

1. Are you named after anyone?

No, not really, though my name is a little similar to my mother's.

2. When was the last time you cried?

Right about now.

3. Do you have kids?  

No.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

I don't think so.

5. What sports do you play/have you played?

None except in P.E. class, which I'm not sure counts.

6. What's the first thing you notice about other people?

I don't know, I never really thought about it.

7. What's your eye colour?  

Hazel.

8. Scary movies or happy endings?  

Happy endings.

9. Any special talents?

Not that I know of, though my sister thinks being able to bend the corners of my tongue is one, like Buttercup in that PPG episode where they discuss her special power, for those familiar with the show.

10. Where were you born?

Spain.

11. What are your hobbies?  

Listening to music, daydreaming, taking online quizzes, reading, Pinterest, making aesthetic moodboards occasionally.

12. Do you have any pets?  

No, I'm not really a fan of animals.

13. How tall are you?

5′6″ or around 167cm (borrowing your answer because I think I'm the same).

14. Favorite subject in school?

English, though I wouldn't say I really had a favorite.

15. Dream job?  

I don't really have one.

Tagging @chipmunkfanno1love @constanceblackwood-s @infjpaladin @selkiesstories @myfanfictiongarden @thatscarletflycatcher @ahobbitstale @danascullys @hafanforever @charitysplace @child-of-thekindlywest @frodoz @my-lady-galadriel @lady-stormbraver @belleoftheball91