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Quick Life Update...
I get married THIS SUNDAY. Wowzers.
Because of this, while the next episode of The Adventures of Mrs Hudson will go out as usual next Tuesday, there’ll be a slightly longer gap of three weeks until the next one. But that does mean that it will also tie in nicely with the first anniversary of these silly doodles, so we can all pretend that I planned it that way :)
(I honestly thought I’d be able to get next week’s and the one after that drawn up, queued and ready to go before we head off on honeymoon, but apparently in the week before your wedding (when you’re also frantically trying to tie things off during one of the busiest times of year at work) there’s really quite a lot to do. Who knew?!)
TL;DR: I’m getting married and am super busy - so while the next Mrs H will arrive on time next Tuesday, the one after that will be delayed.
Thank you all so much for your lovely replies to this, and I’m so sorry that I haven’t had a chance to reply to you all - rest assured, it was a lovely day (the sun even made an unexpected appearance) and I don’t think I’ve stopped grinning since...
Quick Life Update...
I get married THIS SUNDAY. Wowzers.
Because of this, while the next episode of The Adventures of Mrs Hudson will go out as usual next Tuesday, there’ll be a slightly longer gap of three weeks until the next one. But that does mean that it will also tie in nicely with the first anniversary of these silly doodles, so we can all pretend that I planned it that way :)
(I honestly thought I’d be able to get next week’s and the one after that drawn up, queued and ready to go before we head off on honeymoon, but apparently in the week before your wedding (when you’re also frantically trying to tie things off during one of the busiest times of year at work) there’s really quite a lot to do. Who knew?!)
TL;DR: I’m getting married and am super busy - so while the next Mrs H will arrive on time next Tuesday, the one after that will be delayed.
So, folks ... I’m off to America next week for a pal’s wedding. We’ve also, very sweetly, been invited to said pal’s for their family Thanksgiving.
But, the big question is - what is the etiquette for this sort of thing? Should we bring food? Flowers? A goldfish? Novelty London umbrellas?
(I am already aware that I’ll need to bring my own supplies of Battenberg and Jaffa Cakes.)
So, people of Tumblr - help out a baffled Brit. What do I bring to a Thanksgiving Party?
Not dead!
Sorry ... once again an unexpected hiatus for me. I'm currently in the process of buying my first house (ridiculously exciting, ridiculously scary) and that has sort of become all-consuming. Hopefully back with a few new doodles soon!
Hello all - sorry for the radio silence, the Chap and I moved house a couple of weeks ago and to be honest with you a lot of my life is still in boxes at the moment (pro tip: do not move house if you can possibly avoid it, it is the WORST and then you will get the flu because of stress, probably). Anyway, the box containing my art stuff has now been located and the room where I'll be drawing is now almost usable (shout out to the lady we bought this house from - we loved how much of a horrible mess you left the place in! The overflowing bins were a nice touch. And the way you only painted the bits of the walls that you could see - inspired!). That means the next installment of The Adventures of Mrs H and a couple of long-overdue replies will follow soon!
Sorry for the silence from me. I’ve been finding balancing full-time work and rehearsing for Sherlock Holmes more exhausting than I expected!
I’ve been having a great time though. As a Sherlockian, being a part of this, even a small part, is such a treat. They say you should never meet your heroes, but they don’t say anything about pretending to beat them up on stage…
It’s also been a real eye-opener for me. I think, if I’m being honest, I’d always thought of Gillette!Holmes as a bit of an oddity, interesting as a museum piece perhaps (I’ve not had a chance to watch the film version yet and am now deliberately waiting until after the show) but a bit one-dimensional and far too melodramatic for its own good. Reader, I could not have been more wrong. Gillette’s Holmes is not just smart - he’s witty, brave and big-hearted. He feels far too much, in fact, and the weight of his actions hangs heavy on him. Again and again in the play he is confronted by the consequences of what he has done, and again and again Gillette shows us the real, flawed man beneath the deerstalker (or top hat, in our version!). Although I don’t think I’ll ever forgive him for that romance subplot, Gillette really, really got Holmes, and his affection for the character shines through.
His stagecraft is also incredible, by the way - his stage directions are almost cinematic in their vision. I only hope we can do them some justice…
(On a personal note, it’s also been challenging to get back on stage after a 6 year gap, especially playing a character about as far away from me as it’s possible to get - Craigin is a really nasty piece of work, a thug and a bully who likes hurting people just for the fun of it. It turns out it’s quite hard to be menacing when you’re a good foot shorter than everyone else on stage, so finding the right physicality has been, er, interesting. I’m not sure it’s quite right yet, but it’s getting there. There’s also the added challenge of the fight scenes - I’ve done some very, very basic fight training previously, but I’ve never been called on to actually use any of it before. So as well as trying to be scary, I also have to make sure I don’t actually punch anyone in the face. Harder than it sounds!)
We’re on the home stretch now. Time to pull out all the stops and do Mr Gillette proud.
(Last I heard, tickets were selling well but some were still available - if you’re in and/or around London this December, it would be great to see you. And if you’re not around, you can still go to that link and laugh at my mugshot - er, I mean, headshot...)
Maybe in another life, I am the richest of the rich. And parallel to that world, I’m the poorest of the poor. Maybe in another life, I would die in the arms of love. And parallel to that, I would die alone thinking of a future I don’t remember having. Yet for the love of God, I could not find one reason anywhere going against the truth that someone somewhere needed me to be born in this world. So I live.
A. D.
I think some of you may already know this, but the ones who dont, im about to ruin finding nemo for you! In real life, if nemo’s, clown fish’s, mother would’ve died, nemo’s father would’ve changed his sex. Yay, nemo would have had a mom again. But thats not all, after that, nemo’s new mom would have either killed little nemo or mate with him. You are welcome!
To the boy who has seen me at my worst and still stuck around to help me work towards my best.
If you don't have these problems with any other person in your life, why do you think you're the problematic person in this one?
k.b. // therapist quotes
animation of jimmy getting owned in real life
bonus gif of him celebrating i made for funsies :] oh the oblivious bliss...
The class that never returned, Salma Chatto
As students around the world begin to prepare for their new academic year, students in Gaza are missing yet another school year as they endure this genocide. Tens of thousands of them will not be returning to school for good as they were amongst the over 16,000 children killed by Israel since October of last year.
According to the UN, 93% of schools in Gaza have been targeted since October 2023, including all universities in the strip. Israel's deliberate and systematic targeting of educational institutions has been dubbed "scholasticide".
Was at gerk con sadly I didn't fine the real purple rabbit but I have the pin
This cosplay is the literally definition of we have Cirtri at home
And the mouht thought it would be better for it career that it just disappear
when Sylvia Plath said "I want so obviously, so desperately to be loved, and to be capable of love. I am still so naive; I know pretty much what I like and and dislike; but please, don't ask me who I am. A passionate, fragmentary girl, maybe?"
it hit.
I wanna say that sexual harassment isn’t just physical but also verbal. There’s many forms and both are harmful, just because the person never physically touched the person doesn’t mean that it isn’t still harassment. Sexualizing someone, threatening them, or making overly sexual comments to someone after they say they aren’t comfortable with that is still sexual harassment! It’s a form of harassment I don’t see getting recognized enough and I want people to know that just because it isn’t necessarily physical it’s still valid!
I would like to go back to the year where women would be burnt at steak if accused to be a witch, cause I know damn well I would be brunt at steak and I rather be dead than have to live in world where I have to fight with people who can’t express basic sympathy to the struggles a person goes through regardless of their gender.
“Not all men”
“Not all women”
“Well I never —“
Irrelevant! Y’all wanna be praise so bad for doing the bare fucking minimum and not being a rapist, abuser, sexual assaulter, pedophile, groomer, serial killer, etc…
IRRELEVANT!!! Just be a human being and show love and support to a victims story, rather than making it about yourself or some fucked up gender competition.
sitting down next to me at a coffee shop where there’s tables available next to me, is normal.
Sitting down next to me as an older man at a coffee shop where there’s tables available next to me, is also normal.
Sitting down next to me as an older at a coffee shop where there’s tables available next to me and speaking to me, again, is normal.
But sitting down next to me as an older man at a coffee shop where there’s table available next to me and first thing you say to me is “don’t worry I’m not gonna drug you”, not fucking normal.
Like, WHAT!? Who said you were!? Now I’m thinking you might! Where is this coming from!? I don’t know you, get away!
I do have sympathy for jojo siwa for what she had gone through on dance moms but that doesn’t excuse her abusing the kids in her own group XOMG POP. It’s sad that most people who are abused and don’t get proper therapy or don’t actually come to terms with it end up being abusers themselves in the future. It’s a the cycle of abuse, which is why it’s important to talk to people and go to therapy. I genuinely do hope she realizes the harm she’s doing and the people she’s surrounding herself with aren’t good people (Colleen ballinger, Shawn Dawson, etc…) Despite her pass she’s still hurting people and surrounding herself around people who’s hurt so many. It’s terrible, this whole situation is terrible.
I make this post for the men who have trauma and constantly get discredited for it or ignored, silenced, and told to be quiet just because they are a man. Anyone who thinks vulnerability is weak is ridiculous. Show support for all victims no matter their gender.
Mens rape, abuse, and sexual assault matters just as equally as it does for women. My platform is for both men and women, and for anyone in between. It’s for people who need a voice because they are scared to speak up, because they are told their story doesn’t matter, because they are forced to stay quiet, because they are told it’s their fault.
I’m here to tell you it’s not your fault, that your story’s valid and there are dozens of people who understand, who gone through similar, who are here to support you through it.