Character notes for "Connoisseurs of Comfort"

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Here are the character notes for "Connoisseurs of Comfort."


Headtunnel (Helen Eldredge) -- She has tawny-fair skin, brown eyes, and long wavy blonde hair often with the tips tinted in pastel colors. She is tall and slim. Her heritage includes American, French, and Scottish. She speaks English and French. She is 20 years old in 2015. She was born in 1995.
Headtunnel grew up in Emerald Mountain Glen just outside of Rutledge, Vermont. She enjoys working with computers and other technology. She also likes crafts, especially upcycling. A cat lover, she often makes things for the cats who live at the commune.
Qualities: Good (+2) Bohemian, Good (+2) Computer Geek, Good (+2) Crafts, Good (+2) Dexterity, Good (+2) Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
Poor (-2) Tall Girl Problems

Headtunnel is T-American slang for both the drug trip effect and the computer animation effect that looks like sliding through a long looping tube, usually with bright colors. A mandala is a static, 2D image of the 3D effect.


Anna the Patchwork Girl (Anna Pacella) -- She has tinted skin, green eyes, and long red-gold hair. Her heritage includes American, Irish, and Italian. She speaks English and Italian. She is 28 years old in 2016.
Anna grew up in California. She is the mother of son Patrick "Pat" Pacella (4). She earned a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science & Management with a Companion Animals Specialization: Cats and a minor in War-Peace Studies at the University of California-Davis. There she joined the Animal Science Student Mentorship Program, Board Game Club, Book Group: Reading for Pleasure, Peace Club, and Yoga of the Heart. After graduating, she took a Cattery Management Program online, recommended by several cat fancier associations. She can't stand dogs, though, and doesn't do much better with dog fanciers.
Curious about landraces and how people select for desired traits in a casual context, Anna moved to the Emerald Mountain Glen commune near Rutledge, Vermont in 2011. There she studies the Vermont Shag Carpet Cats raised by the residents, a landrace dating back to the commune's founding in 1961. She has added her cat Ninepatch to the local population. Ninepatch is smart enough to use a push-button communication board.
Qualities: Good (+2) Bohemian, Good (+2) Cat Expert, Good (+2) Crafts, Good (+2) Naturalistic Intelligence, Good (+2) Peacework
Poor (-2) Not a Dog Person


Animal Science & Management, Bachelor of Science
College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
at the University of California-Davis

Code Title Units
Written & Oral Expression
Choose two; if not chosen for English College Requirement: 8
CMN 130 Group Communication
UWP 104E Writing in the Professions: Science
Written & Oral Expression Subtotal 8
Preparatory Subject Matter
Animal Science 8
ANS 001 Domestic Animals & People
ANS 002 Introductory Animal Science
Biological Science 15
BIS 002A Introduction to Biology: Essentials of Life on Earth
BIS 002B Introduction to Biology: Principles of Ecology & Evolution
BIS 002C Introduction to Biology: Biodiversity & the Tree of Life
Chemistry 16
CHE 002A General Chemistry
CHE 002B General Chemistry
CHE 008A Organic Chemistry: Brief Course
CHE 008B Organic Chemistry: Brief Course
Choose one: 3-4
ECS 015 Introduction to Computers
Economics 8
ECN 001A Principles of Microeconomics
ECN 001B Principles of Macroeconomics
Management 8
MGT 011A Elementary Accounting
MGT 011B Elementary Accounting
Mathematics; choose a series: 9-12
MAT 017A Calculus for Biology & Medicine
& MAT 017B Calculus for Biology & Medicine
& MAT 017C Calculus for Biology & Medicine
Choose one: 4
PLS 120 Applied Statistics in Agricultural Sciences
Preparatory Subject Matter Subtotal 71-75

Depth Subject Matter
Biological Science 4
BIS 101 Genes & Gene Expression
Nutrition 4
NUT 115 Animal Nutrition
Choose one: 5
ANS 100 Animal Physiology
Business Management 16
Agricultural & Resource Economics
ARE 100A Intermediate Microeconomics: Theory of Production & Consumption
Choose one:
ARE 113 Fundamentals of Marketing Management
Choose one:
ARE 132 Cooperative Business Enterprises
ARE 155 Operations Research & Management Science
Depth Subject Matter Subtotal 29

Area of Specializations
Choose one area of specialization below: 14-16
Companion Animals Specialization: Cats
ANS 042 Introductory Companion Animal Biology 4
ANS 142 Companion Animal Care & Management 4
ANS 148 Enterprise Analysis in Animal Industries 4
ANS 150 Cat Production 4 (T-American)
Total Units 16

(Anna did her thesis on "Landraces in Cats.")
Restricted Electives
Choose at least two additional courses with approval of advisor; minimum 8 units; duplicate from Depth Subject Matter courses not counted: 8-10
ARE 140 Farm Management
ANS 106 Domestic Animal Behavior Laboratory
ANS 192 Internship in Animal Science: Skookumcat Breeding
ANS 194HA Undergraduate Honors Thesis in Animal Science
ANG 107 Genetics & Animal Breeding
NPB 121 Physiology of Reproduction
NPB 121L Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory


War-Peace Studies, Minor
College of Letters & Science
at the University of California-Davis

Choose one or two from each of the following areas: 20 credits

Approaches
ANT 123AN Resistance, Rebellion, & Popular Movements
ANT 121 Special Topics in Anthropology: Peace Skills (4 units)
PHI 115 Problems in Normative Ethics
SOC 157 Social Conflict

Northern & Western Regions
NAS 130B Native American Ethno-Historical Development

Southern & Eastern Regions
ANT 142 Peoples of the Middle East
Total Units 20


Clubs

Animal Science Student Mentorship Program
Board Game Club
Book Group: Reading for Pleasure
Peace Club (T-American)
Yoga of the Heart


Cattery Management Program
General Cat Care
Cat Communication
Cat Toys, Furniture, and Enrichment
Cat Training and Tricks
Animal Welfare and Ethics
Cat Anatomy
Health Care for Cats
Cat Breeds
Basic Cat Genetics: Dominant and Recessive Traits
Intermediate Cat Genetics: Incomplete Dominant Traits
Advanced Cat Genetics: Interactions and Mysterious Traits
Breeding for Desired Traits
Inbreeding vs. Outbreeding
Setting Up a Cattery
Cat Rooms, Cages, and Catios
Keeping Queens
Keeping Studs
Raising Kittens
Selection of Show and Breeding Cats
Marketing and Promotion
Customer Education
Cat Shows


Ninepatch (2010-present, arrived 2011) belongs to Anna the Patchwork Girl (Anna Pacella), who moved to Emerald Mountain Glen in 2011. She is a small cat with a round face and a high forehead. She is smart enough to use a push-button communication board. She has pale green eyes and a short but very dense coat with a calico pattern. Her colors are mixed orange and grayish-brown tabby with a white face, bib and collar, belly, band in front of her tail, socks on all four feet, and tail tip. She carries the genes for long hair and muted colors. Ninepatch learned to hunt mice after watching other cats do it on the farm. She is primarily an indoor cat but enjoys going outside occasionally.

Ninepatch (2010-present, arrived 2011) adopted queen


Silver Haze (2010-present) is the daughter of Silverfish and Shroooom. She is a huge, heavy cat with with a big head, tall ears, high forehead, and broad muzzle. She is leggy with a very long tail tail tipped in black. She has pale yellow-green eyes and a long fluffy coat. Her color is silver marbled tabby with black markings over silver and white background with a white chin, ruff, belly, and slippers on all four paws. Silver Haze has an extraordinary sense of navigation and never gets lost, despite rambling over much of Emerald Mountain Glen. A silent huntress despite her size, she ghosts through the forest to bring sudden unexpected death to her prey. She likes humans better when stoned on catnip than when sober.

Silver Haze

Silver Haze (2010-present)


Sterling (2007-present) is the son of Silverfish and Harvest Moon. He is a huge cat with a big head, high forehead, and large hands and feet. He is a handcat with nimble hands and leathery palms in front and nimble toes in back. He has hazel eyes and a long fluffy coat of marbled silver tabby with a white bib, white slippers in front, socks in back, and tail rings. Sterling is a perfect gentleman who prefers to eat cat food but dutifully patrols the grounds to drive away the pests with his watchful presence.

Sterling (2007-present) son of Silverfish and Harvest Moon


Sasquatch (2002-present) is the son of Pattycake and Skookum Chuck. He is a big cat with a long back and legs, a big head, and a high forehead. He has hazel and a long shaggy coat with a brown tabby pattern, a white face, bib, front socks, and back stockings. He is polydactyl with all four feet nearly doubled. An indoor-outdoor cat, Sasquatch is very cuddly and loves to snuggle with people. Outside, he is a digger and enjoys unearthing moles and other burrowing prey.

Sasquatch (2002-present) son of Pattycake and Skookum Chuck


Love Potion Number 9 (2009-present) is the daughter of Black Magic and Halloween. She is a big cat with a long back and large feet. She has green eyes and long fluffy coat in a calico pattern that's mostly white patched with black and orange. Love Potion Number 9 is very affectionate with other cats and people alike.

Love Potion Number 9 (2009-present)


Fourpatch (2012-present) is the daughter of Gipsy Haze and Ninepatch. She is a medium-sized cat with a high forehead and large feet. She has silver eyes and a long voluminous coat. She actually has FOUR colors: peach tabby, gray tabby, solid black, and white. Impossible, yet it is so; and she has passed the extra coloring to some of her kittens.

Fourpatch (2012-present) daughter of Gipsy Haze and Ninepatch