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I don't understand what it is about approaching October and the amount of "Witches" things that have come into the shops. There is not much pumpkin (besides the lattes which contain no actual pumpkin, making them exceptionally misleading) and aside from a shared enjoyment of costumes and carving up squash and what looks like turnips, I don't understand the muggle fascination with naming everything "Witch" at this time of year. There are encased powders for "create your own witches warts" and canisters of "webs" for "authentic witch spiderwebs". Is webbing a fad?

Many of these things have uncomfortably cannibalistic themes to them. Melted witch bark, while creative in terms of hat and broom, is a strange concept for a chocolate snack. I have never known any witch who drinks green liquid filled with eyeballs, so I'm not sure why it's called a Witches Brew. Marshmallows do not resemble witches teeth; they're the wrong consistency. Try tictacs. The idea of gnarled bread covered in cheese and some sort of nut as "Witches fingers" as a snack is no less comfortable. Red candied apples have never seemed a predominantly associated with witches so calling them "covered in witches" is just unpleasant.

[Dox]

Any more problems?

I have to know: What exactly is the point of emoji's over spoken text?

Isn't the point of these games based in the phone logging your location? And going to designated locations in your local area where you will get large amounts of people or to duel of some kind? Or one of those things that tells everyone to go to a specific location to tap their phones together? Is that not a bit risky given the fact there's a war on? You're telling people where you are at specific times and letting your phone see where you are all of the time. Seems a bit like asking for trouble. I doubt every Death Eater or person who just wants to do you harm is as fussy about avoiding technology as they seem.

Dox.

Tell me you're not playing this idiot game.You are smarter than this. You are not seduced by "cute" "monsters" that only exist through a camera lens which tracks your location to try and sell you things.

I may rethink Ignorance is Bliss as a concept.

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Personal Notes

• Dog research continues. No consensus found other than not a dog that is more or less a cat in disguise.
• Have not read the paper yet for horoscope. Had to run out this morning. Hopefully not urgent.

Notes on the WFC Opening

• Sabotage from the Order of the Phoenix due to currently unsubstantiated circulating rumours in regards to the board of the Wizarding Family Council being linked to terrorist activities.
  
• Sabotage from from local miscreants. Possible dare to catch high profile members of the magical community with substances exiting their orifices. Possibly a very unusual scavenger hunt.
  
• Sabotage from people in disgreement with purism. A new step up in call out culture from social justice warriors.
  
• Sabotage from a member. Evidence of in-fighting. (would they have taken some to escape notice?)
• Genuine food poisoning from the company. Shoddy work. Unlikely, but not unheard of. Expensive does not always mean of better quality. All flash, regurgitating substances.
  
• Elaborate attempt to distract from Lockhart's outfit. Seemingly unsuccesful.
• Vomiting was deliberate. Re-enactment of the Capitol feasts from popular teenage novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Not a magical name, but would not be the first time magical traditionalists put their own spin on a magical concept and then deemed it fashionable). (I believe there is someone called Effie in both. Possible strong feelings about wood?)
  
• The unwilling subjects of a performance art piece known as 'We Are All Human' showcasing the baser functions all people, magical and otherwise, share. The videos were collected quickly. Were they ready for it?
  

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Is there a magical equivilent to chipping a dog that doesn't involve invasive parts put inside them?