The Golden Neep IC

And here's my unsolicited advice for the evening:

Do something that terrifies you today.

Ask out your crush.

Tell someone a secret.

Be yourself in a room full of strangers.

Forget who you're supposed to be for a little while.

Ask for forgiveness.

Be brave. Be braw.

I believe in you.

[Justin]
I WENT THESTRAL JOUSTING TODAY AND IT WAS AMAZING!!!

P.S. - I didn't die, so I'm not the ghost of your dead boyfriend!

Tags: ! journal, monte cameron

Who: Monte and Hamish
What: Paying off a bet.
When: 4 April 2000, Late afternoon (after work/practice, respectively)
Where: An undisclosed temporary site in Snowdonia National Park, Wales
Warnings: Terrible ideas. Reckless fun. No one gets injured. I'm still impressed.

( I don't think there's a law that makes this explicitly illegal but then again, I never bothered to find that out. )

Who: Monte Cameron, Justin Finch-Fletchley, special cameo by Harvey Finch-Fletchley.
What: A hard talk after a nasty experience
When: Monday, 26 February, post Falcons/Wanderers match
Where: Monte’s Flat, Falmouth, later Longhaven House, Edinburgh
Warnings: Probably language

( You need ice. Which is the extent of my first aid knowledge, but we're two reasonably intelligent adults. How hard could it be? )

[David Urquhart and Dunbar Oglethorpe]
Concerning the Falmouth Falcons matter on 26 February 2000, I plan on inviting Marcus Flint and Monte Cameron, separately, to come in and explain the events that occurred in their own words. You are welcome to join me in my questioning, unless you each would prefer to question them yourselves. I will have a dictoquill to take down their answers and will providing transcripts to all interested parties.

In addition, I believe meeting with Falmouth management and players, in addition to their Wigtown counterparts and the match's referees would provide valuable insight. If you would like to divide up these tasks, we should be able to prepare the required report with relative ease.

[Monte Cameron & Marcus Flint –– Separately]
I would like to meet with you in concerning to the incident on 26 February 2000 in my Offices at the Ministry of Magic. Please inform me of a time next week that would be convenient for you. I will ensure that it is cleared with your team management. This is non-negotiable.

Who: Monte Cameron, Hamish Roberts, and Oliver Wood
What: Aftermath of the Cannons vs. Wasps Match
When: 3 March, after the match
Where: Pub
Warnings: Much teasing of Hamish

( Lead on, fearless cohorts! )

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Montrose Magpies (9-0-0 1.000) versus Wigtown Wanderers (4-5-0 0.444)
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Play Started:2000-03-11 at Scottish National Stadium at The Lamb
Snitch caught in : 6 hours, 0 minutes
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Montrose Magpies : 950
Wigtown Wanderers : 940
Congratulations, Montrose Magpies
( It's always a sad day when they don't let us out of the stadium until after happy hour ends... )

Does anyone have a solid contact inside the Department of Magical Transportation?

[WARD to MONTROSE ALL]

My family has expressed interest in coming out to the Wigtown match on Sunday. I believe some of you may have met them at the Solstice Sprint. They have a limited working knowledge of the sport, but want to come see me play to support me. Especially as they are not able to join me in Sweden.

My father is an engineer and will bore anyone and everyone with maths and physics questions about quidditch. It also my niece’s first birthday. She is adorable and may steal your birthday thunder, Florrie. I am sorry.

[//WARD to MONTROSE ALL]

[WARD to AUGUSTUS PYE]

Pye, I had an interesting meeting the other day with Fraser Macmillan. I had asked if the Macmillan Foundation would be willing to support a Mental Health Practice at the Montrose Free Clinic, specializing in War Trauma. There is a lack of training programs and specialists to treat the issues are facing as a community and I think this could be a solid solution.

I know you deal in the other kind of trauma, but can you think of anyone who might be interested to sit on a committee to make this happen or even serve as director?

This is just in the idea phase right now, but there is momentum. I want to capitalize.

[//WARD to AUGUSTUS PYE]

[WARD to MONTE & JUSTIN]

I met with Fraser Macmillan on behalf of Montrose ownership and the Macmillan Foundation. Uplift is going to be entering into a partnership with them, hopefully to start a mental health practice at the Montrose Free Clinic. I think we can all agree that this is something we need.

I have also asked that someone either among ownership or BIQL publicly come out against what happened with Flint.

If you feel comfortable, I would appreciate if you accepted the invitation. I think it could give a good amount of weight to our movement.

[//WARD to MONTE & JUSTIN]

[WARD to DUNBAR]

I have been having some interesting conversations. What do you think QUABBLE can do to address hostile work environments in the league? Specifically with bullying among players. The Flint incident is not an isolated event, but surely there needs to be policy in place. Thoughts? Anything in the works?

[//WARD to DUNBAR]

As the only BIQL commissioner for Scotland, I look forward to the existence of the Scottish Office and wish Desmond Parkin and his team well as he builds the institutions of government for the Coven of the North.

[Macmillan Clan]

I've been speaking to Jason King about Uplift and I'm putting together a proposal for the Macmillan Foundation to fund a Mental Health Practice at the Montrose Free Clinic. The idea is that it provides services to war trauma sufferers, and ideally be open to whatever that may mean, but with the goal of helping people who are hurting in ways we can't see.

Uplift would stay involved, advising on muggle and muggleborn health issues. Jason is looking for a recommendation to the foundation for a director.

This is directly in line with long-stated Macmillan Foundation goals and is complementary to the Montrose Free Clinic.

As such, we've invited the board of Uplift to attend the Wigtown match with us in the box, and that this may include their friend Monte Cameron, formerly of Falmouth.

At some point, perhaps when we have a director, we'll host a charity reception to kick things off. That will probably be post-finals, but some organizating will have to happen sooner.

[Ana Abercrombie]

Hey Ana,

How are you feeling about charity organizing these days?


[Montrose Management]

In a show of unity with our players and friends, Montrose is inviting the board of Uplift to attend the Wigtown match as guests of the Macmillans. We are honoring their mission and are planning how we can work together on areas of mutual interest. Monte Cameron and Justin Finch-Fletchley should be invited as well, but we don't want them to be uncomfortable, so no publicizing that. We'll just let other people see who we do and don't consider our friends.

Alex, I know you can put something together based on that. The Uplift board is Nobby Leach, Hermione Granger, Mary Cattermole, Jeremy Goodwin, and also Emerson Harper and Caroline Knightly. Pink Red Carpet treatment, please. The invites should come from Una, Bertie, and Charlie. Yes, they are aware of it. :)

For longer term use, the current working cooperative plan is to expand on the Montrose Free Clinic by adding a Mental Health practice that specializes in war trauma, because it's both clearly in line with Macmillan Foundation goals and it's also sadly needed. There are lots of people who came back from the war, but brought part of the war with them in their heads, and if we can get them help, we'll be doing some real good.

Anyone who needs to know what the extent and limit of wardrobe creativity allowed by BIQL and DOMGAS rules should ask here. I happen to know. And for anyone who wants to know, alterations may not 1) use other team's colors in an attempt to fool the opposing team. 2) cover or obscure the player's team colors on more than 50% of the uniform. 3) be made without prior approval of the team's manager. So, unless you fly out in a Harpies robe, and it's at least half black and white, nobody can get fashed.

[Monte Cameron]
On behalf of the Macmillan family and the Montrose Magpies, you are invited to be our special guest in the Montrose Box for Sunday's match against Wigtown. I know you're in great demand these days, so I wanted to give you a heads up before the owl arrives. Jason King will likely talk to you about it, but we had to go ahead with the invite because of the time.

[Ainsley]
I think I need some pink clothes.

[Hamish MacFarlan, Saxon Lethbridge]
We absolutely must come out against bullying before the end of the block. If you don't want a continuing pink revolution, we have to come out as even handed. I've got players coming to me complaining about 'hostile work environment' and 'harrasing behavior within other teams'.

Even if we do nothing, we have to disapprove of the term 'mudblood' about one of our players. If something was done to that idiot Flint, say so publicly.

Two very important things on my personal agenda today:

First

Congratulations to Desmond Parkin. I'll be following the new office with interest, and I know my da is looking forward to the opportunity to work with you.

Second

(And substantially less important to the future and stability of Scotland, I might add.)

To whomever decided it would be a brilliant plan to charm my shower to spray seemingly benign and normal water that proceeded to turn my whole body green:

I guess this was supposed to upset me. I was a little surprised to see my reflection, particularly since I was getting ready to head into practice. However, luckily for me, I happen to know someone whose particular specialty is reversing effects just like this and much worse. He's just usually the one who caused them, too. (Friendship-obligated plug: Visit Weasley's Wizard Wheezes in Diagon Alley!) It's too bad that you apparently know me well to be able to get into my flat, but not well enough to know that. No worries. The wards have been changed now.

Also, if you were paying attention to the news you would know:

I would have preferred Pink.

[Percy]

I'm pretty sure I made George's day. He laughed for a full ten minutes before he'd help me. I haven't seen him laugh like that in

[Ernie]

One guess who I suspect is behind this particularly clever bit of prankery.

Any insight on your own situation since Valentine's Day? It was good to see you at the match last week, but we still need to grab a drink sometime when we're not half-exhausted from the long match.

[Monte]

So heard the news about you getting traded to Puddlemere. You doing alright?

[...]

And hey, let me know if you ever need QUABBLE's help with anything.

[Meaghan]

Uh Hey.

Well, guess that's going to shake things up in DOMGAS a bit...

Congratulations to you though, Mr. Parkin.

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Appleby Arrows (5-4-0 0.556) versus Puddlemere United (4-4-1 0.444)
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Play Started:2000-03-05 at Ilkey Moor
Snitch caught in : 5 hours, 6 minutes
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Appleby Arrows : 290
Puddlemere United : 340
Congratulations, Puddlemere United
( That trade was quick, if obvious... )

My first gossip article. Now I know how Harry Potter felt at fourteen. The article was just about as truthful as one by Rita Skeeter as well. Congratulations.

First, lets set the record straight:

I dislike boats immensely. I get sea sick. I also dislike horses, but that’s a story for another time.

The Mediterranean was on the shortlist, but not anymore.

I have invited Monte over and he has met my muggle parents. There is no shame here. Also, for the record, outing an idividual without their knowledge or consent is just bad form.

You never reached out to myself or, to my knowledge, Monte. Do not go claiming things you cannot back up.

A bitter ex-girlfriend of a good friend is not a close insider.

The Muggleborn Pink Movement may have put Monte and I in contact initially, but it deserves much more than an afterthought in a poorly researched article. You also forgot several key individuals: Isla Cameron, Dawn Withey, Gregor McGregor, to name just a few. There mare many more of us now, more than I can name and I am glad. That means our ideas are spreading and we are more than just a footnote.

Next time, if there is a next time, I suggest reaching out. You’d get a better story.

Tags: ! journal, hamish roberts, jason king, justin finch-fletchley, maggie macdougal, monte cameron

ohshitohshitohshitohshit

A POX ON CIRCE'S HOUSE.

[Justin]

A yacht?

Really?

And where did that picture come from?

And why wasn't I there too?



_{(Posted after this magazine article is published, and he starts getting floo mail/owls.)}

( Circe Magazine Exclusive )

When I first finished healer training, my mum gave me a stethoscope as a congratulations gift. So, I am ashamed to admit that I had mixed feelings about it at the time. It was a thoughtful gift and it wasn't cheap but I didn't feel comfortable actually using it. The stethoscope is pretty much a universal symbol for a Muggle Doctor, for those of you who have never been or seen a Doctor before. Healers typically use listening trumpets which basically do the same thing, internal listening of the human body. At the time I remember thinking that if I walked into Mungo's wearing a stethoscope, I might get in trouble again for trying to incorporate 'barbaric muggle medicine' into my work again.

I had already gotten in trouble once for using stitches for a snake bite instead of simply using a spell to mend the wound. I think the only reason I wasn't really reprimanded was because the patient wanted stitches, and actually had been fascinated about how muggles did things differently. Regardless, as a young healer I'd already been worried about standing out. This was also in 1996 when people admitting your support for muggles and muggleborns could get you killed.

So, the more I think and help out with the Uplift/Pink Movement, I keep thinking about what changes I want to see and how I can help out more than just wearing pink at a Quidditch match. So, I've been doing an experiment since Tuesday. I found my stethoscope and I wore it to work and waited to see what happened. Of course I got strange looks, and a lot of curious questions about where I got it and what it was for. Some older patients looked at it like it was a dangerous creature around my neck ready to attack, but whatever. What was consistent was how I explained each time that my Mum, who was a muggle, gave it to me to use it like muggle doctors do.

Spell-o-Taped in

I also transfigured them pink. Just in case the muggleborn message wasn't clear enough. I think the colour goes well with the lime green robes. Maybe it will catch on, but at least I can support Uplift and friends at work too, and not just in the stands at a Quidditch match. Congratulations to the Kestrals.

( owl to Monte Cameron )

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Falmouth Falcons (3-6-1 0.300) versus Kenmare Kestrels (6-3-0 0.667)
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Play Started:2000-03-01 at Bodmin Moor
Snitch caught in : 21 hours, 12 minutes
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Falmouth Falcons : 250
Kenmare Kestrels : 1080
Congratulations, Kenmare Kestrels
( We would especially like to welcome all the representatives of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement community who have chosen to join us here at the Bodmin Moor Quidditch Pitch at this time. We do sincerely hope you all enjoy the game. And please remember, people, that no matter who you are and what you do to live, thrive and survive, there are still some things that make us all the same. You. Me. Them. Everybody. Everybody. )

( Owl to Monte Cameron's place )

So I got ejected immediately no warning and Fuckface Flint can foul 3 times with just warnings? Seems logical.

[Monte]
You alright?

Monte Cameron, that was the finest punch I've seen since Slugger O'Toole's Tuesday Tiki Bar. What did that diseased erumpent's rectum say to you?