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[04 Oct 2009|11:35pm] |
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Goddammit
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[01 Oct 2009|05:16pm] |
[ Dorcas & Alice ]
I forgot to thank you for dragging me out dancing.
So thank you. I had a good time.
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[14 Sep 2009|12:20pm] |
[ Private ]
Oh. It's my birthday.
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[31 Aug 2009|12:05pm] |
I didn't want to say anything until it was certain, but I just got out of a meeting, and it's official.
Tomorrow I will be reporting to work as Inspector General of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
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[19 Aug 2009|10:07pm] |
[ Sturgis ]
I'm sorry, I should have gone into work today. I should have at least owled. I just couldn't. I must've started a letter to Molly Weasley nearly twenty times now and it's never enough, it's never right, but I've got to say something,
I'm so tired of everything being not enough.
I don't know if I can keep selling children's books, Sturgis. Polly the Purple Puffskein never kept anyone from dying. They can sack me for not showing if they want; maybe I'll give notice. But first I've got to finish this blasted letter.
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[15 Aug 2009|09:20pm] |
[ Dorcas ]
I've got tomorrow off and I was thinking of going to the National Gallery, the grand Muggle art museum in London? They've got a special exhibition on El Greco that I've been wanting to see, and it only runs through the end of this month.
I don't know whether you have any interest in art, but if it appeals to you-- well, would you like to come?
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[15 Aug 2009|09:06pm] |
[ Edgar ]
Well, this is rather... for lack of a better word, silly. But I think it will help me feel better. And worse, at the same time. Which is how it usually is.
It's been over two months since I've seen you. Two and a half, really. It's starting to feel like a very long time. And sometimes I realise, for as long as I'm alive, you'll be dead. It's very hard, realising that again and again.
I see more of Frederick these days. It won't ever be the same, but it helps. The two of you are actually more alike than I ever realised. Expressions, gestures, the cadence of your speech. Maybe the same is true of me. I wish we'd spent more time together, the three of us.
Anyway, I'm writing because you've been on my mind lately. You always are, you and June and the children, all of you, but lately especially. I work in Flourish & Blott's these days. Mostly in the children's section, which is . I can never find the right words for anything. Anyway. I'm starting to think of going back to the Ministry. I think it would have been too hard to be there, at first, but maybe two and a half months is long enough.
I just wish I could hear your opinion on this. Your opinions were always important to me. More than you could know.
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[04 Aug 2009|11:26pm] |
[ Frederick ]
So, what's the gossip in the Ministry lately? I've been feeling out of touch.
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[14 Jul 2009|01:13pm] |
If it's been a while since any of you have visited Flourish & Blotts, you should stop by. You'll find a newly created bestsellers section, freshly scourgified everything, and of course yours truly behind the counter. (Or, more likely, in the stacks, honing my alphabetisation skills.)
[ Dorcas ]
Thank you again for your help last weekend. Susan is fine and Frederick and Evelyn are none the wiser, although she did sneeze a bit of purple the moment they walked in the door and I nearly confessed everything on the spot.
If you'd still be interested in a cup of tea sometime, I work pretty regular hours at FB these days, but could certainly meet you on my break. Anywhere in Diagon Alley, any day is fine-- I'm certain you keep busier than I do, so I can accommodate your schedule.
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[11 Jul 2009|01:37pm] |
[ Frederick ]
Sudden change of plans. My friend decided had to leave town earlier than expected, so I'm now free tonight after all. I hope you found a sitter for Susan and still plan to go out to dinner, but if it's not too much trouble, do you think I could watch her instead? I'd like to.
Let me know.
[ Private ]
Why --
[ Marlene ]
Well, I tried.
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[07 Jul 2009|11:57am] |
[ Private ]
She came. When she didn't come right away I was sure she wouldn't come at all, she'd go on to somewhere exotic with someone exotic instead of coming to dreary old England and dreary old me but she came. Knowing her she'll move on before long but in the meantime... this is nice.
And she's a witch. Marlene would have been proud. Marlene would have wanted to meet her. Edgar would-- well, suppose I'll never know what Edgar would have done.
[ /Private ]
I'm now officially an employee at Flourish & Blotts. Thanks, Sturgis. First shift is tomorrow. Let's see how the world of retail treats me.
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[01 Jul 2009|11:11pm] |
I'm coming back. Tomorrow. The holiday did me good, I think, but the novelty of idleness has worn off. Now it's just a question of deciding how to try to make myself useful again. Do I stay on the same track I was always on, at least the best I can, or do I make a kind of a new start? Wandering barefoot around Greece with a camera in one hand and a glass of wine in the other was nice, but not the sort of lifestyle one can keep up for the long term (although some of the friends I made along the trip may beg to differ). It was too different. But at the same time, I can't just pick back up where I left off. Even assuming the Inspector General position hasn't yet been filled-- I can't believe I only realised now that I haven't heard.
How long have I been gone?
Anyway, we'll see. First home, then figuring out what happens now.
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[23 Jun 2009|09:08pm] |
For those of you who don't know-- which is many of you, especially as it looks like our numbers have grown since the last time I journaled properly-- I've been in Greece the past few weeks, taking the first proper holiday of my adult life. I did the requisite tour of the popular sites on the mainland (the Parthenon and so forth) but I soon came out here to the islands, which I prefer. Even if there isn't as much to do. Maybe because there isn't as much to do.
Mostly I've been swimming, walking, attempting to learn more about photography, getting lost. I've made friends with some Australian witches who are just moving through on their way to Turkey and who knows where from there; I've been invited to join them and the idea is tempting, but I also find myself contemplating returning home sooner than I had imagined. I get a few days to think it over; Freddy, Sturgis, I'll be sure to let you know if I make any plans.
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[14 Jun 2009|11:23pm] |
[ Sturgis ]
Dear Sturgis,
Thank you again for putting me in touch with your aunt. She's an amazing woman and has been taking good care of me. Which I've been needing. Please don't tell frederick but I'm really not doing so well. I was doing better there for a while but apparently it was only a temprary improvement.
And then I do things that only make it harder on myself. Today I went back and read everything Edgar and June had ever written in these journals. Marlene as well.
I don't recommmend doing that.
At least here I'm not as lonely. Somehow Ifind it is easier not to feel alone when you are in a country full of strangers. At home I was so lonely I wanted to die.
I'm sorry, I reallyoughtn't journal and drink.
Hope all is well in England.
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[10 Jun 2009|11:07pm] |
[ Freddy & Sturgis ]
Today I bought two travel guides, a new camera, and a good sturdy duffel bag. Thank you, Sturgis, for your help and recommendations. I sincerely look forward to meeting this great-aunt of yours.
My portkey leaves at seven tomorrow morning. I ought to be packing.
I don't know yet when I'll be coming back. I'll write often. Don't worry about me.
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[03 Jun 2009|03:33pm] |
When did it get to be Wednesday?
[ Sturgis ]
Thank you for your owl, and sorry not to reply earlier. I don’t need any dishes done, thanks. I haven’t been to work since in days so my flat has never been cleaner. Maybe I’ll take you up on the fish and chips sometime.
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[26 May 2009|04:59pm] |
My persistent inquiries have finally amounted to something, if not exactly a ‘scoop,’ as it will soon enough be common knowledge. But as I know many of you are friendly with Edgar, I thought you may like to know before it hits the Prophet tomorrow. Edgar has They have determined that Edgar did indeed commit the infractions for which he is charged. Thanks to Edgar’s otherwise irreproachable record with the department, they intend to handle this as an internal affair and avoid criminal charges if at all possible; however, this largely depends on his cooperation with the investigation. Which -
So, that’s where that stands.
[ Edgar ]
I hope
[ Fabian ]
You once asked me how I would feel if it were my brother in this position. I never imagined I would actually find out.
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[22 May 2009|12:51pm] |
[ Frederick ]
I told you we don't tell each other everything.
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[20 May 2009|05:00pm] |
[ Boneses ]
What in the hell is going on? No one here will tell me anything. They questioned me. Edgar, they think you’ve been passing restricted information to unauthorised parties. They wanted to know what I knew and I said of course I don’t know anything. Only that you would know better than to risk your career.
Where are you? Are you here? June, is he home? They won’t tell me anything. I don’t know what to do.
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[12 May 2009|09:13pm] |
[ Boneses + Sturgis ]
I’ve given it a great deal of thought, and I remain convinced that the investigation of Fabian Prewett was completely justified, handled as well as it could have been, and satisfactorily, if not swiftly, resolved. My only regret is that it wasn't resolved more expediently, but upon reflection I have decided that I did all I could to agitate for an earlier release, given my influence is limited at the moment.
So I hate feeling like I can’t show my (figurative) face around the journals.
The Minister is apparently pleased with how I handled the situation. The formal interview process is only beginning now, but it has been implied that the position will be mine to refuse. Am I mad to entertain that possibility-—of refusing, I mean? I don't like feeling like the villain.
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