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April 2011

Posts from April 2011

29/04/2011

Well, This Has Been an Interesting Day Off.

“Don’t let her marry a Greek, will you?” These are the wise words offered to my dad by my nan, about me, just as Will and Kate got married. At least, I think it was. I did rather have trouble paying attention after a while. Although the Archbishop – NOT THE POPE, ISOBEL, NOT THE POPE… Continue reading

April 2011, Complaints, Funny, Internet, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), My Family and Other Animals, Pure Insanity, THE WORLD *head in hands*, TV

Archbishop of Canterbury, catch, Fox News, Frank and Pansy, Frank Iero, Friends, Glenn Beck, goat testicles, Greece, Indifferent Ignorance, Isobel, Janice, MCR merch, MCR onsies, Pansy, Royal Wedding, T-Mobile Advert, The Daily Mail, threats, William and Kate
25/04/2011

I Am Productive and Shall Prove It: Part 2

On with the show. Francesca’s Best Artwork on Photoshop* Inspired by this: *Actually, the only thing I’ve made on Photoshop this holiday. New Experience I Should Have Tried Ages Ago: #MCRChat Invented by Cassie Whitt, and completely crazy. Best Amateur Video/Community Effort: Newcastle MCRmy Anyone in Essex fancy going doing a Killjoy meetup this year?!… Continue reading

April 2011, Art, Colour, Complaints, Funny, Get Yer Mind Out of the Gutter, Internet, Lists, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), Photogenius, Pure Insanity, Scriptures, THE WORLD *head in hands*, Videos

#MCRChat, Adobe Photoshop, Art, Bexless, Bulletproof Heart video, Essex, fan fiction, Fudge Paintbox Blue Velet, hair dye, Heaven Help Us, I Have Been All Things Unholy, Killjoys, MCR, MCRmy Essex, MCRmy Newcastle, My Chemical Romance, Photoshop, Staring Through the Demons, Twitter, Unicorn Protection League
24/04/2011

I Am Productive and Shall Prove It: Part 1

It’s nearly time to return to our separate institutions of hell, in order to gain qualifications that will become irrelevant as soon as a new exam board is introduced, denouncing us all uneducated. However, the Easter holiday (or spring break, as I know some politically correct people like to call it) isn’t over yet. There… Continue reading

April 2011, Internet, Lists, Magazines, My Chemical Romance (get a category), My Family and Other Animals, Photogenius, THE WORLD *head in hands*

Dr Death Defying, ear piercing, Easter, gambling, Gerard and Mikey Way interview, God, Holiday, Jesus, list, Maxim, MCR interview, Mikey Way, spring break, The Daily Mail, Twitter
20/04/2011

Want to Be a Rockstar? Wear Your Sunglasses In the Toilet Cubicle.

I’m currently on MSN with Isobel, and she told me I have no email because I’m simply not cool, because I don’t wear Primark Ray Bans into toilets, like she does (this makes her a rockstar). I was going to reply, “I am a rockstar, I’m watching the TV with the sound turned down!” But… Continue reading

April 2011, Colour, Funny, Internet, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), Photogenius, Pure Insanity, TV

Heaven Help Us, I Have Been All Things Unholy, MSN, My Chemical Romance, Planetary, Planetary (GO!), rockstars, Staring Through the Demons, Television, video

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April 2011

Well, This Has Been an Interesting Day Off.

I Am Productive and Shall Prove It: Part 2

I Am Productive and Shall Prove It: Part 1

Want to Be a Rockstar? Wear Your Sunglasses In the Toilet Cubicle.