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Christmas

05/10/2016

Christmas in September, and Other Small Ways I Damn My Soul to Hell

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Christmas, Complaints, Films, Fuckin’ Idiots, October 2016, Paywall, THE WORLD *head in hands*

being on Etsy at Christmas, Halloween bat confetti, Halloween preparation, how to sell online for Christmas, Indifferent Ignorance, preparing for Christmas, the dragon in Mulan, winter is coming
24/12/2015

Want a Christmas Present? feat. Rock ‘n’ Roll Xmas Videos

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Christmas, December 2015, My Chemical Romance (get a category), Paywall, Tim Minchin, Videos

‘Every Snowflake is Different (Just Like You)’, ‘White Wine in the Sun’, All I Want For Christmas Is You, Frank Iero, Gerard Way, Headspace, Headspace voucher, Indifferent Ignorance, Mikey Way, My Chemical Romance, Ray Toro, Tim Minchin, YouTube
03/01/2015

One Direction Sweets and Spirulina

Have I shown you guys any Christmas presents? This is one of my favourites: I still haven’t asked if it was funny or serious or just an excuse to buy Love Hearts. What has everyone else received or given? Anything world-changingly wonderful, like a well for Somalian schoolchildren, or something more last minute, like sale-price… Continue reading

Christmas, DISCUSS., January 2015, Photogenius

chocolate, Christmas presents, love heart sweets, One Direction, spirulina
30/12/2014

TV And Chocolate Central 2014

I just realised that the Indifferent Ignorance Awards, which I thought I posted two days ago, shows up on the site as being posted on the 21st, when I started the draft. I’m going to have to get a grip on this Internet lark in 2015… I’m quite busy at the moment, which is weird… Continue reading

Christmas, December 2014, Holidays, Indifferent Ignorance, Travel, Zakynthos

Indifferent Ignorance, New Year, The Little Book of Indifferent Ignorance, yearly roundup

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Christmas

Christmas in September, and Other Small Ways I Damn My Soul to Hell

Want a Christmas Present? feat. Rock ‘n’ Roll Xmas Videos

One Direction Sweets and Spirulina

TV And Chocolate Central 2014