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18/06/2016

Saturday Papers: It’s Not Completely Shite Edition

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Funny, Internet, June 2016, LGBT, Lists, Paywall, Saturday Papers, THE WORLD *head in hands*, Videos

31 Jokes That Are Way Too Real For Anyone Who’s Had A Period, Donald Trump is a dick, Indifferent Ignorance, Orange is the New Black series 4, period jokes, Straight guy worries he’s being homophobic to gay roommate, realises he’s fallen in love with him, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, This Diagram Explains Trump’s Response To Orlando
29/12/2015

Indifferent Ignorance Awards 2015

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(All Hail) Creation, Books, Complaints, December 2015, DISCUSS., Fuckin’ Idiots, Funny, Government and Politics, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, LGBT, Lists, Paywall, Social Media, THE WORLD *head in hands*, Videos

#LoveWins, ‘Battles of a Heavy Heart’, ‘The Raven Cycle’, ‘When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit’, American Beauty/American Psycho, Carly Rae Jepsen, Chantal Claret, Daesh, Donald Trump, equal marriage, Fall Out Boy, Hozier, Indifferent Ignorance, Indifferent Ignorance awards, ISIS, Kim Davis, Paddy Ashdown, Paddy Ashdown eating his hat, Tom Hanks
15/10/2014

Portable Parlour Game of the Week: Tattoo Watch

Stories no one wants to hear: Why Francesca Can Write a Blog Post But Can’t Publish Her Blood of Olympus Review, Why Flip Flop Blisters Won’t Heal and When Another Frappe Is Too Many Frappes: A Saga. What larks eh. You know what I like about being in a warm country? The popular parlour game… Continue reading

Art, COFFEE, DISCUSS., Funny, Holidays, October 2014

bad tattoos, being nosy, frappes, Indifferent Ignorance, ink, summer, Tattoo Watch, tattoos
25/07/2014

The Six O’Clock News: the Queen Does Smile!

To be totally honest, I wanted to do the News about the Commonwealth Games so I could include this: I heard that the Queen isn’t ‘allowed’ to smile in official photos or at big occasions, which is definitely a tradition that needs to go because elderly ladies smiling is always brilliant, especially when they posses… Continue reading

DISCUSS., Funny, Government and Politics, Internet, July 2014, LGBT, The Six O’Clock News, THE WORLD *head in hands*

‘John Barrowman Delivers Rebuke To Anti-LGBT Countries With Commonwealth Games Kiss’, @TheTweetOfGod, British Empire, colonial shit, Commonwealth Games, Huffington Post, Indifferent Ignorance, John Barrowman, LGBT, photobombing Queen, Scottie Dogs, Scottish referendum, The Six O’Clock News, Tom Daley, Tunnock’s Teacakes

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Francesca Astraea here.

When I began this blog in 2009, I was a teenager. That’s why you’ll find some posts have been hidden behind a paywall. I was an incredibly different, less eloquent person when I was a teen, so if you want to read the thoughts of that teenager, you can join the No. 1 Readers’ Club for access.

What will you find here now?

This blog continues to evolve with me. My favourite topics are books and reading, travel adventures, the extensive works of up and coming rock band My Chemical Romance and the occasional update about my life and work as an author and scriptwriter. I’m also interested in digital minimalism, how we can solve environmental issues and why it’s probably a better idea to make a cup of tea than it is to shout at people you disagree with.

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Funny

Saturday Papers: It’s Not Completely Shite Edition

Indifferent Ignorance Awards 2015

Portable Parlour Game of the Week: Tattoo Watch

The Six O’Clock News: the Queen Does Smile!