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20/05/2022

In which my Killjoy jacket went on an adventure to Milton Keynes

Hello darlings, Two posts in a week? Is it 2011? Perhaps perhaps. I tap this out on a train back to Uni City, with The Raven Boys propped in front of me, and when I’m not falling asleep sitting up (quite the ability if you ask me) I am thinking about how grateful I am for all… Continue reading

’10 Years 10 Days’, brain chat, MCRmy, My Chemical Romance (get a category)

creating, Frank Iero, Gerard Way, MCR, MCR live, MCRMK, MCRmy, Mikey Way, Milton Keynes, My Chemical Romance, Ray Toro, Stadium MK
29/12/2016

Proof 2016 Wasn’t One Hundred Per Cent Shite.

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(All Hail) Creation, Art, Books, December 2016, MCRmy, My Chemical Romance (get a category), Paywall, Videos

#Parade10, ‘Planet Earth II’, ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, ‘The Raven King’ Maggie Stiefvater, 2016, 2016 wasn’t totally shit, Beyonce Hold Up video, cancer research, gravitational waves, Indifferent Ignorance, Leonardo DiCaprio, meeting Maggie Stiefvater at YALC, Prep on the NHS, Trawler magazine short story ‘Community Spirit’
25/10/2016

‘Fuck Australia’ and Other Things I Might Regret Putting on the Internet (ft. #Parade10)

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Art, MCRmy, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), October 2016, Paywall, Videos

#Parade10 MCRmy meet up, Frank Iero, frnkiero andthe patience, FUCK AUSTRALIA, Gerard Way, Hammersmith Apollo, Indifferent Ignorance, Mikey Way, My Chemical Romance live 2010, Ray Toro, The Black Parade 10 year anniversary
22/03/2015

Graffiti on Graves

I don’t know if you guys share my morbid fascination with dates, but if you do then this is the post for you! It’s also the post for you if you like My Chemical Romance because it’s been two entire years since that day. There’s been some things I’ve wanted to talk about for a while, and now… Continue reading

DISCUSS., March 2015, MCRmy, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category)

‘Hesitant Alien’, Frank Iero, Gerard Way, how to get over a breakup (sort of), Indifferent Ignorance, Kerrang! magazine, MCR, MCR breakup, MCRmy, Mikey Way, My Chemical Romance, Ray Toro

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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.

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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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MCRmy

In which my Killjoy jacket went on an adventure to Milton Keynes

Proof 2016 Wasn’t One Hundred Per Cent Shite.

‘Fuck Australia’ and Other Things I Might Regret Putting on the Internet (ft. #Parade10)

Graffiti on Graves