Francesca's Thoughts

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September 2011

29/09/2011

This is Why They Have Scripts…

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Paywall, September 2011, THE WORLD *head in hands*, Videos

BBC News, Eurozone Market Trader video, Homework, Indifferent Ignorance, Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare, YouTube
26/09/2011

Doing My Sisterly Duty…

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COFFEE, My Family and Other Animals, Paywall, September 2011

birthdays, Dan and Dan, Facebook, Indifferent Ignorance, Isobel, right to vote, Urban Dictionary, YouTube
20/09/2011

10 Years, 10 Days: the World Needed Something Better, We Gave Them Honesty and Carried On… Now We Can’t Stop Because We’re Dancing.

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’10 Years 10 Days’, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), Paywall, September 2011

’10 Years 10 Days’, Frank Iero, Gerard Way, Indifferent Ignorance, MCR, MCRmy, Mikey Way, My Chemical Romance, Ray Toro
18/09/2011

10 Years, 10 Days: Killjoys Are Creative (and sometimes slightly insane)

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’10 Years 10 Days’, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), Paywall, September 2011

DeviantART, Etsy, fanfiction, Frank Iero, Gerard Way, LiveJournal, Mikey Way, My Chemical Romance, Ray Toro, Twitter, YouTube

Old school internet (but with better loading times).

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.

Speaking of tea… Make a cup and settle in.

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September 2011

This is Why They Have Scripts…

Doing My Sisterly Duty…

10 Years, 10 Days: the World Needed Something Better, We Gave Them Honesty and Carried On… Now We Can’t Stop Because We’re Dancing.

10 Years, 10 Days: Killjoys Are Creative (and sometimes slightly insane)