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Black Parade

09/11/2011

Join the MCRmy. We Don’t Always Win Stuff, But the Admin Team is Pretty Nice.

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Internet, My Chemical Romance (get a category), November 2011, Paywall, Photogenius

’10 Years 10 Days’, Black Parade, European Music Awards 2011, Indifferent Ignorance, MCRmy, My Chemical Romance
12/09/2011

10 Years, 10 Days: Old People Are Allowed to Get a Little Off Topic and Reminiscent.

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

’10 Years 10 Days’, 9/11, Black Parade, Essex FM, Frank Iero, Gerard Way, Indifferent Ignorance, MCRmy, Mikey Way, Music Control, My Chemical Romance, Ray Toro, Revenge, Skylines and Turnstiles, YouTube
21/06/2011

(I Want To) (Fuck) My Chemical Romance; An Essay on the MCRmy

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Complaints, Internet, June 2011, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), Paywall, Photogenius, Pure Insanity, THE WORLD *head in hands*

Black Parade, Cassie the Venomous, Cassie Whitt, complaints, essay, Famous Last Words, fangirls, fans, Frank Iero, Gerard Way, Internet, Killjoys, LynZ Way, MCR, MCRmy, Mikey Way, My Chemical Romance, Na Na Na Na, Ray Toro, self harm, The Black Parade, 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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Black Parade

Join the MCRmy. We Don’t Always Win Stuff, But the Admin Team is Pretty Nice.

10 Years, 10 Days: Old People Are Allowed to Get a Little Off Topic and Reminiscent.

(I Want To) (Fuck) My Chemical Romance; An Essay on the MCRmy