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17/02/2015

Spring is Springing… or limping towards us, at any rate.

How was everyone’s Valentine’s Day? I hung out with my friends and ate chili, which was more of an event-that-happened-to-be-on-Valentine’s than an actual celebration. It was probably a lot more fun than some people’s though… imagine you proposed and the person said no? Imagine you turned up at their house to surprise them and they… Continue reading

February 2015, Food, Holidays, Movies

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ GIFs, chocolate, Dancing Groot, spring cleaning, springtime, Valentine’s Day
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
17/12/2011

Good News! This Post Has Absolutely Nothing to Do With MCR!

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Art, December 2011, Holidays, Paywall

Advent, Bert McCracken, chocolate, Christmas, Heroes, Indifferent Ignorance, Jesus, Ruby

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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.

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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chocolate

Spring is Springing… or limping towards us, at any rate.

One Direction Sweets and Spirulina

Good News! This Post Has Absolutely Nothing to Do With MCR!