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Christmas

09/12/2013

Me: that’s an effing scary advent chocolate.

“Oh wait the Cadbury’s logo’s upside down!” Look at the first one again. (Could have just Tweeted it but I think it deserved to be shown in full-size.) Continue reading

December 2013, Food, Photogenius

Advent, Advent calendar, Cadbury’s, Christmas, Indifferent Ignorance, scary chocolate
04/12/2013

Christmas Song Time!

I was going to say that this week has been pretty quiet compared to Friday but then I remembered that on Sunday I nearly set the house on fire when a nice long safety match splintered as I struck it and the lit bit flew onto a nearby patch of carpet. But it’s okay, because… Continue reading

December 2013, Holidays, Jesus, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), Tim Minchin, Videos

‘Every Snowflake is Different (Just Like You)’, ‘Hevean on Their Minds’, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’, Christmas, God, Indifferent Ignorance, My Chemical Romance, Poseidon getting it on with Medusa in Athena’s temple, safety matches, videos
26/11/2013

Calling All Regular Readers, and Those of You Who Clicked This On a Whim!

This is just a quick post while I’m thinking about it (I’ll reply to comments tomorrow): I was being reasonably serious about nominations for the Indifferent Ignorance awards. It’s Boxing Day in a month – I know – which means 2014 is creeping nearer, and 2013 deserves to go out with if not a bang… Continue reading

Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, November 2013

2013 awards, Boxing Day, Christmas, Indifferent Ignorance, Indifferent Ignorance awards, organisation, too many italics
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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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.

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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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Christmas

Me: that’s an effing scary advent chocolate.

Christmas Song Time!

Calling All Regular Readers, and Those of You Who Clicked This On a Whim!

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