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Indifferent Ignorace

22/01/2021

Making a Killjoy Jacket Part Two

I was under the impression I’d already done a sequel to this post, but I’ve clearly made far less progress on my killjoy jacket than I thought I had. The MCR show I’m making it for is meant to be in June, but I’m pretty sure it won’t happen. Part of me wants another year… Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, My Chemical Romance (get a category)

'little but fierce' patch by Tickle and Thread on Folksy, 'Though she be but little she is fierce'-inspired patch, crafting, customising a jacket, Indifferent Ignorace, Indifferent Ignorance, making a killjoy jacket, May Death Never Stop You, MCR, My Chemical Romance, Tickle and Thread Folksy shop
11/12/2015

Shit I Have Learnt in 2015

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Books, Complaints, December 2015, DISCUSS., Dogs, Paywall

2015 roundup, Indifferent Ignorace, National Rail, the Orbit, why screenplays are in one font, YA novels
20/11/2013

No Site For Weaklings

We’ve started the religious experience topic in RS, and today we looked at proof. Here is an extract of my notes: If someone experiences an entity, then the entity exists. (I have conversations with characters, then the characters exist…) It took me a few minutes to figure out why Thank You God was playing in… Continue reading

Books, DISCUSS., Get Yer Mind Out of the Gutter, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, My Chemical Romance (get a category), November 2013, School, THE WORLD *head in hands*, Tim Minchin

‘Kiss a Boy in Tokyo Town’, ‘Thank You God’, ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’, discuss, fan art, Indifferent Ignorace, NSFW, Religious experience, RS, Tim Minchin, Viria, William Blake
14/10/2013

It’s, Like, a Musical, About, Like, God. Or Something.

This has been a week of mythology. School has been hard lately and I’ve had to be careful about my arm so when Waterstones outdid themselves and delivered House of Hades a day before its official release, I spent most of the afternoon reading (it counts as independent study for Latin, yes?). Uncle Rick, you… Continue reading

Books, Jesus, October 2013, Tim Minchin

‘Gethsemane’, ‘Heroes of Olympus’, ‘House of Hades’, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’, books, Indifferent Ignorace, ITV, Jesus, musicals, mythology, Rick Riordan, Rome Lies, Tim Minchin, Waterstones

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Indifferent Ignorace

Making a Killjoy Jacket Part Two

Shit I Have Learnt in 2015

No Site For Weaklings

It’s, Like, a Musical, About, Like, God. Or Something.