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27/05/2013

How To Not Write a Shit Blog

I Googled that very title to make myself feel better and it turns out that despite all the questionable wonderful advice that’s out there for bloggers, nobody’s actually telling anyone else how to not be shit. Or they were, because this ties in perfectly with January’s which-website-features-make-you-want-to-shoot-the-Internet post, which got you all talking quite a… Continue reading

DISCUSS., Internet, Lists, May 2013, My Chemical Romance (get a category), THE WORLD *head in hands*

Blogger, blogging, Facebook, How To Not Write a Shit Blog, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, Tumblr, Webby Award, Website, WordPress, WordPress.com
12/12/2012

12/12/12

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December 2012, DISCUSS., My Chemical Romance (get a category), Paywall

12/12/12, 12th December 2012, apocalypse, historical dates, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, My Chemical Romance, recession, The Kids From Yesterday
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
13/06/2011

“For You Ze War Ist Ovahh.” Wait, Wrong Moustached Dictator.

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Internet, June 2011, Paywall, School, THE WORLD *head in hands*

BBC Bitesize, Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, exams, GCSEs, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, revision, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone, Watchmen, X Men

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.

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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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Internet

How To Not Write a Shit Blog

12/12/12

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

“For You Ze War Ist Ovahh.” Wait, Wrong Moustached Dictator.