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it’s not over until the fat lady sings

10/09/2010

This Is Probably the Only Blog Post You’ll Ever Read Linking My Chemical Romance and the 1947 Polish Elections

It’s become something of tradition, I think, to blog around this week every year. Not because I lost someone on 9/11. I was only five years and three hundred and sixty-four days old when it happened, after all… Most people my age probably can’t even remember it. I know a girl at my school who… Continue reading

Comics, Complaints, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), My Family and Other Animals, September 2010, THE WORLD *head in hands*

2001, 9/11, birthdays, Bob Bryar, Charles Darwin, comic strips, communism, Frank Iero, Gerard Way, heory of evolution, Indifferent Ignorance, it’s not over until the fat lady sings, MCR, medical science, Mikey Way, Music, My Chemical Romance, Osama Bin Laden, Ray Toro, September 11th, Stalin, Sunday, Twin Towers, World Trade Center

Let’s close the door on the rest of the internet.

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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it’s not over until the fat lady sings

This Is Probably the Only Blog Post You’ll Ever Read Linking My Chemical Romance and the 1947 Polish Elections