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Reading and Leeds

15/07/2014

Moving Image Appreciation Post #7

In case you were wondering what I want to be listening to on the beach, here are some videos that I can’t wait to get the CDs for! frnkiero andthe cellabration weighted I don’t care that it’s not got footage. Let’s flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Lily Allen URL Badman I don’t care that this very site to which I… Continue reading

Frnkiero, G. Way, Internet, July 2014, Music, Videos

‘URL Badman’, ‘Weighted’, Frank Iero, frnkiero andthe cellabration, Gerard Way, Indifferent Ignorance, James McAvoy, Lily Allen, Michael Fassbender, NME Gerard Way interview, Reading and Leeds, Yes/No Show, YouTube
29/05/2014

George GIFs and G. Way’s Festival Listing

Darlings, Half term has flown by, which is weird because I am technically no longer at school. Except I have seven exams to do before I don’t actually have to go back, so I feel like I’m in stasis. Speaking of ‘my people’… I’ve opened up a Society6 shop, as you can tell from that… Continue reading

G. Way, May 2014, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category)

Art, Etsy, Gerard Way, Indifferent Ignorance, Music, Prince George GIF, promotion, Reading and Leeds, Society6, the exchange rate
29/12/2011

2011 Things I Did in 2011 (or not)

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December 2011, My Chemical Romance (get a category), Paywall, Pure Insanity, THE WORLD *head in hands*, Videos

#SINGItForJapan, 2011, Every Snowflake is Different, Indifferent Ignorance, It’s been a bad year for dictators, makeover, MCM, My Chemical Romance, Reading and Leeds
13/09/2011

10 Years, 10 Days: Warning: Irritant

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’10 Years 10 Days’, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), Paywall, Photogenius, September 2011

’10 Years 10 Days’, ‘suicide cults’, Frank Iero, Gerard Way, Glee, Glenn Beck, Indifferent Ignorance, MCR, MCRmy, My Chemcial Romance, Ray Toro, Reading and Leeds, SING, The Daily Mail, The Sun, Why do people hate My Chemical Romance?

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Reading and Leeds

Moving Image Appreciation Post #7

George GIFs and G. Way’s Festival Listing

2011 Things I Did in 2011 (or not)

10 Years, 10 Days: Warning: Irritant