Username & diary title: (3/10) Ea-brady - Quite frankly, it didn't tickle my fancy, of course my fancy is sort of hard to tickle. All jokes aside, it's pretty boring. Brady is probably your name and "EA" stands for Easily Amused. The random reader probably wouldn't know that, but I doubt very many random people stumble upon your diary, give or take a few female fans. .Where You Want To Be. - All right, well maybe I just took that the wrong way, but I feel like you're saying you're better than me. Maybe a little like; "I'm where you want be, blah, don't you wish you were me?" I don't like it that much, but I guess I can see where it's coming from.

First Impression: (18/20) Of you? Very damn impatient! Not to be a bitch or anything (and if I am?), but we have a pretty long list of people who want reviewing and although it might break your little heart to hear this: you're not first priority,doll. People requested before you and they were reviewed before you and honestly, the only reason I'm reviewing you now is because you got your panties in a wad and I hate to be bugged about it. Anyway, your diary looks spiffy. I think I see some Brand New, blurred into the background. I definitely see The Rocket Summer and Thursday, maybe? It's a pretty nice design, but I hope all your entries aren't that short.

Layout: (40/40) I'm assuming it's self-designed since I see no visible link. I personally like it. I think the collage idea was great. I would have probably used more photos and very different bands,(and probably left the "I 'heart' punk rock" sign off the top, considering none of those bands are remotely punk, nor rock, excluding your band since I've never heard you) but it looks nice. It's a great representation of you and what you like. If I'm not mistaken, and I'm purely guessing here, I see a few pictures of your band/bandmates. I'm not too sure, but the black and white pictures look more "homemade" than the rest. Despite the fact that I like the scattered images, I don't really like the actual organization of it all. The links look kind of distorted over to the right all alone and they look too close to the image. They're also in white and attract more attention than your writing. If you're going to leave the links white, you should probably make all the text white, give or take the date and short description. I don't like how the previous and next links are in sticky caps (StIcKy CaPs), but I do like how you have the arrows in the opposite direction. It reminds me of the whole color/word quiz thing. You probably don't know what I'm talking about, but I like it. You're a genius for that, and for that wee bit of genius, I award you 10 extra points, which gives you a perfect score for your layout! Be happy. One thing I was curious about was the piano in the layout. Why not have a guitar? Don't you play guitar? Why a piano? *After checking out your archives page, I saw that the links to your older entries overflowed into the image and over the border. It didn't cause any problems, it was just ugly. I won't take points off though, because I don't feel like re-writing this section.

Contact: (3/5) Email. Notes. AIM.

Extras: (0/10) None. C'mon! Not even a link to your band's site? Do you have a site? You should. Just add a cast page, maybe a reviews page, or some information about yourself. Your profile doesn't really give people much to go on. And a random fact thrown in, but you probably already know. Straylight Run contains two of Taking Back Sunday's former members.

Am I Linked: (0/5) It's unseen, my friend. Which means, no.

Content: (45/55) Obviously, the first entry I read was a good example of the rest of your diary. Most of the entries are between 3-10 lines long, minus the short lyrics you place at the end. Sometimes, the lyrics were the most entertaining part of an entry. Several earlier entries confused me, because I didn't know if they were your lyrics or lyrics to other songs. If they were yours - you have a beautiful talent and if they werent' - stop posting lyrics in your diary! I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but your lyrics are simply Brand New and Taking Back Sunday rip-off's. No offense, but don't distort your natural writing abilities to suit someone else's mold. Make your own unique brand of lyrics and maybe someday people will try to imitate your talents. I did like a few, don't get me wrong, but most were sad imitations. I wasn't expecting mostly lyrics when I first began reading your diary, but as I read further back, that's all that seems to be there, with an occasional update on school and a meaningless life detail. I don't know why I found what you wrote interesting, but I feel like I did. I partially think it's because it was so short and I could read 20 entries in less than 5 minutes, or maybe you really do have something special about your writing that pulls people in. I felt a little bored after reading the lyrics for awhile (probably because they all sounded like I had heard them all before), but then you would pop up with a mindless daylog or pointless tidbit about your band or school and it would make me feel like I could read... just a little bit more. Well, just a little bit more went all the way back to October 10, 2003.

Favorite Entries: (15/25) 1. 2. 3.

Personality: Egotistical. Talented. Semi-depressed. Lonely. Questioning. Emotional. Confused. Busy. Follower.

Quotes:

I spend too much time trying to be profound; it only makes me even more shallow.

EA performances the other night went great. Except for the occasional, "I can't understand anything you say.". Ah, I'll claim I was singing in German and then rant about the Soviet Union and Sputnik.

Love should be in the moment and felt, not talked about and tainted by perception.

Your song: American Football - Summer Ends. I have no idea why I relate this song to you. It was repeating in my head while reviewing you, so I thought it must have suited you somehow. Honestly, I think it was because of all the emoness in you/emo bands you mentioned. You never mentioned them, but aside from Brand New, I don't really listen to the other stuff, so I hope you like your song.

Your new name: Jesse. For you remind me of my long lost friend Jesse. He was precious. One of the nicest people you could met, but he was heart-broken, depressed, and lonely. I can just see him in you and that makes me kind of happy, I think.

You should be: In a band, of course. Well, okay, not really, but I didn't want to hurt you. You should be a poetry club owner. Cafe owner, whatever. You would enjoy hearing other people's poetry and acoustic acts and they would enjoy your deep, soulful company. I know I sound condescending right now, but I'm not. I don't think I am. I''m just honest, man.

You remind me of: Lemonade. You're so sweet and spiritual and refreshing sometimes and other times you're just boring and/or bitter. Now for the real reason - because you mentioned summer so much in your recent entries and before. Well, both reasons really. Summer reminds me of lemonade - lemonade reminds me of you... being bitter, yet sweet.

Comments: I apologize for taking "forever" to do your review. I'm busy. I have a life, one that doesn't revolve around reviewing people's diaries and being online 24/7. I do try to get reviews done pretty quickly though to avoid people like you complaining. Not that you noticed, but I was short on reviewers recently and what reviews that got done, were done by me. If you'd like to solve that problem and keep complainers at bay, help me review. Seriously. At least don't complain, that makes me not like you very much. Yeah, I know you probably hate me, but that's okay, because you're kind of irrelevant in my life too. By the way, I find you amusing, but I guess I could just be easily amused. (pun very much intended.)

Would I Come Back: (20/20) Actually, yeah. I don't know why, but you mildly intrigue me.

Total Score: 144/190

[reviewed by: Mandy].