2004-03-15 | 11:27 a.m.
This. Is. Me.
Username: [0/10 points] i don't like it. Yeah it's sort of original, or it could just be your initials and the year you graduate, now that I think about it. I just don't like it. I don't really have a reason. I just don't.
First Impression: [10/20 points] I've seen this layout quite a few times. It's a great spring layout, but you've cluttered it up so bad, it's horrible. It also looks like it's missing something, but I can't figure out just what... maybe an entry?
Content: [15/55 points] The first entry I came across was religion oriented. Great. I skimmed a few more entries and read your loves and hates and instantly labeled you an "innocent, god-fearing, simple-minded Christian." Without the Christian context, your diary is just another boring daylog. It got really boring after only a couple entries. I'll be honest and tell you I read a total of about 15 entries. I read a few more recent ones and your first 5 or 10. Your writing style hasn't changed at all. You don't capitalize. That irks me. You use ellipsis in unnecessary places and very frequently too. This is a pretty fair example of a summary of most of your entries. I didn't understand a lot of things in your diary. You should make a cast page and a locations page, since you talk about certain places a lot. Your writing didn't interest me much at all, it was very empty and confusing, for the most part. The only semi-emotion I got was from the religious point of view. I usually attempt to enjoy diaries mixed with religion, because it paints a better picture of how the person relates to life, but yours didn't do that. It just gave me the feeling that you thought you were better than everyone because you were a Christian. Not a very Christian example to set, might I add. If I was a close friend of yours, I might be interested, but as a random visitor, I'm bored to suicide. Sorry, no cigar.
Layout: [20/40 points] Diva Designs. I've seen this layout before on a review site. I don't remember the name though. It looked a lot neater though. You've destroyed the beautiful sidebar with that damned chatterbox. If you must have it, put it on a seperate page. It ruins the entire layout. This is definitely not a template I would choose to use, but that's just me. It suits you though, because you seem to be a more of the innocent, everloving, feminine type. All in all, it's a fairly decent layout ruined by a tagboard [or chatterbox]. I've seen it many times and I'm sure I'll see it many more. Your previous and next links do not work. That got really annoying, because I kept having to go back to the archive page. Fix that.
Contact: [2/5 points] Notes. Chatterbox.
Personality: Innocent. Sweet. Southern. Religious. Close-minded. Happier than the average teen. Hyper. Stereotypical.
Extras: [0/10 points] None. Nothing. Zilch.
Am I linked: [0/5 points] No. The simple things are causing you to get a bad score, dear.
Favorite entries: [0/25 points] None really kept my attention, hon. Sorry.
Originality: [4/10 points] Somewhat. I find it pretty cool that we live in relatively the same area and have very little, if anything, in common. I don't think that's originality, but it's new to me. No offense, but I don't think we would be the kind of people to get along in the real world.
Quotes: None.
Most Memorable: Your religious views.
Comments: If you want your writing to be a little more interesting, you might want to add some emotion. You rarely, if ever, talked about the way you felt or what you thought. Emotionless diaries just aren't that interesting unless the writer has an amazing ability to phrase things in a very attractive way. Your layout doesn't need to be changed. It just needs to be tweaked a bit. Fix the previous and next links amd clean up the sidebar.
Would I come back: [10/20 points] Doubtful. If I did, it would be to see if your writing had changed.
Total: [61/200]
[reviewed by: Mandy].
