chi-angel
Layout 15/20 Wow, my life has much more meaning now that I’ve experienced yet another bland, competent, pink, teeangerish design. I have a feeling I’m supposed to know who the smirking chick is but I don’t feel any cultural impoverishment due to my ignorance. My response to this template, as to many of its tedious ilk, is "whatever." Credit here.
The truly terrifying thing is that I can probably see why this template appeals to you. *bangs her head off the wall to pass the time* And I’m not entirely sure the thick black links go with the pink background.Links/Organisation 9/10: Yeah, yeah, it’s fine… the usual sidebar (by the way, it’s pink, goddamn it). Actually, since you have that endless (pink, pink, pink) sidebar, you might as well sub-divide your links into “navigation” “contact “extras” and the like, or you could if you felt like it. Just to make navigation super-easy. Super-easy? Look what I’m writing. I blame your layout.
Contact 5/5: Notes, guestbook, E-mail, AIM
Errors 6/10: You abbreviate a lot: tonite, sry, u and so forth. You’re not so much a Friend to the Apostrophe as a passing acquaintance. Well, could be worse, you could be mortal enemies. Most of the time though, except for the occasionally stupid spelling error, it’s just laziness or clumsy keyboard fingers.
Updates 3/5: Somewhat sporadic.
Content 22/30: Great, twenty entries. Not exactly much to review is it? Okay, so the Rules of Mephithood say I ought to hate this diary. You’re a teenager who uses “lol” and writes about teeangerish things like parties and school and boys and shopping and worrying about having no friends and not fitting in and other related bollocks. But, actually, you’re quite a keen little observer, and you seem to think about things a lot, which makes for good reading. I like that. I also like the fact you have a clever, understated sort of sense of humour when you’re in the right mood, like this about friendship groups: “the popular crowd that really aren't that great, thee nerds (who are actually kinda funny if you listen to them), the wanna-be popular but end up looking like suck-ups, the goths (yea, i was a goth for a short time in 6th grade, its fun because people are scared of you when you give them no reason to be).” The goth stuff really made me giggle, being an ex-goth myself. And even though this stuff about the party when everybody got drunk is a typical teenager experience, I felt sorry for you hiding in the bathroom and was really proud of you for sticking to what you believed in and not getting pressured into drinking. Maybe I’m just big softie tonight but I did enjoy reading. I guess it’s because you’re “not a prep, not a goth, not a punk, not ghetto, not a smartass, NOT A SLUT, I'm just me” and that comes across in your diary. I appreciate your honesty and the fact that you have some self of sense divorced from labels and affectation. Don’t ever think that isn’t something special.
Bonus 4/10: Hmmm…not much here at all, but your diary is a fledgling thing. There’s a castlist, a little bio, and links to reviews. That’s about it.
Will I return: 6/10 You know, I just might.
Total Score: 70/100Hey, well done. I’m usually pretty harsh, especially on teenagers, but I think you deserve the score. I think you’re very genuine, and don't have fluff for brains ... I admire that.
So says Justamephit.