dullstar
Layout 12/20:. Way hey! A naked chick. Ahem. Okay, so I�ll stop pretending to be a teenage boy now. I�m not a massive fan of �explicit� templates but this is definitely erotic, rather than pornographic or obscene. And purty, it�s real purty. It�s a Poo Design but I�m not entirely sure the drab layout goes with the vibrant picture. The image is all dark red and gold, but the template background is white and the scrollbars are grey. The silver links don�t show up too well against the white either. This is going to sound like an odd thing to say about a layout with an unclad female on it but, picture aside, it�s actually rather insipid.
Links/Organisation 8/10: All in a row along the bottom of the screen: perfectly adequate but not exactly going to stun the world with organisey innovation.
Contact 4/5: Notes, guestbook, e-mail � the usual suspects.
Errors 5/10: Another anti-capitalisation crusader. Yes, I know it�s a personal choice and you have your reasons and it doesn�t mean you can�t write properly yadda yadda yadda but I still don�t like it. It�s not an indicator of a liberated soul unconstrained by the limitations of the English language, it�s a form of reverse-pretension, like being rich, white and upper middle class and dressing as if you grew up in a ghetto. Blah. *irritated Mephit* Not using capital letters is the linguistic equivalent of Eminem, get my point? The rest of it�s fine though. And get back to archiving, you! Even though it�s boring. What is pleasure without pain, anyway? Think of it as character building.
Updates 5/5: Not quite like clockwork but nearly. Dammit, have full marks for having over 1200 entries. You must be pretty dedicated.
Content 25/30 + 1 for your profile + 1 for pseudointellectualism:
Well, I was disposed not to like you on account of Those Bloody Capitals but you won me back after three entries, firstly because I was totally sympathetic with this on all three counts (psychotic ex-lovers, humiliation at the gym and wonderful Ed Norton) and then you made me laugh � many many times, here to take one random example from many, about magazines. And you also made me go �awwww� at the sheer cuteness of your relationship with Aaron. I love the dry, matter-of-fact way you can talk about the most endearing things. This about the flower really touched me, firstly because it meant so much to you and Aaron and secondly because the incident itself was rather sweet, but it was the simple, understated way you told the story that saved it from being unbearably saccharine.
Now, I�ve only read a tiny fraction of your immense diary and I�m sure there�s plenty of melodrama and angst to be discovered in its early pages but I adore your wry perspective on the world and the fact you don�t take yourself too seriously, even though you�ve had your brushes with tragedy and the usual teenage pitfalls of self-harm and the like. And you wrote this sentence:[this is a diary, i'm allowed pseudointellectualism.] How could I not love you? Oh, in case you were wondering, you lost some marks because of my Linging Capital Fury and the fact you torment your readers cruelly with entries like "aaaaand ... nevermind." *grins*
Bonus 6/10: Hmmm�there�s not so much here: counter, rings, a really really visible link to QN (oooh� extra points) and pics. But I like the link-back to what happened at the same time last year and the year before that, because it�s a little bit different to the norm.
Will I return 8/10: You can make me smile so of course I�ll be back.
Total Score: 75/100 Hmmm�sorry I bollocked you about the capitals. But I stand by my munt.
So says Justamephit.