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2003-07-13 :: Socriel
Konnichiwa is no more than an animal

Style
I was ready to be annoyed when I saw the Diaryland template layout. Then I thought about how the only thing really "wrong" with using the standard method is that it's easy. And finally, after reading the whole thing, I realize that it isn't the sameness of the template that is problematic; rather, it is the limitations of the design. Like, your entry of 20 October, 2002 says all sorts of interesting things that I probably wouldn't read, if I weren't intending to peruse your whole diary. I wouldn't find them. I would see the black, and the white, and I might skim the first few paragraphs of your present entry, but that's it. This diary is whining for more. It doesn't need fancy avant garde design, but you need more links and more features, if only to keep literary skeptics such as myself engaged.

Substance
Here we have a semi-schizoid dialogue between the writer and the writer's ego. Think Eliot, and think "let us go then, you and I..." But change the theme to women, masturbation, rape, and plain old sex, and you'll get the idea. The writer has a decent writing style, and I laughed at a few of the entries. Most of the diary focuses on varying sexual ideations (fantasies?) and plots to manifest said desires. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed the discussion of browsing online personal ads, to discern what women want, and what men want, in turn. The author makes no effort at all to be gentle, or politically correct, and I appreciate that. Grammar is nearly perfect but, alas, there are quite a few mistakes involving the omission or incorrect order of letters, so that I am left to guess the correct word. Pronography = Pornography? Overall, the journal was quirky and unique enough to catch my attention.

Suggestions
Check a grammar site (I like Lynch's guide) for the differences between "its" and "it's," and figure out what a comma splice is, if you care to. At the very least, add some sort of "about me" link to the main page, and link it to the entry I noted above. Also, see beautify for free templates.


Grade: B-
Your topics don't interest me so much, but the journal is unique, and structurally sound.

Emily