moretoknow
January 01, 2005
Content (22/20)
Utterly spellbinding. I hardly feel adequate to slate any kind of
judgment on the content of your diary. I would feel too much like I am
judging you and your life.
You flow through everything you set to write so eloquently and easily.
I understand what you're feeling. I can feel it too. What you're
feeling becomes what I'm feeling. And it's so strangely familiar. Even
in the beginning, when there was a conversational repetition of space
fillers, there was a very stark honesty.
I feel like I know you now. Even though I don't really, your writing
simply invites your readers straight into your world. The reader
becomes a part of it. I get lost to the point where I can't find my
way back out. But I don't want to find my way back out. I'm entrenched
in watching your life unfold. I feel like a base, disharmonic
intruder, but I still don't want to leave. It's too wonderful. Happy
or sad. Bitter or joyous. I can't take my eyes away.
And lately your writing tends to be…poetry in motion. The ordinary is
transformed into the sublime under your fingertips. Or maybe it's
always been that way, and it's just a little easier for me to feel
when it's closer to what I understand
This is content that doesn't need to be reviewed. You know what you
want to write. You write it. This diary is yours. This content is
yours. This content is above and beyond review.
Layout (40/40)
This is a beautiful custom from Miss Liz (RIP o great
design site). The layout is gorgeous. The colors and link hover
effects are magnificent. It's easy on the eyes, very soft, and very
appropriate for your diary. And the photograph is one you took. It's
an extremely lovely photograph. Altogether, I could stare at this
design for ages.
I have one small gripe though. I didn't take a point off for it, and I
don't know if you will care, but in firefox, when your entry is
too short (I noticed it a lot more often than that but that's the
most recent entry and I only want to link one) the background cuts
off. It doesn't in IE (and I assume you surf in IE, which is why I'm
not docking any points, you wouldn't notice the problem) but for some
reason the page was terrifyingly wonky when I tried to view it in IE.
I am more than willing to bet that that's my computer though so I'm
not taking points off for that either. But to fix the problem of the
background not extending long enough, just insert "min-height:513px"
in the #content section in the style sheet. There should be absolutely
no adverse effect. It just fixes the length of the background. The
entry box, can now go no smaller than 513px too accommodate your
links, no matter how short your entry is.
Navigation(15/15)
Absolutely perfect. Oh, you are missing one | on your archives page
between August and September 2004. No big deal though.
Link(5/5)
The link back is most content on your reviews page along with all the
other pending reviews.
Extras(12/10)
The way you have your biography set up, delights my obsessive
compulsive nature for neatness. I especially love the Cliff Notes
graphic for yourself. And the history section was terribly helpful. As
for the other extras, you have a nice, creative variety, and plenty of
them. My favorite is the description of your funeral. It is a
very inventive idea and I haven't seen it done before. I love to see
an uncommon extra.
Contact(10/10)
AIM, guestbook, email, notes, comments. A person is assuredly able to
get a hold of you.
Favorite
Everything. To be honest, I've been following you in stealth for a
month or more. Your whole diary is my favorite. If you don't mind, I
am going to add you to my buddylist.
Total: 104/100 Welcome to the Hall of Fame! And you certainly deserve it. Reviewer: Megan