12-20-04 | 3:29 p.m.
find-katie
Name | find-katie
Title | My Escape
First Impression | Hm. Honestly the first thought that crossed my mind when I looked at this layout was: "Uh oh. Teeny-bopper." But then I stopped and looked at it a little bit more and decided that it kind of appeals to me. The image is neat and everything just kind of fits together nicely. ||4/5||
Template / Layout | This layout reminds me of a few other layouts that I've seen, yet it retains it's own individuality. The image and black and white color scheme compliment each other well and this layout, as a whole, just seems to fit together quite nicely. 9/10
Overall, I like this layout. It gives off a "high-school" vibe, though, which I'm not diggin' too much. What I mean by that is it gives the impression that the writer is one of those "emo-I-crave-drama-the-world-is-so-hard" type people. But, maybe that's just me being a stereo-typing bitch. I guess we'll have to read on and see... 9/10
TOTAL OF LAYOUT ||18/20||
Contacts | Comments, Guest-book, E-mail, & Notes. ||4/5||
Navigation / Organization | It's organized, but not entirely easy-peasyness all around. All the links are in an easily found location, but it would be easier to navigate through them if they weren't just numbers. Also, the older page would look nicer if it were archived. Put November and December on different archive pages and neatness will abound. ||7/10||
Errors | No link errors or layout errors that I could find... grammar and spelling seem decent, a few errors, but not too many. ||3/5||
Content | As I was reading this I kept thinking that I had heard this stuff, or stuff just like it, before. Then I realized why. I used to write exactly like this when I was in high-school. I felt the things you write about, I know the feelings that you are wishing you could get across. So, I could relate really well to this diary. It did come off as a little bit angsty, but what teenager isn't filled with a little angst? You have written things down and conveyed feelings that I strived for back in the day. Maybe I'm allowing complete bias to affect my opinion of this diary, but I thought it was written well enough that it kept me involved and had me reading every entry. 19/25
Most of the entries I could read and understand but there were a few where I was left trying to figure out just what exactly were you trying to say. The entries were pretty well-written, but maybe you could delve a little deeper and give a bit of background to why you feel like you do... just an idea. 17/20
TOTAL CONTENT ||36/45||
Extras | There aren't very many extras hanging out around here, are there? I do give you credit, though, for a fairly new diary, there are a few. And that counts for something. ||4/5||
Repeat Visits? | That's a little iffy. ||3/5||
Final Score | Decent enough. ||79/100||
Comments | You remind me of me when I was younger. That may be a good thing... but it may not.
Reviewed By | Tracey