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Username: Your username was not too appealing to me. "Gal" wasn't too bad, but... well, the word "office" completely throws me off. It starts to make me think you're some sort of workoholic who only cares about work, and would spend the whole day at the office or something. It really doesn't jump out at me at all. Since I don't like the idea of being a "workoholic," I wouldn't click on it. It doesn't have any ring to it or anything, and it's not any kind of beatiful phrase. I'm sorry, but this just isn't the type of username I really like. But after reading your entries, I think its "officegal" because you write all of your entries in the office or something. I might be wrong, but I'm giving you points for that anyway. (2/5) Title: The title, however, I really liked. Searching for a sort of peace thing. Like your in a time of crisis. I really like it. (5/5) First Sight: I didn't like the image (more on that later). The green is nice, because I love green, but the image just seems out of place. Like it doesn't belong there. It would sort of drive me away. That's the problem. But the green is nice. (2/10) Your Sacrifice: You did pretty well in this department. Sometimes you have the 2-3 day break, but you make up for that by posting several entries on one day. Nice. But once again, I think the entries are too spaced, and then the page becomes too long. Try spacing them with one break instead of 2. Other than that, all is well. One exception was that incredibly long gap between February and August. That's something you don't find very often. (6/8)
Sparkling Diamond: Okay... Like I said, the image is not very appealing to
me: (1) because it seems out of place and doesn't blend with the background and
(2) I just don't like the image. There's something about it I don't really like. I
never liked the idea of the drop-down menu for navigation, and the links are named
in a way that makes it hard to understand: like the link to older is Chaos. I
don't see how Chaos relates to Older. Then after the entry, you have the Haloscan
Commenting thing, and it looks a little out of place. You have the little
advertisements on the bottom of the page (counter, Haloscan, randoms) and they
don't really improve the layout at all. They just seem to take up space, and they
look like they don't belong there. It would be better if you used a text-link to
Kiki instead of the image, because the image doesn't go with either green or the
flower. You've added lots of extra things to this layout, which would usually be
nice, but you didn't handle it well. It makes it look a little messed up. The only
thing I liked was the green, and nothing much more. It's not your fault. After all, Kiki made the layout, not you. Guestbook: Well, you get ONE point for actually having one. It doesn't go with your diary layout - it isn't even green. It seems like one of those built-in templates, which I never liked at all. (1/2) Readability: Sure thing. But the fact that you don't paragraph makes it less organized, and can make the reader lost. You might want to consider pressing that enter button. Sometimes those long, cluttered paragraphs can drive away readers. That's something you surely don't want. (3/5) The Love: Your writing is okay. I can't say I'm feeling like, "WOW! This is so great! I'm stuck!" because that's not true. But it's okay. Rather typical, and day-loggish, but if everyone could write really well, they'd all have their own books, right? Your first entry I believe you could've done better on. It's pretty useless, and you might as well just delete it of your archives. It's nice that you linked to the first entry in your drop-down menu, but it's not something many people would really like to read. The one after it was not too great, either. The only thing I liked about the second entry is what you said about the dreams. You'd rather have awful dreams than have dreams about him hating you. It's a nice way to put it. Well, you know what I noticed? You talk about a variety of different things in ONE paragraph. You might want to make use of that "enter" button more often. Maybe take up paragraphing or something. It will make your entries more organized and easier to read, because paragraphing is your friend. ;P I, too, find myself thinking about God. I find myself thinking about all the thoughts you think about - that I should pray more, etc. Sometimes prayer isn't always answered, but when it is it makes you happier than you think you deserve. It's hard to understand God, isn't it? You say a lot of "I'll talk later"s in your entries. You say that, but you never really talk more about that topic. You just let it go and go on with the next day. It leaves the entry hanging. That's not a good thing in this case, as we need more information and feeling. Think about that and apply it to your entries. In entries like this, you talk about what you've done and how you feel about that. It would be better if you elaborated on that. You just go, "I feel ___ because I did ____." We need some explanation. It would spice up your entries a bit. I like all the adjectives and phrases you used in this entry. It's an improvement from all the other entries. It's okay that there's no explanation, because you couldn't explain it yourself, either. It's called regret, when you want to change the past. We all feel that way sometimes. I loved this entry. You finally explain. You finally pour out feelings. Your words here are beautiful; like poetry. Now I know how empty you feel. This is better than explaining your emptiness by saying, "my stomach hurts. All I ate was rice," or something. This is something I want to see more often. It's so nice that you worry and care for your friend. That's really sweet. I can really relate to that, as well, since I'm always worrying about my friends and wondering why I'm not doing anything. It leaves you mad at yourself for not doing anything and mad at yourself for being selfish enough not to even try. But it's nice that you actually care for him. Oh, this feeling I know too well. You wish you could forget him, but at the same time you want him back. I know you don't deserve it, but it happens to the best of us, doesn't it? Sometimes you can't even understand yourself. Flashbacks... a pain. In all the entries from this one to this one, you do a great job showing how in love you are. Great descriptions. I could almost feel the love you were in. Nice job. Your earlier entries were just about the daily happenings and feelings. But later on, when you feel something really strong, I can see it in your entries. That is wonderful. Plus, the later entries are the majority of what you've written. That accounts for most of your score, doesn't it? (43/50) Grammar: First, there's the little thing I said about paragraphing. Then capital letters go at the beginning of sentences, and also capitalize Proper Nouns. You might want to make use of those appostrophes, too. Your grammar is alright, you have a few minor spelling errors, but punctuation is where you go wrong. There are more keys on the keyboard than the letters - the punctuation marks you might want to use more often. (5/10) Glitter: 7 points here: disclaimer, contact, pics, Imood, rings, cast, and reviews. You could improve on some of them, though. Like your picture page, most of those links aren't even pictures of you. Your Imood you don't need to link, just stick it somewhere next to the date/time, maybe. One thing you might want to add is 101 things or just a mini-bio. That's practically essential. (7/15) Extra Credit: I guess you deserve a point for all those extras. Nothing much more, though. (1/5) Lasting Impression: I don't think I would really remember your diary. Nothing really struck me saying, "go back to that diary." It's just something typical-ish: a day-log. (2/10) Will I Come Back?: Probably not. Like I said, your username already drives me away, and your writing isn't anything too brilliant, but I might some time around. (2/10) Total: 84/160 Number of Entries Read: All of them. Favorite Entry: This'n Favorite Quote: "He inspired me to go higher, to do better and never settle. ... There was bad times. There always will be. But the true strength is to overcome the wrong, and climb above it." Beautiful set of words. Absolutely. Comments: You should continue writing, and you should keep writing about love and how you feel. It's what makes you even better. Reviewed by: Aless
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