I Feel Like Smashing Things

Well, we haven't been doing a whole lot of actual reviewing around here lately, so it's time to get back at it.

I should preface this by saying I'm in a lousy fucking mood this morning. I can't really explain why, I just really feel pissed off and angry. Maybe that will play into this review, but who really knows? I've been called fucking "milquetoast" by someone I fucking complimented awhile back, maybe I'll get called a "douchebag" for being such an angry m.f.er this morning. We'll see.

Today's entry is kind of a double shot. She submitted this Volatile Lunacy but it looks like she's moved here. So let's talk about the look and content of the originally submitted blog. I should say I'm looking at this, and virtually everything I review, in Firefox at 1024 x 768.

It's got kind of a cool banner, red with faded stripes. It's a Wordpress blog, and I don't really know anything about their templates, so meh. Three columns, fairly straightforward, blogroll, calendar, categories, archives and pretty much the same shit that every other blog has. Content-wise, she seems like she's really trying to be "sassy" and uses a tremendous amount of cursing. Since I've pretty much told you that I'm fucking pissed off this morning, I'm not throwing stones at this. I'm not sure the average person who stumbles on it wants to read it, but I really don't give a fuck whether she has readers or not. The content isn't really something I'd come back for either on this or her new site, but I've seen much worse. It's just that the sexy, sassy bitch who curses a lot is done to death other places, and it's done better.

The new site is obviously a work in progress. I give her props for paying for her own joint, because she obviously wants to make a go of things. The template obviously is one she's going to change, as it's dark grey and rather plain. If you're gonna cough up the dough for server space, you're gonna cough up the dough for a professional design. I would think, anyway. I like the picture in the header, those shoes are fucking hot. The content is basically the same, and again, it's not horribly written, there's just nothing really there that makes me want to say that I'd come back of my own free volition.


for having plain templates, for all intents and purposes, in two places, and for content that while not boring, doesn't make me want to visit again.

for having a good eye for headers. I also like the signature bitmap you use. It's cool.

Now, I'm just going to say this so no bullshit starts. I know she comments regularly at IT2M, and my guess is that this submission was much like when Ms. Chatty submitted IT2M for our review. That's all well and good. I'll review anything, quite frankly. I just thought you ought to know that this was the case so it didn't look like I was trashing her because she comments there. I could give a shit, really.