My first impression of this blog is that it is rather spartan. While this is good in that it does not detract from the entries themselves, I found it to give an almost monotone feel to the entries. Fortunately the monotone feel is broken up by smatterings of photos and various graphics which coincide with the mood or subject of the entry. This blog definitely falls into the personal category, and whether intentional or not I found enough humor in the writings that it held my interest and had me poking around through the archives to get a better glimpse into what Similar To… is all about.
The writer, a high school student in Sydney Australia, reflects that About Me blurbs seem self indulgent, but I found it helpful to set a point of reference from where this author is coming from.
After reading back a ways in this blog, I felt that this author seems to write with much more maturity than most high school students. It was refreshing to read my way through the entries without having to do mental gymnastics to keep up with the train of thought of the writer. With this writer making entries almost daily, it was quite easy to get a good feel for the personality behind the printed words.
Similar To… is still young, the first entry was on Dec. 6, 2003, but there is enough content to get a good picture of the life of this student. I look forward to seeing how this writer evolves
I have to admit, I have gone back and read the entry from April 28 several times. It gives me quite a chuckle as I’ve seen and experienced first hand this sort of thing before. I have started to feel as if this teenager is perhaps as twisted as I was at that age. You’ve got to love it!
While this is a personal blog, by no means is it a “me-me-me” blog, but rather the writings consist of the views of a young person about the world around him as he travels through it. The writing is well thought out, and presented in a positive manner, with none of the angst frequently found in blogs belonging to teenagers. I give this blog a rating of 4.0.
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