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Trinity Sixty-Three - The Escapades of me
This is a re-review of Trinity Sixty-Three - The Escapades of me
Sometimes when I go to a site there's just something that draws me in. This time, with this blog I couldn't shake off the odd feeling of deja vu. The site looks beautiful with the images of flowers along the top. I stopped by the profile and disclaimer to see what she had to say.
The blog itself goes back quite a few years. It's always interesting, at least for me, to read where the blog began, and often what happened. Though I'll admit, the first entry I actually read was the most current one, and I was easily captivated by this author. Trinity has a different way with words, and she shares her feelings, without holding back. I have to give it to an author; anyone who can talk about poor eating habits and body reactions in one entry has to be worth reading. Her entry on religion should awaken the masses, but probably won't. I can't help but understand where she's coming from in her story of her "awakening." So it finally hits me, why I've been to this blog before. Remembering Scott.
The design is functional. It works. Knowing how diaryland is about templates, there's only so much available to each blogger. You're only able to read the most recent entry when you get there. The archives all work function properly. Actually, the archives are actually laid out nicely, letting you see the actual date and the entry title. The colors are pleasing on the eyes with soft lavender's and purples.
There's a profile page, but you don't get much about Trinity there. You find out some of Trinity's favorite diarist's are, as well as favorite books and things of that nature. The only disappointing thing is that there isn't anything by way of who she actually is, or any personal tidbits that'll give you a glimpse into who this author really is.
This blog is a good one, overall. It's a little more personal that some people might want to read. Trinity tells you how it is in her opinion and she tells it well. There are a few grammatical and typo errors, but not enough to make a big stink about it. She tells a damn good story, and I'd highly recommend this blog to others.
This site was reviewed on 2003-10-14 by firefly.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
firefly felt that Trinity Sixty-Three - The Escapades of me deserved a rating of 4.
I had no idea what to expect going in to my first review. The title gave me a tiny bit of apprehension -- was this going to be one of those that go on and on about the author's extreme self-involvement like that is something new? Or maybe it was more on the order of a charming, but small, joke. I hoped for the latter, but you never know...
She does post daily, since 2001, and seems to have developed a following, since most of her posts have several comments in response. Since the first thing one sees today is a post containing two pictures (maybe the same woman?) of an overweight, middle-aged lady and a bodybuilder, and the second post concerned menopause, I got the mistaken impression this was the author. Earlier posts suggest someone much younger.
Problem is, she shoots herself in the foot with the profile, which says, "this is a site about regular stuff, I'm a regular person..." Unfortunately this gives no insight into who this person might be, or why potential readers would be interested. Early posts are just fragments of observation on events in her life, with not really enough information on just what happened to set her off ;>) Later on this improves, but most of the posts are still depressingly "regular." It's almost like the author really doesn't want her readers to get too close. Still, this is a typical newbie mistake. People without much writing experience tend to presume a lot about their readers, thinking that some things should be obvious to the reader when they're not. It's only after writing for a while that newbies recognize you can't make your readers work to understand what you're saying.
Technically this site isn't one I'd personally visit too often, as it takes a long time to load on my 56k modem. Perhaps this is at least partially the result of the graphics up top, which I didn't see until after I gave up waiting for the start page and started reading through the posts. It's been constructed using a template, which gives the site an unobjectionable, but bland appearance, and none of the links in the links section work as they should. They either send you to dead sites, or sites with so many pop-ups you lose track of what the original link was supposed to be. It's got both guest book and guest map. There are a lot of bells and whistles here that don't contribute to the overall quality of the site. She has joined a lot of webrings and seems to have done a lot of online promo for her site, offering many chances to vote for her in one place or another. But this set of "Extras" has its own confusions, so I didn't go too far into those.
If she could clear up some of the confusion as to who she is and why she's chosen this venue, and possibly give a new or casual visitor something more to go on, the writing does show some promise, which is why I've rated it the way I did. Otherwise, this site is destined to stay firmly among the "legions of unknown bloggers."
This site was reviewed on 2003-09-05 by DesertLight.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
DesertLight felt that Trinity Sixty-Three - The Escapades of me deserved a rating of 3.
2 reviewers gave Trinity Sixty-Three - The Escapades of me an average rating of 3.5000
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