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Right-Brained
I wasn’t too sure what to expect when I arrived at Right-Brained. I googled ‘right-brained’ and found it is term referring to a hemisphere of the brain. The right focuses on aesthetics, feeling, and creativity. Alrighty then.
The blog is a simple blogger template, you’ve all seen it before. The author of Right Brained is Jay. He enjoys playing with your money all day working as a broker. He also writes one of the most intriguing blogs I’ve ever read. I felt Right Brained had a strange voyeuristic nature to it like watching one of those reality TV programs complete with a variety of curious characters. Jay shares many stories about his co-workers and people in his life, his successes and failures. All with a matter of fact, simple honestly that I found very readable and appealing. Most of the entries are very entertaining, funny and well written. Stories about Cliff, ‘The Dave’, his family and of course Jasmine.
Which brings me to a major theme in Right-Brained: an unadulterated male’s view on sex, women and relationships. I often found his observations hilarious, such as: ‘I haven't been laid in months. Not that you care, but damn I'm sick of it. Ladies - you're soft, warm, smell nice, and have all the right pockets for me to put things in. Damn you.’ Yes guy! Jay is an uber horny guy (porn night three days a week on occasion) and doesn’t mind letting you know about it. The entries are somewhat graphic at times… some people might not find it appealing. (Wusses!) However it is clear that a lot of people do enjoy reading Right Brained. His entry comments are very active and I imagine he has a decent readership.
Jay isn’t all porn and bawdy. Most of the entries have a curious balance to them. Such as the Breck jogging entry in which he chases down the lead runner for several miles and wins then 'I headed to my truck, climbed behind the steering wheel, and when I was sure nobody could see me I collapsed horizontally onto the front seat and wheezed like the little bitch that I am.' Ahh yes. Jay always shares the truth.
As he used to say : ‘Yeah. Keep dreaming, Jay.’ I hope he does and continues to tell us all about it, it makes for great reading. Highly recommended for an amusing entertaining read.
This site was reviewed on 2004-08-12 by obz.
They felt this site belonged in the Humor category.
obz felt that Right-Brained deserved a rating of 4.25.
Going into this blog, I really wasn't sure what to expect judging by the title. The first thing I noticed when i entered the blog, was a plain looking template (one of those blogspot templates), but very neatly laid out. It was a two column lay-out, with the posts in the middle and the links etc. on the right hand side.
This time, for some unknown reason to myself, I went straight to the posts instead of looking for an "About Me" section. I read the first entry on the main page, then it was at that point I went looking for some info about the author.
Up in the right hand corner, was an "About Me" section . It gave the Authors name which was "Jay" and that he was from the "United States".Included was also a small photo of Jay. Below that info , there was a link that said "review my complete profile". I clicked on the link, and to my disappointment, there was not much more info. So I really wasn't much more informed than when I started.
In any case, I continued on with the entries. Jay has his blog put in the category of "Humor". In my opinion, he made the right choice. It is on the personal side as well. But Jay doesn't get too personal. Every post was well written and no matter what aspect in life he wrote about, you will find a touch of humor. I found several of his posts had me laughing out loud. One of my favorites was the third entry on his main page.
Jay covers several topics in his entries. He has a unique way of telling a story that will bring a smile to your face. But I do have to warn you that some of the entries to be considered somewhat of an adult nature. Some readers will enjoy the blog while others may not. Everyone has their own taste. As for myself, I completely enjoyed reading the entries. I actually found myself wishing there were more of them.
I did like the lay-out of the page. I did have a problem with the text. The text seemed to be stretched out just a bit too much. I had to scroll across the page to actually see the content on the right hand side. But it's nothing that can't be fixed. There was also a broken link on the side panel, which looks like there was supposed to be another photo there. He has a large amount of blog friends etc. linked on the side panel, and judging from the amount of comments he has recieved on several of his posts, he has a large amount of readers.
Jay's blog has only been around since May 2004. I took the liberty of viewing his web counter, and it is already over 19,000 in such a short time. With a few touch -ups on Jay's blog, it has the potential in the future to score a rating of 5. But because of the fact it has only been around a few months, and the couple of things that need to be fixed, I am giving it a rating of 3.5. I certainly enjoyed the entries and it is well worth reading.
This site was reviewed on 2004-08-12 by darkangel_00.
They felt this site belonged in the Humor category.
darkangel_00 felt that Right-Brained deserved a rating of 3.5.
The blog greets you with the following description: "My name is Jay and I work for a prestigious brokerage firm. This blog is an inside look at what kind of people are managing your money."
With such a description, I imagined that those "kind of people" would probably make for fun reading. I immediately dived into the oldest archives (dating from May of this year), determined to read the whole blog.
But more than having fun, I found myself shaking my head in confusion and sometimes in utter disbelief.
Right-Brained would rightfully belong in a "black humor" category. It's full of nasty inside information on the world of brokerage, the language is, if not downright filthy, in the very least rated R and many of the posts deal with individuals that could be taken right out of a Paul Thomas Anderson script (Fassbinder would also do nicely.)
I quickly came to the conclusion that brokerage is a field I don't really care for. In any case, Jay is a pretty decent author. He can tell a story with the right words (though too many of them happen to be swear words) and tell it well.
The confusing aspect of this blog is the nature of the posts, as not all of them deal with brokerage and the people Jay works with. For instance, I came across a post regarding chickens, another regarding his niece, there's also a rather sad entry on his dad's Cancer and a touching reverie on his mother's death... Perhaps this is due to the fact that Right-Brained is a new blog still looking for its direction, but if this were the case, then Jay should definitely change the blog description to something a little broader.
Regarding design, the template is a standard blogspot template that does nothing for the reader's aesthetic eye and as is usual with blogger templates, it makes the blog visually stale.
In the end, Right-Brained is the type of blog that has not yet found its substance; is it the world of brokerage or the author's life in general? I feel it needs a clearer direction and a more appealing template. It could also do with a little less swearing, but this is a very personal opinion.
Objectively and regardless of the fact that it's not my type of blog and many of the posts I found to be in bad taste, I give it a 2.75 because of the author's talent for words. Given the right direction, Jay's writing style could make for a better blog.
This site was reviewed on 2004-08-12 by answer-seeking gal.
They felt this site belonged in the Humor category.
answer-seeking gal felt that Right-Brained deserved a rating of 2.75.
3 reviewers gave Right-Brained an average rating of 3.5000
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