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zazzafooky
Um excuse me, does anyone here know what the hell zazzafooky is? Is it a thing? Is it a place? Is it something all the cool kids are doing and I just don't know about it? To many questions, and I have to get this review done.
When I first got to zazzafooky the design was missing. At first I thought the author just went back to simplistic times of websites in 1995. But then the first post said how that if the site doesn't look pretty to click a link and it will be all better. Sure enough, click the link, and bam you have a well designed blog.
The design of the site at first looked similar to a blogmoxie design; however I didn't see the bm link anywhere so I was impressed with the author's ability to have a custom look. I then noticed a skin me feature, but unfortunately that doesn't work. The blog is a standard 2 column layout and in the sidebar there are all sorts of goodies.
I quickly noticed the "What is she?" link and figured this was a good place to start. Turns out zazzafooky is a made up word that means crazy unexplainable and is a verb. I am now determined to shout out the word zazzafooky in verb tense sometime today. She then goes on to talk about how she studies quantum theory, but that won't be in the blog. Instead it will be other personal stuff.
The first post that I read that I knew I was going to like this site was one about her daughter. Since the age of 4 the daughter has watched scary movies and laughed at all of them. That was until recently (3 years later) when she saw Jeepers Creepers and now the author won't let her live that down. This post was entitled "Bad Parenting" but I laughed it up as "Good lesson, just took too long to get there".
Other posts talk about her job, her living situation, her daughter and well pretty much anything you want to know about her. I laughed through most of the posts that were supposed to be funny and took in the more serious posts. I enjoyed the pictures she posted to accompany some of her posts as they gave us either a little more insight on the post, or proof on a previous post.
I don't know how in all my years blogging I missed a gem like this one. I had a good time reading this site, and I think you will to. There is something here for everyone, which is very rare in a personal blog. The fact that TJ is able to keep me entertained and not bored with a personal blog is warrant enough to give it the 4.75 that she deserves.
This site was reviewed on 2005-11-25 by Brent.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
Brent felt that zazzafooky deserved a rating of 4.75.
I like websites like "zazzafooky". It's fun and keeps you on your toes. It's not the same posts over and over again, and never becomes boring to read. Reviewing this site was all too easy.
When the URL first loads, readers may be confused at what they see. However, once the cookies are reset, you're met with a very nice design. It's a two-column layout, and keeps the general appearance of the site very clean and tidy. The colors are bright, and the overall perception I got of the site's visual aspect was a very fun feel. A webcam link, zazzafooky merchandise, links around the 'net - all of these can be found in the sidebar, along with some other sites within zazzafooky.com. The "Who is she?" is she links explains where the heck zazzafooky came from, and also describes who the author is. While the author information isn't detailed, it does give readers an idea of the type of posts they'll be reading. I love the different catagories of archives - where else can you sit and read several posts that fall into a "vulgarity"?
The author, who calls herself TJ, writes very well. She keeps her entries in fairly small paragraphs, which is very nice when reading weblogs. Her grammar and spelling don't leave me trying to figure out what exactly she means when she writes an entry. Each entry is like a little morsel of entertainment - sometimes it's humor, other times the posts leave you re-evaulating certain aspects of your own life.
The first posts I read were the ten entries TJ lists under "Best of Me". What's a better way to start reviewing a site than by reading what the author feels are her best entries? After reading them, I could definitely understand why she picked them as the "best", but have no clue as to how she was able to limit it to just those.
I like the posts that list just small tids and bits of her life just as much as I like the multi-paragraphed prose-type entries she makes. I like that she can write about every day experiences (her pets, her family, being harassed by security at the airport) and make them seem so enjoyable. I like the creativity in the weblog's name.
I like that for the past several weeks, she uploads several music files for her readers to download. One week I can download the South Park version of Merry F***** Christmas, and the next I can grab Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton. Why aren't there radio stations like that, by the way?
This is a fun site. I don't know how I haven't found it in other blog surfing. In my opinion, it's definitely one that you should stop by and give a read. I'm willing to bet that within five entries just about everyone is going to either be laughing or nodding their head in agreement to what they're reading.
This site was reviewed on 2005-11-25 by Wendy.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
Wendy felt that zazzafooky deserved a rating of 4.75.
2 reviewers gave zazzafooky an average rating of 4.7500
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