I got another review, this time from Miss Pyrotic aka unjane- of quitenasty reviews. Here it is:

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Layout 17/20: Actually, I like it. It's not fancy in the organizational sense...some of the tables are a little off - there's not enough space between the last 5 and counter; stuff like that. But I like it. I love it when someone makes their own layout, plus uses some interesting things, like that fade highlight effect you got goin on there... very cool. Personally, I'm not much of a fan for white text on a black background.. the contrast makes it really blinding (and nooo I'm not contradicting myself with this review layout, as the text is more of an off-white than plain white..but I'm planning on changing the layout very soon anyway). Maybe you could make the text a light gray color. But the way it is now is pretty nice too. And I'm thinking you like Fight Club a lot? Yeah, it was a damn good movie.

Links/Organization 10/10: It's all easy to find, nicely organized with dividers.

Contact 5/5: Guestbook, guestmap, notes, email, AIM.

Errors 10/10: None, how bout that.

Updates 4/5: Sometimes daily, sometimes you skip around a few days.

Content 20/30: Congratulations, you receive 2nd place for horniest male ever (1st place goes to my ex, who had talked about my boobs for five hours straight). I've never seen someone go so in depth in their 100 things. It goes slightly past the info- mark and into the detailed-sex-description-mark. I happen to think it's very normal for someone not getting any to be so...antsy. I think your best cure would be to become a porn star, but that's kinda obvious, right?

Besides sex, you talk about...hmm... wait.. *tries to find a non-sex entry* no...no...ah, here we - no... Okay, in all honesty you do have some substance to you. You don't always talk about sex. For example, this one - though quite depressing, it does let your readers more into your thoughts. I hope your grandma will be okay, and that you can see a more positive side to life.

And then it goes back to sex. Perhaps you are a bit picky. Maybe a lot picky. Maybe someday you'll find the girl with the perfect body, who is very sexual and perfectly willing to try anything, yet is intelligent and can carry a conversation, yet will remain completely devoted to you. I'm sure that's the vision of every guy's dream girl, but let's face it, it rarely exists. I think your best bet is to hook up with a girl you know isn't perfect; you might find you're actually enjoying yourself.

Extras 10/10: Photography, art, counter, 100 things, about me, ethnicity, tons of stuff.

Will I Return? 6/10: It's possible...

Total Score: 82/100

So says Miss Pyrotic.

The perfectionist and egotist in me will always reel from the less-than-perfect review scores that I seem to be getting from most of the reviewers out there. Aside from my friends, ConquestGirl and Tashina who gave me rave reviews, I seem to be a "B" diary writer at best to the majority of reviewers that I have not known previously. In all fairness my friends whom I love to death by the way, have been reading my diary well before I got a review from them so in a way I've already got a "head start" with them. To their credit they did conduct their reviews of my diary as objectively and as professionally as anyone could for a friend and if anything I truly value and appreciate the affinity of their friendship more than anything else.

But back to the review. This particular reviewer is special by virtue of her own diary having, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful self-designed layouts I have ever seen on diaryland. This is one of those layouts I wish I designed myself. I would have to look hard to to find a single element in her layout that would seem out of place. Her work is definitely of professional quality so naturally I'd take any constructive advice she would have concerning my layout straight to heart. I actually got a decent score with her in the layout area considering the source, a 17 out of 20 points. I got 3 points off for the minor imperfections which only the most discriminating eye could catch and she did a very good job of catching them. Her suggestions of adjusting the tables and changing the text shade so there isn't such a high contrast are things I am considering  for my next round of layout tweaking. I actually got decent scores on most everything else getting perfects or single points off where the were she thought it was deserved. Definitely fair scoring. 

The section of scoring I took the biggest hit was for my content which I received a 20 out of 30 points. I got a whopping 10 points off due to certain content issues. This is not to say that I didn't get a decent critique of my content. She is the only reviewer in my recollection to catch the references in my diary to "Fight Club" one of my all-time favorite movies. If you are a fan of the movie you will catch references to it all over my diary. She happens to be a fan of the movie as well... Bravo. :) 

So now it falls back to the heart of the matter, I think the reason I took such a big scoring hit was again my constant obsession with sex. I think most people have it in the back of their minds that sex is supposed to be this big, bad thing that shouldn't be talked about. Now I'm not saying that the reviewer Miss Pyrotic thinks sex is bad, I'm just saying that the points had to come out from somewhere and because the majority of my entries are of a sexual nature she may have been turned off by it. On the plus side I did get 2nd Place title for being one of the horniest men alive in her book. I actually thought that was quite humorous of her to add in there. She must have some really nice boobs if her ex talked about them for 5 hours straight. I'll have to make a mental note to ask her a picture of those fine gazoombas just to see for myself. ;) 

Though she had some difficulty, she did manage to find and mention at least one non-sexual entry in my diary. I'm glad she found the one about Grandma. Though sex has been on my mind very much, I'm glad that people are still able to catch the other, more serious aspects of my personality.  In this respect I will always admire and commend reviewers who really delve into the diary they are reviewing because you never know when or where you may find the substance and the soul of its writer. If she had delved a little deeper into my diary I am confident that she would have found more substance and more profoundness. That's just part of my Scorpio nature, I want people to sweat, toil and dig before I show the finer parts of my being, the things most people will not catch if they only look on the surface.

It's ironic that she would offer the exact same advice for me in terms of my search for a sexual partner. My interpretation is that she's advising me to go beyond trying to find the "perfect" woman and just have a good time with someone whom I may perceive as "less than perfect" because perhaps I may find qualities in that person that goes beyond the surface and I would enjoy discovering those things. These are things I have and will continue to consider and I hope a situation may arise when I may take her advice to heart.

I guess I should consider is that truly nobody or no one thing is perfect. There may be moments where I might have a momentary glimpse of perfection but since I cannot change myself or the way I think or write, at least not in the immediate sense to please people around  me, I have to accept the fact that not everyone is going to relate completely to what I write in my diary and I have to accept the idea that I'm not always going to get a "perfect score" from those who read my diary. This is not to say that I am going to stop trying to evolve myself, my way of thinking and my way of writing because my personal evolution is still important to me. This is just a recognition that it would be impossible to please everybody all the time so I am just going to continue being myself.

Finally I want to thank Miss Pyrotic for reviewing my diary. I know I didn't exactly get "the perfect score" with you but I appreciate the honesty and the effort you put forth in my review. I am especially sorry to see that you are closing your unjane- diary. I meant it when I said it is one of the best layouts I have ever seen. I wish you the best of luck in both your new diary and in your review site.

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