disneymike
"disneymike" ( http://www.disneymike.com/blog/ ) is the personal blog of a seemingly irrepressible gentleman who is a fan of, among other things, Disneyland (that's "-land," not "World;" sorry, Floridians).
Some of his latest few posts recount a family trip to Seattle, and they pretty clearly illustrate how Mike must throw himself into everything he does: "After Erin and I got up at 4:00 am ..." I got the impression that his blog came about because he always still wanted to do something after his family was worn out.
I sometimes think that there are two distinct but equally valid ways of looking at the world: seeing everything as exotic and interesting, or seeing everything as unremarkable and everyday. I think Mike defines the former: the most interesting thing in the world to him is whatever he happens to be doing at the moment. He posts news on happenings related to Disneyland probably to justify the name of his blog, but really, the whole world is his Disneyland.
The blog is well-written, naturally upbeat, and very informative -- if I were going to somewhere on the west coast, I'd want to see if Disneymike had been there first, and see what he recommends.
Writing: 8
Personal/Public: 7
Content Quality: 8
Overall: 8
"disneymike" is kind of a different sort of blog -- we do not see, I don't think, Mike's innermost thoughts, or anything approaching that. Unlike other personal journal-type blogs, "disneymike" does not read like a continuing plotline of someone's life; it is not something that I think people would follow religiously to see how Mike is doing. But it's a nice, informative, and upbeat blog.
Some of his latest few posts recount a family trip to Seattle, and they pretty clearly illustrate how Mike must throw himself into everything he does: "After Erin and I got up at 4:00 am ..." I got the impression that his blog came about because he always still wanted to do something after his family was worn out.
I sometimes think that there are two distinct but equally valid ways of looking at the world: seeing everything as exotic and interesting, or seeing everything as unremarkable and everyday. I think Mike defines the former: the most interesting thing in the world to him is whatever he happens to be doing at the moment. He posts news on happenings related to Disneyland probably to justify the name of his blog, but really, the whole world is his Disneyland.
The blog is well-written, naturally upbeat, and very informative -- if I were going to somewhere on the west coast, I'd want to see if Disneymike had been there first, and see what he recommends.
Writing: 8
Personal/Public: 7
Content Quality: 8
Overall: 8
"disneymike" is kind of a different sort of blog -- we do not see, I don't think, Mike's innermost thoughts, or anything approaching that. Unlike other personal journal-type blogs, "disneymike" does not read like a continuing plotline of someone's life; it is not something that I think people would follow religiously to see how Mike is doing. But it's a nice, informative, and upbeat blog.
posted by Marsden at 12:29 PM
2 Comments:
Marsden, thank you so much for taking the time to review my blog. It is much appreciated. I'll have to work on making it a place where people will want to come to find out what is happening with me by sharing more of my inner thoughts. Thanks for that insight. I do wish I received more comments, but I'm sure that will come with time.
Disneymike, I really don't think you should change anything about your blog, at least I don't think you should consciously set out to change it in any way. Yours is a very nice blog. Do what comes naturally to you. Style evolves. I expect that one thing that would affect your style a lot would be getting readers' responses, to which you would naturally (I think) adapt your writing in repsonse. Your blog is worth reading. The type of reader who I think would write good comments for you is one who follows on your path and tries some of the things that you have done. Will that type of reader come? I don't know. But they should.
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