Musings of a Self-Proclaimed Supermom

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Blog Being Reviewed: Musings of a Self-Proclaimed Supermom
Reviewed By: Chatty Chicka

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At First Glance: Two things struck me, right off the bat. One, I don't understand the header. There's a woman, sitting cross-legged, with a drink in her hand... and she's thinking... What? Some sort of Chinese/Japanese/Oriental symbol? What does this mean? I feel like somebody told a joke, and I didn't get to hear the punchline. The other thing is, there are TWO sidebars, and both of them are completely overloaded... there's so much stuff on there, it completely distracted me from the posts...


Template/Design: The template itself is not so bad, except for the aforementioned Chinese/Japanese/Oriental thingy... would help maybe if I understood what it meant. Maybe it's funny as hell... who knows? I'm not sure what it has to do with "Supermom", but then, I'm not sure what it has to do with ANYTHING. I like the colors, and I like that the posts are in black and white. Much easier to read. But seriously, I HATE those sidebars. Methinks she doth toot her own horn overmuch....


Content: This is the reason I am late with my review. I read, and I reread, and I tried to find SOMETHING that I could comment positively on. But I have to tell you, this blog bored me to fucking tears. It's so much meaningless.... I don't know.... drivel, I guess is the word I would choose.

It struck me as I was reading, this woman has been linked ALOT. So somehow, at some point, she must have been writing something that people liked to read. What happened? She writes like a robot, there's absolutely no feeling in her words. Every time she gets REMOTELY close to writing something good, she NEVER follows up on it. Case in point. What happened to the friend she met on Craigslist? Never another word about it, that I ever saw.

She drives a convertible SAAB, for Christ's sake. She has two beautiful kids. Maybe two dogs, but don't quote me on that one. I never saw anything more about that either.

Rhonda? Here's some advice from me to you. Take it in the spirit that it is given, or leave it, your choice. Start writing about how things FEEL. Write about something you want, something you absolutely LONG for. Write funny conversations you have with your kids. Write about someone who made you angry enough to explode. But put some FEELING into what you're writing. Otherwise, you sound like a milquetoast, and that's not fun to read.

What is the first thing I would change about this blog? My gut instinct is to say, "shut the damn thing down and start over...", but I'm not going to say that. The first thing I would change is the sidebars. Take out some of the "I'm so great, look at all the awards I've been nominated for" crap, and THEN start writing about something REAL.

What is the best feature of this blog? Personally, the best feature is the fact that she has a lot of links, so she's got something to build on, if she ever starts to write HONESTLY.

Rating: 3