11th October 2004

[Skins]
If you can’t view the skins and you have cookies enabled, I have no idea why you can’t. Have you tried changing skins on other sites to see if that works or not? I will be adding more skins soon too :love:

[My Mood]
I did initially come home in a bad mood today mainly because of a) History and b) the fact that I hate Mondays this year. But, after writing part of my essay for English Literature, I realised something amazing. I have actually caught up with my work!! If I type up the majority of this essay tonight and work on it more tomorrow, and work on my Geography essays :sick: I’ll have caught up completely. On the plus side, I got my other Geography essays back today, and I managed to get an A despite the fact that I had no knowledge at all of the Kyoto Treaty. (Mental note to self to research that…).

[English Language Coursework]
One of my teachers very nicely lent me a new book as I’m doing a coursework investigation which includes Language and the Internet. I have to say I found it very amusing as it explains a lot of things I (and most other people that have sites) take completely for granted, for example what HTML stands for. It also gave an example of what was supposed to be a technical conversation (through email) and then followed it with a list of questions such as, ‘What makes you feel excluded from this conversation?’ My answer? ‘Nothing!’ So yes, I’m not sure how helpful this book is going to be. But it’s brand new, it smells nice and it’s amusing. All good qualities in a book, even if they aren’t exactly the benefits that the author had in mind ;)

[The Site]
I know I’ve neglected the site quite a lot recently, and I need to do a lot of updating, but I’m so busy these days. It’s not like when I was 14 or 15 and didn’t have things like university, A levels, and college deadlines to think about. Plus I want to do well. That’s my main target. I know there’s some people getting annoyed by this, but I’m sorry. The site comes second with me, and always has done :(

[Target Age]
I had an email from someone who will remain nameless that my site is inappropriate for children and children may surf on to it. To rectify this I’ve put up a warning enter sign. It’s kinda stupid though; it’s my site, there is no law that says because of the name it must be a site for kids, and I pay for it so I’ll do what I want with it. However, the other part of me (the nicer part) is saying that I don’t want to corrupt the minds of small children do I? Although the only aspect of my site that is even aimed at children is the dollmakers section, and I doubt they’ll bother to read my whole blog anyway *sigh*. What irritates me about it is that children that young shouldn’t be allowed to surf the Internet unsupervised anyway. I would say that my site is suitable for mature 10 year olds and older, and it’s up to the parents anyway to block sites they consider unsuitable or to educate their children properly about using the Internet. A few months ago I had an email from a grandma who used my dollmakers with her grandchildren, and she didn’t have any problem with it. I suppose there’s always one :hmm:

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27 Responses to 11th October 2004

  1. niamh says:

    yay first to comment! hee hee.
    I don’t think star-girl is inorpropriate…hm…? lol..
    Don’t wrry about having all your work to do, work will alway come first, us vistors will rather see you with good grades ^.^

  2. Natalie says:

    How is Star Girl innappropriate?! That’s strange. You don’t even swear or anything!! Weirdos…

  3. Saire says:

    well done on catching up with your school work! and i love the new skins and the sheep on the enter button is cute

  4. Gaynor says:

    Exam courses suck. My coursework this year is Standard Grade (GCSE) Some people are just awkward. Just look forard to NY I’m so jealous of you going lol :P It’s your site. Who cares what people think?

  5. Kat says:

    Yay :) I’m so glad you’re caught up! We’re studying Kyoto right now in history :P Hmm..my friend is obsessed with the smell of books. Sidenote..anyways. How exactly is your site not appropriate..there’s nothing about sex or drugs or anything that I’ve ever viewed other than a quiz…
    Anyways. Aww that’s so cute about the grandma!

  6. Loze says:

    Whee, good thing you caught up with your work. Luckily for me I don’t even get much I don’t blame you for neglecting the site a lil, you have a life too!

  7. Sherri says:

    First off,skins are working fine for me .I think we all understand that life comes before the net,and that some people are just rude.I see nothing wrong with this site’s content,but w/e.BTW my site will be open soon -hint–hint-

  8. Nguyen says:

    that’s weird. How can your site be inapproapiate for a younger audience. The only inappropriate thing would be the naked dolls. lol.. jk. People these days. They have the right now to come. Maybe it was your pinup cartoon and the part where it says “a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do.”

  9. zain says:

    *looks around* whats not suitable for children? and…what 6 year olds know what the word tutorial means? lol

  10. Maria says:

    I don’t think you should have to put up a warning sign on your own site. I mean, honestly, it’s only one person. I really can’t think of much on your site that would be inappropriate for children anyway.
    (btw…congrats on catching up with your school work! I just caught up on mine over the weekend too!…well, for the most part anyway.)

  11. ITT says:

    Haha, this site not suitable for kids? LOL, One thing I love about this site is I’ve always thought it was great for anyone of any age!

  12. Chezzy says:

    Hey, I just came on to your site and how can it be inappropriate for younger children?!? If they think this is inappropriate they should take a look at rotten.com! Anyways, you have a really nice site (I wish I could still do decent web design, I gave up like a year ago lol) and good luck with all your grades =) p.s – Man, I hate history I wish I handn’t taken it as a GCSE option, all we do is write essays about hitler and that bloody moustache! Now i’m going to kick the Merde into MSN because its not working xD

  13. Dangie says:

    i dont see anything on your site that is inappropriate for young children.. just that the fact the probably couldnt understand half of it.

  14. Kady says:

    There is nothing wrong with S-G.org to make it inapporitate *I can’t spell*. I’m 11 and just read tutorials and stuff, I just wanna know whats so innaporpitate *gah*

  15. Jennie says:

    hey i really like your site, the layout it very pretty. i don’t believe that the site is inapropriate for young kids. there are no half naked plastered all over it, it’s the content. and trust me; if it’s not what a kid’s looking for they’ll be out

  16. FlannelPJ says:

    where’s the skin? you mean the enter sign?

  17. Lorelei says:

    You go gurl! :D I gotta try that :/ (putting my work first.) It’s really hard for me to consintrate in Social Studies. :l Bleh!! Well good job on catching up! :P

  18. Bubblegum says:

    I think you’re doing good on the site.. I mean we all have lives! :D And I hate history too.. It always puts me in a BAD mood.. mostly becasue of the teacher!

  19. Tiffany says:

    Hi Jenni this is Tiffany again! Nothing is wrong with your website. Gosh I’m 11 years old and I understand all of this. It’s your website and you can do what YOU want.I mean I make graphics and it’s not like your site has porn or something.Even though you have pics up, it’s not like your nude or anything.Star-girl rocks and I’m glad I found it

  20. mintie says:

    what? i find your site appropiate. even my little sister loves it

  21. Sammii says:

    Whats unsuitable about your site? Lol, thats so dumb, it’s your site u shud be able to whatever you like on it. :P

  22. Anna says:

    I think your site is suitable for any age, it’s not as if you swear on it. Well done on nearly catching up with your college work.

  23. Stefanie says:

    Thats so stupid. You dont cuss or have anything bad on your site…but whatever…anyways I look forward to seeing SS back up soon!! I’m getting bored out of my mind!!!!

  24. Jamie says:

    Hmm.. I don’t find anything that might not be approiate to children… grr. some people just like to make a fuss.

  25. Katie says:

    Gah. Im 13, and i think this site it fine for my age

  26. Ashley says:

    I think it’s right of you to concentrate more on college than the site. I hope you do really well.

  27. Jim says:

    Very nice blog!