This Girl Gets a New Blog Design: You Won't *Believe* What Happens Next!

I have always been a procrasti-cleaner. Since my early days the only time my room has been clean has been when an impending due date is getting the better of me. While yes, there is a significant amount of time wasting going on, I just can’t think straight when my work area, or any area vaguely near me, is messy. I feel like I’m better at life when things are tidier. And in fact, I’m better at things when life is tidier too. That’s some deep thinking right there.

This is all a very round about way of saying LOOK AT MY BLOG ISN’T IT BEAUTIFUL?! If you missed the memo yesterday, then you can’t have missed it now. Hum Drum Plum is now prettier, more streamlined and just well tidy. I feel so much better about it now that it doesn’t look like it was designed by a less-than-dextrous monkey.

I can’t guarantee that uni and prac aren’t going to eat my life and my will to write, but I know that I want to keep trying, and that my attempts are going to look super nice no matter what. Because did you see that banner? Wow, right?

Anyway, in celebration of my new-found enthusiasm, I present…

Ten Ways to Make it Look Like You’ve Actually Written Something of Value:

1.     Write it in list form because that takes up lots of room.

2.     Use gifs. The internet loves gifs and again, they take up lots of room, making it look like you have spent a lot of time on your blog when you haven’t.

3.      Consider cats as an option.

4.     Say the same thing twice, but with different emphasis.

5.     Say the same thing twice, but with different emphasis you guys. 

6.     Reference current internet trends, even if you don’t fully understand them. It makes you look relevant.

7.     When in doubt, use attractive people to illustrate your points.

8.     Use a deliberately vague yet provocative title to hook people in.

9.     Make your last point either unrelated to anything else, or else just really weird. Make sure your penultimate point really builds up to it in a way that makes your audience desperate for more, even though they know they are going to be confused and/or disappointed.

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The new blog design is by Finbah Neill who also designed Adventures in TV-Land. See more of his stuff on tumblr and tweet him a compliment (eg. "Fin you have very nice hair").