Because apparently I can have angst about ANYTHING.

[randomling]

Not cross-posting this, as it's Dreamwidth-specific.

I am having angst about journal styles. Which is ridiculous because there are only three to choose from. My current feeling is this:

1. Negative black is nice, but a bit... yeah, black. It tends to be what I use.
2. Zesty white is also nice, and feels a lot more spacious, but it's a bit... white!
3. Transmogrified - I quite like the layout but it won't display my subtitle and I hate-hate-hate the colour scheme. (Orange. Ugh!) And I look at the colour customization page and go, OMG FLAIL. It's so hard!

I know it should not be hard to change a few damn colours... but I have to choose what they should BE and I can't find any combinations that I like! Have tried focusing more on pinks and purples and blues but nothing works. It just feels like too much work!

I am not really looking for anything here, just - meep! I realize this is me whining about unimportant stuff, I do. But. Oh, I dunno. The style I use on LJ is not open source. Sigh!

Comments

[quiara]

I had an imported style from LJ which got broken with the last code push, so I kind of feel your pain. There's only so much we can do with the three bases, yah? But I've got mine in greens with hints of blue right now. The sheer number of options on the transmogrified layout always gives me pause. I like the colors of mine now, I think, but I still wish it were a bit more original. ^_^

So, erm, yeah. I think most people feel at least a twinge of this. I think it's part of wanting to make the space yours. Blogs are typically suburban sub-divisions. DW-style journal sites tend to be more like apartments or communes or something, where there's a social level of interaction between all residents, but all the "units" start out looking pretty similar. It's human nature to want to paint the walls, so to speak. ^_^

[randomling]

Ooh, I like your green/blue journal! I found a palette I really liked from on of the links in chrismm's comment above, and went from there, and it was much quicker and easier than looking at all the colours and going, OMG.