medialog

I have a very hard time grading things in terms of stars, and sometimes it just isn't applicable to what I think about something-- if something is featured here, I probably find it interesting enough to talk about, and I often have a lot more to say about things I feel underwhelmed by than things I feel are perfect. Here is my needlessly, obnoxiously complicated visual grading rubric.

love	very simply - I loved it! this rating means it's top favorite material.
liked	I liked it. less enthusiastic than a 'love'. but still good!
fun	something that was very fun to get through. media that had me smiling while finishing it. recommendations for if you're looking for a good time!
wowed	impressive on a technical/artistic level.
frustrating	doesn't always mean I disliked it, but it had things that frustrated me-- things I felt could have been done better, or strange shortcomings in an otherwise good work. Maybe it's just disappointing to me. Often, things being almost-good is worse than things being bad.
yahoo!	something that feels so up my alley it's like it was made for me. not just that I love it, I feel catered to in a very niche way.
hate	hated it.
brain chemistry changing	something that I felt a deep creative connection to, that I see influencing my own creative work going forward. Media that feels like it rewired something in my brain, or opened my eyes to something about fiction.
what???	I have a pretty high tolerance for weird stuff. this rating means something about the media totally left me bewildered. Generally mean this in a positive way.
weep...	emotional response. I love when things make me sad or leave me upset afterwards.
imagining...	do you ever like something but like... mostly because of a version of it that exists in your mind...? This rating is when I like something because I see what it could be-- maybe it has a budget that wasn't enough for its vision, or I get the impression that corporate influence changed the final product from its undiluted form.
thought provoking	media that has something that tickled my brain in some weird way, or had a concept I really felt interested in. media that I am probably going to have to think more about for a while. often means i'm going to spend the post going on some barely related tangent.
scary...	SHIT WAS SCARY!
disliked	I just didn't like it.