So who's Benrik anyway? Benrik is actually the product of two men's creative minds, Ben Carey and Henrik Delehag.
It's mission is to add some spice, bump, hiccup in your daily routine called life by introducing crazy and humorous ideas on how to approach things. Very recommendable for those who actually live in a boring life where all they do is read and believe what they've read really. Like *****************************. HAR HAR!
This legacy ranges from guide books for love life, couple life, losing weigh and diaries.
What's with the sudden pop up of this discussion?
I've been a Benrik user for 2 years now. Yes, I almost got the The Couple's Book for my sister and her husband. But alas, I was in a tight budget.
For two years now, I have collected two consecutive publishing of the diary series, This Diary Will Change Your Life - issues 2007 and 2008.
And here are my very short dibs on it:
- 2008 has a stylistic cover of black and white and even if you remove the red square that has the title of the journal, yes it is a sticker, you still have that little writing that says "This Diary Will Change Your Life 2008". Of course with it is a really small note:
Your secret instructions are to talk to everyone you meet this year into committing a particularly horrendous crime against humanity, and then pretending you hand nothing to do with it whatsoever.
Isn't it just good?! - 2008 doesn't have the last page directory list same as 2007 where you list your Benrik friends, enemies, lovers, sexy partners, ex-girlfriend, community whore la la la la.
- At first glance the 2008 doesn't have a Mood Chart but I just noticed it today it does have one! In 2007, the mood chart can be found every week where you can't honestly ignore it. But this year, they have dedicated two whole pages at the rear area to the mood chart where you can easily view your moods of all the months - ranging from Orgasmic! to Suicidal moods. Sounds so good? Not a bit. Whoever thought of this or suggested has a good point to have the overall all up front. But I think putting it in the last few pages of the diary makes it kinda hard to actually you know be noticed. Perhaps they move it at the front and put a small reminder every week? Or have I been too blind to notice the instructions in the first few pages? Haha.
- Both, 2007 and 2008, have retained that imported special thick paper smell. Taste? I will soon try. Yeah I think it has maintained its consistency.
Two things though that really made me disappointed, in a designer's point of view that is, it seems they have forgotten (?) to indicate in every weekly task portion the period the task is covering and there were tasks that were duplicated...
