The evolution of a blog (or journal...) is one of the most fascinating things. You start off rather shy, not really sure of what to say or how the page should look but are eager to give it a go. You have things to say and have found a forum for it. Slowly you move beyond "i ate a sandwich" to describing the sandwich and then finally to how sandwiches are destroying the world. Your thoughts move from simple to complex theories and along the way they rebound between the two extremes.

The other evolution is the look itself. You usually aren't very proud of the first look of your site. You label is it as a learning experience and after an all night session you release the next version. Something to be proud of, something to show your mother, but you don't because you fear the consequence. Finally you embrace the world of CSS and Javascript to create your dynamic masterpiece.

Not everyone commits to these paths, but I have watched some evolve rapidly and others not at all. It's evolution online.