Blog Separation Plan Abandoned

I was thinking of separating this blog into 3 (book, movie, and home) and creating a navigation menu to easily link them. (OK, I was reading too much CSS lately so my hands got itchy.) After a few tries, I decided against it. Two reasons:

1. The navigation to another blog is just too slow. I was hoping it would be fast and smooth so I could "fake" that they were the same blog. I was wrong. The transition was too obvious.
   
2. I don't update my blog often enough (I know, my bad). If I separate them, readers will have to click each one to find out if there's any update. Most of the time, they will be disappointed. It's a waste of their time.

That said, I was having fun enhancing the blog template. Here is the "prototype" blog I created. Can you tell what I was trying to do? Tell me what you think.

P.S. on further investigation, it seems if I use wordpress (a free online publishing software) I can achieve the effect I want after some customization. However, it means I have to host my own website. Though it's fun to learn wordpress and php (on my to-learn list for a long time), I once again decided against it due to the cost.