I love the cleanliness, It's one of the first things I look for in any design. How things flow and work together.
Things I would change: (there aren't many)
I would move the status back to either left or right justified. and possibly add the same image reversed at the bottom. The text is easily read, but a little contrast between the text and the link would be wonderful. I would say that the white text looks good, but the same golden yellow for links.
I also would say that if you reversed the colours and had a yellow or white background, with dark text and dark graphics, and the links in a lighter colour, I would like it a lot better, and not hesitate to use it in my journal