blog templates

redesigning blogs takes a lot of time. i've spent a good chunk of the day trying to redesign this template and man, has it been a while since i've looked at code. makes me want to learn matlab or python or something. ...but now that i've stepped back to compare the original with what i came up with, i have to say, i think i prefer the original...
but i guess that's how the creative/plagiaristic ball bounces :) maybe i'll find another theme i like better tomorrow and stay up tweaking.