I am so anal retentive about the look of my blog I JUST CAN’T STAND IT!
Truthfully? I hate this template. I don’t know why. It’s nice and organized, but it just looks so…cold. And in spite of my attempts to to warm it up (pinks and browns? cupcake header?) I still hate it.
But I am too stubborn to change it right now. Because I think I can fix it! Even though I can’t! Because changing templates is kind of involved. I have alot of customizations that need to be carried over to a new template, and that is a pain in the ass. and besides, what if I don’t like the next template, either? and I did all that for nothing, and then I end up wasting even MORE time changing colors and headers and trying desperately to make it work.
I want something clean without being sterile. I want it to be feminine (or at least not all greys and blacks and sharp angles) without being girly. I want it to have 3 columns and support widgets. I want to be able to upload my own banner.
IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK, UNIVERS???
It does look organized. Nice and orderly. Add a few widgets and change the colors. I’m not fond of pink, so I think it sucks.
I tried. I wanted to say only nice things, but I’m too picky about blog templates. I’ve only had 60 or so this year. Why, oh why don’t I just suck it up and pay someone to design a template for me?
whoops… and the fact that the comments disappear into deep space. I had a template that did that and peple would keep posting. Like if it didn’t work the first time, it would the next.
ok… done being a blog dominatrix
I actually LIKE it. Sorry it’s taken me so long to comment, but with bloglines I started with the people who posted the least! Seemed less daunting, but I’m back witcha!
Have you tried brown with orange? It might be too “autumn” for you, but I like it…
You know, I don’t think it’s the colors per se. Everything is just so symetrical and square. Perphas some different fonts, or some gifs for the headings?
I’m with Vince. I like the colors, but the grey square headers are killing me. And I am not sure about the stars. The look a little more anime/manga than you are.
But now I want cupcakes. Damn you!!
stacey - thanks! your first comment was picked up by askimet as spam, yet your second comment was not. weird. Jamie’s was marked as spam, too. back off, askimet!
every other theme I’ve found that I like has something wrong with it. one, I kept getting emails from my host that someone was trying to access a file that wasn’t there. another didn’t support widgets.
the gray is annoying. I just don’t know how much work I want to put into this theme if I’m going to eventually change it anyway. BLEAH!