nevermind.

i'm nixing the template change. i liked the look , but i lost a couple things:

1. my post titles didn't as a default link to the permalink of each post.

2. i lost the cool little "pencil" edit button that shows when i'm logged in.

3. i lost the navbar which made it a pain to log in, or to create a new post.

4. the tag cloud refused to "cloud" it insisted on being a list.

what i miss about the newer template is the very clear comment link, the paper look and the three column design... particularly the latter. i'm bummed that blogger doesn't have any native three column designs. i feel like functionality would be vastly improved if more width could be put into play... if anyone feels like they could overcome these obstacles, let me know. in the meantime, i'll just rebuild all the links here.