I hate using default or even free themes that you can just download. It's not a matter of being unoriginal, but rather an issue of them all being horrifically ugly. The only good looking themes are the ones that you have to pay for, and quite frankly, I don't care to blog enough to justify me purchasing a theme for it to only be used for a couple of months before I got sick and tired of it. At least, if I make the layout, it's the way that I want it. If I tire of it, as I always do, I can just create a new one. I used to do this with WordPress before it got too bloated and impossible to create a simple and working theme. I haven't been able to successfully create a theme since WP 2.7.x, and it's now at 3.1.1, so I'm sure you can see where my frustration comes from.

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