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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Let me start this post off by stating the glaringly obvious: WordPress is a piece of shit. Don't get me wrong, I used to love it. Back around 2.7.x, the software was just fine. The software had far less features than it does now, but I think this is a good thing. For one, I was able to actually create a working theme. Now, not so much. I think a lot of the changes have to do with the fact that the WordPress team wanted the software to be for more than just blogging. Unfortunately, all they've done is just created bloatware, and that's not just my opinion. Every person I know that has worked with WP states the same.

Being fed up with WP and the desire to have a nice looking blog, I have decided to move to Posterous. This site is giving me the option to theme my entire blog, and I can do that all from this site and is contained in one file. The simplicity of Posterous is very attractive. I'm using a free theme at the moment, but I have my own theme in the works. Who knows how long that will take me. I'm notorious for not completing designs. Granted, that's mostly due to not wanting to try to trick WordPress into working for me.

Anyway, I'm being long-winded. Hopefully, this switch will make it so that I'm more active in blogging. If nothing else, it'll be where I can post my reviews that will also be found on The Soda Shop.