After hours of screaming labour… or in layperson’s term, hours of screaming “what the fuck are you doing, stupid IE” (seriously), version 8 of Lean-Forward is finally born. Yay! 
Contrary to popular belief, “Shillien” isn’t the name of the goddess of death (formerly the goddess of water) in Lineage II. Shilen is her name, and by my understanding, “shillien” is like an adjective, like “of Shilen” (e.g. Shillien Knight, Shillien Elder, etc). Dark elves (the lady on the layout) follow Shilen, hence the layout was named “Shillien”. Eh, it sounds pathetic when you try to explain it.
I do realise that the layout is a little wider than 800×600. I forgot I was designing in 1280×1024 instead of 1024×768 as before… So… comments, constructive criticism, re-reviews and/or error reports? *cough* Guestbook still has old layout. *cough*
Vickie Diablos is an unemployable bum allegedly qualified to work in the health field, a hardcore gamer geek and a socially awkward logic and science nerd. She thought keeping a "cool blog" would make her a cool person. Alas. 
Setsu
27 Jul 2006
9:13 pm
Awesome. I really can’t say anything negative about it, it looks great
Setsu
27 Jul 2006
10:15 pm
… and where did the rest of my comment go, anyway…?
I was also saying that I hope you’ve seen that the Lara Croft fanlisting is available (and that I guess you already knew it, because well, you’re a trouble-checker too, and therefore an active part of the network and all). And well, I’m sorry to pop up just like that, I’ve been reading your blog for a while but I usually never leave comments (shyness? lazyness? dunno). But I wanted to comment on your new layout and tell you about the Lara fanlisting just in case you had missed the update, because I know you love her and I think you’ll do a great job if you’re approved ^^;
Vickie
27 Jul 2006
11:06 pm
Omgwtfbbq wthlolroflmao explody! How could I not notice this earlier?! Lara Croft and Sakura Kasugano both open for application! *goes apply happy* Thank you so much, Setsu!
Jenny
28 Jul 2006
2:24 am
omg awesome new layout. i wish mine was as hawt as this. im havin major issues with mine so i gave up.
i really need to try this game out!! it looks so hawt!
Ashley
29 Jul 2006
2:03 am
your layout is amazing
Carmen
29 Jul 2006
5:12 am
Amazing layout, its worth the hours you spent because it really looks great.
Krystal
29 Jul 2006
6:12 am
Awesome layout!! :] This layout is based on a game, yes? Seems like a very fun game to play c(:
Taff
29 Jul 2006
8:36 am
Nice layout.
, I didn’t really get your explanation, but I’m sure it cleared up a few things for a lot of other people. 
Desiree
2 Aug 2006
10:02 pm
Beautiful new layout! I do love your design style, it’s mythic and smoothly modern at the same time. ^__^ Ooh and I like how the comments are partitioned off into a different background! I have 1280×800 resolution so it looks fine on this side. ^^
Val
4 Aug 2006
10:39 pm
Hey, this is sugarbaby from Exentrique. I love the new layout! And I understand the pains of making layouts…it can get pretty frustrating sometimes, especially since I haven’t been doing this all this long. Happy blogging!
Valerie