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site opened: September 2002

why that name? Several reasons, among them is the way that I formerly had crushes on very many guys, but now I find that crushes are few and far between. You might say that those old crushes are "rusted." But that's a good thing. I think it shows strength that I'm not held back by those silly, unrequited feelings.

current layout: Version Seven is done in a style that I either have added or plan to add to my other sites. I like this style because it requires fewer graphics than some I've done previously, plus it's expandable to fit the two common screen sizes. Visitors (like me) with 800 x 600 screens see Tobey Maguire at the right; visitors with 1024 x 768 see that the full banner includes Aragorn and Orlando Bloom. For visitors with even larger screen sizes, the text area widens, but the banner starts to repeat. (Hey, it's complicated enough to try to make a banner that looks decent in only two sizes!)

The banner itself is something new for me: a blend with a fancy background AND some lyrics added in. There are seven figures in the banner for the seventh layout at this site. "Video Romeo" is a song (see the credits), and I had the idea for a Video Romeo theme as a tribute to some of my favorite celebrity crushes. Months later, I finally had time to work on it. I knew Richard Dean Anderson had to be in it, and thanks to the Moonlighting DVDs, Bruce Willis also had to be there. To bring in some current faces, I included Viggo and Orlando, and my tribute would not be complete without my biggest obsession - for a few years now, anyway - Tobey Maguire. While trying to decide on celebs, I found the picture of Jon Bon Jovi which may be the best picture I've seen of anyone at any time. Appropriately, Jon Bon fits with Bruce and Richard as performers that I've enjoyed for *many* years, so there he is.

layout details/credits: The pictures were edited in Paint Shop Pro. The font is Jot Medium - HMK. The background is from the now closed free graphics site Loopsided Creations. The layout works in all of the browsers that I tried, but it looks best in Internet Explorer.
"Video Romeo" is by Kidd Video. The picture of Tobey Maguire is from Tobey Maguire Online. The picture of Jon Bon Jovi was found at the JBJ fanlisting. The other pictures I've had for years, and I forget the sources. (If you feel that I owe your site credit, please let me know.)

view previous layouts: here

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