In your eyes it might look better than mine, but you love the look of your site anyway. So it will look better than most in your eyes. Man, you've taken all this too seriously. The "laughing" image was posted as a sense of humor on my part and wasn't intended to be taken so seriously.
I wouldn't bite the bullet so much either, as other people on this board will be much more frank about what they think - if they don't like the look of your site.
I was being nice about it, with a sense of humor thrown in.
take a look at this skin:
http://www.hulkforum.com/