I changed my blog background from its original red to the current image. This is the old version:

Before I did all this I actually had two images on either side of the content boxes that would lead you to the media page or my writings page
For this new version, I'm keeping it simple. I deleted the side images, the image in the bottom corner, and the marquee at the top. I also went through the blog posts and simplified them too. I think that I rambled too much or perhaps overshared so I just cleaned them up a bit without changing the actual information.