hey .. i have no idea how to do CSS. I read Lissa's tutorials, but I didn't understand it. I just want something really simple. Something with skinny entries to the right with a background the color of #66CCFF. I was wondering if any of you guys could help me? I'm desperate. Thanks.

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq.bml

http://www.livejournal.com/users/howto

Those two links can help you with sizing your LiveJournal entries and other customization.

For your background, in your overrides box, put this between the GLOBAL_HEAD tags...

<style type="text/css">
body {background-color:#66ccff;}
</style>