Advice on a site design

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Hi all! I havent posted a design for awhile now on kirupa, so heres to ya! :smiley: Anyhow, on this design I wanted to have a sorta asian theme I guess, so bamboo was a great choice and with the random jumping guy (And yes BTW its from a stock photo). Anyhow, I think its great, Ive sent a pic of it to many of my “non-tech” friends and theyve so far said it looks great (But, than again, you guys often say the opposite)… Okay, so enough talking, heres the picture.
http://img492.imageshack.us/my.php?image=site12fa.jpg

Some points, I already have thoughts about:

  1. I need a logo in the headaer as there is a large empty space
  2. Not too sure about the layout of the content, I was working with a 2-column page…
  3. Not too sure with all the colors… Give me some advice on that.

Thanks all!

EDIT Ive created two new versions with the comments below.
http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/4064/site17sz.jpgBlack
http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/7917/site1gray0qh.jpgGray