Finally got around to rebuild my website

[please excuse me if this is in the wrong forum]

But anyway, I had an old website a while back that was adless; however, they recently switched to a giant 300 pix long ad at the top of the page, that was 3 months ago. I got a new site and decided to redo the style of my site, hence I finally found a style that fits with what I like.

Anyway, this template will be used on both my portfolio site and the main site for the online game I'm developing. If you notice it only uses a couple images in the site altogether for faster loading times and more professionalism. Everything will be dynamically driven through php and a database. And remember, this is just a template, no relative info on it yet.

Please comment on the amount of time it took to load and about the design too. Any comment is appreciated, even the negative ones.

here's the link: http://ncyphex.awardspace.us/template.html

edit: I aslo already know about the small gaps at the top and bottom of the page. I use Dreamweavor and just can't seem to figure out why it's creating those gaps.