How do you Choose Your Template ?

For this week, I was busy changing my template here and my other blog. This one is powered by blogger and the other one is powered by wordpress. So I have to see two sets always. lol. And I also don't like duplicate templates in my blogs.

I have been able to look through 3000+ wordpress template but none pleases me until I remember I did not look into eblogtemplates. There I find the template I wanted. But I was thinking how come it took me so long to find templates that suits my taste ? Well, because I have to consider the following.

1. I don't like dark templates. I don't know why but I just don't like the aura.
2. It should have minor graphics or no graphics at all. Based on my experience sometimes the graphic distract your readers and its really take long to load. Meaning, the template with heavy graphics will shoo your readers away.
3. And lastly, now, I don't like templates with a lot of advertising banners in them. I know in the past I put on something in my templates but I realized its not at all appealing.
4. It should mirror my blog's subject and would attract browsers to stay a little bit longer and read my entries.
5. It should be simple and elegant to my eyes.

So now you know why I have the templates I have in my blog.