Technology-Wise?

Yesterday, I, ever being the rebel, decided that I would try to give my blog a new skin to give it that fresh, up lifted look from this old, but I guess not quite tired one. I do like this skin, I just thought it was time for an update.
And I found one. Surprisingly enough, in about 20 minutes, which is pretty short, seeing as I am one of the most nit-picky people to ever have roamed on this earth. And I copied the html code and everything, but then I got back to my blog page and tried to edit my template when I realised: Where the hell do I put it?

So after spending about half an hour on it, I gave up, purely because I was pretty lazy last night. As you can tell, seeing as I should've been doing something productive like studying anyway, instead of blogging. But basically, the gist of it is: I am sooo not as technology-wise as I usually believe I am.
Yes, I can go onto MSN.
And yes, I do know how to operate the printer.
Internet Explorer is my baby.
And Microsoft Word is my adopted child. (well, sorta)

Html, codes and all this other stuff are martians, aliens, foreigners, whatever you choose to call them to me. And it's amazing, seeing as the computer is an absolutely vital component to the operation of my life. And I still don't know the basics of such things like html.

But then again, is it really that important? Html? Codes? Do I really need to know the basics of these?
What would happen without it? No colour on the internet at all? No graphics? And (worst of all) no internet?

My response: I say YES.
Indded, it makes me wish I was back in GIS where ICT was compulsory, and I would have been forced to learn how to create a webpage. Or was that what we were meant to do back in Year 9 anyway? =/

So if anyone wants to tell me exactly what I'm meant to do with my html code, please tell me. Because I did find the part where I am meant to change my blogskin, but unfortunately, I don't know what to delete and what not to delete, because I am trying desperately to avoid having to re-edit all the colours of my wording and borders.

Mishy <3