Hey captain it looks nice! Its not too busy to distract viewers from reading the content. 1 question! is the site optimized for your keywords? When I check the page source to see if you have it optimized correctly I couldn't find your keywords. I was only checking your page source point out anything that you might have missed. You know, just wanting to help.
You need to work on template...don't just focus on ad sense..its bad idea initially..first make your site popular then it works for you!!