Constructed a dream xmonad setup, with workspace graphics and (at the moment shoddily working) bar applets in dzen.

Had to cannibalize a lot of the setup from earspl1t: http://earspl1t.deviantart.com/art/I-always-return-to-this-setup-427776684
You can find his github here... https://github.com/windelicato/dotfiles

I also finally had a breakthrough and figured out how to get graphics around my workspaces by taking a leaf out of the book of http://kronosynth.deviantart.com/art/Godspeed-427451473
You can find his github here... https://github.com/Aphray/configs

Thanks a ton to both of them.