put space between octicons and their respective...titles. I guess.
figured out why my avatar image wasn't loading in. I needed an img tag first. And assign the ID to that img tag. Duhhhhh kevin.
fuck yeaaaaaah my tabs are finally working. Took a little dissecting of the bootstrap js pluging/documentation but hell yeah it works. AND IT'S SO MUCH EASIER THAN PURE JAVASCRIPT HOMG.