I know that feeling
Starting something and than dropping it due to lack of time or losing interest in it because a more interesting project came along ^.^
As for the banners. The lazy bum inside of me already made the first move for that.
I voted for the night banner theme so i can reuse the banner i made for the first AS banner contest. The night banners were never used
And congrats on becoming a moderator. Just noticed it now!! Probably old news, but aah well