Any chance you could post a screeny showing what you mean. I can't see what you are describing.
I have mentioned in an earlier reply in regard to the battery graphics that I wish to keep as close as possible to tiheums original Faenza icon theme for linux desktops, and those are his battery icons, which I happen to like actually. As with everything, it is personal taste and I am not going to be able to please everyone. You can easily revert back to the original battery icons by deleting the 11 faenza theme ones in /usr/share/icons/faenza-n900-icons/scalable/hildon or alternatively, replacing those icons with ones you prefer.
P.S. Your blog is unreachable every time I try to look. Too long to respond.