I too had my blog changed unceremoniously and without clear warning from my chosen theme to a theme chosen by WordPress - one I *really* dislike. Many things I loved about Cutline have been changed.
Can we please have Cutline back? I appreciate that you are all offsite for a week to figure out how to make things better - I'd rather not have them made better, thanks, if this is your idea of better. I had a good theme, one I was happy with: now I have an inferior theme. My blog is mission-critical: it's what I do for a living, so this is not unimportant.
What got into you to do this to people, I can only wonder. But what is the problem with just putting Cutline back? Isnlt costing you anything, is it?