To sum up my understandings in the IRC last night, and to help anyone a bit confused:
The logcat's from last night showed it was looking for a google app. chmod permissions were also tested, but I think it came down to a missing app. Hence why it's hanging at the android logo (or other boot logo replacement).
Anywho, this post, if followed correctly, should get you going. If not, post the logcat! And remember, it's an alpha!
Edit: It took awhile (3-4 minutes) so let give it time. If it hits 10 minutes, it's stuck.
I've very confused though... I whiped the caches (except factory), flashed the alpha... and everything from AsopMod Froyo is there as if I upgraded it. Err...?
Edit2: Second side affect... sms in and out work. Still, should I wipe instead of running this frankenbuild for testing and reporting back? lol
no.. wipe factory as well.. make a nandroid. then wipe everything, factory, cache, and dalvik. then flash the rom first. then the gapps. it will boot as cm and then after a while (2-3 min) it should load. afterwards wait for the syncing to complete. then update gmail and download all you apps back. then your all set.! browser works. as said before "just stop it from loading google" any other website will work.. it WILL work... its aosp's work afterall...