Wow, I can't believe it was such a simple mistake... This is the first time I've had a problem with forge so I thought it was something completely more difficult to fix.
I have a fresh Minecraft install and the most up-to-date Java download but I keep getting this message when I run Minecraft: There was a fatal error starting up minecraft and FML. Minecraft cannot launch in it's current configuration.
here's my ForgeModLoader-client-0.log
Any help is appreciated