Unless you do something stupid like I did... I froze the stock launcher with TiBu (Home 1.
something) and moved my replacement launcher, Launcher Pro, to system. So when I installed the deodexed ROM (by Kejar), I didn't have a launcher on my system because the stock launcher was frozen and my replacement launcher was gone.
Needless to say, it was a pain in the ass to figure out how to get back into recovery to restore my backup without having to go back to factory. But I learned my lesson.
Hopefully my experience will help someone not to do the same...