IPhoto quit unexpectedly and now it won't open

I just had to have my OS erased and rewritten on my Macbook Pro at the genius bar yesterday, so today I am restoring all of my files and settings. I figured out how to open up iPhoto, and while I was backing up the pictures on an external hard drive (just to be sure!), it quit unexpectedly. The next time I tried to open up iPhoto, the library seemed to have disappeared from my mac, I found the iPhoto app in a really strange location, and when I try to open it, it says that I need to update to the newest version of iPhoto, and when I launch the upgrade, it says: "Unable to write to library 'iPhoto Library" Check that you have permission to write to the library directory. From there the only option is to click "Cancel" and iPhoto shuts down immediately.
I have tried to open the application using the Control + Option method, and have tried to perform every repair & rewrite in the menu, but every time it tells me that I am having permission errors.
Any advice?

I had the whole library backed up, that's how I was able to open it to begin with, but then once it closed unexpectedly, opening that library just sends me back to the slieu of error messages... I also have the actual photos backed up though, if I could just get iPhoto to open. It seems like my mail is quitting unexpectedly too...I may need to just bring it back to the Genius bar...

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