when did blogger change on me?

I don't know when or how it happened but I just realized that blogger is exceptionally hard to use when you want to go beyond the basic functions. I've started writing drafts for my recipe posts but I've hit a road block - the posts are too damn long and I am technologically challenged! Apparently blogger has changed without me noticing it. hmmmm. curious. A few years back, on another now defunct blog, posting pics and all that jazz was easy. Now, everything requires javascript, css and a whole load of crap I have no understanding off. It might have always been the case but I vaguely remember it being easier than this. This sucks.

It'll be slow going but I guess I'm going to have to teach myself how to change the bloody templates since I don't like the ones they offer, how to make cuts for long posts, etc. Sigh. Should have gone for a livejournal account. Dang.