Sucked into the dark side!

Well, I held out as long as I could, but when I tried to log into blogger today, I wasn't given the option to continue to my dashboard without updating to the "NEW BLOGGER". I was forced to sign up. It sucks already. I lost my counter which has been running since day one. It's supposed to be all "user friendly" but I haven't seen it yet. The Html template is TOTALLY different and I can't figure out where, how, or even if I can replace my counter. I got some stupid "Google account" that I care nothing about and plan never to use. (-sigh-) This sucks.