This blog looks ugly!

I really need to change the layout of this blog. I used Blogger because it was fast to setup and I thought they'd have nicer templates. I'm considering using Wordpress, but I think they nickeled and dimed you from what I remember, particularly on custom domain names. I also found Wordpress a little cumbersome to work with last time I tried, and when I made this blog I didn't want to trick out something I didn't want to initially spend too much time on. I really just had portfolio stuff I needed to show off, but who in their right mind would want to hire someone in my line of work that has an ugly blog? And guess what? Man, This blog is ugly. Thanks Dan, for pointing it out. I needed the encouragement... Or is it the discouragement?