I think I sorta solved my first issue of getting into my blog. Some of the plugins were causing (especially the audio-player) havoc with the newer version 1.2.1. I removed the plugins.
However, because I tinkered with the mysql database, I now run into another issue. Once login, I keep getting messages like the below:
WordPress database error: [Got error 127 from storage engine]
SELECT * FROM wp_1_options WHERE option_name NOT LIKE 'rss%' AND option_name NOT LIKE '%user_roles'
WordPress database error: [Got error 127 from storage engine]
UPDATE wp_1_options SET option_value = 'a:2:{i:0;s:21:\"widgets/delicious.php\";i:1;s:19:\"widgets/widgets.php\";}' WHERE option_name = 'active_plugins'
WordPress database error: [Got error 127 from storage engine]
UPDATE wp_1_options SET option_value = 'a:1:{i:0;s:21:\"widgets/delicious.php\";}' WHERE option_name = 'active_plugins'
WordPress database error: [Got error 127 from storage engine]
UPDATE wp_1_options SET option_value = 'a:0:{}' WHERE option_name = 'active_plugins'
Additionally, now every visit to the main page, I get all these code along with the page.
INSERT INTO wp_1_options (option_name, option_value, option_description, autoload) VALUES ('rewrite_rules', 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