Basic Accounts
As we noted in our last News post, as of today users will be able to downgrade their account to Basic through the Manage Account page. In addition, visitors who are not logged in to LiveJournal will now be seeing ads on Basic accounts and communities; the experience of logged-in users will not change.

Paid Account Sale
We are having a paid account sale starting today through September 30, 2008. During that period, you can purchase a 12 month block of paid time and receive a 20% discount – this paid time can be added to any account, or purchased as a gift for your favorite LJ-friend. For full details, see our Paid Account Sale page.

Announcing lj_advisory
We are pleased to announce the creation of the lj_advisory community, set up so you can find news and information related to the activities of the Advisory Board. We recognize that it has taken us a while to get this community up and running, and that has caused some frustration. From now on, we will post topics which will be discussed by the Advisory Board prior to the date of the meeting and summaries of meetings after they occur. Throughout the year, the Advisory Board may also post requests for opinions on topics which may be discussed at future meetings. This is the official community for communication with the Advisory Board – comments will be read by Advisory Board members who will respond as they feel appropriate.

RTE + Opera and Safari = <3
RTE stands for Rich Text Editor, which is the default method of posting entries from the Post an Entry page. Our Rich Text Editor is based on the open-source FCKeditor code. It allows you to make links or LiveJournal user tags, insert photos or videos, and format your entries without needing to know HTML. That is, unless you use Opera or Safari as a browser, in which case you couldn't use the RTE.

That will be changing today. We are pleased to announce that the RTE has been upgraded to the latest version of the FCK code, which includes support for Opera and Safari! In addition, many of the bugs in the old version have been fixed. If you've been using RTE, you will most likely need to clear your browser's cache in order to use the new version.

<strike> vs. <b>
Last year we changed the visual display of deleted and suspended usernames from a line through the username to a bold font. This had the effect of making the name unclickable - which meant that no one could easily determine whether the username had been deleted or suspended. We've reversed this display, returning deleted and suspended usernames to a struck-through and clickable state.

Flash Fiction Contest Update
The deadline to submit your flash fiction entry to "Quick Tales," LiveJournal's partnership with Caferati in India is fast approaching. Users who wish to find out more about this exciting contest should take a look at our india_writing community. Be quick! Entries must be received by midnight, September 7th, 2008 and the contest is open to all who have a mailing address in India, regardless of where they currently reside or citizenship.

Current Mood: quixotic

Barack Obama is SUCH A ROCKSTAR.



If he doesn't win the election, I'm rioting in the streets. For realsies.

Joe Biden had me clapping and bouncing around. Hot damn.

Tags: obama
Current Mood: hopeful

lebaneselove
A wealth of resources for fans of the Lebanese entertainment world.

Tags: foreign, language

scenebyscene
This collaborative screenwriting community will accomplish an entire film script--each scene by a different writer--over the course of one year. It's destined to be crazy. Along the way, a slew of smaller challenges will be offered.

Tags: foreign, language

add_foreign_ljs
Looking to practice your language skills? add_foreign_ljs offers users a way to find journals written in a language other than their own.

Tags: foreign, language

I've had the idea for this picspam percolating for a couple of weeks now.

James Franco is hot, funny and smart. And when I say smart, I mean just graduated from college, going to Columbia for graduate school kinda smart.

So. Basically awesome.



( Smile, baby... )

Okay, so there are a lot of model-esque pictures under the cut. All hot, of course. So is it weird that I find him hottest in Pineapple Express? Not to mention I haven't even seen that movie yet. So, doubly weird, no?

Tags: james franco, picspam series
Current Location: HOME
Current Mood: horny

Heyyyyy ladies.
I'm back for good this time. Enough with the jears, let's get on with funny!

Let me present to you the 6 people in this world that make me laugh the most.
I dedicate this to trinaweena, who requested it.




( the funny bunch: nick, simon, edgar, steve, karl and ricky! )
I hope you enjoy it :D

Note: this entry is public so feel free to link.

Tags: edgar wright, karl pilkington, nick frost, picspam series, ricky gervais, simon pegg, steve merchant
Current Location: HOME
Current Mood: geeky

To whoever submitted this to fandomsecrets...



ME TOO, BUDDY. *sniff* ME TOO. *partly cloudy with a 98% chance of Jears*

I'm not crying. I've just been...cutting onions.

I'm just making a lasagna.

...for one.

Only 158 more days before Lost comes back, according to those crazy kids at Dark UFO!!! Get those Eli Stone-bashing comments ready, kids!!!


In other news, I am home safe and sound from spending an EPIC weekend with indilime, _allshallfade, and truffle_shuffle in NYC. We have lots of stories involving Hobo Riots and the Joker (i.e. Keith Ledger) and DanRad and Horses and giving cab drivers Sad Faces at 4 a.m., and M&Ms and most of all the Color ORANGE, but I am about to pass out so they will have to wait a bit. It's awfully tiring being that awesome for 48 hours, let me tell you.

Tags: indy, jears, lol, lost, michelle, nyc, ongoing post, real life, rowan
Current Mood: exhausted
Current Music: Yann Tiersen - L'Absente

As I continue with my picspams, I come to what just might be my favorite of the bunch. morlockiness asked for something Lost related. Since I had previously begun collecting pictures of the Lost cast, I thought it would be a perfect subject for a Lost related picspam.

So, without further ado, I give you the cast of one of the greatest shows ever.


( Awww, look at how fresh faced they all looked! )

What a trip down memory lane. I love them so much and these pictures just remind me of that.

Is it January yet?

Note: this entry is public so feel free to link.

Tags: picspam series, tv: lost
Current Location: HOME
Current Mood: nostalgic
Current Music: Lost S2

To get me back into the picspam swing of things, I thought I'd start small.



( Here's a mini Jay Baruchel picspam: )

Tags: jay baruchel, movies: tropic thunder, picspam series
Current Location: HOME
Current Mood: naughty
Current Music: Sunday-Sia