All the news that's fit to print [August 28th, 2008 at 5:34pm] news [theljstaff] [ mood | quixotic ] 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. READ [306] REPLY

[August 26th, 2008 at 8:59pm] heaven5ent work sucked. lots of kids were in crisis today. i was at the book exchange today too. which is always interesting. best part of the day... talking to jenna on the phone for an hour because obviously we can go months without talking and then talk about everything under the sun for hours and we both have no friends because all we do is work haha i dont even have anything to update about. REPLY

[August 25th, 2008 at 8:22pm] rentismygod okay. maybe insane livejournal posts feel good at the time but airing my dirty laundry. ha. over the internet is probably not the best idea when it involves more than just me and we probably have mutual livejournal friends. its amazing how many nice people come out of the woodwork when bad shit happens for anyone thats talked to me. and reached out. know that im eternally grateful surrounding myself with friends and family. keeping busy. focusing on me. for the first time in a long time. first ever parent orientation back to school night as a teacher i rocked it. totally. and it felt great laughed for the first time. smiled. in this moment. i feel good and i know that i wont maybe tomorrow. or later tonight. or later tomorrow but thats okay. i have to grieve. its okay to feel a loss i just cant let it take control. im an awesome, talented, smart, pretty, and funny girl and i have a bright future ahead of me i am who i am because of me. not anyone else. and ive come so fucking far. resilience. check. time to make decisions with only me in mind never letting anyone's dreams hold mine back ever again. also. i was thinking. that i wish bread was completely square, because i hate when you only want half a sandwich and you only use one piece of bread, and then the bumpy side has to try to line up with the straight edged side. READ [4] REPLY

[August 25th, 2008 at 8:02pm] heaven5ent who the fuck gets a cold in august?! apparently i do. and so does half of the staff at work. it sucks. we all sniffle and sneeze all day long. i'm constantly sleepy also no matter how much sleep i get, i'm still tired. ugh school is back in session for the kids at work and surprisingly, they all did REALLY well today accept one kid and september is supposed to be our worst month because of the transition back to school ick READ [2] REPLY

[August 20th, 2008 at 7:25pm] r_0b hi i'm vctn with lori and her family. it is alot of fun and i am working on a very nice golden tan right now. i have not staying in ocmd since literally senior week. andrea and i drank a case of beer last night, and we played alot of baggo last night. my phone is charging because it died a little while ago. i need to ride some waves tomorrow. READ [1] REPLY

what i've been up to [August 18th, 2008 at 4:56pm] missworld [ music | nina cherry - buffalo stance ] lately... READ [2] REPLY

[August 16th, 2008 at 7:00pm] rentismygod umm is summer really over? camp was really awesome this year. i legit woke up and was excited to go to work every day in vermont for 5 days with my mom visiting my sister. its beautiful here. exactly what i needed. its nice to slow down before the fall starts ALSO i rule because I pulled all A's in my summer classes which means a year into going to school , with the exception of one B, because i more or less didnt show up to class, i've managed to get A's in all of my classes while working fulltime and going to school at night. im proud of myself. even if they are just community college classes. it feels good to do well when the odds are against it. la la la. i was a social butterfly last week. it was great. i <3 my work ladies. and mis gabari. who's a lady, in a way. REPLY

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