It's been incredibly slow the last few days...

I'm new here - but if anyone wants to read about my crazy life here is a link to my journal:

www.livejournal.com/users/frances1182

I'm an avid LJer as well...
My journal is mostly friends only, but add me, and I will add you back; though I can't promise that what you read will be very interesting ;)
lilminnow's livejournal

I've seen a ton of GCers with cute dollz style LJ icons, and I wanted to know where y'all found them...

bump!
 

I've noticed that my LJ entries aren't appearing on my friend's friends page.. is that weird?

I checked and made sure all the setting were right, so I'm kinda confused on what is going on

Re: bump!
 

No, I've been having the same problem. I thought they all deleted me. :p

Re: Re: bump!
 

lol

do you know if that is an issue they are working on?

Re: Re: bump!
 

A couple of my friends were having that problem (only 2) a while back and I think they refreshed and all was good.....

Re: bump!
 

I've had that problem if I initially made a post private and then went back and changed the security setting.

I haven't been able to get to Live Journal since yesterday evening & I'm about to pull my hair out. :) Does anyone else have a problem with LJ?

I haven't had a problem with my lj...yet. Of course now that I post that, I'm going to start having loads of them.

i know this seems kind of redundant to ask.. but can anyone generate me a code so that i can sign up for livejournal?? i have been looking into different journals and blogs and i like livejournal the best, but don't want to commit to purchasing anything until i've had a chance to try it out! so could anyone give a girl a hand??

thanks!!

As of a few years ago you no longer need a code to join LiveJournal.

Once you join, you have the option of having a Basic, Sponsored, or Paid Account.

then they really need to change their little virtual tour thing on there.. b/c it told me i would need one!! grrr.. figures i should have checked into it!! thanks for the tip :)

Wow, they have virtual tours now?

I started my LJ July 2002 and back then you still needed the invite code or a paid account to join. Free accounts only gave you 3 icons to choose from and a very limited selection of layouts.

Now they have sponsored accounts where, if you don't mind that ad thing on your page, you get more icons and layouts to use without having to pay a cent!

Whenever I get bored, the nerd in me likes to play around with customizing layouts.

And don't even get me started on the communities. There this one community on LJ (that shall remain nameless) filled with a whole crapload of snarky bitches and at times I find that they're even more entertaining than GC! ;) :D

I need a new layout. My layout sucks but I can't seem to find one I like. I'm part of the freelayouts community but still don't see one that I really want.

Try premade_ljs -- Tasha makes really pretty ones. So far she's on a roll!

The freelayouts community is ok (that's where I got my current one, and boy was it hard to do!), but not as easy to navigate like premade_ljs. Tasha's the only one who does the layouts there, unlike freelayouts where Carrie's got 293402398420394 guys submitting their stuff.

Thanks! I just got a new pretty handbag layout from Tasha. I love it though I'm still holding out for a Xena layout. :p ;)

I just changed my layout to reflect October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Very very pink!

I saw & I like. Very nice.

*Shakes fist at LiveJournal!!!*

Apparently they had a massive power outage at their datacenters...I haven't been able to access my LJ since last night!

Its running super slow today as well. Pissing me off!

Is it running for you at all? All I get is the blank white page of doom.

I get the blank white page of doom as well. The last time I was able my Friends' page at all was about two hours ago.

It seems to be up & running fine now.

Damnit it's going down again!

http://community.livejournal.com/hairypits/

I found this community via a "former" GCer who shall remain nameless.

Yes, it is what you think, so click at your own risk.

It's my newest favorite community after virgins_over_25.

Just so you know, I hate you. Seriously.

To counteract that, I give you http://community.livejournal.com/churchofdanny

But to enjoy that community, you must visit http://www.tourettesguy.com/

I can't help it, tourettes guy makes me cry with laughter everytime I watch.
"Dad why am I grounded?"
"Because you don't think the garbage disposal sounds like Chewbacca taking a shit!"

Damn lj. I haven't been able to log on all afternoon. Ugh.

OMG! THE VOICE POST! GO NOW!

Trust me, you will laugh so hard you will shit your pants!

Sandy. A warning of the site might help. The armpit hair was bad enough but the nipple hair? UGH! Of course, being the bitch that I am, I called my husbad to check out this naked chick I found on the web. He is not not speaking to me. LOL!:)

They are pretty funny!


I miss having access to LJ at work. I used to update weekly on my lunch breaks & now I update 2-3 times a month.

BUMPING for all the GC LJers
 

http://pics.livejournal.com/carmanah/pic/0000c9hh

Jen, I hope you don't mind the swipe...

For those of you who don't already know, there has been a strike scheduled for Friday, March 21st, 2008, during which we hope to have many members of LiveJournal provide LJ with absolutely no content for twenty-four hours. This means no posting and no commenting. If you post elsewhere and have it set up to be posted through a feed on LiveJournal, don't do it. Stay away from LiveJournal for twenty-four hours. That can't be too hard, can it? I know some of you are probably quite active on LiveJournal and will find it hard to stay away for an entire day, just as I will, but this is something that needs to be done, to show the people running LiveJournal that we're watching the changes they are making, that we're paying attention, that we're discontent, and that we want to be heard and taken in to consideration. We are not simply users who can be tossed to the side and ignored. We are the people who make up LiveJournal. Without us, without the content we create, without our words, our voices, our creativity, our participation, there would be no LiveJournal. This is a fact, and it needs to be realized and understood and then taken in to consideration when making decisions regarding the way that LiveJournal is run. The strike is only a few days away, so there isn't all too much time to prepare. While this is unfortunate, it isn't enough to keep this strike from taking place. It will take place, the second it is meant to, and it would be best to have as many people take part as possible. Please, spread the word. Spread it fast. There are only a few days to organize this. If you find that you care about LiveJournal or care about the people you interact with on LiveJournal or simply want it to remain a place where you can entertain yourself without constant censorship and money-hungry practices being thrown in without the consideration of those who use the service, act now. If you don't wish to spread the word, that is fine, but please: refrain from using LiveJournal on Friday, March 21st. Do something else for a change. It's for a good cause. (:

For background on this strike and why it is being held, please read the following posts:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/394838.html
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/395310.html

To find out exactly when the strike begins and ends, depending on where you are located, please see this:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/395125.html

What's this about?

* It's about free and ad-free LiveJournal accounts being abolished for new members, ignoring the advice from the newly-formed Advisory Board.
* It's about LJ staff trying to sneak this decision in under the radar, and when people found out, telling the users it was done 'to make the signup process less confusing'.
* It's about LJ staff failing to apologize for trying to hide the facts from view and for lying about the actual reasons for their actions.
* And finally, it's about the latest decision to hide certain user interests from the list of Most Popular Interests, some of them being fanfiction, bisexuality, sex and depression. This decision was not announced or explained in any way. Users found out for themselves.

Eh, don't care. I'll be honest.

I'll post/not depending on whether I feel like it that day. LJ's a product and if I don't want to be there anymore I can leave at any time.

No need to spoil it for those of us who do care.

I've been a Paid User since I created my account in 2002, and for me (and others who put $$$ to use this service), I care about what happens.

I don't even know what LiveJournal is... ???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveJournal

Many GCers keep their online blogs on LiveJournal. Some of us even belong to "elite" communities. :p :cool:

It was started in 1999, but I only jumped on the bandwagon in 2002. It's pretty neat to go back and read what I wrote back then.