striketv
A community for the first ever online network created by Hollywood storytellers that brings original, high-quality video entertainment to the world.

Tags: striketv, television, tv, video

xlormp
The Most Popular Book in the Whole World is one user's unfinished online novel, parodying the Twilight novels. Chapters are continuously updated.

Tags: fiction, twilight

startrek
Featured in anticipation of the show's 42nd Anniversary next week, these guys are our most popular Star Trek community. Star Trek first premiered on September 8th, 1966.

Tags: star trek

burning_man
With the festival on the playa now over, share your experience of this year's desert party (and those of years past) with the Burning Man Camp at LiveJournal.

Tags: burning man

As the lightning strikes,
And the storm sounds,
A mysterious figure drifts past,
All dressed in clothing dark.

A gloomy sky,
A torrent of rain,
A depressing sense of atmosphere,
A culmination of pain.

An outlook of fear,
An image of despair,
All thoughts turn to anger,
And hope's no longer here.

Apparent senses of hurt,
Anxiety begins to overcome,
A place of demolished ruin,
And humanity becomes undone.

Current Mood: aggrieved
Current Music: Draconian - A Scenery of Loss

It's not what someone wants to hear at the end of the month. I got a phone call from my dad this morning saying that my gran had passed on in the early hours of this morning. It's very saddening, given that today ourselves and my sister were planning to visit her in hospital. My gran had been feeling very unwell for the past week, and it was around last weekend when we were informed that she might not make it past the end of the year. I then found out on Thursday that she had suffered a heart attack on that day, and as despair began to set in, it was decided that we would visit her this morning in the hope that she'd still be there, but alas it wasn't to be. There'll be candles lit in my gran's memory over the next couple of weeks, that's for sure.

Reflecting back on all the events of what's been happening, I can say without a doubt that 2008 has been one of the darkest years of my own life so far. Having now lost two grandparents in these past eight months, only my gran from mum's side of the family is still with us. And then alongside the consistent issues within my own personal surroundings that culminated in my mental breakdown, together these have proved to be very hard times for myself indeed.

On a somewhat unusual thought, at mass last night the priest mentioned the phrase "trial and passion" (which itself has formed a subtitle for this entry). For me this is very appropriate given the events that I have mentioned, as I feel that have endured my own ongoing test of difficult conditions, put together with an immense period of anguish and suffering.

For now, I am being very careful as to what else I say on here, as there are large vacuums which need to be cleared before I am ready to progress further. Of course, this year is far from over - yet I just have to face and encounter whatever may come and present itself over these remaining days....

Current Mood: clouded
Current Music: Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts

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

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