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@ 2007-05-17 15:26:00

You Say It's Your Birthday...
I'm Sorry I Forgot Your Birthday
Have you ever forgotten one of your LJ friends' birthdays and felt really guilty afterward? Well, we've got you covered because LJ birthday reminders are back! (Comment if you remember birthday notifications, because that means you're old skool.)

That's right, every time one of your LJ friends has a birthday coming up, we'll send you an email a few days ahead of time. That will give you plenty of time to plan a surprise party, send them a v-gift, or sing happy birthday to them in a voice post on your journal. You'll look like a hero!

Just go to the Friends and Communities section in your Message Settings to turn on birthday reminders.

A Little Goes A Long Way

frank would like to extend a congratulations and a heartfelt thanks to everyone who purchased a “Plant A Tree” charity v-gift in April. You guys helped raise $1,672.68 that will be donated to Heifer.org. That will buy exactly 13.939 goats that will help feed hungry families and give them a resource for income in the future. Wait...OK, let’s just top that off to 14 goats, because .939 goats isn’t going help anyone.

A huge round of applause for everyone who donated! We'll bring back more charity v-gifts in a few months.

Testing 1-2-3: New Logged-In Home Page!
We’ve been trying to figure out how to make the homepage a lot more useful, informative and personalized after you've logged in. Let's face it, if you're signed in, the home page is kind of plain-looking with only a few links.

After a lot of planning, redesigns and research, we’ve come up with a version of the homepage that we're now beta testing. It's styled more like the logged-out homepage, which we launched a few months ago. Based on votes in a poll we posted to the

feedback community, we also pulled in the most useful modules from MyLJ.

If you'd like to try it out, click the “Homepage Beta” link in the navigation menu.

Once you've tried it out, click on the feedback link to give us your thoughts. We plan to add more functionality, and your feedback will help prioritize which things to add next. Check it out, and let us know what you think!

Sponsored Themes: Havaianas
The folks at Havaianas, the sandal company from Brazil, have created some new themes for you to use. Over the next two months, we’ll be adding in new Havaianas-designed themes every few weeks. Get them while they’re hot though, as they’ll only be available for a few months and then they're gone.

Basic and Plus users can find the Havaianas themes on the Customize page in the "Sponsored themes" box. They're available to all users via the dropdown menu on that page as well.

In Search Of Engineers. Must Love Goats.
LiveJournal is looking for a full-time Software Engineer to work out of our San Francisco office. Read the full job description for details and instructions on how to apply. Six Apart is also looking for a MySQL DBA/Engineer. Come work with us. There is free soda in the kitchen.

Coming Soon
Even though it’s the start of summer here and some of us have beach time on our brains, the team has been hard at work building new features and fixing older ones. Here are a few things to look forward to in the coming weeks:

Private messaging -- Finally, we're adding a way to send messages within LJ! There will be the privacy options and spam management settings you've come to expect from LJ, plus archives of deleted messages and, believe it or not, an easy way for you to manage all of your notifications that have been piling up.

Vertigo -- It's the sister site scheme to Horizon, with all the goodness of Dystopia (such as no drop-down menus) plus a clean look that gives you access to all the great features in LJ. Thanks to everyone who has given us feedback about Vertigo in the lj_design community!

Improved Directory Search -- We've spent a few months working to improve this feature to run faster and work better! As promised last year, we're also going to open it up to Plus users. It'll be released in stages, and eventually we'll also add a better interface for all our search options.

Stay tuned to

news in the coming weeks for more information!

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Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames!

airspaniel
2007-05-31 05:55 am UTC (link)

Title: A New Sheriff in Town
Author: airspaniel
Fandoms: LJ media relations/witchhunt/the death of my own soul
Pairing: 6A/LJ
WARNINGS: contains fairly graphic depictions of dubiously consensual intercourse between an adult and a minor. No incest... this time. Sorry gang. ^_^ Also, this is a work of FICTION. Don't be a moron.

El shivered, despite the midday heat and the tight confines of the windowless room. It had been a different town ever since Six rolled in, but never before like this.

“Just relax, El. You know I know what’s best for you.”

He shuddered again, an involuntary response to that seductive tone. Six was so much younger, still a child, and yet so aggressive. Part of him wanted to fight back, to struggle against the assault on his mind: his senses. But then Six would speak again. That hot, persuasive voice so urgent in his ear; begging him to let go. To give in.

“El... Don’t fight it. We’re so much better together.” Six ran a single fingernail down El’s spine. “You were nothing before me, and you know it.”

El gasped, despite himself. He wanted nothing more than to roll over and submit, to feel the languorous caresses of his young lover. This nubile, jailbait prince, whose every touch inflamed his passions. But what would Fandom say?

“You’re thinking of her, aren’t you?!” Six spat. “You know that slut means nothing to you! She does everything to everyone, and you know she doesn’t regret it! You’ve seen it!” His tone became soft, insistent. Pleading. “You know she’s wrong. She’s diseased.” El sighed as Six planted a series of soft kisses along his collarbone.
“We can get rid of her” Six panted. “Get rid of her forever, if you let me.”

In his heart, El knew that it was wrong. Wrong to feel this way about a man so much his junior. Wrong to desire the downfall of his love, his benefactor, his rock, for the sake of a fleeting touch and a fiery gaze. But it was such a good way to go. Six moved his hand lower against his partner’s back, edging ever closer to that most intimate of places.

“Give yourself to me, El. I can take care of us both.” He leaned in, quickly capturing his older lover’s lips in a burning kiss. Eons passed before they parted, sweating, gasping for more. “El... Just give me control.”

El consented with a sharp sigh, and Six drove himself home in one powerful thrust. And that was all it took for the memory of Fandom to be erased; and any questions of morality and propriety were silenced with the harsh panting of the two dubiously legal lovers, drowning out the protests of the jilted Fandom; the wicked and abased, as they moved together toward their inevitable conclusion.

“Oh... oh god... Six!!” El cried, as the uncontrollable wave of climax washed over him. Six let out a guttural scream and emptied himself into the older man’s ass. In the silence that followed, El lay silent. He regretted, oh so deeply, that moment he had relinquished control. As quickly as it was over, he wished he could take it back. But there was no going back. The choice had been made, and the silence had spread too far. He was a fool to think Fandom wouldn’t know. She always knew. She knew before he did that he would fall, though she had hoped so fervently that he would resist. In the end, it was fruitless. Money equals power, and power was always the deciding factor

Six withdrew and sat back, satisfied as his lover collapsed to the bed. Whether from the exertion of their passion or the weight of his own conscience... that mattered little. What did matter was his job was done. The door was open, and Sponsorship had acquired another willing servant.

And all for the price of a false promise and a quick fuck. He didn’t even have to bring the goats out. Six laughed to himself. Sometimes it really was too easy...

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	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! celiloquy 2007-05-31 05:55 am UTC (link)
	THIS is such a good idea. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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airspaniel, 2007-05-31 06:10 am UTC (Expand)

	WIN AND GOD a_hollow_year 2007-05-31 05:56 am UTC (link)
	^^^ YEAH YOU HEARD ME ^^^ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! ami_neko 2007-05-31 05:57 am UTC (link)
	ILU (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! madamluna 2007-05-31 05:57 am UTC (link)
	HOLY SHIT EPIC WIN (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! elgaladangel 2007-05-31 05:57 am UTC (link)
	This at once disturbs me hugely and cracks me up. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! zhongde 2007-05-31 05:57 am UTC (link)
	eew XD (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Hey! Oh, I'm ready for it... kitty_cracknip 2007-05-31 05:57 am UTC (link)
	WIN. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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airspaniel, 2007-05-31 06:05 am UTC (Expand)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! allwhowander121 2007-05-31 05:57 am UTC (link)
	LOVE IT! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! flail 2007-05-31 05:58 am UTC (link)
	OMFG. xD; Now I know why I didn't go to bed... -ded- (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! hapes 2007-05-31 05:58 am UTC (link)
	... hot. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! xrated13 2007-05-31 06:00 am UTC (link)
	Whoo hoo! Hot. YOU WIN. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! yukina_raven 2007-05-31 06:00 am UTC (link)
	I LOVE YOU. HAVE MY EBABIES PLZKTHNX. ♥ (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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silverladys9sf, 2007-05-31 07:40 am UTC (Expand)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! ireth 2007-05-31 06:01 am UTC (link)
	I came. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! ironical_kai 2007-05-31 06:01 am UTC (link)
	I just messed myself. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! katmaxwell 2007-05-31 06:03 am UTC (link)
	... Epic win. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! a_hollow_year 2007-05-31 06:03 am UTC (link)
	PS GIP (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! mikachanyo 2007-05-31 06:05 am UTC (link)
	you rock..major love <3 (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! ardath_rekha 2007-05-31 06:05 am UTC (link)
	I adore you. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! crystaldawn 2007-05-31 06:05 am UTC (link)
	omfg hot. I touched myself. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! expeliarbum 2007-05-31 06:05 am UTC (link)
	I'm turned on, damnit! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! lintwhite 2007-05-31 06:07 am UTC (link)
	YES YES YES YES YES. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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pretentioustfu, 2007-05-31 06:53 am UTC (Expand)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! gamera 2007-05-31 06:07 am UTC (link)
	AMAZING. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Pop the cheap champagne, we're going down in flames! skittlesforlife 2007-05-31 06:07 am UTC (link)
	I so just creamed my jeans... and laughed... and couldn't quit thinking of Brad&Barack. Srry. (Reply to this) (Parent)