Below are the most recent 14 friends' journal entries.

Thursday, January 7th, 2010
news [ theljstaff ]	1:10p	State of the Goat 2009 It's been a momentous 12 months here at LiveJournal. We crossed a capital T at Ten years young. And, like most precocious pubescents, we celebrated turning double digits by publishing our first book! Needless to say, we've experienced some major changes, both inside and out. Before we recap, we'd like to thank you for bearing with us as we've struggled through ungainly growth spurts, identity pangs, and, yes, the occasional blemish. We hope you'll continue to stand by us: We're gaining wisdom with maturity. Stuff you liked Back in February, we placed a call for entries for our ten-year anniversary anthology in lj_turns10. In December (less than a year later!), we officially announced the publication of Live Journal: The First Decade. Featuring an inspired collection of writing, photographs, and artwork from the pages of LiveJournal history, the book has been selected by Blurb.com as a top staff pick! We are proud to have played host to so much talent over the years, and we thank our contributors for sharing their extraordinary work. We all love quirky surprises, but not when it comes to managing our account settings. This year we streamlined settings into one central account management area. No more sifting through FAQs to figure out how to control privacy settings, modify notifications, adjust mobile settings, or update contact information! Being users ourselves, we realize our own mothers couldn't find us on LiveJournal based on our usernames and userpics alone (*heaves heavy sigh of relief*). But since there are times when we actually want to be found, we created a search tool--Find Your Friends--to help locate people by email address (it's in the Friends drop-down menu). Spam counter-attack: The war against vicious malware and spambots reigns eternal, but we've been making serious inroads to ensure your online security. We've established new protocols, such as requiring email address validations. We've grown more savvy about ferreting out suspicious behavior. We've added features, like whitelisting, to help you protect your communities. Our valiant (i.e., overworked) spam avengers (a/k/a the LiveJournal ops team) are standing on red alert so you can sleep safely at night. After an intensive beta, we launched My Guests at the end of the year, which lets you see who's been hanging around your journal. A number of you have even discovered secret admirers (not all of whom are creepy)! Last, but by no means least, we want to thank our volunteers for providing invaluable support and feedback. Their Herculean efforts enable us to answer your questions more efficiently, identify spammers, reduce abuse, and deliver better features (through tireless testing). On behalf of the staff and the larger LiveJournal community, we are truly grateful for their diligence, intelligence, loyalty, and passion. You got your fix We recently debugged a number of the oustanding issues with the rich text editor so your entries look great regardless of whether you know html. You can read more about text editors here. In response to user demand, we brought back international voice posting. Please note that this still needs more tweaking, and we are working on the one-minute cut-off issue. For more info on voice posting, read here. At long last, we revived TxtLJ with Verizon. For more info on TxtLJ, check out the FAQ. Paid features you enjoyed In December, we introduced My Stats, which provides detailed data on who's been viewing your entries as well as statistics on commenting, RSS requests, friending history, and more. Despite a few early glitches, the response has been extremely favorable. This year, we launched and improved Notes (i.e., the feature formerly known as Alias), which lets you add private comments on friends and commenters (it's in the Profile drop-down menu). This way you won't be caught red-faced when you strain to remember details about that wonderful LiveJournal friend who sent you a birthday vGift. For more info, read the FAQ. When we first announced View friends pages by date, we thought it would be a quiet, minor enhancement. The rave reaction floored us, which made us all very happy. We gave it a fine tuning in February of 2009, so it's even better! How embarrassing! It appears pingbacks have gone back to the shop for service. We’ll keep you posted. We didn't know just much you liked pingbacks until it went in for service. It's back and, judging by your irritation when it wasn't available, this is good news. FYI, pingbacks send instant notifications (via screened comments) whenever someone links to one of your entries on LiveJournal. For more info, read this entry in paidmembers or check out the FAQ. Mixed reviews The search is still on. Some of you have reported getting more comprehensive results for keyword searches using the new Yandex search engine and like the ability to search within content categories (like entries or comments). Others have not been satisfied with the relevancy of search results. Please be patient. We're still tweaking this product. This past December, we wanted to try out a new holiday promotion. Given the crap economy, we decided to offer our Paid/Permanent users a stack of $10 coupons to send to Basic/Plus users for paid account upgrades. We hoped you would like it. And some of you did, but many were disappointed that we didn't offer Give More as well. We want to thank you so much for letting us know. Your input will help us plan better in the future. Just FYI, Paid/Permanent users can continue to send out coupons through January 15th. Coupons can be redeemed through January 31, 2010. We were pretty excited about Your Journal Your Money, which allows Paid/Permanent users to earn extra cash by displaying Google ads to Basic/Plus and logged out users. A number of you tried it. Some of you really like it. Others, not so much. (Just FYI, Paid/Permanent users who do not participate in this program will not view ads on journals. Participants will see ads on their own journal, but won't see them on other journals unless they specifically opt in.) For additional details, visit here. We relaunched m.livejournal.com, our mobile app. While it offers a nicer UI and enhanced functionality, some of you think we can do better on load times. Like most of us, it's a work in progress. You can customize your mobile settings here. For more info, please read the FAQ. Missing Inaction We shudder to bring up the neon purple elephant squatting on our heads, but, yes, we didn't give you those a la carte userpics. We've been making radical improvements to our backend in order to support them. But no excuses. We know you want them. We cringe every time you mention them. We're sorry we dropped the ball on this, and we promise to do our best to get them to you in 2010. Stumbling points Back in early August, we experienced outages related to a series of DDoS attacks. We are proud to report that we were down a total of one hour over the course of a few days. We thank our heroic ops guys for getting us up sooner and more consistently than any of our less fortunate social networking friends. We apologize for leaving you temporarily stranded. A couple of months back, we offered a free, unrestricted vGift, which induced a snowflake cookie avalanche. This resulted in backed up/delayed notifications, which, in turn, led us to reboot systems, rendering scrapbooks unavailable. It took a while to shovel free. Apologies for the inconvenience. We learned a valuable lesson that should keep us calamity-free in the future (fingers crossed while knocking on wood). That darn Best Buy ad. First off, we're sorry about the audio auto-play (we got it turned off as quickly as possible). While it's true that we'll continue to show this type of ad to accounts that normally see them (never to Paid/Permanent accounts), we'll make sure the sound defaults to off moving forward. We promise to do our very best to keep ads to a minimum on LiveJournal, while keeping a roof over Frank's head. Full steam ahead! As we plunge headfirst into the next decade, we want to take a moment to look back and thank all of our employees, both past and present, who have worked so hard to create our unique and magical universe. We couldn't have made it this far without you: Your contributions brighten our path everyday. We also want to extend our heartfelt appreciation to each and every one of you. Whether you've been around for ten days or ten years, your humor, intelligence, talent, and creativity are what makes this the most vibrant global community on the Internet (the best place on the Web, in our humble opinion). Here's hoping that 2010 will be the greatest year yet! We thank you for joining us as we embark upon another glorious decade of LiveJournal history! (322 Comments |Comment on this)
khyaoi [ caseyvalhalla ]	11:11a	6,581 Miles to Luma [ 7/?? ] Title: 6,581 Miles to Luma [ 7/?? ] Author: Casey Fandom: Kingdom Hearts Rating: R/M Pairings: Axel/Roxas, Riku/Sora Warnings: The holy trinity of language, sex and violence. Genre: Post-apocalyptic sci-fi/fantasy road trip Summary: A clone, a priestess, a fugitive and a knight are crossing the desert together in a V-class 1300-series armored truck. There must be a punchline. "I'll do better." Axel turned abruptly, picked up Roxas's left hand and uncurled it from the tight fist he was making. The red thread was a little crushed, and Axel had never been good at tying bows, but at least he tied it around the right finger. "There." He shoved away from the alter abruptly, hands digging into his pockets as he walked away towards the path that lead back to the sleeping room, muttering. "Why'd I wanna handfast some girl anyway." (Comment on this)
khyaoi [ suddenchangeofh ]	10:27a	Title: Quartet for The End Of Time Rating: M Pairings: Axel/Roxas Warnings: Sex A/N: A collaborative late gift for feraldolce from pouikee  (art) and me (words). ( Once, if my memory serves me well... ) Current Music: The Decemberists - Oh Valencia! | Powered by Last.fm (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
khyaoi [ snarechan ]	4:57p	Memory Lane... Pairings: Seifer/Hayner Ratings: K+ Category(ies): Romance/Friendship Warning(s): None Status: One-shot, complete Summary: Seifer and Hayner share a history together, and it all started at Sunset Hill. ( There's a freedom up there that can't be found anywhere else... ) Current Mood: cold (4 Comments |Comment on this)
khyaoi [ thisisthesmile ]	1:25p	fic update: his last request Title: His Last Request (part 13) Rating: PG-13 (for now) Summary: AU. He wanted an ending. He got Axel instead. Pairings: Axel/Roxas mainly, with quite a few side-pairings Notes: Aw, it only took me a little over a week to update! I'm pretty proud of myself. :3 Other than that, there isn't much to babble about SO. Uh. Link~ Chapter Thirteen: The Dinosaur Wants to Eat Banannas alternately, here: via LJ x-posted to axelxroxas and khyaoi Current Mood: hungry (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
khyaoi [ onee_omi ]	5:31p	Riku x Sora - Our Destiny DeviantArt Group Hey guys! I come to pimp out the new group that I started over on Deviant Art: http://rikusora-our-destiny.deviantart.com/ I thought a lot of you might be interested. I saw a ton of Organization XIII/AkuRoku groups, and was really sad that there were not any Riku/Sora groups. So I changed that. It's for the support of Riku and Sora as a relationship or friendship. Whochever you prefer. All forms of art are allowed: drawings to cosplay! Please join today if you are interested. Thanks all! (Comment on this)
khyaoi [ sleep_learning ]	2:45a	In my defense, it's nearly 3 in the morning, and... I'm..defenceless. Title: And the Leaves Sway in Silence Author: sleep_learning Pairing: Axel/Roxas (sort of...) Rating: PG Warnings: none, though it is weird. If weird is a warning, then beware? Summary: the forest is cold and silent. But the fire is filled with bones.  And the night went on forever. Endless, cold and terrifying in its quietness. (Comment on this)
Friday, January 1st, 2010
khyaoi [ sarafellover ]	10:53p	Hello all! So I hope I'm not being a bother, but I've been out of the fanficton business for awhile and I'm searching for some good recs. The 'omg that was fantastic, I'm going to read it again right now!' type of fic, you know? Also I'm in the mood for some heartbreak reads as well. Make me cry! Pluck my heartstrings! Specifically, maybe the Axel/Roxas type, considering they are horribly tragic in the games. But anything you lovely people have in mind to offer is absolutely wonderful! :D Thank you! (17 Comments |Comment on this)
khyaoi [ stellareclipses ]	2:04p	Call of Duty: After Hours (fic, rated T) Title: Call of Duty: After Hours Author: Stellar Eclipse Fandom: Kingdom Hearts Pairing: CLC Word Count: 1255 Rating: T Summary: "Don't see you here very often, sir," he says by way of greeting, sliding onto the empty bar stool to Leonhart's right. Disclaimer: dood, fanfiction. Current chronology: After Hours, Negotiations, Call of Duty, Blackmail, Qualifications, Exposed, Clean, Demand, Rimfire, Officer Down, Recovery, Contact ( Read more... ) Current Mood: cold (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
khyaoi [ seleneheart ]	7:57p	Fic: Son of Air Title: Son of Air Author: seleneheart Pairing: Akuroku, Riku/Sora Rating: PG Summary: Axel finds out how he can earn 'the next life' Warnings: None, maybe spoilers for KH2 Word count: ~1,860 Beta: uisgich Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, not for profit Feedback: Yes! Archive: Worlds Undreamed Of Author's Note: This little fairy tale was inspired by the original ending of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermiad. Unlike the Disney movie, she didn't get her happy ending but died instead. he made me feel . . . like I had a heart (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
khyaoi [ nejinee ]	5:34p	[fic] It's Just you and Me Title: It's just You and Me Rating: R Summary: Roxas is the new kid in town. He has a lot to learn in school, life and love. Will Axel be his saving grace? Pairings: Axel/Roxas. Riku/Sora Notes: Hello again! It's been over a year since I finished up this story, but a niggling need for an epilogue made me write a bit more. I believe one more chapter is to come... so enjoy! Chapter 44 - EPILOGUE - :) (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
khyaoi [ thisisthesmile ]	12:12a	look it's a fanfic! So, wow, I can't remember the last time I actually advertized this fanfiction on livejournal. Um. Yeah, there have been some looong times between updates, so I suppose I really shouldn't be so surprised with myself BUT ANYWAY~ Let's just pretend I've never been here before, shall we? None of you probably remember me anyway. Title: His Last Request Rating: PG-13 (for now) Summary: AU. He wanted an ending. He got Axel instead. Pairings: Axel/Roxas mainly, with quite a few side-pairings Notes: This is a kind of epic story, actually. I originally started it wayyyy back in '07, and what started off as a silly light-hearted fic that I was pretty much making up as I went turned into a monster. I wish I was even kidding. There's twelve chapters of it currently posted on le internets, coming in at nearly thirty-two thousand words, AND there's something like another thirty-thousand words of the story (up through chapter twenty-four) currently waiting to be edited. And the story isn't anywhere near complete. Uh, yeah. My brain clearly hates me. x_x Anyway, without further ado (and to not bore you with my inane babbling), here's the link to the first chapter (redirects to fanfiction.net!): His Last Request ...Though, if you're morally opposed to that site, here's a link to where you can find the first chapter on my fandom LJ: His Last Request~ x-posted to axelxroxas and khyaoi. Current Mood: embarrassed (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 27th, 2009
khyaoi [ conigliomannaro ]	5:15p	I've been waiting (fic) Hello guys! I'm very new to both communities and Lj, so I'm not sure how I should be doing this. Forgive any possible mistake, please. I've been thinking for a while about posting my story here as well, and now, finally, I found both the courage and the time to do it. I wanted to post it for Christmas, but it seemed very pretentious of mine to come and post for Christmas like my crap fic was a gift and I grew shy. Good fics are gifts. Mine is... well... x'] Title: I've been waiting Author: conigliomannaro Rating: up to now it's pretty worksafe. Just a couple mentions to sex, a post coital chat and not much else. For the future, things are gonna get graphic 18+. Warnings: I guess humor, romance, drama, angst, het (the first 6 chapters have a strong presence of Naminè and Larxene. After this, our two blondes get back to the background, don't worry), and I don't know what else. OOC might apply: I tried to keep 'em IC but I've never been good with that. Critique: highly encouraged. I need it. Seriously. The story's all finished already so it might be impossible for me to correct the things you may point out, but I surely will keep 'em in mind for the future stories. Summary: "For some reason the boy looked like twilight and blue ice creams, and Axel thought he could almost be smelling the scent of sea. Sun, a perpetual summer in a city that didn't exist, and anger, and black gloved hands, and keys that didn't open any doors..." When Axel and Roxas first met, they didn't really like each other. The little kid was annoyingly stuck up, and dear God, that tattooed red headed guy was so infuriating, with that arrogant and cocky attitude of his... Despite their differences, anyway, something seemed to draw them to each other; something like the memory of a place and a time that none of them could recall clearly, the smell of a friendship, of a weird kind of affection that they held no memory of. Before they realized it, they had slowly become friends. The point was: was 'friendship' the right word for what had bloomed between them? Follow the link of doom. Think I'm done. Let me know what you think of it, if you feel like it, and tell me if you wanna see more. Bye you all, guys. Have a wonderful rest of the holidays. Current Mood: okay (Comment on this)
Friday, December 25th, 2009
khyaoi [ feraldolce ]	3:42p	[fic-oneshot] The Doctor and the Polemic [1/1] Happy Holidays, everyone! For you, I have one Christmas fic that has nothing to do with Christmas at all. Be safe and enjoy! Title: The Doctor and the Polemic Author: Versace Frolic Rating: M Word Count: 5,410 Pairings: Axel/Roxas, Axel/some bitch Warnings: Sex and articulations of sexual abuse, bordering on mecha guro. WHAT A SNOOZEFEST! Summary: In the year 2326 C.E., the commoditization of intimacy has reached a state of global legality, though its acceptability leaves much to be desired in the industry of cool. Axel, uncool web design enthusiast, hasn’t had time for a girlfriend in two years. FleshCo has the answer to all his depraved (and otherwise) needs. Answer Key: 1.) the catharsis of fetishization, 2.) the serenity of actuality versus the perversion of the ideal, 3.) pedestals: why we need them and when we don’t, and 4.) the necessity of being a well-oiled machine. A/N: For pouikee: bon anniversaire, ma petite étoile. To the entire fandom: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Happy New Year/Whoa, Let’s Get Loaded, you crazy motherfuckers. (Two years after his last relationship and people started to wonder if there was some illicit affair, something hushed and secretive being carried out in alleyways and forgotten corners.") (Comment on this)