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We're finishing up a few odds and ends before our next major release. Our mighty Ops guys continue to slay spambots and balance load times on a highwire without a safety net (which is kind of tough dressed in full ninja gear). Down on solid ground, we're celebrating this week's virtual birthday party with a warm toast to pants. If you can rearrange the letters of your favorite city, state, and/or country (feel free to combine these elements) to spell one of Frank's favorite treats (e.g., pants, wire, paper, etc.), he'll send you over a can of whipped cream to top it all off (provided you return the empty can for his midnight snack)! And, with that, let the word scrambling commence!

Stuff you should know:

To our paid users, we send squirrels in love!

If you have a paid or permanent account, you can send five free Squirrels in love vgifts through Monday, March 15th at 4pm, PST! You'll see both the free and the $0.99 squirrels displayed until they've scurried off to their new homes. Please send only one vgift at a time. In other words, you'll need to complete check-out and start a new order for each vgift you send. If you're not receiving vgifts (from friends and/or Frank), you may have disabled them. To enable vgifts, visit Edit profile (under Profile), scroll down to the bottom of the page, and select 'Do not disable' from the drop-down menu. Have fun!

Help is on the way!

We're pleased to announce the winner of our first charitable vgift poll, Doctors without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières, which provides critical medical care to under-served populations around the world. Priced at $2.99, we'll donate 100 percent of the proceeds we raise from the sale of this vgift (we'll cover credit card fees). We invite you to start recommending nonprofits for our next fundraising drive at ljnewscontests. We'll take suggestions through the month and post a poll in the news during the first week of April to let you choose the recipient. We thank you, again, for your passion and generosity.

We've crowned a header

Congratulations to ohterlus for submitting the winning header, which will go live next week and keep us leafy through mid-April! You can submit designs for our next header contest at ljnewscontests now until March 31st. We'll post a poll in the news to let you decide which header will sit at the top of LiveJournal from mid-April to mid-May. All artistic interpretations are welcome. The winner will get a $25 LiveJournal gift certificate. All other contributors will receive $5 gift certificates. Our heartfelt appreciation for sharing your talent and creativity!

For this week's winning photo and more adventures with Frank & Meme, we'll catch you under the cut!

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jollyolme

yesterday was a pretty interesting day. my frens dad drove us up to the brisbane market. some sort of a flea market where food is good and cheap, and they sell all sorts of lap lap sup sup items from used dvds to bolts and nuts. i came across this watch - classic looking. i fell in love the moment i saw it. 1. roman numericals 2. rose gold rim. 3. i could customize a leather strap. 4. the diameter of it watch was fairly large. it was going for AUD30 which isnt that cheap i reckon. so anyway, the guy was trying to fit in the battery and he couldnt get it to start working ): i was devastated. it really was a beauty.

well, looks like i gotta save up before i could get an  A. Lange & Sohne. apart from that, its a much smaller market compared to perth's freo but the food was to die for :D we then headed to Hillsong brisbane. not bad an experience but i'm not too sure if i'd like to go there weekly. for one, i cant get there without a car.

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i've jogged est 4.6k in 3 consecutive days. now that's an achivement cuz i never go jogging if i dont head to the gym (or unless im forced to). but see, in circumstances where i carbo load everyday bfast-dinner, i've no choice but to do it. the John Oxley walk is a pleasant run and today was by far the best. windy and it didn't rain! i realised i could actually head up the bridge which connects the north side of the river to the south and jog back, but the bridge is really long so i don't know how far that is.

but i'm sure im gna try it one day :) looks a bit like the nicoll highway bridge with almost zero vehicles or at least.