Now, admittedly, I haven’t done much to care for the LiveJournal page I set up. I mostly did it to give Amy easier access to my blog and to expand my audience of bored humans. I left it on some ugly theme that I chose ages ago and only checked it occasionally to verify that the crossposting plugin is still working.

So I trotted over there today to ensure that it worked correctly with WordPress 2.7. It does. I figured I’d stick around and pick a more aesthetically pleasing theme. I did.

Then I noticed it. A big honking banner ad for credit cards above my post. This is so wrong on so many levels.

I get that LiveJournal doesn’t cost me anything. I get that a handful of Russian coders are punching up the nasty perl that makes LJ work. I get that they have to monetize the free accounts somehow.

But did it really need to be a huge graphical banner right above my most recent post? Couldn’t it be a skyscraper along the sides (which are currently blank). I look like a frigging phishing site. Thank you LiveJournal, for knowing nothing about page design. You can kiss the fattest part of my ass if you think I’m buying a paid account to get rid of it.

Those of you who want to continue to view my stuff on LiveJournal should get an ad blocking program for your browser. I don’t think a spam company should be profiting by obscuring my writing without my consent. If anyone knows how I demand they move it to a less obstructive location, please let me know.

The best course of action is to just read this over at http://tomtostanoski.com/blog. I’m currently looking for a better WordPress theme and I should have my blogroll and links cleaned up sooner than later. I’ll also be adding my Tweets to the sidebar as soon as I can find a good widget for it. Best part: no ads, and I will never try to sell you anything.

Sorry for the rant. It bugs me to no end that they put their ugly Citibank ad THERE!