Oh, really?
I know that the Status page says that LJ might be slow to load, but I've been unable to get it to load at all just lately. I decided to go to the LJ homepage just to see if that worked at all, and got this: "LiveJournal.com is currently unavailable for a brief maintenance. The maintenance window lasts from Saturday, December 22nd, 10:00pm PST until at most 11:00pm PST. We'll be up shortly.
Thank you for your patience. "
ETA: The date is now removed, and it just says "unscheduled" maintenance.