" It's not something I've seen much of in LJ, either"

Then let me help you out. Know how to do a site search on Google? Let's take a look at the first four personal livejournals written in English that come up, shall we?

http://noodlesandbeef.livejournal.com/
http://isachandra.livejournal.com/
http://charles.livejournal.com/
http://ibdreamy.livejournal.com/

They all have the same format that you claim not to see on Livejournal. Integrity really isn't valued very much in this community, is it?