Some folks seem to be freaking out about LJ deleting accounts. The servers are apparently now in Russia and that concerns some people. I've been on LJ close to 11 years and this? It's happened before! However, if you need places to back up your journal, the Question Club just had a question about that
here that provides good info. And FYI, Wordpress has a tool for LJ too. I may use that because Dreamwidth is such a wasteland!