Oh, plus, there's 10GB of storage for pictures or voiceposts.
And $25 goes to charity. :D [edit] that is, if you buy within the first 36 hours of the sale.
Buy now:
http://www.livejournal.com/shop/view.bml?item=paidaccount
I'm not entirely sure what happens to paid account time, but I believe it gets credited back to ya. Sale runs for one week: 21st to the 28th.