the t-string error could've been fixed by doing this
PHP Code:
$journal_recent_entries = $DB_site->query("SELECT j.enabled, u.username, e.journalid, e.title, e.entry, e.mood, e.np, e.timestamp, e.userid
FROM journal_entry e, journal j, user u
WHERE
e.userid = u.userid AND e.userid = j.userid
AND e.private = 0 AND j.enabled = 1
ORDER BY e.timestamp DESC
LIMIT $vboptions[journals_recentdisplaylimit]");