LJ friends

[johan]

I've surfed around in LJ today, finding a number of people I know (and some I assume I know, even though I can't make out who they are). A bit scary, finding stark accounts of how lousy some people feel, that I didn't have a clue about. I'm not sure it is for the best always to know so much about each other. Or maybe I'm just a coward.

I'm debating with myself who I want to add as friends. It's a scale from people I know and like so and so, to people I know and love or people I know and don't care for very much. And some people I know and like but who write only boring stuff and who I never meet IRL. Add them as friends or not? What are the pros and cons? Hmm. Not yet, in any case.

Comments

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you are processing the difference in just being acquainted with some ppl on a certain level in Real Life, and then suddenly getting to see glimpses of the personal tone that is journal-writing. Places like this one are used for venting and reflection, and sometimes (but not always) some journal users can seem more depressed or down than they actually are.
I started this account for a couple of reasons, one of them being to practice the difficult art of reflection and openness, and of not giving that much of a damn. (a sadly neglected side of me that I once upon a time mastered better)
Some of my more revealing (and less flattering) posts are actually open, and the closed ones are not that saucy...mostly some bad "proetry" in need of restoration :)
I'm gonna add you. This does not mean that you have to add me back, or that I feel that we know each other well. On the contrary, nowadays we seem to belong to quite different worlds...but there was a time when I felt I knew you better, sometimes I've even liked you :)

[northern]

Hi, northern here. Or Stella. Nice to see you around these parts!

Regarding the above response to seal's comment - I think you know a lot about me already. You're welcome to find out more, if you like. I would certainly be interested in reading more about you. So, yes, adding you.