This is not really a friends-only journal. If you only want to read my public posts (most live reports, translations, art posts, etc.), feel free to add me and/or lurk. That is totally acceptable. I do post occasional stuff about work or my personal life under lock & filters, however, so if you would like to be mutual friends, and think we have common interests, please leave an introductory comment somewhere. I like to know something about people I am adding. I am friendly if you are.
I periodically clean dead journals off my f-list at my discretion. This is nothing personal. If, at some point in the future, you return to your journal and would still like to be friends, just let me know and I'll add you back. I do not make a point of making friends-cut announcement posts. Dead journals are practically the only reason I defriend, but if you think I have defriended you for a different reason, please PM me.