You know how sometimes you just get a bad vibe from someone? It's as if an unevolved area of the subcortex picks up something not quite right in their scent and you have to back away, telling yourself that you are probably being silly but unwilling to find out for certain.

heathercs is the exact opposite of that. I haven't seen nearly as much of her as I ( Read more... )

I wish that incuidicetutto's journal was in some kind of new sensurround, so that I could actually taste her sauce, (or would that be gravy?) feel soft leather curving around the sole of my foot, hear a ribbon of Italian. When I was little I would sometimes dress up and pretend to be glamorous and brave, witty and knowing. I realize now that I was pretending to ( Read more... )

I actually recruited Wendywoowho to be my friend, the way one might try to get a dream job. We were both on the same wedding planning board, and when I started reading her comments, I couldn't shake the feeling that I knew this girl, though I obviously didn't. Finally, out of some wacky sorority girl impulse, I actually emailed her and basically gushed ( Read more... )

"Make something up," says smille. I know it was just his gently self-effacing way, but it particularly struck me because I look at this guy, the all-American ad executive, living in the Midwest with his lovely wife and passel of absolutely gorgeous kids (kids so cute they should clearly be rationed one to a family) in a cozy little house, passing the ( Read more... )

tournevis is fascinating in any language. She is kind enough to write to lame mono-language folks like me in English. Plus, reading her journal, I am able to brush up on my pitiful High School French and learn some new phrases (usually insults and sexual innuendo - woo hoo!) She knows about a million things that I do not know, and I am vain enough to think ( Read more... )

I don't know if I have ever wanted anything as much as redwink wanted her little Meg ( Read more... )

halcyon_heist is my very favorite LJ flirt. If we were in HS he would get class flirt. That's because he flirts with everyone (certainly all the women, including lesbians, and I wouldn't bet against men, pets, or toasters.) I think it's his way of spreading good cheer throughout the world. Of course, it's also possible that his intentions are slightly less ( Read more... )

1_woman_army makes me think of nerve endings. She is so exquisitely (and sometimes agonizingly) aware of the trace of blue under her little boy's skin, the fleeting thoughts most of us ignore, the pain of a stranger on a crowded street, the feel of warm steam as she raises her (half-full? half-empty? Half-full, she says.) cup ( Read more... )

The first thing I remember about repoman is how he would make me smile when I saw his comments in minjo's journal. He was someone who stood out to me immediately and I am not sure why it took me so long to friend him. He's quirky, but not in a "sidle away" kind of way, or even "nice to visit, wouldn't want to live there ( Read more... )

These are in no particular order, and will take me quite awhile, so don't get restless, chickadees. I realized, as I started thinking about this, that everyone on my list is probably smart, clever, and thoughtful, or I would not bother reading them. So, I will try to be more specific ( Read more... )