Friends only.
At the beep, please leave your name, number and a brief justification of the ontological necessity of modern man's existential dilemma and we'll get back to you.
This journal is "friends only."
I left out a few posts for the public to read but most of them can only be viewed if you are a friend.
Add me as a friend and I will probably add you back. And it is in this instance that you will be blessed with the ability to read my inner-most thoughts.
Why did I add you?
I added you as a friend because I was surfing LJ (which is fun to me) and found your journal one day. I don't add people all the time but something about your journal stood out to me. I thought it was interesting and I wanted to be able to find it easily and keep up with it and read your "friends only" posts.
However, if I add you and you don't add me back then I take that as a sign that you don't really want me lurking around so I will usually unfriend you. If your journal has tons of friends that aren't "mutual friends" then I might keep you as a friend because obviously you have a lot of lurkers and don't mind.
That said, I check my friends' page only once or twice a week because I have a busy life so please don't mind if I sometimes get behind or seem oblivious to all the goings-ons of your life. LJ is my hobby. I do it for fun and I can't always spend as much time on fun stuff as I'd like.
I like journals that either I relate to or maybe inspire, amuse and/or challenge me.
Cheers.