The Great LJ Friends Swap

[wolffepsyche]

Reposted from harnessphoto who reposted it from slobberpuppy"I've seen it more than a few times this month - people missing the days when LJ was a more active place. It's always nice to share interactions with like-minded folk, and I often find that reading other people's words help give insight into my own life. We are all connected, afterall

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[lantairvlea]

I figured I'd save Dom's post from being overburdened with people greeting each other. Hello! I think we may have some things in common. Would you be my friend? (Yes, blatantly bad introduction, forgive me.)

[wolffepsyche]

Blatantly bad introductions are my specialty! LOL Hello and welcome to my brand of weirdness. I can't purport to always be entertaining, but I do try to keep the whining to a minimum. ;)

[lantairvlea]

Sounds good to me!

[wolffepsyche]

I'll add them. :) I'm hoping our circles will open up a bit more as this takes off and the actives that are left will get more diversity. Right now we're all like a bunch of inbreds. LOL

[wolffepsyche]

I'm lucky in that drama has always happened outside of my journal for the most part. The only thing I remember that I was directly involved in happened during the DotA era. In any case, I've never had to lock down too tight. I did lock down tighter while I worked for the government, just because.

[mellusions]

I'm with Marnie - we have *a lot* of the same friends who post regularly. LOL

Honestly, I don't mind SO much that it is quieter here because I do a LOT of commenting on Blogger blogs re: people who cross stitch and knit, etc. So I do still feel like I'm part of a bigger community - it's just not all under the same roof anymore, so to speak.

[wolffepsyche]

I don't comment so much on blogs. My only other active place is Facebook, and frankly I hate it. I wish I could twitter more but I'm just not a good twitterer. I need to learn to be though, for bewhiskered's sake. I'm too heavily reliant on FB right now and that can't be good.

I'm on a couple of message boards, but I mostly lurk. This is the only real place I feel like I can let it all hang out and nobody's going to be an ass or think I've gone off the deep end. Or if they do, they generally keep quiet. LOL

[wolffepsyche]

I feel the exact same way. I always say "my friend..." and Jason and my Mom look at me weird. LOL Seriously though, I know you and Melanie and all my other LJ friends better than I know a lot of the people in my acquaintance circle!

Just this afternoon at lunch Jason and I got into a political debate (about Obamacare) and I was saying I would love a system like Canada's and he said I should ask a Canadian about how much they love their healthcare and I said I knew very well how it worked because I have 3 friends that live there! And they got a year off for maternity leave and didn't have to pay outrageous sums for routine care! Then he said they probably didn't have anyone dealing with a serious illness and that's the point I told him that's exactly why we don't talk politics with each other.

But I digress. The point is that I feel closer to my LJ family than I do to a lot of people who can actually claim to be my family.

[shada_ly]

Me me me. I never post anymore on my own page because, when I do, no one responds (wonder if i screwed up security or something) and it seems totally pointless.
But I do like to read posts from people.

However, I have no one to suggest since at this point it's basically you, Becky and Nora and a few other DotA friends. Wow... except for Nora who I knew before DotA, all my active lj friends are because of DotA.

[wolffepsyche]

I ... can think of only a handful of active posters who I didn't hook into through DotA. :)

[abserdman]

harnessphoto suggested you to me on her page. Could we be friends please?

[wolffepsyche]

A good Scottish girl! Of course we can be friends! I'm a MacKenzie. :) Actually, my name is Kenzie, and I used to have to explain to people that traditionally "Mac" meant "son of" so they took it off since I'm a girl. Now the name is more popular over here and nobody asks. Ha!