I'm not an employer, stalker, or passive voyeur. I don't have the attention span of the gumption for it. I would, however, like to extend one of those ElJay friend type... things.
I added you because you made a post to the Open Letters community that I found funny - and your user profile reflected we have similar interests. You added me back - for about ten seconds. Then you changed your mind. I'm usually not the kind to dwell on this.
Except...
Heck, I don't even know you. But in this particular instance, I feel the need to ask the question. Why? Not like you owe me an explanation, but curiosity has got the cat.
You managed to gain my respect in a very short period of time. Approximately the same amount of time it took me lose/not earn yours. Because of that, I'm hoping you will answer my question honestly. Not because I seek to change your mind. Rather, how many opportunities does one have to question a rejection from one they respect?
I hope I don't offend you when I say this (and I know this is gonna sound really strange), but I found some of your entries to be rather self-depricating and I got a little annoyed by it (mainly because they were so similar to how I wrote a few years ago). I find myself moving as far away from people who remind me of who I was a few years ago (not because I'm running from my past, but rather I just don't want to be reminded of it right now).
I hope that didn't sound too strange to you, but it's the truth.
based upon your interests (since i have nothing else to go on being that yuour el-jay is friends only, i think you would enjoy musing mine. my journal is not necessariyl friends only. but if you want the real dirt, the real juice, its only available to those on that list.
give it a shot. i added you. in a couple of days, if its not what you fancy, i'll remove you. but if you add me back, maybe we'll get along fabulously
Re: you can hear me out or just mock me and then ignore me
Hi! I enjoyed hanging out at the cosi with you post- gayety last night, and I am very proud of myself for actually remembering a. your name and b. to add you. I want to hear more about your triathalon plan, among many other things.
I linked to your LJ through Irisira03 and I'm adding you much for the same reason I added her.
I spent a few years as a journalist myself until I completely sold out and took a sales job. Now, even though I have more money, I find myself almost begging my former editors to let me cover piddly meetings just so I can write again.
But that's neither here nor there. I'm adding you because you can obviously write well, and I'm sick of reading posts that are grammatically challenged with no flow. I'm also adding you because it feels like a challenge and I'm ultra competitive. So check out my journal. It's a wasteland of whatever I'm feeling at that moment in time. I'm brutally honest, slightly cruel to people I don't care about, very opinionated and I talk about the Red Sox and the Patriots a lot.
hey, I found your journal through my friend shruti's. I'm a former philadelphian and a wannabe journalist (i.e. I'm hunting for a job). can we be friends?
Hi...We could use you and your Philadelphia savvy over here. (phila_lj). That, and I've wanted to friend you ever since you directed me to a good coffee place last summer - which is something, in my world, like sharing the nectar of the gods.
If either or both sound good to you, let me know. Peter
I like you. Your humor is much like my own. Allow me to introduce myself. I am AV. I've been scouting for like-minded individuals so that I may build an...army, if you will, of beings who can think for themselves. My apologies if I am not to your liking; I am but a humble being who wishes to make its opinions known and in the process, make beings think.
My hopes that you will find this request favorable.
queen_elvis sent me here to read about your awesome running feats! I'm in love with running myself, but am having some serious back pains to deal with. Hence, I'm here to be inspired by your ass-kicking-ness. add me? :)
Welcome aboard. I haven't been writing much about the workout stuff lately because I'm buried at work. I'm not much of a runner because I prefer swimming and biking, but I do run. Weight has nothing to do with it -- it's all about strength. I'd give anything to weigh what you do, but I don't.
Just make sure you have damn good shoes (go to a place to have them fit you for how your foot hits the ground) and start slowly. Look up the Couch to 5k workout list on coolrunnings. That would be a great start (it's how I work on it.)
Hey! I keep seeing you around the journo community, and I've always wondered what became of you after our stint together at PW - want to add me?
I see you're out in Virginia now - I was supposed to work with the Pilot for a summer copyediting, but that got ruined when I didn't have my driver's license in time; sad :( So, I'm still carving out an existence in Philly as an editor. It's cool - I'm overworked and underpaid just like all us journalists, heh.
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