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Five Ways Clark Kent Didn't Get Laid by Celli. Tell me you aren't in love with her. Go ahead. Just try. Because whoa doggies, does Clark get out there. Whee! All are good. Some are surprising. And man, the hotness never ends. Go Celli!

I'm random AND wired AND high on chocolate. I love Nestle. I swear, it can almost make up for anything. Even the tooth sitch.

Since a few people want to know why I friended them, I'll start now while I have time and a lot of good vibes. And also off the cuff, like, first impressions wise.

Okay, here we go.

celli Okay, I'm not sure of the original reason I friended you, though I think--*think*--it was during my SV blitz of reading everyone who wrote something I liked. However, that's not the make or break for friending. I liked your LJ. *grins* It's strange, I know, but when someone friends me or I find someone interesting, I usually try and make time to read two weeks worth of their LJ to see what kind of person they are, what they do, how they think, etc. And I really, really loved your LJ--upbeat, interesting, fun, with all these little slices of life in the fannishness. And I dearly love your work--seriously, it's so good and so consisent and you do really unusual things, and it makes me want to keep up with you. After we started chatting, it just became--more focused. *grins* I like you, therefore, I shall read your journal daily. Perhaps several times a day, even.

wubba -- *grins* This I remember, since it was relatively recent. I'd JUST decided not to friend anyone else for a few months, since I was having trouble keeping up, and then I stumbled across a link to something--oh, a few weeks before. That I'd MISSED. And you know, intentions, whatever, I had to friend immediately. I really do enjoy your LJ a lot, and it's--I want to say soothing, but that sounds really dumb. It's just nice to read it. Relaxing? You're just fun. And I really, really like fun.

kernzelda -- okay, I went to your LJ after you friended me--I can't remember how long after, so don't ask. And immediately, of course, forgot to do my two week read, and then--hmm. I want to say you commented in my LJ, and I looked at it and thought, hmm. I recognize that name! So I went to your LJ and liked it. Though seriously, you don't post enough there. You had interesting comments in my LJ that made me want to keep up with you and see what else you were thinking. Which is, apparently, a lot. Very happy with this.

lainy122 -- okay, mea culpa, I don't remember why. The two week rule though was in effect if I remember the time period correctly, though. But how about this--I keep reading because you make me laugh a lot. Like Celli, you make your life sound like so much fun and I like reading about it. It's--relaxing just to sit down and giggle with some coffee, you know? And this title Hey, I've been turned into a cow. Can I go home? for an entry? How the hell would I ever be able to stay away? Of course, I can't. But yes, for all those reasons.

weredonit your username. *grins* No, not that. Well, I don't think so, anyway. *thinks* Your icon? No, hold on, let me think. *grins* I like your take on fandom when you feel like it. I've never seen you be malicious at any time to anyone. And I wanted to get to know you, in that LJfannish way, so LJ was the perfect place to do so. You have this gift of snark that just does good things for me.

dijianna -- hmm. Okay, I remember because you posted in my LJ in comments, and I went to your LJ while surfing to check out what you were up to. I simply loved your recs journal--good reading! yay!--but I also found your thoughts engaging enough to want to follow along, just to see where you'd go. I'm such a sucker for interesting, provoking thinkers.

valentinemichel - I remember this. Again, relative recentness. Yay! I was looking at your work in Level Three, actually, and then noted that someone by that name was in LJ--I think you had friended me. Interested, I went to check it out, and lo! It was the writer! So okay, not so much a huge Clexer, but you wrote so well. And your posts amused me hugely. You also think a lot, and I like people who do that. In comments in my LJ, you left really thought-provoking stuff that really got me thinking. And I like that, too. And seriously, that bend toward the dark? Does good, good things to me. Few writers do it well and consistently at the same time, but your take is so--unusual. It kept my attention riveted. Even if I didn't think I'd agree with the characterization normally, your stories reconciled me to it. That make sense?

fox1013 *grins* Remember when we met in chat? I just barely recall, but I thought you were cool there, and I liked you, therefore, I friended you. And I never, ever find you boring. You like to rant, but it's not ever the kind of stuff that makes me feel like you're being militant or agenda-izing. They're cool to read. And I like you. *g* I love how your mind works--the most bizarre tangents, the most interesting and strange posts, seriously, it's sometimes hard to look away. Muppets, I ask you! MUPPETS! *G*

Okay, more later. Must think of porn. Porn. Porn. NEED it.

why did i friend you, volume ii

A few more, in no particular order. *grins* It scares me less than doing these in bulk. I do a few, go voila! And then feel I have accomplished something.

Why I Friended You: Volume II

xnitelite -- *thinking* You friended me and I was reading your LJ. Specifically? I don't know what exactly pushed me over. I really don't. It's like asking, why do you like chocolate? *grins* Because I *do*. You don't meta often at all, but when you do, it's thoughtful and it's something you obviously thought about. You're a good writer and I REALLY enjoy reading your fics and drabbles--and yes, I know, I almost never comment and I feel remarkably stupid about that. *hugs* It's like storyville in your LJ, all the time! *grins* Perfect for a fix. Really perfect.

mistressace -- because the very first entry I read, I almost got a hernia laughing. You're fun in a "I know I will hurt my keyboard" type of way, all off-center and enjoyable and *different*. But it's more than that. I like how you stand up for yourself when it's necessary, though I wish it never had to be. Necessary, that is. I love how you bounce back from adversity and wish I was half as philosophical about life as you are. I admire your candor and honesty and your strength all at once.

plum_evil -- that's a silly question, sweetie. You're *you*. Fandom doesn't make you interesting to me, you're just fascinating all on your own and have been since I first started reading your blog last year. All the cliches--smart and funny and kind and snarky--but all the non-cliches, too. Like--*thinks*--this total stream of consciousness thing you have going sometimes in your LJ--it's almost like being hardwired into your head, a little. You're sensible, but not pendantic. You rove around fandom and have such strong opinions, but you never belittle others when you do, and that's really, really rare. It makes meta pure pleasure and thought, exchange of ideas.

tstar78 -- aww, honey, how could I not? I think I friended you well before we started chatting on AIM, which was very, very cool, and I'm not entirely sure of why I did originally. I think it was your light, airy LJ, filled to the brim with yourself, all energy and sparkly enthusiasm and *life*, or besides that, the fact you wrote wonderful stories that caught my imagination from the first word, or it could be that you seemed like a person I would like if we ever met in RL. But I can tell you why I still read you. You're a friend and I want to keep up with you, follow along in what you write, find out what you're thinking, whine to you and let you be comforting, like finding a friendly face in a crowd of strangers. And you know I'd do the same. *hugs*

zarah5 -- hee. I ran across that SV story I sent you feedback on--for the life of me, I can't remember the title, but God, it was so good. And I was staring at your name, thinking, this person needs to be stalked. But with subtlety. And I decided that my cleverst plan would be to go into your LJ and see if you had any other things around for me to devour whole. And so you did. But it wasn't just the stories. It was all that sparkliness--like tstar, so damn much energy you make me wonder how I can steal some. Thoughtful and amusing, and jumping from subject to subject until I was dizzy. I went through about a month of posts before I hit friend, and it only took me THAT long because I didnt' want to stop reading. So we only share SV as a fandom--your views into your other fandoms are just as interesting, and you make them something that I want to keep up with, devour, even if I don't participate myself.

destina -- So you didn't ask specifically. I just did it anyway. You're very bright. Not like, bare lightbulb in a Memphis rent-by-the-hour motel, but like candlelight, the good kind, the white ones that are very long and smell like vanilla and cost so much, but even though you can't afford it, you buy them anyway. Peace and strength, I think, but also, poetic. I love your LJ because that's how I feel when I read it--like I'm in some bright room in a Southern mansion, smelling vanilla while I ponder out the mysteries of the universe with a quill pin in hand. Soothing and calming, but also thoughtful and rich and deep. Every entry you make feels like that, even about mundane things.

rageprufrock -- you're like, the opposite of Destina, in a good way. A really, really good way. You kill puppies! And stuff. *g* Okay, no. You're so passionate about everything--frustrating and annoying (in a good way, you understand) and enchanting and fascinating, like being given a really big dose of caffeine all at once, and I'm usually high for *hours* after you've had a good rant, just from all the energy in it. I don't even care if I agree with you anymore, because I just enjoy watching you GET like that. Your meta's great, your RL stuff is hysterical, and you engage me as a writer with your prose and as a journaler by your thoughts. Meeting you on AIM and chatting just confirmed everything I'd thought when I first found your LJ--all of that was really *you*, and God, how do you DO that? It's amazing. And addictive as hell.

*lalalala* Nestle is my friend. My good, good friend.