I just did a little cleaning out of ye olde friends list. It had become a bit cluttered with communities I am no longer interested in, dead journals, etc.

I removed a few people whose journals are inactive and/or with whom I have not interacted (at least not on LJ) in the past couple of years or so. If you're one of them and you actually would like to stay, please let me know; I have no problem adding you back. :)

I just did a friends cut. I don't mean to make a big deal of it, because it's not a big deal--I think most all the people I deleted are folks who don't even read anymore, are new, or otherwise don't really have a relationship with me (in addition to some abandoned and/or duplicate accounts).

If you've been "unfriended" (how I hate that term!), please don't take it personally. I am feeling the need for more privacy right now. It would take a long time to articulate all my feelings about this, and I've done that to some extent in the past to I don't feel like going through it again right now. Anyway, I thought it would be a good thing to make a post just to explain that it's not at all because I don't like anyone.

You're all welcome to add me on Facebook!

Every once in a while I like to do a bit of sprucing up with regards to my friends list. I have no intention of making a big "friends cut", but I don't like clutter; so if there are people who are not reading or don't care, I might like to take them off. I don't mind if you want to read and not comment, but if there are people who are no longer interested in LJ or in my LJ specifically, that's who I'm trying to weed out.

Although for most of you it's not necessary, please comment here if you wish to stay. If you feel we don't click, or you don't have time, or what have you, and you'd like to part company--tell me that, too, please. I'll post reminders about this later so that no one misses it.

Sorry to be a pain.