What would you do?

[juliebata]

The first week or so of my being on Livejournal, I did a lot of looking around. I'd pick a topic, get a nice long list, and open up some journals at random, just to see who's out there. I came across the journal of a college student in Alaska that absolutely blew me away. This gal had recently had her heart totally fucked up by a guy, and the way she wrote about it was riveting and powerful, and it really struck a chord with me (being that my heart was recently fucked up, too). Now I find myself reading her journal, she's funny and sarcastic, and seems to be doing a lot better now. I really like the way she writes, and I want to know what goes on in her life. She reminds me of me at that age, though she has it a lot tougher than I did.
So, the question is: do I talk to her?
We write what we write for ourselves and for our friends, it's easy to forget that if we don't lock it down to friends only, random strangers may sometimes come across what we write. Some people might want that more than others. Do you think she'd want to know that her journal really resonated with someone she's never met? If you were her, would you want to add me as a LJ friend?
I feel funny continuing to read her stuff without introducing myself. Has this sort of thing come up before? Opinions, please...
-Juliebata

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Tell a Friend

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

You can also send her email directing her to this whole discussion. Here's how to do it:

1. Find out the woman's email address.
   
   
2. Go back to this page (your original post plus the comments).
   
   
3. Look at the very top of the page, by your tattoo. (Nice tattoo.) There's a blue area with four buttons in it.
   
   
4. Click on the button that looks like an envelope.
   
   LiveJournal will open a "Tell a Friend!" message complete with a link to your post, from you (juliebata@livejournal.com).
   
   
5. You can edit, replace, or add to the content of the message, if you like. And then she can just click on the link in the mail to read your original post, which explains it all.

Hope this helps.