My journal has the feel of a small box that has been overstuffed, cobwebs clinging to the contents of it. I get on fairly frequently, and I go to my profile page in order to click on certain usernames so I can keep up with them. I do not go through the trouble of looking at my friends page because there's simply too much on there. It's time for a cleaning out because I have way too many friends, and to be honest, I don't even remember who over half of you are. o_O

If we're honest, I probably acquired something like 95% of my LJ friends from the Jrock fanfiction I used to write. Some of you may vaguely remember that I am or was that girl who wrote that one story, but I'm sorry to admit that I don't remember who many of you are because there was a time when every other day brought new friend requests from unknown or I-sorta-remember-seeing-this-somewhere usernames.

So there are three facts that I have to face.
A) I simply do not have the time or desire to get online like I used to. Two or three years ago I spent the majority of my time on here, and now I spend only a couple of hours a day at most, if I choose to get on at all. I have simply lost interest, and I haven't the time to sit on here for several hours, going through my flist, which is perhaps why I've been avoiding it for so long.

B) Again, let's be honest...many of you who friended me when I was a popular Jrock writer were keen on simply that - my fiction. Now that I've stopped writing it, you've lost interest in me and I don't even know who you are. It's okay! As Dumbledore says, "Truth is generally preferable to lies."

C) And then, there is simply the matter of my waning interest in Jrock itself. If I made 95% of my friends via my Jrock fanfiction, then it's safe to say that at one time, at least 95% of my friends and I all had at least one thing in common: love of Japanese rock music. Alas, that is no longer. And people who friended me for that one simple interest, whom neither of us have attempted to bridge the gaps to find any other common interests: well, I'm sure you're bored of my drab life by now, eh?

So after I post this entry I'm going to completely revamp my LJ. I'm going to delete any names that I don't remember who they are or why they're friends. I'm going to do something about the communities I'm in; there are less that I can watch, and some that I can leave. And I'm going to update my profile page (finally...).

I lied all those times I said I was probably going to delete my LJ. It's a part of me, and I enjoy keeping up with everyone that I've met on here - especially you, merricat. I crave your updates so that I know what's going on in your life!

If I delete you and you, for some reason, feel that I shouldn't have, leave me a message and I'm sure we can work toward rectifying it.

That's about all I have to say. Now I'm off to empty this box and clean up the cobwebs.

EDIT: Made this entry visible to everyone so that if I do delete you by accident or something, you can comment here. Also, this way people who have been deleted but don't give a flying fart either way at least know what's up.