To be completely blunt and honest, I would prefer that you didn't read my journal--it's very hard for me to understand why a random stranger would find my daily life and thoughts interesting, and it makes me feel sort of stalked. My journal is primarily intended to network with and keep in touch with my friends who know me in real life, and for myself to organize my own thoughts. Even the thought of internet strangers or others outside that bubble reading it--for example, my parents even--doesn't sit well with me.

That said, I can't exactly stop you. So if you feel like you get something out of reading my entries, go ahead, I guess. Also, I thank you for your offer, but I still can't accept it.

I'm sorry for having to respond this way, because you have not been unkind or threatening--but growing up in a culture of paranoia I can't help but feel off about it. I've dealt with a couple too many creepers on the internet before. Not that you're necessarily one of them, but you have to understand my caution and unease. I hope that you can understand it and see it's nothing personal.