joyeuse13 has finished her poll and posted the results, for those who are interested! Thanks again if you followed my link to help out with that!

http://joyeuse13.livejournal.com/308633.html?nc=4&style=mine

I had an interesting discussion with a friend earlier today about the boundaries between public and private, and the non-obvious line where venting and asking friends for help and support shades into talking about someone else's business, perhaps even more so online. When does your need for support run into someone else's wish for privacy? I've had this come up in my life often enough that I've put a lot of thought into it, but I thought this would also be a good place to ask other people's experiences - please feel free to add anything you like in comments.

[Poll #830069]

First batch of poll answers - I'm hoping for more:

surrdave - a bag of chocolate kisses and a sappy card. I left them for ACat to find after my first visit down here. :)

sdorn - A couple reasons, actually - my name means smiling one in Greek, plus I have a habit in social situations of becoming invisible if I'm unsure or uncomfortable. A friend suggested that nick as an alternate to Kitanzi, and found the picture which I later resized as an icon.

browngirl - On top, yes. *G*

nrivkis - Yes. :) Dunno if anything will actually come of it, though. Waiting is.

drishnak - Doesn't that depend on how pickled *Peter* is?

tigerbright - Nope, my loss. I think I would have been far better off if I *HAD*, but I was pretty much a mess back then. I suspect it would have had a bad ending, and that would be a shame for right now.

delennara - Oh yes, most of my life. My parents both kept cats, when they were together and when apart. I think right now is one of the only two or three times I haven't had a cat living in the household, if I'm remembering rightly. I've had/lived with siamese, himalayan, calico, tortiseshell, short hair tabby, and unidentifiable mixes, both short and long haired. I don't think I could pick a favorite, but I took Kitanzi as a handle when the cat I named that disappeared. *shrug*

folkmew - That's a hard one. I'm really not sure! I read a LOT, and not always very discriminately, so it's hard to say what writers affected my own writing. For lyrics, I can't write music so by definition I swipe other folks' tunes to filk, and their lyrics naturally help form mine. Of that, I think the best I've done is When We Go, to the Dave and Tracy tune When I Go. Does that count?