Thanks! I didn't take it personally, but I did feel like I was missing out.

[I don't like to bug people about friending anyway, but I would have felt especially awkward bringing it up during the period when I wasn't prepared to reciprocate -- until I friended you yesterday (when I reopened my LJ for fanfics), I wasn't friending anyone while my LJ was in stasis, sort of as a matter of principle.]