I hope you saw my response on the main board about this, but we used to have JOURNAL BUDDIES before... Infact it is US who stareted them.. other boards copied US.
BUT
We found that after a time, that the members were not emailling their journal buddies, and wasn't fair for those who were serious about it.
As well we had a few problems with some not wanting to journal with some etc....
So we leave it up to you now to POST UP that your looking for BUDDIES and I am sure that others will join you.
HUGS
Zoo