First off, on the blogs. There are for ways four ways to obtain blog privileges. (Tier 2 supporter or higher, 5000 posts, staff member, or deemed to have blog abilities by staff) From the looks of things, you can't have one, sorry to rain on that parade. :B
I... don't friend people right away, it's just an erk against random requests, but we'll see what happens in the future. And thanks, by the way.
Hopefully that answers your questions. XD