Is it normal to add someone on facebook you met once a year ago?

It's normal to want to but if you are worried that this person will misinterpret your intentions, you shouldn't add them.

it kind of screams "needy! alone! desperate!" oh, and "kind of lame!!" but you can make a friend if you try it. have you already?

I would add them, its not weird at all. Like other people said what have you got to lose?

Why do you want to add them? You haven't mentioned why.

In my opinion you've left it bizarrely late. Send them a message with the friend request and say "Hey, not sure if you remember me, but I was reminiscing about that time ages ago and suddenly remembered you. Thought I'd add you!" or something along those lines, obviously mentioning the actual situation you met them in, and don't say you've been stalking them on facebook.

I mean you have no mutual friends and no real relationship of any kind, so you don't really have anything to lose.

I would try it and if they ask, explain to them why you added them. I see zero harm being done by that.

I'm not going to vote, but I did this once. She asked me who I was and I said I didn't know but she looked familiar. She accused me of being a creeper and that was that.

But nothing ventured nothing gained I suppose.