The people...
I'm trying to make new friends here on LJ... it's exciting, I'm looking forward knowing someone besides people I have to work with. There's only one problem, I'm afraid it'll end before it even starts. It's the usual story really, I get excited about something, I paint this wonderful picture but then I chicken out at the last second. That's the trouble with the internet, once you turn off your computer, that world no longer exists (well, it does, but not for you) .. people can't reach you, you start to feel like you just imagined everything and hide away in your little cave for the rest of your life, instead of meeting those people. That's the thing. I'm just no good being myself around other people, at first anyway. I even met my boyfriend over the internet (by chance) .. frankly, I haven't made friends with anybody in 'real life' since I was back in high school. Even then, friends isn't exactly the most accurate term.
How are you supposed to make friends anyway, if you just moved to a new place? You can't just walk up to somebody on the street with a grin on your face, saying, "Oi mate, lets be friends, waddaya say?' ... well - you can, but risk being spit at.
I tried going to pubs etc on my own, but not particularly handsome men try to pick me up, and that's not what i need either. ...what else; art galleries - check, parks - check, libraries - check... Check and fail.
It's not like I look like a troll or smell like one, for that matter.
How are you supposed to make friends anyway, if you just moved to a new place? You can't just walk up to somebody on the street with a grin on your face, saying, "Oi mate, lets be friends, waddaya say?' ... well - you can, but risk being spit at.
I tried going to pubs etc on my own, but not particularly handsome men try to pick me up, and that's not what i need either. ...what else; art galleries - check, parks - check, libraries - check... Check and fail.
It's not like I look like a troll or smell like one, for that matter.