I'm in the same situation, only I'm female. Just started school and have no one I can really talk to, because I suck at striking up friendships with people who haven't been introduced to me by someone else. I have a habit of hiding my real self (which is quite wacky) when I first meet people, which makes me a bit boring.

I was thinking about it this afternoon, I don't think I've made a friend who wasn't introduced to me through someone else since I was 13. My only real consolation is that I fucking rock with some of the people I've recently been introduced to... not that there's any hope of romance from any of them.