Making friends is easy. I use to be just like you guys. I stayed in the house most of the time because after having some bad relationships with friends and girlfriends, I just said fuck it and didn't want to be bothered. Not that there's anything wrong with choosing to stay alone, because I love the extra time I had to dedicate myself to my hobbies, but eventually you're going to want some people to hang with. Oh yeah.

So, I did this. Since I was into games, anime, and whatnot, I went to what I would consider "hot spots" and engaged in conversations with people I saw there. I like DDR, so I hung around the DDR machine at an arcade and met some people there. I like to read manga, so I met some people at the bookstore who were scanning the manga section. Myspace is also good for meeting new people with similar interests. Anime conventions are, too.

I'm 22 now but I was 21 when I decided I had enough of being isolated. So I just went out and made friends, most of them I still have today. It was difficult at first because I was nervous, but just push yourself to say the first word and everything else will take care of itself.

It's not difficult to make friends. You don't have to be alone. You have a mouth, go out and use it. There are too many damn people out there to be sitting around lonely.