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Nice suming up by cavebear 
I'm like paiktis; an unwilling extrovert.
I used to be a complete loner, shunning people in favour of my own thoughts. Unlike cavebear, I didn't even have the grace to let people know I could be a nice guy. I'm naturally gifted in looking wierd and threatening, so it was never hard to get people to go away. 
Then when I got to this university, a bunch of well-presented, sociable, and I guess you'd say 'popular' people just started following me around.
For some reason none of the usual ploys - rudely ignoring them, evil body odour, appearance that would embarrass a tramp - made them leave me alone. They kept dragging me into new social situations when even I wouldn't have been seen dead with me.
As a result I actually ended up developing some social skills. (To give you some idea - someone had to teach me that 'eye contact' referred to looking someone in the eyes. Such a strange idea...) And now, a couple of years on, I find myself acting the extrovert, hanging out, chatting easily with total strangers, even being centre of attention in a group and quite liking it.
I still enjoy being on my own, and I could probably still go weeks without any human contact, quite happily. But I'm starting to quite like people. I'm even thinking about experimenting with the whole relationship thing. Before, it always seemed far too intimate to be tolerable.
Ah, but at least I still have the internet to come and express my wierd side.
MRT,
Life can be awfully strange, but you can find enjoyment in the path it takes you down at almost any time. If you can't express yourself socially right now then you can become absorbed in the other things that interest you, which may well stand you in better stead later on. And I'm certain that you'll meet lots of people at college.
I'm like paiktis; an unwilling extrovert.
I used to be a complete loner, shunning people in favour of my own thoughts. Unlike cavebear, I didn't even have the grace to let people know I could be a nice guy. I'm naturally gifted in looking wierd and threatening, so it was never hard to get people to go away. Then when I got to this university, a bunch of well-presented, sociable, and I guess you'd say 'popular' people just started following me around.
For some reason none of the usual ploys - rudely ignoring them, evil body odour, appearance that would embarrass a tramp - made them leave me alone. They kept dragging me into new social situations when even I wouldn't have been seen dead with me.As a result I actually ended up developing some social skills. (To give you some idea - someone had to teach me that 'eye contact' referred to looking someone in the eyes. Such a strange idea...) And now, a couple of years on, I find myself acting the extrovert, hanging out, chatting easily with total strangers, even being centre of attention in a group and quite liking it.
I still enjoy being on my own, and I could probably still go weeks without any human contact, quite happily. But I'm starting to quite like people. I'm even thinking about experimenting with the whole relationship thing. Before, it always seemed far too intimate to be tolerable.
Ah, but at least I still have the internet to come and express my wierd side.
MRT,
Life can be awfully strange, but you can find enjoyment in the path it takes you down at almost any time. If you can't express yourself socially right now then you can become absorbed in the other things that interest you, which may well stand you in better stead later on. And I'm certain that you'll meet lots of people at college.
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