YES Terminator is the only movie I watch, I am going to go out and get glasses with a video screen on the inside so I can watch Terminator all the time and also I want a machine to hook it up to my brain when I sleep!
I've been in NJ for well over a year and don't have anyone in the state I'd consider a "friend." Same thing, I have some coworkers but they're either really, really bizarre or just sit around and watch football and yell about football. Nothing I'm too into.
Jodie has some friends from her days of college at Montclair, so it's a little awkward when she wants to make plans because it basically means I'll be sitting home for the night. I want her to go out and she still does, but that's the reality.
I tried meetup but when you live close to NYC all of those things that help you meet people become so horribly clogged with 5000 DJ parties that it's hard to know what's decent.
There's a college a few blocks away, we've considered just finding a commons or dining hall and just making conversation. But then we'd have college friends... and that probably wouldn't work out.
This is a tough situation that I'm all too familiar with. Honestly, it's a combination of luck, being available, and continuing to meet folks. Kickboxing is definitely a great start and meeting Pete's coworkers might lead to some opportunities as well.
Here's how I met some my Bay Area friends: - Part of a "just-graduated" mailing list at Yahoo; got to meet a lot of younger folks that way - Found another RIT grad working closeby at Yahoo through a mutual connection on Facebook (who might've been you, come to think of it) - Lived in a house with 2 crazy roommates, and 1 sane roommate. Moved out and shared an apartment with the sane one. I don't recommend this approach. - Went to a Penguins - Sharks game in San Jose with a bunch of fellow Pens fans from a message board a I frequent. Surprisingly, people on the internet are real people!
Good luck!
(Good to see you posting! Your opening sentence cracked me up :)
Making new friends is by far the crappiest part about moving to a new place. I've had to do this twice since college, and there's a couple things that seemed to work both times
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Jodie has some friends from her days of college at Montclair, so it's a little awkward when she wants to make plans because it basically means I'll be sitting home for the night. I want her to go out and she still does, but that's the reality.
I tried meetup but when you live close to NYC all of those things that help you meet people become so horribly clogged with 5000 DJ parties that it's hard to know what's decent.
There's a college a few blocks away, we've considered just finding a commons or dining hall and just making conversation. But then we'd have college friends... and that probably wouldn't work out.
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Here's how I met some my Bay Area friends:
- Part of a "just-graduated" mailing list at Yahoo; got to meet a lot of younger folks that way
- Found another RIT grad working closeby at Yahoo through a mutual connection on Facebook (who might've been you, come to think of it)
- Lived in a house with 2 crazy roommates, and 1 sane roommate. Moved out and shared an apartment with the sane one. I don't recommend this approach.
- Went to a Penguins - Sharks game in San Jose with a bunch of fellow Pens fans from a message board a I frequent. Surprisingly, people on the internet are real people!
Good luck!
(Good to see you posting! Your opening sentence cracked me up :)
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