A social circle from scratch: can it be done?
So... after that debacle with my non-girl, I decided that it's time to actually get a life and be more social, and ultimately find a real girlfriend. Meet new people (including girls haha), and being generally able to hold my ground in common social situations.
Problem is... I kinda don't know where to start, because right now I have no real friends, only my college classmates and a couple more people, and only one female acquaintance! (my only girl classmate) So I need to extend my social circle somehow, and I was hoping you could give me some tips.
Further background: I go to college kinda far from where I live (going back and forth everyday, buses ftw), and pretty far away from all my classmates, which has prevented me from hanging out with them outside class. Plus, I just realized I don't know anyone in my home town! I used to know my high school mates, but we've all gone our separate ways now. Since I'm pretty much a stranger in my town, and you need partners to do most of the "hanging out" stuff like going to bars or cinemas or whatever, over the past few years my life has been college-home-shopping... kinda lame, yeah.
To get this running: how do I actually get to know new people? And where are the girls? xD I know the 2nd question is dumb, but it seems everywhere I go I only see and talk to guys. Seriously. >_>
Time to stop complaining when there is no reason to. Life's good, man.