Here's my newest conundrum about school. I've been tossed into a group of people that I've only known for two weeks (with a couple of exceptions.) After being around them for two weeks, there are a few that I'd like to get to know better - that I think would make good friends or study group members or whatever. But here's my problem - how do I go about that? I admit that I'm a social idiot, but I do know enough to know that by the time you get to medical school, you don't just go up to somebody with a note that says, "Will you be my friend? Check yes or no."

Right now, I'm kind of testing the "hang around semi-incessantly" technique, but I'm wondering, am I being leech-y? Do people want to say, "Shoo fly!"?

I generally think of myself as annoying and non-interesting, as a rule (since most of the time, I'll say something that I think is funny and everyone looks at me like I have two heads) so I don't know how to go about making a few good friends here. And I think a few good friends in my class would be a really valuable thing.

[off-key singing] Why am I such a miiiiiis-fiiiiiit ... [/singing]

After that horrible musical interlude, I should mention that there's a column about my blog in a major state newspaper today (not the Herald Disgrace.) It's all about me, me, meeeeeeee! I'd link it, but it has my last name and stuff. Still, it makes me happy. *waves to visitors from the Newspaper Which Shall Not Be Named*