Bubble binge.

San Jose to me seems like an untouched bubble that has everything. It has hundred of cultures, provides several venues for entertainment, arts, sports, technology, nightlife--- the whole nine. As much as I want to believe that it has everything, it hasn't fully lived up to that potential in my eyes. I enjoy it for the positives, but absolutely loathe it for the slow social-network growth potential. This could be my fault.

Ever since I got back from Santa Cruz, being home has been different to me in the social aspect. I am no longer meeting new people, or exchanging numbers or hello's to new faces from different places. I rarely get excited anymore at new faces-- not because I don't, but more so because I haven't had the opportunity. I want to meet new people again and learn from them and all the amazing things they are capable of doing. I want to listen to perspectives, swim in commonalities, and stare blankly during disagreements. I want more from this space. I want to refund monotony in exchange for the discomfort of meeting new people and placing myself in awkward situations. I want that more than ever. I enjoy the comfort of home but absolutely in love with unfamiliar spaces.

Call this my manifest destiny [despite the negative historical undertone that that word concocts].

I haven't been able to meet new people lately. Sure, it is quite simple to join organizations, but what about time? Several questions could stem from this, and 'but's' or 'if's' could fittingly become pressing excuses. Joining networks could be very simple and could even require more work into narrowing down preferences, it's a matter of my co-operation and effort to find this space I'm in search of.

So tell me, where are my social networks? And what are my options?
Where do I find this space?
What is life really like after college in the social atmosphere?
Shit, do I have to buy into a book club or something? (that would be fun though.. =p) But really, if I want to meet new people, I don't want to be in a space where alcohol releases inhibitions and first impressions rot. I want to know people for who they are in a different atmosphere where later, once I get comfortable with them--- then we can get painfully drunk together (don't be strayed, this isn't a "where can I find new friends who I can get drunk with" search--- it's just out of curiosity).

I'm just curious, that's all.