There are usually tons of clubs and stuff in high school. My favorite was boy scouts, the Adventure-oriented Explorer's Post. We had weekly meetings and once a month spent a weekend rock climbing or canoing or just hiking.
You don't just wait for people to come talk to you. You join your energies with theirs and contribute to some common cause. You just have to find one that appeals to you. The Explorer Post was great because it took a lot of teamwork to get a camp running smoothly and set up to do these adventure sports. I had some fun in college with Habitat for Humanity. Whether you make close friends in these activities or not, you are relieving pressure from having to be with your other friends 24-7.
A club I have attended recently is a juggling club. It is fun because I can hang out with other jugglers and learn new tricks and also I am learning to pass so I can "play" with other jugglers. I think learning a performance art is great because when you perform you are putting yourself out in front of people and giving them the gift of your talents. When you are so generous as this, everyone naturally wants to talk to you.
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~Lauxa~
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