Hey man, thanks for responding. :) I may not be able to give you a long message right now because work starts in ten minutes, but I wanted to acknowledge your response.

Yeah, you know, I think you're right. It's exposure that we need. But also it sounds like you're not entirely comfortable even with that ("people looking at me strange for being alone"). I totally understand, it's the same way with me too, except for me it's not the loneliness but the ugliness and existential horribleness. At least in the city I feel like I can be a face in the crowd, and I like that. What city do you live near? I'd love to move to New York (closest city to me), but it's so damn expensive. And I guess I'm scared. I've never supported myself before, and as of now I still can't.

I'm still looking for new jobs, but it's a tough mixture of lack of motivation and social anxeity right now. What field are you in? I doubt I could help, but who knows, maybe I can. :P

Anyway, thanks for the help, and sorry this response was written so quickly, but I've got to go. Hope to hear back from you later. If you're close, maybe we can ride bikes sometime. :)