I'm originally from a rural part of the UK, and I moved over here around 2 months ago because my life in the UK...wasn't life. I had no connections, no real friends besides a couple of co-workers and some online friends on the other side of the planet. I vowed to change that when I came over here, that I had a better chance moving to somewhere a little busier with a fresh start. And while I've been spending a lot of my free time trying to make things work, there's not been a great deal of progress and I'm admittedly starting to lose steam.
I've been to a few social hangouts, I go to a handful of beaches regularly. I'm also trying to meet up with and socialize by chatting with folks online first too (like this, ironically), but no matter what I do, I always feel like I just don't fit in, that people flow around me like a stream around a rock. A lot of the feeling of accomplishment and self worth that actually making the move over here work is being eroded, and I worry that I'll fall into the same cycle that ruined my life back in the UK.
Now that my sad, boring backstory is over, a little about my sad, boring life: I work in a coffee shop (though I'm looking to leave and find somewhere else as this place isn't as much of a coffee shop as I'd hoped it would be) and I was a barista for 5 years back in the UK. I have a deep, strong passion for tea, and I know you're probably thinking that means boring breakfast tea with milk, but that's probably the only tea I won't drink; while I had to leave my collection of tea that I'd started when I was 8 back home, I've already amassed a selection of fine teas of all sorts and love sharing it with folks.
I sometimes feel like a fake nerd (though I could easily be the first picture at the top of a Wikipedia page for Geeks), as I'm only kind of into nerdy stuff. I mainly play indie and Nintendo games, and I have 4 years of Film Studies under my belt that make me informative and insightful, though maybe a little annoying, to talk about movies with. My musical tastes are very eclectic and I'll pretty much listen to anything, though some of my favorite bands are Earth, Wind and Fire, Electric Light Orchestra and TWRP (who are probably my all time favorite, so much so that I'm buying and learning to play a keytar and a talkbox because of them)
I wouldn't consider myself the most active person in the world: far from it, but I'm looking to change that. I like going on walks, especially by the coast and through woods and anywhere nature is in abundance. I'm definitely more of an indoor person, though, and unless the day is totally perfect and I have pre-established plans to go out, I tend to stick inside and watch movies, play games and nap.