very good thread
since you seem to be pretty shy, the best thing for you would be to start participating in some local forum about some hobby or whatever you are at least a little bit interested in. At some point they will organise a forum meeting. You just need to go and let it flow. There will be quite few people so its not like you must talk.... If there is someone who suits you, it will prolly just happen from itself
another thing, since you are a chick, find a boyfriend and start going out with his company, there should be some other girls too. Once you find few, it will start to flow naturally, because around them you will meet other people, and so on and so on.....
How to find a boyfriend? Well it will be awkard to go to a night club alone, but a bar is perfectly fine. Just dress sexy go for a drink and wait for someone to start hitting on you........dont play hard, remember you are desperate
