Semi Adult

One of the main problems with starting a new job (other than the whole working thing) is making friends. Let me be clear up front - people love me and line up to be graced by my friendship, but when you enter a new environment you have to put in a little work upfront to make sure you get associated with the cool kids and don’t accidentally end up at happy hour with the people who like talking about work and their kids. It’s important to identify someone who is friends with all the good looking, fun, party people but who you know that you’re ultimately cooler than, it’s a science really. The problem is ensuring that you don’t seem creepy when you’re trying to befriend these people. Generally speaking you need to find a common ground or better yet a joke that bonds you together, however; you need to ensure that the joke translates into friendship before you beat the joke to death. Sadly, I’m at the point of beating a joke to death. I have my eye on a friend prospect and we bonded over a joke about Razor cellphones so now every time I see her I bring up the Razor….it lost its humor about 10 mentions ago. I’ve never  been in this situation before. I was at my last job for so long, I had all the friends I needed and had to put a sign on my door saying “not accepting friend applications”, now I’m suddenly that girl who says “we should grab a drink sometime” so often that people definitely think I have a boozing problem. They’re going to be sorry when they see me at the holiday party tonight in a bathing suit, with my dance crew and my own private VIP area.