> Conversation shmonversation. All conversation in my and any neighboring generations of mine is about anyway is the opposite sex. "Did you go out with him?" "Ohhh, he's so HOT!" "Did you see that girl's..." etc. So don't worry about being involved in conversation. No one wants to get involved in the deep kind anyway. Too much work for them.
> ri "ramble ramble ramble!" a

I don't make friends well with people my own age, but I do make friends well with people older than myself. It doesn't bug me much, and I expect the age difference to flatten out as time goes on. But anyway, what ria mentioned above is incredibly common and entirely stupid. Because of my odd class schedule, I don't need to hang around school during the short lunch break, so I never do. There are only two possible conversations at a highschool lunch table, it seems. First, guys will compete to think up the most puerile, degrading, uninteresting sexual acts possible. There's no rescuing a conversation from this, so usually it's best just to leave. Second, the people at the table will pick a random person to criticize every facet of their life; the only qualification is that the person cannot be there to defend themselves. I hate this second one with a passion, and have never to participate in one in my life. This type of conversation can be sidetracked to something interesting with a little skill.

That's one of the reasons I love my youth group and RinkChat--we can actually talk the way it should be done.

gabby