To get out without really making contact with others ... try going to the library and reading there. Take a book to the mall and sit in a lounge area and read for a while... or play a game on a cell phone... something to get you out and "in" a crowd without having to interract with the crowd? Do you like sports? Why not go to the local adult softball game or pick up game...sit in the bleachers and watch.... alone but with others...