A social outing I had

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I went to a party of one of my brother's scoutmasters today. I hung out for 5 hours and a half, which is GREAT for me!

Sure, it was exhausting, but I learned a few "social tricks" that I'd like to impart:

1) IF you don't know anyone at the party (as was the case for me), hang around and wait until you pick up a conversation that you can join in. Try not to monopolize your time with someone. If they go to talk to someone else, it probably means you've been yammering on for too long and Mr. NT over there has lost interest.
2) There are the inner circle of friends and the outer circle of friends, especially if your a 14-year-old, like my brother is. My brother was wondering why he can't play video games with his friends when there are a lot around. I came to the conclusion that he was in the host's outer circle of friends, meaning he's just on the periphery. This means that he'll, and most get to watch them play video games. Whereas, if he in in the inner circle of friends, he would be able to play the video games.
3) IF you get too overwhelmed, find a nice quiet corner/area to sit in and "recharge yourself" for the next conversation.
4) Stand/sit as far away as you can from loudmouths. I happened to be around one, and it made me think she was VERY angry, even though she wasn't; she was just loud!

Good advice. Yeah, I hate loud people too.
One problem I have with socialising is I'll plan what to say in advance but when it comes time to be social I'd forget about everything, but eventually I'll remember a few things I planned to say. It's just that for a few minutes I'd be blank.