At least you get to go to parties, I don't. I rarely get to socialize at all.
Usually being in a similar predicament I understand what you're saying, but I haven't yet found a way around it really, just that life tends to throw things at me that make me forget about it for a while like having to move home, running out of money (debt rapidly approaching five figures with only 75p in the bank), or health problems (the worst of which is now medicated).
I did write a book though, maybe you could try writing too. It doesn't matter if it's good or not or whether you intend to publish it at the end, it kills time quite well. You could even recycle something you invented before and loosely base a book on it if you're stuck for ideas. I reused characters from a book I wrote years ago... For you, I don't know, perhaps you could adapt A.Dream somehow? Who knows.
Part of the problem is probably that most of the Vinyl you own has terrible music on it, I mean who the hell listens to Pink Floyd? For heaven's sake.
Hoarding records myself, but certainly none of that stuff, mine are things like Jennifer Rush and if I'm in a more energetic mood, Megatronic... Hang on, aren't soppy Ballads and cheap Eurodance technically worse? Ah... I guess this is subjective.
Also, if it means anything, me and my best friend have very little in common. You don't have to share many interests with someone to end up being friends or even to have an interesting discussion. Our opinions often differ greatly and debating them is mentally stimulating; I'm right wing, he's left wing. I like death metal, he dislikes it. The same goes for most things, but we've been friends for 9 years now.