What is a good way to introduce yourself to somebody?

What is a good way to introduce yourself to somebody and have a good first conversation? I am a little shy but I want to be friends with this person at my school but I'm not sure how to have a good first conversation.

hello and welcome . do you listen to freetalklive ? there is alot of info on their site and good topics to talk about !

I think that's a spambot.

even so, a valid question.

I'm wicked shy too, and sometimes when I meet someone I find it so hard to come up with things to just chit chat about.  Sometimes the other person will notice my social awkwardness and bring up questions for me.  Sometimes it's like I can't find anything more than one word answers to those questions.

Is this a person you're possibly interested in romantically?

If it's a spambot, what is it spamming?  His empty Twitter channel?

Walker, please introduce yourself as per our forum's policy.

I'm saying it's a spambot because it's the one and only post and it's completely off topic, other than it's in a section called "Introductions".  Seems like a bot.