Green Drinks, tomorrow Aug 15, 2007 from 5.45pm onwards at Steamworks next to Waterfront Station Vancouver. For more info about Green Drinks go to:

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From the Green Drinks Crew, Christina, Rika and Lyda

Yes, I posted about this ages ago, and then...I did nothing. Sigh, am I a slug? Yes :) Actually, I am more like a bear, or a bat. I prefer to hibernate in the winter.

So, am I still into doing this? Maybe. I heard that someone was doing one on Tuesdays at a cafe downtown, but I never went by. I wonder if they are still meeting there? The thing is, in the winter, I prefer to be home in my snug living room on a rainy night that taking the bus anywhere. Yes, I am somewhat of a slug :)

I love what I see on ChangeEverthing - and I've only just started. Bren.

I have to say that Vancouver is not always as friendly a place as other parts of BC.  There's the urban cool, smileless expression (usually accompanied by a cellphone, the urban tool for deterring spontaneous, in-person conversation and to imply an impossibly busy life) that so many people have, especially downtown.  

However, I think I've cracked the code.  Two words (prepare yourself, they're a little 'woo woo Vancouver') - smile therapy.  An Islander friend of mine was visiting me a few months ago and observed how I rarely noticed strangers, period.  I was aghast - I never used to be like this!  I remembered back six years ago when I moved into my first apartment in Vancouver (after eight years on the Island) and struck fear into the heart of my young Kitsilano neighbour for having the audacity to spontaneously introduce myself.  I think she thought I was crazy or on something...

I want to connect with people, I want to look people in the eye and smile, but somehow I find that I don't. Why is that? Is it the anonymity of big cities? Is it that I worry people will think I'm being a 'guy' and not just being friendly? Is it being lost in thoughts of my own?

Do people like being looked at, is it perceived as intrusive?