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Since moving to the Commercial Drive area, I've noticed that a lot of the dudes out here like to rock the Morgan Spurlock (of Super Size me) look. There are a lot of dudes with some facial hair and massive sideburns. It's pretty amusing.


Chapters has been weird lately. I think it must be spring as lots of strange people have been coming in to visit.

For example- A guy came in for a book about firearms safety. He reeked of booze.

Kate Beckinsale came in and read some Robert Munsch to her daughter. She is very literate and buys a lot of books. She also has a good looking boyfriend/husband.

Spring must be affecting people in other ways. I rarely get hit on, but in the past week, I've been pursued twice by random strangers. Yesterday a guy came in to Chapters to ask me for coffee. He was really polite about it. Last week, I was followed around twice by a guy who said that he had just arrived about three weeks ago from East Africa. He followed me while I did my errands on the Drive and asked me all sorts of personal questions. I managed to brush off his request for coffee by telling him I was going to dance class.

Him- What sort of dance class?
Me- Middle Eastern.
Him- Are you Middle Eastern?
Me- No, I'm part Chinese.
Him- How come your eyes aren't slits?

ETA- [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] pointed out that I shouldn't be surprised that someone from another culture wondered why my eyes were not "slits". I agree with him. However, I was still somewhat surprised and it was an interesting experience for me on many levels, which is why I chose to share it.
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Speaking of which:

Hi,

Robert Munsch will be reading at the library on Wednesday, May 11 at the
Alice Mackay room at 5:00 pm.

Thanks,

Mari Paz Vera
Community Relations Office
Vancouver Public Library
604 331 4041


a guy who said that he had just arrived about three weeks ago from East Africa...
Him- How come your eyes aren't slits?


How totally surprising that someone from a far-removed and very different part of the world has emerged from a culture that apparently may have considerably different views on what constitutes acceptable public discourse on matters of ethnic/"racial" physical differences.

I mean, it is surprising to hear in Vancouver, The Most Integrated, Multi-Cultural Land In The World, but I'm sure he'll figure out what he's doing wrong within a couple of years.
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Re Kate:

She speaks German, Russan and French.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000295/bio

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