well I would love to tell you what to do but im about as hooped as you the only thing i can really say is, if you have a couple friends that just ooze confidence (in life in generaL) even if you don't like them that much or you find them annoying, hang around them a little more often and the confidence that they have in themselves will rub off on you.
For the random meeting thing the one thing i have found is that the key to all of it is when you first notice each other, once you catch her looking at you or you looking at her you have about a 10 second window to make your move (whether its a wink, smile, introduction...) and after that you shot is gone because in those ten seconds she is mentally putting a read on you by what she sees (posture, confidence, how you are around those near you), and you have that amount of time to break up that mind process and leave her questioning herself on how she read you. Another one is once you have introduced yourself once that conversation has happened and you have gone back to your respecatable spots in the bar, forget about her cause if she sees or catches you looking at her she knows that shes in your head and is either going to play hard to get or is going to wait for you to make the move.
the only reason i know this is for the last 10 months i have been helping out dj's at a bar i used to bounce at and we would always get the girls up to request songs, they would introduce themselves give their request and leave. and i would just go back to doing what i was doing talking with the dj, making fun of the bartenders over the mic, laughing at no-rythem-males who are dancing etc. So i always looked like i had alterior things going whenever i was watching someone in the bar.
but then again if you read my problem in here... I don't know shit so, take whatever it for what its worth.
And IW8 you are really starting to remind me of myself on these situations. And im glad i have someone like you to help me cause i have been able to help out all kinds of friends with their girl issues but as soon as it comes down to me (IM FUCKD) and i think its because when it comes to thinking about others there is no emotion in it, its all knowlegde or experience. EMOTION fucks everything up horribly.
There that is my speach for the day hope it was helpful, if it wasn't then im just a babbeling canadian that doesn't know shit. either way it occupied a bit of time before i have to get ready for work. Thanks for listening and i hope this helps someone.