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Personals See something you like? Respond to an ad! Call: 1·888·652·6385 v m A accepted or 1-900-226-2436, $1.89/min. 18 or older. WOMEN SEEKING MEN BIG DRIVE & EQUIPMENT? You’re around 50 something, ready to live together with lots of servicing each other. I’m sexy, stocky, busty. I need you to be kind, funny & what’s mentioned above. XOXO ☎ 8185 (05/29/2003) MID-LIFE CRISIS! Need some- one to share my good life. Vibrant, soulful, down-to-earth intellectual seeks Mr. (Almost) Perfect. Please be left of center, 53-63 & seeking LTR. NS. ☎ 8180 (05/29/2003) DINNER & A MOVIE? Generic? Yes. But I’ll sit across from you & undress you with my eyes. Let’s find pleasure in the small things. Saturday Market, road trips, cooking, sleeping together, shopping, drinking wine. No commitments, but who knows? ☎ 8173 (05/29/2003) I’M JUST WHAT You never knew you always wanted. Low-key, quirky, stylish, mid-20s, employed non-breeder. Lots of “wants”, not many “needs”. No neurotic, uncul- tured, overcologned losers. NS. NMB!!! ☎ 8171 (05/29/2003) WACKY COUNTRY DWCF Attractive, blonde/blue, average, HWP, 52, healthy, loves travel, country living, cultural activities. ISO NS, 50-60s intelligent gentle- men partner to share life’s adventures. Nature/Animal Lover. ☎ 8125 (05/29/2003) TRANSSEXUAL LOOKING For rich man. Young ts ISO man who wants to be my sugar daddy. ☎ 8086 (05/22/03) YOU’RE A quality person, intel- ligent, compassionate, attractive, affectionate, good communicator, Jewish, stable, w/integrity. I’m pretty, smart, gentle, loving, play- ful, creative, youthful, vegetarian, Friend or more? 40s to early 50s. ☎ 8083 (05/22/03) DANCE PARTNER WANTED ISO companion, 50-60 y.o. 5’9”- 6’2”, HWP. Communication, hon- esty, financially secure, NS, ND, Light Drink. Me: SWF, 5’3”, blonde/brown. Same + out- doors/indoors, movies, cooking, hugs, affectionate. ☎ 8080 (05/22/03) BEAUTIFUL & ASIAN Regular guy who is very attracted to Asian women and always see you but is intimidated by our dif- ferences that may not be so. Show me your beauty. ☎ 8071 (05/22/03) LONELY EUROPEAN Sincere, passionate, educated SWF. Loves dogs, horses, nature. 5’4”, 115 lbs. ISO kind, warm, sincere 48-60 y.o. SWM. ☎ 8077 (05/22/03) SWF, 53, joyful and loving, seeks kind and good man to cor- respond with, then meet if all goes well. ☎ 8076 (05/22/03) CAN WE LIVE WITH? Passion with detachment. Commitment with freedom. No without resentment. Yes without reservation. Few large moments w/many small kindnesses & pleasures. I spent 60 years get- ting here. And you? ☎ 8065 (05/22/03) IRB OR ME WPF mid 40s, looking for intelli- gent, handsome guy. Loves to work out, spiritually connected. I am blonde, athletic, lovely. How about a glass of wine? ☎ 8058 (05/22/03) I MISS CLINTON DWPF, 34, part-time mom, non- conformist, grad student, travel, politically left, Coltrane, dog- lover, historic architecture, trail- riding, artist, 5’11”, blonde. Seeks intelligent conversation, depth, laughter. NS, friends first, LTR. ☎ 7950 (05-15-03) WILDEST DREAMS! Lover, best friend wanted. Honest, adventurous, longer-hair pre- ferred, must be sensual (there’s more than 5 senses), that wants to share being taken beyond this world. 35-48, LTR. ☎ 7945 (05- 15-03) COUNTRY GIRL LOOKING For a country gent. I love danc- ing, indoor & outdoor stuff. I am 5’1”, good shape & would like a 6’ or under gent in good shape. Looking for LTR. ☎ 7942 (05-08- 2003) ROB BREZSNY’S CHRISTIAN LATINA 5’2”, 130 lbs., self-employed, likes exercise, speaks some English, has two daughters. Seeking man 45-55, hardworking, intelligent, honest & likes chil- dren, for serious relationship. ☎ 7918 (05-08-2003) SWPF, HAPPY, physically fit. Seeks meaningful relationship w/SWPM, 38-48. Interests include; outdoor activities, stay- ing fit, travel & quiet nights by the fireplace. Must like animals. ☎ 7912 (05-08-2003) men Seeking woMen NO WEIRDOS PLEASE SWM, 26, student, attractive, fun, slender, poor, happy, entertained. Seeks capable, fit, unmaterialis- tic, cute female confidant for major laughter, friendship, out- door fun, adventure & kicking back. ☎ 8194 (05/29/2003) ANTONIO BANDERAS type seeking educated, P, financially secure woman who enjoy hiking, biking, movies and international cuisine (under age 45). Possible LTR, NS, ND. ☎ 8190 (05/29/2003) VEGETARIAN DWM, 49, 5’7”, dark hair, NS, fit, easygoing, humorous, open- minded. Enjoys hiking, biking, the Oregon Coast, the blues, explor- ing, Scrabble. Seeking similar SWF. Friends first, possible LTR. ☎ 8187 (05/29/2003) BASIC GUY DWM, 60, attractive, 5’8”, 190 lbs. Grey beard, blue eyes. Secure, honest, spiritual, open, romantic, affectionate, casual, spontaneous, humorous. Like simple things; photography, music, reading, movies, short trips. Let’s have fun. ☎ 8183 (05/29/2003) EARTH-CENTERED SPIRITIST. Compassionate, attractive, camp- ing, hiking, sailing, swimming, gardening kind of guy. Values dig- nity over status or wealth. Truth- seeker, desires honesty, trust and equality in relationship. Devoted 1/2-time dad, 38, very fit. Musician, athlete, creatively quirky. Good at follow-thru. Solid job. ☎ 8181 (05/29/2003) YOU’RE LOOKING FOR 46 years young. Fun, loving, self- employed landscaper seeks a petite sweetie 35-49 to enjoy indoor/outdoor adventures. Enjoy music, dancing, camping, fishing... You might be the one baby! ☎ 8124 (05/29/2003) I WANT an attractive SF age 26- 36. I WANT her to have a reason- ably flat tummy, but not be a toothpick. I WANT her to be affectionate, playful, passionate, open-minded & honest. A decent conversationalist with fair social skills who enjoys the outdoors & is herb friendly. A kinky side would also be appreciated. In return, I offer everything “I WANT” & more. LTR even possi- ble. ☎ 8175 (05/29/2003) THE SWEETNESS OF FRIENDSHIP SWM, 39, 5’10”, 240 lbs. Handsome, healthy, happy, strong, athletic, considerate, lov- ing & balanced. Looking for dar- ling companion. Smart, fun, lov- ing, physical, attractive, passion- ate, spiritual woman to explore, enjoy, experience, love. NS. ☎ 8133 (05/29/2003) ALISON I am looking for Alison. Is this Alison Wonder? I wonder? You left armadillo duck message. I missed your number. If you call, I will repay. We can have coffee. ☎ 8122 (05/29/2003) YOUR RED HAIR IS NOT Up for debate & you don’t do debates/dye hair. You’re 5’7” height is debatable because you’re actually 5’7&1/2” & round down. You aren’t preoccupied about hygiene. You’re boot-wear- ing. ☎ 8120 (05/29/2003) WAR RELIEF? Good-natured fellow in need of female companionship for music shows, outdoor (& indoor) activi- ties, or just a nice dinner. I’m 32, fit, open-minded, positive, attrac- tive & green friendly. Corvallis. ☎ 8119 (05/29/2003) ISO 40-55 companion w/simi- lar interest. Me: DWM, uses a power wheelchair, body bad - mind good. Enjoys computers, music, outdoors, nature, movies. Has an attention for detail. ☎ 8088 (05/22/03) LONELY IN LEABURG SWPM, 43, fit, attractive, intelli- gent, sensitive, loving, affection- ate, outdoorsy type. Seeks SWF, 35-48, emotionally & financially stable, fit, attractive for LTR. NS, LD ok. ☎ 8085 (05/22/03) JANE MAGAZINE SAYS Every woman owes herself a fling with an “older gentleman”; find out why! I’m 50ish, fit, sophisti- cated, experienced, easygoing, romantic & fun. ☎ 8084 (05/22/03) WM 42, 5’10”, brown/blue, handsome. Likes outdoors, romantic dinners, funny movies, quiet evenings. Seeks romantic older female, very voluptuous, tall, large, funny, pretty. Be real, be honest. ND. ☎ 8081 (05/22/03) ASIAN WOMEN I’d like to learn about our cultur- al differences & you as a person. If you are a student & would like to go out & enjoy Eugene togeth- er, call. ☎ 8069 (05/22/03) PLACING PERSONALS ads is easy! The first 30 words are FREE, each additional word is $1. Message retrieval is FREE. Call 484-0519, x10 for more details. LOVING LEO man. 50+, well- travelled/read, musical, sensi- tive, poetic, HWP, dark. Seeks HWP, hippie-esque female friend to engage in conversation, din- ner, dance, hikes, humor & love. No War! ☎ 8067 (05/22/03) HEAD-TURNER SINGLE DAD 33, ISO earth conscious/con- nected single mom, 29-37, for potential LTR, playdates, hikes, gardening, playing music, danc- ing, or listening to the silence when all things rest. ☎ 8066 (05/22/03) KIND LOVING HONEST Intelligent, attractive, younger- looking, financially secure SWM (61, 5’9”, 153lbs.) seeks kind woman (any ethnicity). My inter- est include organic gardening, films, music, reading, dancing, conversation, nature walks, spir- ituality, community, ecology, sim- ple living, Mexico vacations & social change. ☎ 8059 (05/22/03) START AT ONE Are you personable & fun, non- judgmental, tomboyish yet lady- like, speak your mind - not just think it, sensual & able to be my friend too? No drama. ☎ 8056 (05/22/03) TICKETS FOR TWO Seeking someone special for an evening of Swing at the Hult on April 19th. Me: 30’s fella is a 30’s throwback. Let’s escape to the Swing Era for an evening. Be my doll. ☎ 7956 (05-15-03) FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Anyone who is in the habit of bestowing gifts and blessings on others is a candidate for sainthood. Generosity is one of the greatest virtues. But there is a related quality that surpasses it: the ability to give without any strings attached, without any expectation of being appreciated or praised for one’s largesse. How’d you like to begin working on a mastery of this demanding skill, Aries? The coming weeks will afford you ripe opportunities. (P.S. For those of you who are polit- ical activists, remember the Dalai Lama’s thought: You should work as hard as you can to reduce suffering and foster justice — accepting that all of your efforts may come to nothing in the end.) TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Who or what will rescue you, Taurus? A divine intervention, perhaps? A sympathetic friend who totally understands you? A teacher who knows exactly what you need at this turning point? I suspect the answer is none of the above. Don’t worry, though, because a brave hero is on the way, primed to provide you with an exit, a solution, and a cure. And who is this great deliverer? For a clue, I give you this poem by Simeon Samuel Frug: “No savior from without can come/ To those that live and are enslaved./ Their own messiah they must be,/ And play the savior and the saved.” GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here’s what I wrote in my journal on an April night 10 years ago: “Ever since I learned to see three sides of every story, I’ve been coming across much better stories.” Here’s what I over- heard from a woman in the grocery store check-out line today: “I’m not saying that truth is always relative, but I have often found it to be fluid, slippery, vagrant, scram- bled, promiscuous, and kaleidoscopic.” And here’s a favorite saying of seminal TV newscaster Art Amadon: “I get my way more often now that I have more than one way.” What else do you need to know to prepare for the upcoming week, Gemini? CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the 1950s, LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): My acquaintance scientists developed methods to synthesize artificial dia- monds in the laboratory. But it’s only recently they have mastered technology that allows them to grow small natu- ral diamonds into bigger ones very quickly and without any flaws. I suggest you make this your operative metaphor in the coming weeks, Cancerian. You’ll be wise to mobilize all your resources as you rapidly expand the part of your life that is most like a diamond. It’s time to expedite the evolu- tion of your valuable beauty. Judith decided to go all out in helping her daughter sell Girl Scout cookies. She filled her garage with cases of all nine varieties in preparation for a marketing onslaught on friends and neighbors. Then one night disaster struck: Raccoons broke in through a hole in the roof and plun- dered the stash. But, while the marauders ripped open boxes of every cookie type, they ate only one: the Samoas, also known as Carmel deLites, which are covered in caramel, sprinkled with toasted coconut, and laced with chocolate stripes. In the coming week, Libra, I urge you to be like those raccoons in this one regard: Unleash your passionate hunger very precisely. Don’t go after what you sorta kinda like; pluck only the treats you long for with all your heart. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): My daughter’s sixth grade class will perform a play this spring, as it has the last five years. The script, an adaptation of a tale from The Arabian Nights, features a magical talking bird as a key character. One of the students, a Leo, asked the teacher not to give her that role, as plum as it is. Why? Because she wants to avoid any further typecasting: She has played the part of a bird in three of the last four class plays. I urge you to con- sider making a similar stand, Leo. You’ll soon be offered a chance to squeeze yourself into a coveted niche you’ve occupied before. I’m not saying you shouldn’t do it; just think long and hard about the baggage that comes with it. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “What if you stum- bled on a person living in the dark, starved, chained, drugged and poisoned?” asks futurist Jay Gary. “You’d turn on the light, unlock his chains and nourish him back to health. That poor soul is the human imagination — yours and mine.” I agree with Gary’s assessment. Our imagina- tions are in bad shape, numbed by the media’s nonstop onslaught of fear-provoking, spin-doctored, soul-killing “information.” The situation is tragic. Imagination is not just a playful capacity we call on when we’re making art, after all. It’s our ability to form mental pictures of things that don’t exist yet; it’s what we use to shape our future. But here’s some good news, Virgo: You now have special power to rehabilitate and reinvigorate your imagination. Get in there and turn on the light, unlock the chains, and nourish it back to health. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Want to get the most out of your upcoming adventures, Scorpio? Then adopt an outlook that combines the objectivity of a scien- tist and the “beginner’s mind” of Zen Buddhism. To pull this off, you’ll have to suspend your theories about the way the world works. Realize that what you’ve learned in the past won’t be a reliable guide to understanding current events. Be skeptical of your biases, even the benevolent ones. Try to see the naked truth, stripped of the interpreta- tions that your emotions might be inclined to impose. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s time to purify your intentions, Sagittarius; time to make sure that you love what you love and seek what you seek for only the best reasons. For inspiration, memorize this poem by the eighth-century Sufi mystic poet, Rabia: “I carry a torch in one hand/ And a bucket of water in the other:/ With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven/ And put out the flames of Hell/ So that no one worships God/ for fear of hell or greed of heaven.” CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You don’t realize how fertile you are, Capricorn. Nor can you possibly comprehend how much more fecund you will become in the coming weeks. That’s why it’s so lucky you WANTED: BASIC GIRLFRIEND For good guy, attractive too. You be real person, casual, honest, attractive, romantic, spiritual, NS. I’m DWM, 60, Med ht/wt, gray/blue, secure. Call me... Start slow? ☎ 7955 (05-15-03) ABOUT 50, adventuresome, active, HWP, herb friendly, IQ over 140, introspective & young at heart. Enjoy: biking, camping, dancing, festivals, gardening, gourmet food & wine, movies, OCF & the outdoors. ☎ 7954 (05- 15-03) SEEKING SOMEONE playful to life. I am very physical; exer- cise, swimming, tai-chi, dynamic, vital, value home life, unique, col- orful, earring & bangles, artistic. 55, 156 lbs. LTR? ☎ 7940 (05-08- 2003) MUTUAL RESPECT SWM, 40, very good father, con- siderate, reliable, smart, leftist politics, nice smile, vasectomy, no STDs. Enjoy reading, cooking, hik- ing. I prefer tall, smart, inde- pendent woman to explore an honest relationship based on friendship & kindness. NS. BLIND BOX: MUTUAL RESPECT. ☎ 7939 (05-08-2003) WHERE ARE YOU? SWM, 24, tall, soft-spoken, open- minded. Love talking, movies & getting to know new people. ISO SF, 18-26, petite, ND. Friends first. Possible LTR. ☎ 7922 (05- 08-2003) NON-LOSER MUSICIAN TYPE 36, 1/2 time daddy to Dramma, 3. Inventor/thinker/doer, Pisces, handsome. ISO educated, talent- ed, caring, spontaneous, goal- oriented, strong libido, serious. Not rich yet, but... ☎ 7915 (05-08- 2003) MASSAGE, SEX? YOUR CHOICE. Free time, wanting good sex? Thin girls 27-50 preferred. Photos, massage, soft bondage, nipple play, great sex, your choice. Handsome, mature, in LTR. Discreet only. Eves, week- ends. ☎ 7898 (05-08-2003) Week of April 17 have tuned in to this horoscope. Just in time, I am alerting you to your awesome generative power, ensuring that you will be very thoughtful and discriminating about which seeds you sow. About six months from now, therefore, you will most certainly harvest great big beautiful fruits, not great big ugly weeds. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): To those living in the Northern Hemisphere, the North Star is the second most important star. Also known as Polaris or Pole Star, it is always directly overhead all night long. Compared to the other stars, which come and go, it’s a bastion of stability. Throughout history, it served as a bea- con aiding the navigation of sailors. That’s why it became a symbol for a homing signal or guiding principle. Synonyms for “polestar” include focal point, gist, marrow, pivot, root, and crux. In your own life, Aquarius, what is the metaphorical equivalent of the North Star? According to the astrological omens, it’s time to make adjustments and do upkeep in your relationship with that hub. (For those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, your equivalent is Sigma Octantis.) PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Early in his career, Robert Bly rarely wrote love poetry, though he studied the work of others who did. As he aged, he stopped reading the angst-ridden ruminations of modern poets and sought out the ecstatic love poetry of mystics like Rumi and Kabir. Increasingly, forgiveness and compas- sion became central aspects of Bly’s emotional repertoire. His rage about his own past romantic disappointments dissipated. In his mid-forties, he wrote Loving a Woman in Two Worlds, his first collection of love poetry. A critic in the New York Times Book Review said it wasn’t a real book of love poems, because there wasn’t enough hatred and anger in it. To which I say: Ha! Your assignment this week, Pisces, is to write a love poem and think love thoughts from which all hate and anger have been purged. Homework: Brag about the lies you love the best. Write: www.freewillastrology.com You can call Rob Brezsny, day or night, for your EXPANDED WEEKLY HOROSCOPE: 1 - 9 0 0 - 9 5 0 - 7 7 0 0 • $1.99 per minute • Touchtone phone 18 & over • c/s 612-373-9785 38 APRIL 17, 2003
