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Classifieds SHARE APT. Spacious, 2-bdrm, 2-bath with a quiet, mature les- bian. W/D, bus line. Woman pre- ferred. NS, NA, ND. $350/mo. $200 deposit. 729-8385 1 BDRM for rent. South hills. $235/mo. First, last, $200 deposit. We smoke, NP. Must be stable, mature and gay friendly. 687-1382, Debbie or Gina. BEAUTIFUL GODDESS household by river bike path with yard, flowers, trees, fireplace. $350/mo + 1/2 utilities. Women preferred. NS, ND. 607-7203. S. EUGENE room to rent. House to share, wood floors, piano, semi-veg. NS. Celeste, 686-1574. David, 484-0621. ROOMMATE WANTED to share 2-bdrm house near Waldorf School. $675/mo. Available Sept. 1st. 24 yr. old music student with piano. Clean, responsible, and mature. Leave a message at 242- 1048 anytime. FRIENDLY ST. area. Quiet, veg- etarian, NS, peaceful, clean, mature, stable. Large rooms, fire- place, wood floors. $325/mo. +. 9/1? Long-term. 683-4526. NICELY FURNISHED room. In vintage house, antiques. Share large kitchen. Includes utilities. Linens. Shared bath. $350/mo. Private bath $400/mo. 344-2234. NEAR UO. Share 4-bdrm, 2 bath duplex. $350, $335, $325/mo.+ 1/4 utilities, deposit. W/D, garage, yard, bus. 953-6982. 3-BDRM HOUSE. Utilities included. $275/mo, first, last, dep. NS, NP. 461-6748. Call after 3pm. ROOM IN beautiful home with private entrance, private bath in exchange for 15 hrs/wk of evening child care for active, adorable 4 yr. old girl. You must be friendly, firm, energetic, with good references, no criminal his- tory. 342-5591. Car required. ROOMS IN house on 40 acres 15 min. outside of Eugene. Shared vegetarian kitchen and organic gardens. Women pre- ferred, but open. No pets. Call 344-1469. Leave message for Jeff. SEEKING FUN, eco, tidy, finan- cially dependable housemate to share beautiful home with hot tub. $300/mo. 484-3783. FURNISHED PRIVATE bed- room. Quiet, fun, home to share in SE Eugene. For mature, dependable person. Close to UO, LCC, bus route. $360/mo, incl. utils. Kristi at 912-9825. PRIVATE DETACHED bedroom, share bath and vegetarian kitchen with one other. Beautiful, unique, hot tub, W/D, private phone, organic garden, Friendly neighbor- hood. No dogs, cigarettes. $350/mo. + 1/2 util. 683-7957. ALL AREAS-Roommate.com. Browse hundreds of online list- ings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit: www.Roommate.com. (AAN CAN) Rentals Wanted RPENTER PLUS environmen- tal science teacher and family seeks 3-4 bdrm house to rent. would consider maintenance and improvements. Contact via email: tgrumanmccoey@hotmail.com Nissan ARIES 1999 ALTIMA GXE. 4 door, CD, loaded, 69k miles, auto. $7,500. Great car! 686-0216. SELL YOUR CAR with our awe- some Auto ad package. $30 gets you 3 weeks of ads plus a FREE photo. Call Eugene Weekly at 484-0519. Volkswagen Buick FREE WILL . ASTROLOGY Week of August 7 ROB BREZSNY’S (March 21-April 19): Fifty years ago prophets believed we’d all be working no more than 32 hours a week by now. Some predicted we’d have as many as 220 days off a year, devoting just 145 to earning our daily bread. What went wrong? Most of us are putting in more hard labor than our grandparents did. But if you want to be faithful to current astrological mandates, Aries, you will spend the next few weeks doing every- thing you can to bring your life into closer alignment with the old prophecy. The naked fact of the matter is that you need more playtime. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “You may 1991 SKYLARK 4-door sedan. 2.5L, Automatic, Cruise, power steering, A/C, power windows and locks. Includes forward and reverse gears. AM/FM Cassette. 130K, Runs well, 30+ highway mpg. Minor dents, rust. Very reli- able car. Not just a car, but a lifestyle for only $1,495 OBO. 484-0519 x13 day or 683-3851 eve. Mercedes 1986 420 SEL. 91k miles. Excellent condition. $8,500. 541- 670-8843 or 541-672-8429. 1990 SYNCRO Adventurewagen Camper. 150K, needs owner looking for adven- ture. Rebuilt engine, tranny. $12K, OBO, 342-6886 1984 VW QUANTUM. 5-speed wagon. Low miles. Excellent con- dition. Power all. Sunroof. Super buy at $1,500. 345-0207. FREE 1 WEEK DIAPER SERVICE Pay for 8 weeks and receive 1 week free! $45 for 4 Weeks 70 diapers delivered each week New Customers only Only One Coupon Per Customer 3165 Gateway DIAPER SERVICE Springfield•747-4531 Alpine Import Service Exclusively Volvo 541.726.1808 • 12th & Main, Springfield enjoy this movie if you shut down enough brain cells. I turned off all except the ones needed to remember where I parked my car.” This observation comes from a critic’s evaluation of the first Charlie’s Angels film, but I’ve read similar comments in many other reviews. Indeed, it’s an approach that many intelligent people employ routinely in response to all the loud, shiny garbage our culture foists on us. What about you, Taurus? Do you assume you have to make yourself dumber in order to have fun? Has the blaring inanity of the world caused you to shut down your smart sensitivi- ty? If so, work hard to reverse this trend in the coming week. You’ll receive help from unexpected sources if you do. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You and I and everyone else in the world talk to ourselves constantly. The conversation is mostly silent and covert, however. As a result, we get away with abusing ourselves; we assail ourselves with mean thoughts that we’d be far less likely to fling if we actually spoke them aloud. The astrological omens suggest that now is a perfect time for you to break this bad habit. In fact, I’m going to offi- cially declare that it’s Speak More Kindly to Yourself Week. For best results, shun the usual telepathic com- munion with yourself. Instead, say every word aloud as you carry on your dialogues. (P.S. You may want to con- sult the book What to Say When You Talk to Yourself, by Shad Helmstetter.) CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Dear Rob: In a recent column, I think you mentioned a book that dealt with making everyday tasks more spiritual. I’m gung-ho to do exactly that: give thanks before I eat, wake up laughing, bless the ground I walk on, notice with joyful appreciation the divine bounty that overflows in ordinary moments. Can you direct me to the book in question? — Grateful Crab” Dear Grateful: You must have dreamed it. Not since I touted Thomas Moore’s Care of the Soul in 2000 have I made reference to any such a book. To tell you the truth, though, you don’t need authorities to guide you right now. Your intuition will lead you unerringly in your quest to find sacred mojo in the smallest details. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I advise you to avoid ingesting rocket fuel in the coming days. That means you should be careful about eating lettuce grown in Southern California. Much of it contains high levels of perchlorate, a main ingredient of rocket fuel. (The Environmental Working Group says it’s because defense contractor Lockheed Martin has been dumping the stuff in the Colorado River.) In any case, Leo, you won’t even need metaphorical rocket fuel. Cosmic forces are conspiring to boost your physical energy and mental agility to record levels. CUSTOM AUTO PAINT Free Estimates • Insurance Claims 16 Years Experience LITTLE HOUSE OF KUSTOMS 3355 Timber Lane • 747-9456 SHUTTLE SERVICE AVAILABLE PARTS & LABOR GUARANTEED FOR ONE YEAR REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE Sell Your Wheels Advertise your car with a FREE photo. $10/week, 3 week min. (private party only) 484-0519 classy@eugeneweekly.com VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Mata Amritanandamayi is one of India’s most beloved gurus. Also known as Amma, she preaches no doctrine but believes all religions lead to the same goal. Her renown has grown largely through the power and quantity of her embraces. She travels from city to city doling out hugs, often more than a thousand a day. Since she launched her mission as a young girl, she claims to have hugged 21 million people. Amma is your role model for the com- ing week, Virgo. The astrological omens suggest you’ll be most likely to thrive if you suspend all your spiritual the- ories and ideological opinions and become a pure chan- nel for unconditional love. Try to hug at least 20 people. For extra credit, do 40. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): George Washington was afflicted with smallpox, malaria, pleurisy, consump- tion, amoebic dysentery, rotten teeth, and Kleinfelter’s syndrome. That didn’t stop him from accomplishing feats that earned him a place in the history books. I suggest you make him your patron saint in the coming weeks, Libra. Draw inspiration from his heroic ability to overcome personal discomfort. You’re in a prime position to render months of suffering irrelevant with a decisive triumph. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1914, the science magazine Nature found that 30 percent of the world’s top scientists believed in God. In a second survey in 1934, the number dropped to 15 percent, and by 1998 it was seven percent. From these data, we can speculate that it’s getting harder for smart intellectuals to com- mune with the Divine Wow the way we smart mystics do. That’s a damn shame. Luckily for you, though, Scorpio, you’re now in an unusual phase in which there’s no con- tradiction between cultivating both rigorous critical think- ing and an intimate relationship with the nine-tenths of reality that is hidden from our five senses. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The most venerated object in Islam is the Kaaba, a large cube in a mosque in Mecca. Lodged in a corner of the Kaaba is its most sacred part, a black stone surrounded by an oval silver structure. Muslims kiss it at the climax of their pilgrimage to Mecca. Astrologer Caroline Casey points out that this holy of holies has the shape of a vulva, and suggests that it reveals Islam’s unconscious yearning for the Goddess. That’s ironic for a male-domi- nated religion, which, like Judaism and Christianity, has suppressed the feminine aspects of the divine. I offer this vignette as a starting point for this week’s medita- tions, Sagittarius. What feminine aspects of the divine do you unconsciously long for and need? How can you bring more of their influence into your life? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Frank O’Hara’s poem “Meditations in an Emergency” is mostly a meandering, self- indulgent mess, but it con- tains three lines that should inspire you for weeks. I sug- gest you regard them as pithy teachings. Here they are. 1. “Each time my heart is broken it makes me feel more adventurous.” 2. “I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love.” 3. “It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.” By the way, Capricorn, O’Hara’s poem is a microcosm of your immediate future, when small but valuable treasures will be embedded in heaps of useless nonsense. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Last year Nigerian women launched a new form of protest against the U.S.-owned oil company that wreaked envi- ronmental havoc in their country: They threatened to get naked in public. During the invasion of Iraq, several groups of American women, inspired by the Nigerians, registered their dissent through mass nudity. More recently, Mexican farmers stripped to their underpants during a demonstration against their government’s poli- cies. From an astrological perspective, it’s a perfect time for you Aquarians to further develop this new tradition. Take off your clothes to those you oppose! Or if that’s too extreme, try the metaphorical equivalent: Disarm your adversaries not by attacking them but by expressing your vulnerability. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Every Thursday night I roll my trashcan to the curb so that the sanitation engineers can pick it up next morning. Usually it’s three- quarters full of garbage bags and requires no special treatment. But on some weeks I generate more than my normal share of refuse. To fit it in, I have to become a human trash compactor. I grab a low-slung branch from the persimmon tree, pull myself up, and lower myself down inside the trashcan, jumping up and down to com- press the load and make room for more. I hope I can serve as an inspiration for you this week, Pisces. By my astrological reckoning, you should gather, compress, and throw away at least six months’ worth of outworn junk, including both the psychic and physical varieties. Homework: What quality or behavior do you exhibit that would most benefit from a little healthy self-mocking? Testify at www.freewillastrology.com. You can call Rob Brezsny, day or night, for your EXPANDED WEEKLY HOROSCOPE: 1-900-950-7700 • $1.99 per minute • Touchtone phone 18 & over • c/s 612-373-9785 CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE www.eugeneweekly.com AUGUST 7, 2003 37
