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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. To respond to a Blind Box: Mail a letter to Eugene Weekly, 1251 Lincoln St. Eugene, OR 97401. Attention the letter to the Blind Box name. HANG OUT Lesbian couple looking for gay friends. We’re mid 40s, attractive, stable, and fun. Like movies, horse- back riding, good cooking, road trips. Need male friends to round out our perspective. ☎ 3761 KITTY Looking for a cool cat and a night in the city...and other adventures. 45 to 55 years old, you be too. ☎ 3836 PURE OF HEART? Artist goddess. 30. LTR. Attractive waterhouse model. Only truth. Literature, Druids, muppets, vege- tarianism, journeys, adventures, bodywork, intellect, seeks intelli- gent, cultured, attractive renais- sance man, 29-35 yrs. Tell me DOB, time, place. ☎ 3834 ENJOY THE MOMENT! DWPF, 5’4’’ tall, HWP, blue eyes, brown hair, 53 years young, Great sense of humor. ISO honest, fun, reliable guy for walks, movies, music, romance and laughter. NS, ND. ☎ 3824 (10/07/04) A CHRISTIAN FEMALE Would like to meet a male, age 50- 60, for dance, travel, church, con- certs, plays, dining in and out. Write Blind Box: “Christian.” ✍ WISHING FOR WRITER Me: Intelligent, funny, creative, and very political. Looking for an adventurous soul to jump off cliffs of imagination with. Computer geeks and interesting misfits encouraged. Desire writer most of all. ☎ 3772 ARE YOU MY BOY TOY SWF, 30s, brunette, 5’3”, dark eyes, very sensual, slightly plump but pleasing. My type: 20s, tall, 190 lb., taut, curious, once is not enough, sweet demeanor. ☎ 3767 LAUGH AND PLAY 31, blonde, blue-eyed SWF seeks SM for biking, hiking, mountains, beach, good conversation, and lots of laughter. A distaste for Bush and his buddies a plus. ☎ 3720 MATCHMAKER Looking to help a friend hook up? Calling cards for Eugene Weekly Personals are available. The gift of romance is the gift that keeps on giving. NO KIDDING! Witty, intelligent, petite SPF, late 30s, seeks smart, funny PM who enjoys theater, music, and the out- doors for fun, friendship, and pos- sibly more. Why not? ☎ 3637 QUEEN OF THE DEEP Quirky, moody, upbeat servant of life requests coaching in hedo- nism, mesmerizing conversation, hands-on healing, irreverent sense of humor, horror, and edgy roleplay with loyal, aggressive yet sensitive nighttime athlete. Steady, clean, generous, empathic, mid-to-late forties professional OBO, unintimi- datable, to laugh and love to the point of tears. ☎ 3590 HAPPY I’m happy, healthy, educated, ath- letic, easygoing. I enjoy camping, hiking, gardening. Looking to share my great life with an honest, clean- cut, gainfully employed guy, 40-55, NS, ND. ☎ 3648 OCCASIONALLY DWF, 68, alive, retired, “educat- ed,” congenial. Would like occa- sional company of kind, thoughtful man; someone uplifting and intelli- gent. You’re the beholder who says if I’m attractive. I enjoy music, dogs, flowers, some church, grandchildren, simple entertain- ments. Write Blind Box: “Company.” ✍ MORE HAPPINESS Reading with morning coffee in the hot tub. Watching sports at night with a beer. Always ready for talk- ing, walking, dancing, definitely laughing. I’m a happy 56, love my job, love my life. Could be even happier sitting by a romantic fire, sharing it all with the man in my life. ☎ 3600 GREAT VALUES Writer, teacher, traveler, 57, has a hell of a lot better values than either Bush or Kerry: humanism, feminism, environmentalism, sharing. Seeking woman compan- ion, 40+, interested in conversa- tion, hugs, hiking, progressive politics, laughing, social change. Your interests? ☎ 3762 PHILIPPINES GIRLS Want to marry you! Ask me about it. I have many pen pals that want someone to love. ☎ 3758 A LOVABLE GUY Shy, easygoing SWM, 41, 6’1”, 180. Brown hair, blue eyes, farmer, toy collector, hard of hear- ing. Seek friendly, affectionate, smart women. Age and race open. ☎ 3734 FREE DATE Why is it so hard for a good man to get a date in this town? ☎ 3736 LETS BOND OUTDOORS SWM, 40, seeking female com- panion, 24-45, to hike, fish, camp, movies, cook dinners and explore the outdoors together. Let’s bond in the outdoors and see where life takes us. ☎ 3830 WANT TO HAVE FUN? Man, 50s, ISO lady, 45-55, for pos- sible relationship. Beach walks, movies, dinners, having fun. NS or heavy drinking. PO Box 71314, Eugene OR 97401-0193. LITTLE MAN with big heart, 55, 5’5”, seeks age-appropriate woman for friendship and possible romance. Loves good talk and humor, cook- ing, tennis, and movies. Will return all calls. ☎ 3765 ISO OPEN WOMAN SBM, 45, intelligent, loyal, employed. Seeking a woman who is employed, honest, and has a lot of love to give. Race and age not important. ☎ 3718 HOT, HONEST LOVING Nontraditional. Silken touch, deli- cious kissing, open minded, direct. We’re healthy, not over- weight, emotionally stable, fear- less. Horseback riding, jazz, blues, rock ..., massage, romance, nature, herb, organic food. Fun! ☎ 3717 MATCHMAKER Looking to help a friend hook up? Calling cards for Eugene Weekly Personals are available. The gift of romance is the gift that keeps on giving. FUN TIMES Herb-friendly WM seeks fun lov- ing girl to enjoy fun times. Very easygoing. Must like tattoos. ☎ 3716 THE SIMPLE THINGS DWM, 61, looking for an old fash- ioned, warm kind of gal with a good sense of humor who enjoys dining out, trips to the coast, walks along the beach, and music, plays and festivals. I love the sim- ple things in life: talking over a cup of coffee, sitting in front of a blazing fireplace reading the Sunday paper together. If this is you, call. ☎ 3715 STILL LOOKING FOR? Kid friendly, mother approved. 34, 6’1”, 165 lb. SWM ISO a nice woman, 25-35, for friends or more. Country living, cooking, ani- mals, movies, music and making people laugh are some of my interests. ☎ 3710 NY ARTIST SWM, NS, 46, 5’ 10’, 168 lb.. Athletic urbanesque artist into art, culture, cuisine, organic living, Country Fair and yoga. In search of creative kindred spirit, under 52, HWP, for aesthetic adven- tures. Coffee first. ☎ 3708 ADVENTUROUSLY SHY Uniquely shy, yet adventurous and deep personality, this 40 some- thing sensitive vegetarian artist seeks fun and attractive F for cre- ative interactions and probable flirting. You be brave enough to call. ☎ 3705 FIRST TIME Male, good looking 50, seeking companionship, romance. Looking for SF, 35-55, for bike riding, read- ing, fishing, hiking, laughter, and movies. ☎ 3664 BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Last June, a rickety raft carrying 42 destitute African refugees washed ashore on a posh nude beach in Spain. Visualize that scene, Aries. It will serve as an apt metaphor for your life in the coming week. A forlorn, vul- nerable part of your life will come face to face with a luxurious, beautiful part. And what will unfold in the wake of this juxtaposition? Let’s hope it will be similar to the scene in Spain, where the naked sunbathers leaped into action and got help and care for the refugees. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Beginner’s mind” was originally a Zen practice. Many artists and thinkers now use it to stimulate their creativity. To achieve this blessed state, you dispense with all your preconceptions and enter each situation as if you’re seeing it for the first time. “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibil- ities,” wrote Shunryu Suzuki in his book, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, “but in the expert’s there are few.” As much as I love beginner’s mind, though, I have an even more important assignment for you this week, Taurus: Cultivate a beginner’s heart. Approach every encounter with love as if you’re feeling it for the first time. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): While visiting relatives in Fort Collins, Colo., I borrowed a 10-speed and rode down the most delightful urban bike path in the world. As I pedaled for miles past parks, wetlands, and fields of wild flowers, I felt gratitude for the visionary planners who had created such a sanctuary in the midst of a city of 120,000 people. I hope you can be like that bike path in the coming week, Gemini: a source of relaxing beauty at the heart of the hubbub; a calming yet inspiring influence that motivates the people around you to act with maximum integrity. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Staring into my computer screen is not necessarily the best way to get inspired for the task of creating your horoscope. After analyzing the astrological omens, I often wander out into nature in quest of inspiration. Today’s jaunt took me all the way to Mount San Pedro, a place I’d never explored before. Upon reaching the top, I found a panoramic vista that revealed three of the bridges that cross San Francisco Bay. As I surveyed those monumental connecting links, my intuition turned to you. A sudden breeze came up, and I heard a voice in my head say, “It’s weaving time for the Crabs. Tell them to splice and unify and join togeth- er.” LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 2001, Mitzi Nichols of Virginia Beach anonymously donated one of her kidneys to a stranger. She got paid nothing for this rare act of gen- erosity, and after recovering from surgery went back to her job as a cashier at a gift shop. It took the universe three years to figure out a way to compensate her properly. This past June, she won $500,000 in the Virginia state lottery. I call this to your atten- tion, Leo, because I believe you’re in a phase when your acts of no-strings-attached largesse will generate karma similar to what Nichols set in motion three years ago. Like her, however, your rewards may not arrive right away, and they might come from sources with no apparent link to the recipients of your kindness. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your life will always be unfinished business, Virgo. From now until the day you die many years hence, you will be a work in progress. There will never come a time when you have everything figured out. I urge you, therefore, to find a way to feel at peace with this incompleteness — or better yet, to love and celebrate it. Luckily for you, the coming weeks will bring you some of the sweetest, juiciest imperfections ever. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Creativity expert Roger von Oech takes issue with the old saw that a chain is no stronger than its weakest links. He thinks they’re indispensable. “Many systems have weak links designed into them,” he says. They’re called ‘fuses.’ When a system gets overloaded, the fuse blows and saves the rest of the system.” Judging from the astrological omens, Libra, I’m pretty sure you’ll soon get to play the role of a fuse yourself. Whatever group or structure you’re part of needs to break down for the sake of its long-term health—and you’re the best candidate to lead the way. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): New York Times rock critic Jon WE’RE OVER BETRAYED Yet not one of you communicated back. Love is hated, hate’s loved, we need cooperation in removing shame, guilt, so loving sexuality, healing is restored. Write Blind Box: “Loving Sexuality.” ✍ ☎ 3665 LOOKING FOR FUN SWM, 5’10”, 180 lb., red hair, blue eyes, likes TV/movies, music/con- certs, pop/rock, fishing, cuddling, including receiving oral sex. Seeks affectionate, passionate, nonsmoking, non-vegetarian, woman, without kids, who loves to cuddle. ☎ 3709 MIRIAM You left a message for Skeptical Optimist with a four-digit box number, but it doesn’t seem to be a voicemail box. I’m anxious to get in touch, so please call again! ☎ 3661 DIVERSE ROMANTIC SWM, 35, seeking SF, 25-38, for dancing, beach, mountains, movies, music and dining. Let’s enjoy it all. ☎ 3657 LAUGHTER Life is too serious. SWM, 50. We work hard to play hard. Dinner parties, friends, sports and lots of laughter to share. Ocean, rivers, mountains. ☎ 3654 NEW FIRST FRIENDS Seeking cool fun chick, HWP, for music, movies, mountains and mischief in general. Herb friends are the best. I’m 32, 6’, 170, with long brown hair. Nice to meetcha. ☎ 3652 UNCOMPLICATED Handsome retired 51 yo ex- marine, recently divorced, no chil- dren. Have a very uncomplicated life, seeking a precious lady to share it with. Your emotional and physical needs my main concern. ☎ 3651 Pareles bemoans the withering of the Beastie Boys’ comic feistiness. As they’ve become politically aware and socially responsible, the white hip hop artists have toned down their anarchist braggadocio and shameless troublemaking. Now the fun is almost gone. Pareles says it has been “like having the Three Stooges decide they want to become a panel of appellate judges.” I wonder if it might have been possible for the Beastie Boys to evolve a more positive and compassionate outlook without losing their deliciously scandalous spunk. I pose a similar question to you, Scorpio: Can you imag- ine becoming both kinder and wilder? LUCKY Do you want to be treated like a queen? Do you want to have a good looking guy with class, respect, discipline, and love? I am a SWM, dirty blonde, 5’7”, 150 lb., 38, working out, NS, herb friendly. I am looking for a hot sugar baby- doll who wants to have fun. Let’s get lucky! ☎ 3642 SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s time for you to SIMPLY ENCHANTED Climb a mountain to watch mete- ors. Make love under the stars. Tell me about your 5th birthday and I’ll show you my enchanted stone. WPM, 46, seeks love of a lifetime. ☎ 3640 intensify your levels of Sagittariusness — to become even more of a Sagittarius than you’ve ever been before. Here are a few tips on how to proceed. 1. Always keep your basket overflowing with options. 2. Don’t laugh unless you really mean it, and then unleash a belly laugh. 3. Embrace optimism for both its beauty and its tactical advan- tage. 4. Be fiercely allergic to fraud and injustice. 5. When pursuing a goal, crank open your peripheral vision and be prepared to get from A to Z in an A-J-C-X-E-Q- R-B-Z fashion. 6. Add new stamps to your passport regularly. 7. Know how to have fun even when life sucks. 8. Remember that you’ll regret adventures you didn’t do more than those you did do. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The astrologer Forest Fickling did a statistical study of 50,000 people, analyzing the data to determine which signs were the best and worst in various categories. He found that Capricorns work the hardest, accomplish the most in the shortest time, and daydream the least. But I hope you’ll rebel against these natural inclinations in the coming weeks. Between now and Sept. 16, I think you’ll achieve the greatest success possible if you daydream a lot more and don’t work as hard as usual. KARAOKE DJ SWM, 27, 5’8”, short brown curly hair, blue eyes, athletic, self- employed, karaoke DJ, seeking SWF, 18-30, for friendship, casual dating and possible LTR. Affection is a plus. ☎ 3635 ATTRACTIVE AND FUN 41, attractive, clean, financially secure, fun, intelligent soft butch ISO an LTR or friendship with attractive woman who knows who she is. Respectful and honest in a relationship. Others need not apply. ☎ 3740 SYBARITIC FEMME Delectable, hedonistic, tactile, sensual femme seeks aggressive, flirtatious, adventurous, open minded butch for amorous adven- tures. Non smoker D/D free D/S leanings appreciated. 40s delec- table woman for the taking. ☎ 3730 MATCHMAKER Looking to help a friend hook up? Calling cards for Eugene Weekly Personals are available. The gift of romance is the gift that keeps on giving. SOMETHING NEW Never been with a female! Looking for someone fun, exciting, beautiful, to explore a friendship and more. I am 21, brunette, 5’7”, 130 lbs. Let’s meet! ☎ 3713 NATURE LOVER 40s professional looking to expand social network. Essential qualities are sense of humor, play- fulness and adventure; sense of purpose, social and political con- sciousness; curiosity, flexibility and tolerance. ☎ 3646 TRANSENSUAL FEMME Discovered what I really want! Seeking unique, dynamic, monog- amous union with FTM. Let me nurture your maleness. Resonate with me. 40s femme. No smokers. D/D free. ☎ 3636 THE POWER, PASSION ...the danger! Amateur warrior princess, 30ish brunette, ISO trusty partner who still believes love can conquer all. Blonde cat lovers especially encouraged. AIEEEAIEE! ☎ 3603 NICE LATINA Hi there ladies, get to know a Mexican hottie. Need companion and exercise partner. Need new friends. Love my black thunder- bird. Call me! Dremir, 5’7”, 140 lb., 22, femme. ☎ 3602 JUST FOR FUN STD free please. Guys, if you are looking for nothing more than just fun, give me a ring. Age 18 to 40. ☎ 3827 COUNTRY GUY GWM, attractive, stable, profes- sional, nonsmoker, small town val- ues, loves gardening, hiking, ani- mals, outdoor activities, nature exploration, picnics, hand holding. Seeking similar for monogamous long term relationship. ☎ 3822 PLAYFUL FUN SWM, 32, 5’11” 165 lb., brown/blue, clean cut. Seeks good-looking in shape guy for casual play and more. ☎ 3724 AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Soon I’ll begin my annual pilgrim- age to the world’s wackiest utopia, the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. Of the many ways it refreshes my spirit, the most important is its absence of money, advertisements and commerce. The temporary community of 30,000 people is run as a gift economy. Nothing is for sale. No one can buy anything. When goods and services are exchanged, it’s because they’re given freely. I wish that you, Aquarius, could expe- rience the unprecedented relaxation that settles in when you’re utterly free of being hustled. I wish you could live for a time without worrying about finances. I especially wish you could do this now, when you have a prime astrological opportunity to reinvent your relationship with money. If you can’t make it to Burning Man, what else might help you in this noble task? PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s your Unbirthday season, Pisces — that upside-down, backwards, yet oddly full-of-grace time halfway between your last birthday and your next. I can’t buy each of you an Unbirthday present, but if I could, it would be a gift certificate to the Pirate Supply Store in San Francisco. There you could buy Jolly Roger flags, eye patches, plundered treasure chests, lessons in how to whis- tle while eating saltines, tubs of lard (good for hair-styling and skin moisturizing as well as cooking), and a broadside featuring the text, “The Journey of the Fishes Overland.” Believe it or not, all these would be quite practical. They’d inspire you to cultivate a devil-may-care mood, which would be perfect during your Unbirthday season. (A Web version of the store is at www.826valencia.org/store/, and no, I don’t get a kickback.) Homework: If you’ll be at Burning Man next week, come wash your own brain with me at 4 pm on Friday, Sept. 3 at Planet Wow, located at 3:30 and Esplanade. You can call for your EXPANDED WEEKLY HOROSCOPE: 1-900-950-7700 • $1.99 per minute • Touchtone phone 18 & over • c/s 612-373-9785 38 AUGUST 26, 2004 CREATIVE Ingenious and creative young 50. Self employed builder, superb chef, help me laugh more. Seeking young enchantress to share coun- try home. Come play: kayaking, rafting, hiking +. ☎ 3667 PASSIONATE LIPS Lips full, kiss with passion, thirst for a lipstick lesbian, I’m very much female, soft to the touch, love to kiss. F, 30, looking for the same. ☎ 3831 FUNNY FREAK Funny, smart, nature worshipping, politically inclined anarchist seeks wild woman risk taker for enviro- action fun and resistance-tactic folly. Prefer writer, artist, per- former, smart rebel with a brain. ☎ 3771 FUN AND ROMANCE Do friends call you adorable? Fun? Creative? Smart? That’s what they call me. 47, lesbian, seeking romance. Friends OK, too. Love mystery! Eurythmics, crit- ters, adventure. Sincere, healthy. ☎ 3760 ROW RIVER Rock diving destiny. You asked for directions while parked alongside of road. Me: 21, dykishly cute with short blonde hair, in shorts. You: strikingly beautiful. Hit me up. ☎ 3837 BROKEN SOUL I saw you looking back at me, momentarily disguised as what used to make me happy. Alone, I await your moments notice. Loneliness is a terrible place to call home. ☎ 3835 NYC PUNK TATTOO Girl, where are you from? We for- give you for being such a bad bar- tender with lame tats because you obviously suffer some major personality disorders. See you at Joe’s!? ☎ 3833 COURT CAFE KELLY I saw you across the counter. That great big smile brightened my day. You asked me what kind of cream cheese I wanted. Let’s do coffee. ☎ 3832 COOKBOOK REDHEAD You: redheaded cookbook stud, Eugene Library, Saturday. Me: glasses, black shirt. Did you notice me? ☎ 3828 ELLIOT B. PRESENTS To all the beautiful ladies at the Common Ground release party: beautiful, simply beautiful. Thank you for making the evening that much better. Ryan. ☎ 3825 KIRK L. Shopping for women. Desperate and serious? I get the Superman reference, that works for me. Hope it works for you! Considering you are loyal like an uncaged garden snake. ☎ 3823 DOUG You make shopping at Red Barn joyful. You are wonderful. Thanks for sharing your light. ☎ 3821 FLOR ON Was your van’s license plate, and you were too busy buying yuppie coffee to be bothered with finding a legal parking space. I hope you choke on your next latté, you sun- glass wearing freak. TARGHEE BLUEGRASS Val, Joe tried to introduce us at the Targhee Bluegrass Festival. Too embarrassing. Could be fate? I’m Dave. Jackson, Wyoming. In that brief moment you looked great! Contact me, please. ☎ 3774 JOSH I saw you 6 months ago at Highlands. Me: pink shirt, blue eyes, bad pool player. 6 months, so far so good. Please call, love Shmoopy. ☎ 3759 LOST ID Thank you to whoever returned my driver’s license at the Eugene Fred Meyer, good karma and very much appreciated. ☎ 3757 PERUGINO BARISTA Elegantly beautiful barista who floated, not walked. I hear you’re gone, and I’m missing our morn- ing conversations and all your beautiful idiosyncrasies. Let’s practice designs on each other. ☎ 3737 5TH ST MKT BEAUTY Oh market cleaner lady, I watch you every day. I put a brillo pad on a stick and talk to it and pretend it is you. Let’s talk for real! ☎ 3733 GREG BROWN SHOW Secret House Winery. You: red hair, beard, blue eyes, hat, sitting in back of the crowd under the big tree. Me: blanket next to you. Us: continually staring. Coffee? ☎ 3732 FM STARBUCKS W 11 Thursday 8/5. You were in line behind me getting coffee dressed in construction boots, jeans talk- ing on your phone. We looked at each other; I forgot to smile! ☎ 3731 JAN First noticed your beauty at Taylor’s, then got to talk to you at a house party, but you gave the wrong phone number. Accident? I want to see you again. ☎ 3729 MI TELÉFONO Al Muchacho quien tiene mi telé- fono, devuelvelo a John Henry’s con tu numero y te hablaré. Tenia que activar otro porque lo nesici- to y tardaste mucho. Nos verémos pronto. Gracias. ☎ 3727 CORVALLIS COOP 8/8 You had just seen the James Garner romance “The Notebook” alone. I was behind you in line. Green shirt, blue shorts, short dark hair. Want company for the next movie? ☎ 3726 FLOATER AT WOW Freya, you seem really cool! You went to smoke and never returned. I’m curious what your lip ring tastes like. Wanna meet for coffee/etc? With a YO. ☎ 3722 PRIDE DAY, EUGENE We met in the parking lot and told each other stories. I left wanting to know more about you. Want to share more? There are so many stories to tell. ☎ 3721
