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6A FEATURES TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE Workout friend feels snubbed Dear Annie: I have a friend friends, and I thought that was very in her early 60s who has been weird. I have never asked to meet my workout partner for about 10 any of her friends, and why would years. We usually meet up three she want to see whom I associate times during the week for a 5:30 with? a.m. workout because we are both I believe she is jealous, and I employed. I also belong to another can’t make myself apologize for facility, which I attend two doing nothing wrong. DEAR to three times per week for There are plenty of other group training classes. members who go at 5:30 ANNIE In the summer, I enjoy a.m., and being a mem- ber there for 10-plus years, being outdoors and do a lot she should be able to make of walking; therefore, my conversation with others. 5:30 a.m. workouts are not I’m the type of person who so frequent. My so-called is very friendly, and my friend knows my routine, objective is to get my ses- and I reminded her that I Lane sion done and leave, not would not be showing up Annie Creators Syndicate Inc. socialize. — Gym Member regularly before summer in Connecticut began. Last week, I made Dear Gym Member: Your it to the gym two days, and both days she was very cold to me. On friend is acting childishly. You the second day, I approached her were very upfront and mature with and asked whether everything was her about your upcoming sum- all right, and she put her finger up mer schedule. She is acting more and said I should know what was like 6 than 60. Try not to say that wrong. When I said I didn’t, she you feel she is jealous. There could said I embarrassed her at this gym be a whole host of reasons that by leaving her “alone” to work out she is being cold toward you. Try- for the past month. I told her she ing to figure out which emotion is could join me and another friend the cause of her coldness won’t do for a walk at night, but she flat out you or her any good. Instead, have a conversation with her about how said no. About a month ago, she asked you feel, all the while sticking to to meet another one of my recent your schedule. You could always look at it as a huge form of flattery. She misses working out with you! And you should be commended for being so diligent about your work- outs, whether you do them alone or with this friend or with another friend. Dear Annie: I’d like to add to the letter from “Exhausted in Mon- treal,” who is tired of loud music at restaurants and in stores. The thing that bothers me the most is that so often when I am watching a movie on television, I cannot hear the dialogue over the music score. I’ve turned off many movies lately because of this. I wish cable com- panies could install separate volume controls for the dialogue and music score. — Charlie in Louisville Dear Charlie: I know exactly what you’re talking about, and I’ve been frustrated by that myself. Most TVs now come with different sound modes. Hit the “menu” but- ton on your remote and see whether yours does. It might also allow you to adjust the equalizer. Turning the bass down and treble up might help you hear speech more clearly. I should also mention that struggling to distinguish speech from back- ground noise can be an early symp- tom of hearing loss, so it’s always worth asking your doctor about that. THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JULY 30, 2018 By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc. ARIES (March 21-April 19). There’s a job that needs doing and you’ll be assigning duty. Keep in mind that not all confident people are capable and some of the most capable people are severely unconfident. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The usual self-help advice says you can either react emotionally to events or use them as lessons. Why then, in the moment, does it seem like you don’t have a choice? Maybe because you’re not a robot. And that advice is overly reductive. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). When opportuni- ty knocks, it’s your chance to show initiative, charm, brightness and the intention to under- stand and help. These are the qualities that will encourage opportunity to come around more often. CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s one thing to help people who don’t help you back, and it’s quite another to help people because they can’t help you back. In that helper lives the heartbeat of kindness. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Don’t get caught up in measuring yourself to anyone, not even your former self. You are, after all, not that per- son either. All you can be is the best possible version of your current self. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Social circles, much like solar circles, run on principles of attraction and repulsion. Your conscious awareness of what some people are attracted to will play into this and you’ll make a choice about what to present. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). To lay your heart on the line would normally require courage, though today it just may be a matter of math. The potential gains from confessing your FRANK AND ERNEST BLONDIE THATABABY SALLY FORTH PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN B.C. LOLA DILBERT SIX CHIX BIZARRO MUTTS NON SEQUITUR BABY BLUES WIZARD OF ID ZITS ROSE IS ROSE feelings are greater than the risk. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Make the right choice, learn, make the wrong choice, learn ... and it will keep going back and forth ping- pong-style today. You’re awake and so you can’t help but come out of the game smarter. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). People’s tests for one another are not often conscious. They run one another through obstacles and observe the results in order to figure out who is worthy of attention, how much and what kind. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). If all you do today is understand a little more than you did yesterday, it’s a good day. And if you somehow diminished the suffering of others, too, you can count the day as great. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). In life and art, the value of framing cannot be underestimat- ed. The obvious focal point is for amateurs. Also, consider the scale of things. What if you went bigger? What if you zoomed in? PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You lost some- thing back there. At the time you thought it was everything, and now you’re perfectly content (if not better off) without it. In that light, maybe today’s stress needn’t affect you much. TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (July 31). This year is like traveling on a gigantic cruise ship. You’ll make yourself at home, live it up, have your needs taken care of while barely noticing that you’re also on your way to an adventur- ous destination unlike the last. The opportu- nity to start a new business or change jobs happens in October. Romance and fun in 2019. Capricorn and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 44, 38, 1 and 9.
