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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR SARA CALVOSA SARA@SYNTHESIS.NET I had a lot of extremely important things to say this week about local media, Penny Arcade, anachronistic news outlets, and Syria-but instead I can't stop thinking about egg-in-ahole.

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Have you noticed that the Naked Lounge looks a million times more awesome than it usually does? Well put your fingers together and make some snaps for Dylan Telleson, Matt Barber, Max lnfeld, and Erik Elliot, muralists and men who aren't afraid to talk about their feelings.

Listen up creative writers! Chico's own author/publisher/psych teacher extraordinaire, Dan O'Brien is creating a whole new category of literary robustery! NorCallit! It's not Saclit, or SanFrancisolit, it's for us. So go to http://ow.ly/oEStj and give him some money.

Thanks to our long-haired metal maniac, Tommy Deistel, we are now fluent in Metal-ian. It's like Italian, but metal. He dove face first into a pit of screaming blenders, and came out with a bloody fistful of scene report.

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Why don't more restaurants offer egg-ina-hole? Or toad-in-a-hole, egg-in-a-basket, toad-ina-basket, bird-in-a-nest, bird-in-a-toad, whatever you call it. It seems like everybody calls it something different, and that's okay. It's essentially a hole in a piece of bread through which an egg may be cooked, sunny-side up or over easy/medium/hard. And then, the punched out piece of bread hole can be toasted and used to dip in the egg yolk. Everybody loves it; it's widely touted as a banging hangover cure; it's simple, quick, cheap, and you can even dress it up. So why are restaurants not jumping at the idea to put egg-in-a-toad-in-a-bird-in-a-nesthole on their menus? I don't get it. And yes, I know this issue is not relevant to anything at all. I'm sorry for that.

You know, I've been with the Synthesis for almost a year-a full year since I first Mary Tyler Moore'd my way through the park on my bike for my first day of work, curious and fresh and full of ideas. And I have to say, just being curious this year has led me skip-hopping into some pretty interesting stuff. Some of it inspiring, some of it heartbreaking; all of it relevant to our community.

We've taken some bold, honest editorial approaches to community issues, and whether you cheered or booed, I thank you for participating in our journalistic anarchy.

Speaking of skip-hopping into cool stuff-take me down to talent town, Chico! Week after week, it seems like I find something new to be stoked-on-Chico about. I had such a great time this week interviewing Dan O'Brien and the Dylan Telleson Steamroller Orchestra artboy band.

We've also got a big, fat, sludgy scene report from Epic Fest, where Tommy Diestel is covering some metal-mania.

Also, check out what that delightful scamp Jaime O'Neill is talking about this week. He's not afraid to upset any apple carts, and this time he's talking about professors And it's official: I've finally manipulated the universe into keeping Tanner Ulsh on board as our new designer. So please, welcome his talented ass to the team and bask in the glory of his poppin' fresh style.

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The story begins with the main character waking up in a park, in the pouring rain, surrounded by a slew of motionless bodies, all of whom are wearing latex gloves. (You totally want to know why, right?) The protagonist, Myfanwy Thomas (yeah, try pronouncing that one}, wakes up without her memories and without knowledge of why someone wants her dead. She quickly learns she's a "Rook": a high ranking official of a secret government organization located in Britain, known as the Checquy (think CIA/ FBI hybrid, but whose sole purpose is to handle supernatural occurrences). Take this organization, toss in a conspiracy and a few very unusual supernatural characters, and you have one of the best supernatural thrillers out there. The Rook follows Myfanwy as she tries to uncover the plot in the Checquy and discover the identity of the mole, all the while balancing her job-the one she can't remember anything about.

who conveniently enters people's dreams, and even the protagonist has a kickass ability (but I won't spoil that for you). The characters are well-rounded, unique, and provide the reader with a new perspective on paranormal characters. Also (and a major plus, BTW} the novel is incredibly well-written. O'Malley blends reality and the supernatural so flawlessly that there's no question about the authenticity of the world in which The Rook takes place.

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THESE ARE MY CONFESSIONS It's my birthday today. Well not today, because regardless of when you're reading this, it's not my birthday anymore. But today-when I'm actually writing this-it is.

And because today is my birthday, I have some ... confessions. I'm like Usher. Except poorer and with less domestic unrest. It's actually nearing the end of my birthday, I'm full of wine and cake, and I have some things to say.

Birthday Pro Tip- if you grab a handful of uncut birthday cake before the server has a chance to bring a knife and plates, two things might happen: Your mom will take pictures of you grabbing handfuls of cake and send them to all your grandparents.

Also, you might be asked to leave the restaurant. Whatever. Worth it.

And now, for no reason at all, a series of short letters from me to various people, places, and things.

Dear Tres Hombres, Your top-shelf margs are amazing. But the food that comes out of that kitchen is a war between those boil-in-the-bag veggies and the microwave, and it's at a stalemate.

Please take a note from my ancestors and enact the scorched-earth policy on your kitchen, and stick to the margs.

Dear Grumpy Cat, I'm over you. I admire your steadfast bad attitude, and I hope very much to one day reach your level of curmudgeonly behavior.

I must confess though, I would much rather see the exploits of Frumpy Cat. Please round up a sample of possible candidates. I suggest checking out the cats that hang out by the Synthesis dumpster.

Dear new Chico State students, You're obviously not all bad, but the few of you who are running around town drenched in Axe Body Spray and using words like "bro" and "fag" are ruining it for the rest of you. You really should do something about that. And just so you won't think I'm biased against the menladies: please quit it with the shorts that clearly expose your butt cheeks. It's an

awful look, and I feel very strongly that you'll regret those fashion choices later in life.

Dear Ben Affleck, You've made some really terrible movies. Which isn't a crime-and if it were, nearly every actor who's worked a decent amount in their career would have to be locked up. The truth is, Batman is the last profitable character that exists within the DC universe. The publisher has refused to change and adapt over time, and the characters are stagnant and impossible to empathize with-which has left their comics filled with brightly-colored spandex and antiquated storylines, and are mostly being purchased by those who have been following those series for decades, or by people who are getting them to fulfill nostalgic purposes. Although I know you've been a bit of a punching bag in the media lately, I wouldn't worry about the success of this movie too much. And if nothing else, just remind yourself that you can't be any worse than Clooney's rendition of Batman Love, Zooey â&#x20AC;˘

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I showed up at the Naked Lounge to meet Dylan Telleson and his mural team: Max lnfeld, Matt Barber, and Erik Elliot.

First of all, none of them were wearing berets, so obviously this interview was a bust.

So ...you're artists?

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This is the mural team-this is like, our boy band. It's One Direction. Or whatever the Korean equivalent of One Direction is.

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I did get full credit for my internship.

That's right you did, you fulfilled all your internship obligations. As did Matt.

How do you get interns? I've been using a tallboy under a box propped up with a stick that has a string attached to it, and I hide in the bushes and wait. It's not really working.

Have you worked together before?

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Yeah we've worked together quite a bit before. We're working on a series of wall-hanging pieces, sort of halfprint half-paintings. It's always been my dream to be part of a band, and this is as close as I would get to being in a band. I mean these guys have musical talent but I really don't, so ... seriously I've wanted to have an art band for a really long time. I've talked about it, I've come up with names. I've annoyed the shit out of them about it.

What's the working name of your art band right now?

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Yeah Dylan, what's the name of our band?

Twisted Colon?

That isn't funny. A twisted colon is not a joke.

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It's a serious issue.

My father-in-law had a twisted colon, and so did my mom's dog. So it's just like this weird confluence. We're trying to bring awareness ... to twisted colons. The twisted colon awareness boy band muralists. Matt and I have worked on a ton of murals together, Max and I have worked on a lot of stuff together, and Eric is the newest member of the boyband.

Yeah, Dylan taught a design class at Butte College and I took that class, and then I started hanging out and interning at the Rayray Gallery.

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di

I used to be a teacher at Butte College, and that's where I met all three of these guys.

They have rules now. Some interns don't work for college credit.

mi

What about regular credit? Like street cred?

How is working on your solo stuff different than working in a team?

di

There are things that I do personally and things that I appreciate input on. When we're working together I feel like it's kind of its own entity. It's a band.

But aren't you kind of the lead singer-you have the plan and say "this is where you come in"?

di

There are things that I do personally and things that I appreciate input on. When we're working together I feel like it's kind of its own entity. I think I did play that role in this project, but I don't think I play that role in every project that we've done. I don't know, I think we're still figuring out how we work together and every time it just kind of unveils itself.

I don't really come in with plans and lay them out telling everybody where to be and what to do. The way the process works is just that you start going. You make a mistake, you correct it, you have a whole new set of mistakes to correct, and then you correct them all-and then you think, oh no, we corrected too much, and then you gotta go over it. It's just kind of how I view art anyway: a series of problems to solve.

It's evolving.

There were themes that we talked about, things that we think about; we all bring our personal crazy heads to the process and we work out personal issues. [Max] writes strange shit.

It's kind of a cathartic release sometimes. Like, "I fucking hate you Chico. I didn't mean that. I'm sorry, I want you back, lets make up and make out." It's a running dialog.

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How do you know when it's done?

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Usually there's some sort of time frame.

There are parts that just feel right, feel done. Everybody would have a different opinion about what that is but there's a general consensus, like "yes, that's working." Or at least two or three of us. But time frame plays a huge part. A lot of what we're doing is being playful, trying new techniques, trying to grow as artists and as a band.

What's interesting about this mural, was the collaboration between the drunk college students coming by. They'd stop here, and in some cases they'd come in and participate on the mural. We had some really interesting experiences with that. I think that became an important part of this mural.

Were people catching feelings about that?

We've done this sort of thing before, always in the beginning. Letting people come in and paint. But they always seem to take it to a point where we have to deal with it because they're not the greatest painters, and it's not really anything that's going to stay up in the mural. But it's the stories; there's always something weird that happens and we talk about it.

di

Let's just say that I now know why it's called the "Naked Lounge."

Did anybody wear a beret?

mi

Nobody wore a beret.

I guess that's how mature I am about art.

di mi

That's awesome. It gives us a lot of faith in you as an interviewer.

Well in a way this is kind of anti-art. We're all kind of defacing each other's stuff. And it was really weird to see people come in randomly and become so attached to something they were doing. They'd ask, "hey, you guys are gonna keep that up, right?" And no, we probably painted over it 5 minutes later.

Yeah, that's very typical. As soon as you make a mark-not many people have ever touched a public space wall before with marks-it's kind of amazing to let people do that and tell them that it's ok. From the time we're three, we're given little rectangles that say, "this is where art exists, in this little rectangle." So to give them a public wall is an infinite space, outside of human scale. Our scale has been taught to this contrived dimension. So that, coupled with expressing yourself-people become very attached to what they do. And people think, "I'm finally allowed to communicate with my community, and then these four guys with beards come along and paint over it for me.

Thanks a lot. Thanks for that cheap lesson in non-attachment."

Do you guys have other jobs? Or is it just mural-makin' all day long?

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We just do murals.

I work at Chico Natural Foods as the Marketing Manager.

What was the very first thing you painted on the wall for this mural?

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I wrote the word "Matt" and put a heart around it.

It's true.

It was adorable.

It's out there, we've come to terms with it.

I deserved it.

What's that one thing that girl did? The eyeball?

Yeah, the eyeball. I wish we knew her name so we could give her credit. She's the only one who can draw one eyeball.

Found: One eyeball on mural. Please contact if this is your work.

I work for Rancho Electric with my dad and grandpa in Glenn County.

I work in a coffee shop. At Empire Coffee. It's at the bus stop.

I have a typography business (and then Max went on and on...) and I document the process of making murals. We have a website: tiny cclnakedlounge.

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THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA QUARTERLY

BY SARA CALVOSA Here at the Synthesis we are all for encouraging local authors, and we recognize that we have some pretty radical local talent. I mean, obviously you know that, because you're reading the Synthesis. We found out that Dan O'Brien-local author, publisher, and psych teacher at Chico State-was spearheading an indiegogo.com campaign to publish a quarterly collection of local writing talent, and so we had to get up in his grill and find out more about it.

You can also go to http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/thenorthern-california-perspective to watch a video and get psyched. Dan guarantees that there will be something in the Quarterly for everyone, even if you don't live in Northern California.

Who's the real Dan O'Brien?

I'm an author; I've written 13 books. I've been publishing for years and years. I wanted to put together a traditional trade paperback-something like Tin House or McSweeney's.

We've got this local guy Rob Davidson, who's a really good author, and Alec Binion from over at the Chico News & Review. The idea was that I wanted to produce something that was from Northern California-not Sacramento, San Francisco or Portland-and see where it went.

What's the $5000 you're raising going toward?

It'll be the first print run, and 1000 free issues. It'll be for sale around town as well.

What if somebody from Sacramento or the Bay Area says, "I'm in Northern California too, I want to get in!"

Can people still submit? How many submissions so far? Are people submitting more than once? Answer all the questions! I'd say, "You already have something in your area." I'm

imagining the invisible cutoff is Yuba City, all the way up to the Oregon border. It's Northern California stories told

by Northern California writers; it's meant for us, with the intent that it will be a publication that we can really be proud of. We can point to it-we'll have a professional literary journal here. Storytelling is important, and we have We've had a couple people submit more than one [piece]. a great deal of tremendous writers here who just don't get It's poetry, short-fiction, and non-fiction. It's supposed to the due that they're owed. We have great writing programs represent a magazine's worth of content. We've probably up here, and to me this is a rallying point for great quality. got about a hundred or so. The first one is tough because I love that Chico is so artistic. If something like this could nobody really knows about it yet; they're not sure if it'll stick take off, and it could be my contribution to the Arts around. I would love more, but we're getting close to the community, that would be great. deadline. I imagine we'll get a little burst at the end.

The deadline is November 1st, so we're getting pretty close to that. I want to print enough to be able to give away like 1,000 copies for free and make it something distributable, but also be a paid publication in the region that people can submit to-a paid Quarterly thing.

I would like there to be something like this-I love it when local publications put in a little fiction but it's never enough-I'd like a stout Tin House type of thing that was here and ours and we could be proud of it ... a Northern California thing.

Partnerships around town to help move the book?

Yeah, absolutely-Lyon Bookstore. Heather and I are good friends and it'll definitely be there. I was hoping to build more partnerships through indiegogo. It would be nice to partner with other local entities.

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Storytelling is important for communities. I think it gives them voice and history, and a continuity.

Yeah, It gives us a narrative, an honest narrative. And when there's nothing else to do, people create.

Self-publishing.

The hardest step for a lot of people is realizing that they can do it. I sell 10,000 or more copies a year by selfpublishing. It's what I do for a living, and I've done it for a decade. If you do it correctly, you don't have to pay anybody to do it. Of course you should pay for editing and

design-there are professional services you should always pay for-but there are a bunch of predatory publishers out there. I love helping people publish books. Seeing somebody's book in their hands for the first time, and realizing that it's possible ... it's great.

What are you teaching right now?

Ha! I'm teaching Perception Psychology right now.

Publishing is my love. I like to say everything is a story; everything has a narrative. Teaching has a narrative. I treat it that way. It's not so much that teaching informs my writing, but writing informs how I teach. It's something that I do because I like it-but if pressed, the thing I want to do is this. All aspects.

Do you find when you're teaching, that you're up there formulating stories in your head, imagining that werewolves will eat them all?

It's tough to shut that off. Sometimes when I get up there to teach, it's almost like playing a character. Obviously I can't swear as much as I do in real life in front of a class ...

He's totally imagining werewolves eating his students.

For more information about Dan, you can visit his website at www.amalgampublishing.com, and follow him on twitter @AuthorDanOBrien. â&#x20AC;˘

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THE MALTESE If The Hambones played every week, I would be there. If The Ham bones had t heir own t heme bar where all t he girls wore sassy ro ckabilly hair bow s and black framed glasses, I would develop a crippling alcohol addiction. If The Ham bones were made of ribs, or actual ham bones, I would eat t hem. Go to t his sh ow, it's free. 9pm

Thi s town isn't big enough to contain t he Apocalypse. Get your fix before __,..., .•• -·-· they leave, embarking on their 29 day ••••• cross-country Oceans to Summits tour wit h lconocaust! Joined by Illusions Fat e, Sorin, Black Tie Hero, and Blood Cabana, t his farewell promises to be brutal. I hate goodbyes. $6 advance, $8 at the door.

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SIERRA NEVADA BIG ROOM The salmon are having a great run in Butte Creek t his year, which is w onderful news for my mout h. Come celebrate by watching a collection of inspiring short films, gorging yourselves at t he buffet, and listening to t he music of Coopers Bluff. Advance tickets are $9-$40, depending on how old you are and whet her you want to stuff your face and become a member of t he Friends of Butte Creek. Doors open 5:30pm

international food, kids activities, arts and crafts, giant puppets, 20 years of history, and all of it packed into on e day.

Highlights include zydeco from Tom Rigney & Flambeau, hot latin rhythm from Los Pinguos, The Nigerian Brothers with Baba Ken Okulolo, Big Mo & The Full Moon Band, and Chico legends The Pub Scouts.

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Dex: Stand Up Comedy Show!

Lost On Main: Lost Cabaret presents Mr. Marmalade. $10. 6:30-8:20pm

lost On Main: Dave Elke, Janhy Walll, Rachelle De Bellew/ Doug Jones & Donovan Campbell of Dr. Luna, Big Mo Huffman. 9pm

Sierra Nevada Big Room: Brokedown In Bakersfield. Tim & Nicki Bluhm w/ members of AL0.$25. 7:30-9:30pm

10 TUESDAY Blue Room Theatre: Kids Take a Stand.

Kids perform pieces from musicals. $5. 7pm

11 WEDNESDAY El Rey Theater: Natty Vibes w/The Steppas. $12 advance. Doors 7:30pm, show 8pm

12 THURSDAY Cafe Coda: Airplanes, Denim Wedding, Mike Coykendall. 8pm

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Senator Theatre: Chief Keef. $20.

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13 FRIDAY Cafe Coda: Bogg playing a tribute to Bob Marley. 11am. Which Way to the St age? A Toast to On & Off Broadway Composers. 8pm Blue Room Theatre: Gruesome Playground Injuries opens. 7:30pm Community Park: Communit y Night Out at Chapmantown Farmer's Market.

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Laxson Auditorium: Jake Shimabukuro. $18-$32. 7:30pm

Fair. Free healt h screenings, food and fitness workshops, and document shredding I 10am-2pm

lost On Main: Dr. Luna, AOD, God Van Damme, Rock Mountain Tribe. Fire dancing by t he Roma Flame Girls. 9pm

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The Tackle Box: Driver. Free. 9pm

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1078 Gallery: David Rogers, classical

Crown, Sons of Jefferson. Free. 9pm

crossover guitar. $5-$10. 7:30-9:30pm Cal Skate: Roller Derby I Nor Cal Roller Girls take on Floodwater Roller Girls. $10-$12. 7:30-9:30pm Chico Art Center: Opening for Art All Aboard, a Graffiti Art Proj ect. runs t hrough 10/14.

Enloe Hospital: Centennial Healt h

Mr. Marmalade. $10. 6:30-8:20pm. Fol-

The Tackle Box: Brodie Stewart. $5

15 SUNDAY El Rey Theatre: Mason Jennings, Haroula Rose. $18 advance, $20 at t he door. Doors open 5:30pm, show 6:30pm Lost On M ain: Lost Cabaret presents Mr. M armalade. $10. 6:30-8:20pm

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The Tackle Box: Karaoke. 9pm

Truskol and Friends. 7-10pm

Duffy's: Pub Scouts-Happy Hour. 4-7pm

Woodstock's: Trivia Challenge. Call at 4pm to reserve a table. Starts 6:30pm

DownLo: Chico Jazz Collective every Thursday. Followed by Mark Se><ton Trio.

The Hub: Chico Baile Latino: Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia and Bachata dance

8pm

lessons followed by an open social dance.$2-$4. 8pm

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Cafe Flo: live Jazz Happy Hour with the Carey Robinson Trio. 5-7pm Downlo: Pool League. 3 player teams, signup with bartender. 7pm Last Call Lounge: Karaoke. 8pm-12am Maltese: Open Mic Night. Signups at 8pm, starts at 9pm. Mug Night 7-11:30pm Woodstock's: Spelling Bee for the Grownups. 6:30-7:30pm

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lOOth Monkey t'afe & Books: Open Mic. The Graduate: Red Bull Movie Night.

Singers, songwriters, musicians, vocalists, 10pm and comedians. All ages. 7pm Grana: Live Jazz with John Seid. 5:30The Bear: Trike Races. Post time 10pm.

8:30pm Mug dub 4-10pm Has Beans: Open Mic Night. 7-10pm.

Cafe Flo: live Jazz Happy Hour with the Signups start at 6pm Carey Robinson Trio. 5-7pm, then Way The Hub: FAME Thursdays DJ Dancing.

Out West Country Showcase. featuring 9:30pm-1:30am. 21+. No cover.

The Blue Merles. 7-9:30pm Crazy Horse Saloon: Swing Dance

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LaSalle's: Happy Hour on the patio.

6-9pm. '80s, '90s, and 2000s DJ. No cover.

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Wednesday. 8-10pm

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Chico Women's dub: Afro Brazilian

Maltese: Karaoke. 9pm-close.

6-7pm

Dance with Baba Kahanus. 5:30-7pm.

Panama's: Eclectic Nights. Buck night and

The Bear: Bearwear! Y. off while wearing

Followed by Yoga Dance. $8-$15. 7:l5pm DJ Eclectic on the patio. 9pm

Bear Wear. Mug Club 4-10pm

Dex: Hip Hop Wednesday. $6. 8:30pm

Cafe Flo: Open Mic Singer-Songwriter

Downlo: 8 Ball Tournament. Signups

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The Tackle Box: DJ Thomas. 8pm -lam

Chico Women's dub: Afro Carribean

Duffy's: Dance Night! DJ Spenny and Jeff

VIP Ultra Lounge (Inside The Beach):

Dance with Jeanne Christopherson. $10/ class or $35/mo. 5:50-7pm. Followed

by Fit Club. Arrive at 7:45pm. Free Class 8-9pm

Howse. 9pm. $1.

Jesus Center: Derelict Voice Writing Group, everyone welcome. 9-10:30am

Kalico Kitchen: Karaoke, with prizes!

Crazy Horse Saloon: All Request Karaoke. + 8-10pm 21 Maltese: Smashed Spelling Bee. 9pm DownLo: DJ Dancing with DJ Ron Dare The Tackle Box: Swing Dance Wednesday, Fann Star Pizza: live Jazz with Shigemi classes 7-9pm and Friends. 6:30-8:30pm VIP Ultra Lounge (Inside The Beach): The Hub: Salsa Tuesdays. Intermediate Laurie Dana. 7-9pm lesson 7:15-8:15pm, $8. Beginner lesson 8:15-9pm, $5. Open Dancing starts 9pm, Woodstock's: Trivia Night plus Happy Hour. call at 4pm to reserve a table. $2.

Starts at 8pm La Salle's: '90s night. 21+ Maltese: Karaoke. 9pm-dose Park Avenue Pub: Hanging by a String Band. 7-9pm

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Studio Inn Lounge: Karaoke. 8:30pm-

The Bear: DJ Dancing every thursday, Friday, and Saturday night. No Cover. 9pm

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Cafe Flo: Flo 'n' the Blues with Steven

Acoustic performance with Bradley Relf.

7-9pm. No Cover.

Woodstock's: Open Mic Night.

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Peeking Chinese Restaurant: BassMint.

Weekly electronic dance party featuring local and regional DJs. $3. 9:30pm Quackers: Live DJ. 9pm Sultan's Bistro: Bellydance Performance.

Two soloists featured. 6:30-7:30pm T-Bar: live Music. 7 -8:30pm Tortilla Flats: Latin Nights. Espanol & English DJ dancing, with DJ El Kora de Chico.

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Quackers: Karaoke night with Andy.

Night with Aaron Jaqua. 7-9pm

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The Bear: DJ Dancing every thursday, Friday, and Saturday night. No Cover. 9pm Cafe Flo: Beginner Drum Grcle 11am1pm. Acoustic Jam. 1-4pm Crazy Horse Saloon: ladies Night Danc-

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LaSalle's: 1980Now! 8pm

The Beach: DJ 2K & Mack Morris. 9pmclose. $2, $10 VIP.

Park Avenue Pub: Live Music with Ma>< Minardi. 6:30-9:30pm Quackers: Live DJ. 8:30pm-1am

The Bear: DJ Dancing every thursday, Friday, and Saturday night. No Cover.

Scotty's Landing: Music Showcase. Open

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Mic hosted by Rich & Kendall. 5-9pm

cafe Flo: lea Gadbois art opening 6-7pm, CD release show: Luminous Flu>< with Colin Wiley & Katie McConnell, 7-10pm Crazy Horse Saloon: DJ Hot Rod and Mechanical Bull Contest. 9pm-1:30am DownLo: Y. off pool. All ages until 10pm

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SEXYTIMES PHOTOS BY JESSICA SID

BY BALLS MCPHEARSON - BALLS@SYNTHESIS.NET Dear Balls,

plant-then yes. That is a turn off.

There is no easy way of saying it so I am just going to say it. I am twenty-year-old female and am still a virgin. I feel like a unicorn when I say that. But I also feel shame when I say that; so saying this is really hard and I would prefer, if possible, to stay anonymous. Now the reason I am writing to you is because I have hope for some advice that may help me to join the other side of the grass because I heard it was REALLY green.

Don't try to be all like "screw them if they can't take the real me." No. If you have a chronic problem of a rot-smelling vagina, then you should get checked out by your doc.

-Unicorn There must be a reason you are still a virgin. If you wanted to simply go out and have sex-you'd have gone out and had sex.

I'm not able to give solid advice on this.

Because on the surface it is overly simple.

Want a glass of water? Get a glass of water. Want to have sex? Go have sex.

You probably want it to be special and/ or meaningful. Fair enough. Maybe the persons in your life are not "romp material"-well, I ask, what makes a potential partner worthy in your eyes?

Do you know what it is you want? Are you comfortable enough in your OWN body and WITH your own body to know what works for you and what doesn't?

Do you know how to treat yourself with respect and what respect you demand from others? Then just remain receptive to those around you-talk to the ones that make ya tingle and go share an ice cream. It can and will happen organically if you keep true to yourself and are honest about what you deserve in return.

Or, you know-just go get nailed already.

Your call.

OK... are guys turned off by normal day smells down there? Cuz not everyone can take a shower before sexytime. Ya know?

I put his sweaty balls in my mouth. Did they smell like roses? NO! But did I do it anyways? Yes. Did it turn me off? NO! Sincerely, Rose Well, Rose, I'll bet his balls did smell like roses since they were in Rose's mouth HEY-OHH! Are guys turned off by normal day smells of your fun-zone? If your norm is a cross between low tide and the rendering

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However everyone's vaginal smells differ and are not normally a turn off, they are more often a big turn-ON. This is attraction being manifested in its most primal form. If a person isn't hip to the other person's pheromones and aroma, then the match isn't there and it's like "meh ... thanks, but I'll see ya around." I have been with a woman who was mildly attractive physically, but when I went down on her the taste and smell was all wrong for whatever genetic coding was engrained in my being. I just wasn't into it.

Nice girl, but the party wasn't happenin'.

I'd bet another guy finds her to taste like ambrosia. Some folks love onions, others hate them; some think Chanel No.5 is the sexiest perfume, others think it smells like gasoline. Short answer is to just keep things hygenic and bathe. Aside from any adverse condition, your vagina's taste and odor is all yours and will attract the right person, whoever that may be.

But seriously, showers are a good thing.

Especially if you just completed a 100-mile bicycle ride wearing yoga pants. Mmmm TART!

My boyfriend and I recently moved in together, and we're already having problems. He goes and hangs out with his friends without telling me and dinner gets cold, then we fight because he says I'm being his Mom. -Naggy McNaggerton Why did you move in together? What are you envisioning here? What's the longterm goal? Please have a sit-down with him. Explain that when he does what he does, it hurts your feelings. Allow him to explain ... oh fuck this-my guess is he's not gonna want to hear any part of it. So in that case, let's all fast-forward about 6 months to when you split up and go your separate ways. You're welcome.

My head hurts.

-Balls â&#x20AC;˘

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WHAT IS LIFE?

Life is a series of illusions, each originating from your self; each illusory idea piles upon another, so that physical reality becomes a far different thing indeed than true reality.

The fungus digests its food outside itself, before the food is actually consumed.

This is called being "heterotrophic." By the time the food reaches the fungus' proverbial "plate" to be eaten, the food has become something very different from its original form. Is the fungus even aware of the exterior digestion process it itself initiates? Perhaps the circle of influence around it is the only world it knows. Outside its circle of digestion could be (to the fungus' point of view) the distant unknown outer-space regions, to be guessed about but never consciously discovered.

And so do we humans adjust and digest true reality until it appears to us as physical reality. This is a quite unconscious process. It remains so until someone on the outside points it out to you. This person could appear to be "non-physical."

Our personal illusions (beliefs about reality, personal attitudes, our dependence upon the five senses) form a mental web of influence around ourselves, taking in the chunks of true reality that agree with our ideas and intentions, and throwing out the rest. You see your

neighbors do this all the time.

What we consciously experience as personal physical reality is actually a carefully selected, narrowed down, finely-focused-upon piece of true reality, digested fungus-like into perceivable, fivesense-oriented moments.

What if you could see what reality was really like, before the process of you personally perceiving it occurred? We can easily see what lies outside our dear fungus-friend's world ... Who is it that observes us from similarly expanded vistas?

While we wait for those deeper questions to be answered, we can go over what we just learned.

What we perceive is the result of our personal illusions-the mental lens through which true reality is filtered. The awesome thing about this, is that personal illusions are some of the most changeable things in your world. Their nature is completely under your conscious control.

If you desire a different, better experience in some area, start creating new ideas about life. They may appear to be totally imaginary at first. Watch how your experience changes as you persist upon thinking this new idea. Now that you've been made aware of how you digest life, you can improve how it gets digested. â&#x20AC;˘

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UNSOLICITED ADVICE

BY ANONYMOUS

PARENTING

"My kid's dad is a total asshole. He's always trying to get out of paying for stuff, he never wants to actually see his child, and when he does have the kid he totally neglects them so he can do his selfish BS. He never wanted a baby, and when I got pregnant he totally freaked out and ran off, pretty much ruining my life. Oh hey, sweetie, dinner's almost ready-go wash your hands."

Does this sound like you? Well if it does, I have some unsolicited advice.

First of all, you do have my sympathy.

It's hard feeling like you're on your own, especially when the stakes are so high.

HOWEVER, you are not doing your child any favors by bashing their other parent right in front of them-and you're setting up a pile of issues that will affect you both for the rest of your lives.

When you're a kid, things should be simple.

Kids should feel safe, see their parents modeling stable behavior, and shouldn't need to negotiate a world of politics and loyalty. Kids should be allowed to believe they are loved to the best of each parent's ability. Kids should carry no guilt for causing the divide between their parents or for ruining their parents' lives. Kids should be taught to be polite and to communicate with respect.

Kids need that bubble, even if creating it means shielding them from the truth about their possibly douchy parent. Without the bubble, they stress out and start messing up

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in various ways as they try to please both sides. Ultimately it will affect every area of their lives, from peer groups to relationships to school work. If you can spare them that chaos, they'll eventually grow up and see that Dad didn't put them first, and appreciate that you did.

On the flip side, douche-Dad, maybe it's time you thought about things from your kid's perspective. Wouldn't it be great to have a dad who shows you he cares, and protects you from creating bad habits?

Wouldn't it be great to have a dad who treats women with respect and helps out when he can? A dad who makes memories with you and has heart-to-heart talks?

How about turning off the electronics during your precious parenting time, instead of relying on them to keep your kid out of your hair? FYI-there is a thing called Rule 34: pornography or sexually-related material exists for any conceivable subject. If you let your 6-year-old daughter loose on the Internet searching for My Little Pony videos, she will come home to her mom with lovely anecdotes like "I saw a video, and the pony said 'My daddy makes me shove broken glass up my vagina."' Yeah, that ACTUALLY HAPPENED. In conclusion: putting your child's needs first will make your life better in the long run.

Don't lay all your drama in front of them, and don't let them be scarred by disgusting pony-porn when they're 6 years old. â&#x20AC;˘

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LABOR DAY RIDE-ALONG

ON THE TOWN

BY VALERIE REDDEMANN Over Labor Day weekend, I was provided the opportunity to witness, first hand, our Chico PD at work. I went on a ride-along Saturday night until the wee hours of the morning. I'm going to preface this piece by saying not all college students exhibit this behavior. But, like a lot of things, a few bad apples end up impacting the rest of the lot. It's sad, but true.

Before we left, I was given a quick tour of the Chico Police facility located on Humboldt Road. Most notable was the holding cell where subjects are brought until sobered up or transported to the County jail. Suffice it to say, I'll never complain about camping again. I'd rather poop in the woods than have to poop staring through cell bars. I'd suggest avoiding that location entirely.

We embarked on our journey focusing on college town-you know, the area where the City of Chico spends a whopping $1 million a year keeping things under control. While I drive through this neighborhood every day on my way to the office, somehow I expected things to be sparkling under the evening moon. Hey, I was just hoping to get something visible for my million bucks' worth. What I got were remnants of burnt couches, broken glass and the ubiquitous red party cups littered across yards.

It didn't take long to notice the number of law enforcement on patrol. In cars and on foot, it was a heavy mix of our own Chico PD, Highway Patrol, and ABC officers in town to help keep the peace on this notoriously busy weekend-and it comes with a hefty price tag. Police officers greeted party-cats with "hellos" and, when appropriate, "Let's move along." They were patient with crowds and worked to head off any potential trouble they saw looming. Speaking of patient-I'd like to point something out that, while not surprising, still caused a jaw-dropping response from this writer: drinking makes some of you complete asshats, and results in unprovoked comments

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to the police, for which you really should be slapped. While the police are incredibly patient and tolerate stupidity and rude behavior from drunken buffoons regularly, I propose we create the "Maturity Patrol" that follows behind and does some serious bitch-slapping and soap-in-the-mouth washing. Do you talk to your mother with that mouth? Remember, you get back the level of respect you put out. It's commonsense-101. But I digress ...

On the bright side, I witnessed friends helping their inebriated buddies home, and guys giving girls piggyback rides to help their aching feet (tip: wear cute flats and leave the 5" blister-makers at home).

Many parties were kept small, and some hosts made calls to the police to help break up the celebrations they felt were getting out of control. Unfortunately, there were still fights, unwieldy crowds, and the intoxicated dingbats who say and do things they should be ashamed of.

Probably one of the most disturbing things I took away from my experience is that far too many young women still walk home alone, in the dark, head down, along dark streets, texting away, completely oblivious to their surroundings. They may has well have a big V stamped on their forehead for "Victim." Come on, ladies, use your heads. It generally costs less than $10 to go anywhere in Chico by taxi. At the very least, please keep your head up and be alert.

Thank you to Chico PD for allowing me the opportunity to see what you do. It was an eye-opening experience, and one I'll never forget. •

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BY TOMMY DIESTEL EPIC FEST-Hyped up for months by Facebook posts and street rumors, the show strove to revitalize metal at the Women's Center by featuring not one or two, but THIRTEEN metal bands to play over Labor Day weekend.

Culminating in seven straight hours of brutality, the fest brought a lineup of the heaviest hitters Chico has to offer.

The guest list included A Holy Ghost Revival, Abberance, Armed For Apocalypse, Astronaut, Blood Cabana, Cold Blue Mountain, Fallon, Into The Open Earth, lo Torus, Sorin, Taunis Year One, Teeph, and Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy.

The collection covered a nice slice of the metal spectrum.

I'll admit, I first expected 7 hours of doom, but the show was surprisingly upbeat. There was enough noise to melt the face off a gargoyle. No one was prepared for what ensued. And with a sonic boom, it began.

Blood Cabana opened on the main stage. The young boys were the perfect sacrifice to the metal gods. They're a talented group of kids, and their music sure is heavy. A perfect start for the festivities. Blood Cabana warmed the crowd up, and slowly got people getting down. Their quick tempo licks, brutal riffs, and sludgy breakdowns blended into a death metal smoothie with extra kick to the face. Almost like something you would find in Satan's Tropical Cabana bar. Refreshing, yet deadly.

It was a great idea to have a floor stage along with the main stage. Saved a bunch of transition time that was wisely used for rocking out instead. Between sets, if you didn't want to go have a drink in the beer garden, you could simply turn around, and the next band would start!

Minutes after Blood Cabana finished, Teeph took the floor of the Center. If you've never heard Teeph before, go find a microphone, put it into an empty can, and toss the whole thing into a blender. Then hit the 'crush' button at odd rhythmic intervals, and listen carefully. Alternatively, you can also check out teeph.bandcamp.com, where their newest EP Vitenamaste is available to download. These master metalsmiths create a sound that is sludgy, upbeat, crushing, airy, spastic, and heavy all at the same time. If you missed their Epic Fest set, definitely check 'em out sometime.

Abber ance held it down for the fellow metalheads up in Paradise. They opened their set by saying "We're loud and obnoxious ..." and they meant it. A wall of feedback exploded into chugging riffs and vicious snarling vocals.

Their breakdowns were grave-diggingly sludgy. Earlier, Abberance said they had "FREE COFFINS FOR EVERYONE!" so it was no surprise they tried to kill everyone via innerear hemorrhage.

Taunis Year One has certainly evolved since the last time I saw them. Now with new dual vocal action, the band was ready to tear it up. Even with the new change, Taunis Year One was fluid, seamlessly transitioning between lightning-fast gliding melodies, and jaw-dropping

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chugging breakdowns. They are easily the auditory equivalent of getting beaten with a baseball bat for hours on end.

a vengeance after the release of their self-titled EP and their singer's stint on The Amazing Race, "rusty" is obviously not in their vocabulary. Breaking out new songs and old favorites, Cold Blue Mountain obliterated both the stage and the crowd.

Next up on the main stage was lo Torus. If there are two things these pro(g)digies love, it's dissonant chords and math. Not to mention the sweeping guitar lines, eerie breakdowns, intricate timings, and songs that go on forever. Still have that blender out? Toss your graphing calculator into it this time and drink up. There's still eight bands to go.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy shook the entire building. Both inside and outside were loud and shaking to the bizarre mix of doom and pop. Some parts were sludgy, others upbeat and fast. Despite my confusion, I enjoyed their set. I definitely left the room dizzy.

After lo Torus finished, Astronaut flew in from their latest space mission and crashed right onto the floor stage.

And Holy Shit! They blew me away! I was expecting super sludgy space rock or some shit, but they were super down-to-Earth extremely brutal! Ultra fast speed metal jaggedly paired with offbeat breakdowns and quirky interludes.

A Holy Ghost Revival was the only band I saw that had a keyboard, which isn't surprising for metal. But what was surprising was the fact you could hear the damn thing! It tied the entire sound together by creating eerie dissonance alongside the band's brutal riffs. Their singer had great energy, constantly pumping up the crowd between deep screams.

Turn around and there was Fallon-metal trailblazers of the north. For twenty five or some odd years these cats have been tearing through guitars like it was nothing!

Straight. Heavy. Metal. No chaser. Blazing riffs, wailing guitars, thudding bass and steadfast drums crushed the audience. Hope everyone took great notes, 'cuz that's how it's done.

Sorin shut the floor stage down as the night vamped to a climax. They packed more music into their set than anyone, and still managed to only play a handful of songs .

Their energy carried out into the crowd as members jumped back and forth from the pit.

Keeping the pace was Into The Open Earth. These guys rocked the house with driving metal right into that gaping hole where your face used to be. For just three members, they ripped it apart, buried it, and dug it up again.

While Into The Open Earth is a hard act to follow, Cold Blue Mountain did it effortlessly. Their chilling use of space between crushing riffs and intense breakdowns sends shivers down my spine with each set. Back with

A band that is ever evolving, Armed For Apocalypse, displayed their latest efforts at grinding faces to a pulp. Made up of nearly all new material , Armed For Apocalypse's set was an epic conclusion to an epic show.

They gracefully slayed everyone who made it through the night.

The videos don't do it justice. The pictures only capture moments. Without a doubt, Epic fest w as ... Well, I don't even need to say it. You know. â&#x20AC;˘

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YOUR PROF MIGHT BE A PRICK IF...

BY JAIME O'NEILL I recently read a piece by a guy who wrote in praise of one of his journal ism professors-a man legendary for his exacting standards and fiercely unrelenting discipline.

The writer lavishly lauded the autocratic severity of a professor who seemed, to me, like an imperious martinet and a bit of a dick. With each additional word the writer used to describe him, that fondly-remembered former teacher came to seem more and more like a petty tyrant in a very small fiefdom-the sort of man who gets little respect anywhere else he goes, but demands absolute obeisance in his classroom. His kids may diss him at the dinner table, and his wife may be cheating on him with an administrator, but in his classroom he rulesimposing his dictates on students who have little power to resist, and misusing the grading system to exact submissiveness ratherthan to measure learning. But, for whatever Stockholm-syndrome sort of reason, professors of this kind are often praised by those who survive the time spent under their thumbs. Anyone old enough to remember the movie The Pa per Chase knows that these high-horse profs tend to generate a peculiar reverence.

Because I spent so much of my life doing battle with student-slackers, excuse-makers, no-shows, and bul 1shitters, I'm not inclined to take sides against professors who try to imposed iscipline on a category of human beings best known for drinking vast quantities of beer, smoking goo-gobs of weed, and puking up their guts in weekly rituals of alcohol rejection.

But there's such a thing as pushing students toward selfdiscipline and diligence-and then there's a whole other realm of pickiness and policing that is often antithetical to a respect for learning.

For instance, in the blog that prompted me to write this little piece, the writer praised his former prof for the fact that he would accept no assigned work if it was even 30 seconds late, and had a departmental secretary assigned to monitor the precise moment a student's work was turned in. Miss the deadline by half a minute, and you got no credit for your work. As a result, some students who did good work failed the course because of a stern and arbitrary deadline that had little to do with measuring learning, or the quality of work produced. What it measured was compliance with dictatorial whim.

When I mentioned this to the guy who was praising this kind of high-handed treatment of powerless underlings, he said that the course was journalism, where deadlines are important. And while I agree that is so, no "real world" editor in his or her right mind would ti re a reporter or writer for missing a deadline by such a razorslim margin. Nor would they discard a well-written and well-reported story because of a petty infraction of that kind. But schoolhouse dictators who like to impose strict rules on students always say they're just trying

to prepare them forthe harsh realities awaiting them beyond academia. The fact is, however, that unless students wind up with those occasional bosses who turn out to be real pricks, the so-called "real world" tends to be no more or less harsh than the conditions one can find in school.

My point here is intended for conscientious college students who may have the misfortune of encountering an instructor who reveals an autocratic temperament in the way he/she sets up the syllabus. I've had colleagues who drafted point scales for student perform a nee that wou Id have ma de an entire law ti rm look as though they weren't trying hard enough to split hairs and refine fine points. These teachers deducted points for all sorts of things that had nothing to do with learning the subject at hand. Back in my day, such profs could ding you for not setting your margins in the ways they dictated. One memorable dictatorial type subtracted a full letter grade for each punctuation error. Still another would count words, and drop his assessment a full letter grade ifthe (rather arbitrary) length had not been achieved. It didn't matter if the particular essay turned out to be cogent and better for its brevity; the length had been assigned, and smart students quickly learned the bad lesson that padding was a good way to write. It isn't.

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It's unlikely that anyone who spent even a semester in college has missed having one of these rules-y teachers, with a syllabus that reads like a legal brief, and a point scale that measures compliance with authority over the work turned in.

If you're currently such a student, dealing with a teacher who seems to use the grading system primarily as a tool for asserting domina nee, it just might be that your prof is a prick. If the syllabus makes you suspect that he (or she) is, then it would be in your best interest to drop that class and seek out a teacher who wants to teach what's in the course description, and wants to use the crude apparatus of the grading system to appraise what you've learnednot how willing you were to fa II in line with a set of rules designed to evaluate your character.

Beleaguered teachers need all the help they can get to ensure that students show up for class, that they don't constantly straggle in late, and that they meet reasonable deadlines and perform a nee expectations. But when your professor's grading system rewards petty adherence to petty rules, it just might be that your prof's a prick who thinks his/her job is to determine which students are most likely to be docile future members of the workforce who a re unlikely to buck the system, ask questions, or think for themselves. â&#x20AC;˘

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ARIES

GEMINI

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LIBRA

SAGITTARIUS

AQUARIUS

Distinguish between fact and fiction. Your power is through service, good health, and a sense of teamwork. Kindness and love are the backbones of passionate service and compassionate work. You're driven to be more fun and creative. Wednesday and Thursday are lucky and positive for you. Stoy focused on the work in front of you. The more serious nature of life and death and things you can't control are bound to have an effect on you.

Sunday is good for socializing.

The Mercury-ruled signs of Gemini and Virgo are ministers of information to the moon and sun.

Virgo-time rules the home life for Gemini. It rules your heritage, your parents, and the way you feel about things. Your sense of creativity has turned into work.

Your conversation has moved toward the arts and children.

Wednesday and Thursday are this week's best days for you to address challenges or negotiate romance. Sunday looks good for an adventure.

Be aware of your personal cnarm. Money and values are in the forefront You are vuhatyou eat What might you eatto be healthier? Pay attention to what you say. Do your actions match your words? You are rewed up with personal power. Take advantage of the next several weeks, as you have extra energy.

The moon will be in your fifth house Wednesday and Thursday.

The mood will be "let the game; begin." There is fun in the mix.

The weekend looks good for getting organized.

Venus move; into your seoond house Tuesday night. Get ready for a greater sensual hunger.

You'll be more aware of what you are putting in your mouth. Sing more spiritual songs. You might get a haircut or a makeover.

Perhaps you'll need to go to the dentist There is a sense that you're in the trenches, trying to stay sane v.hile being able to introduce new ideas. By Sunday you'll feel a sense that it is safe to go outside and play once again.

Be ready to toke on new responsibilities this vueek. Don't hideyourtolents, but rise up to the occ;ision. Letthe world see thethings that you do well.

Be aware of the goals you keep secret from others. Change is the name of the game, and it isn't always easy. The moon will be in Sagittarius on Wednesday and Thursday. Your influence will be positive on these days.

The weekend could be a good time to work for some extra cash. Continue to manifest your dreams.

There are always some numbskulls who want to rain on your parade v.hile ymire out there having a brilliant time. Say things like, "I can see how you would feel that way" when confronted for being your weird self. Camp out in your own backyard just for the novelty of it On Sunday the moon is in Aquarius. You get this day to pretend you're in oontrol of the situation. Beyond that, you could use a boost to your morale. laugh at the things you can't understand.

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CANCER

VIRGO

SCORPIO

CAPRICORN

PISCES

Savor every last moment of summer. Get in the creek and toke a dip. Be aware as days all overtheworldgetcloserto twelve hours of light andt\.elve hours of darkness. Find new ways to express your creativity.

Find something in everyone that is worth loving. Take more opportunitie; to be playful.

Your partnership may be going through some difficulties. Now is thetime to work on makingthings better. Friday and Saturday look good for travel and adventure.

Invoke the poet, the writer, and the musewithinyou. Be aware ofthe joys of working with your hands. Be aware of the things that set you apart from your parents.

Do things that you have energy for. Avoid being lethargic. Get enough re;t and avoid sugary junk food. You're likely to be doing a little more traveling and moving about. Monday and Tuesday are your most creative days. Keep in toucn with old friends and siblings. Smile, flirt, and live.

This week's focus is personal ambition, family, and your creative voice. Prayer and meditation are your best friends at this point Uplift others and you'll be upliftingyourself. Be courageous about entering new territory, yet be intuitive. Be aware of your friends and how you communic;ite with them.

Friday and Saturday are your best days, with the moon in your fifth house. Creative fun is easier to come by. Sunday looks good for organizational projects.

This is a fortunate time for you.

Monday and Tuesday are strong days for you, with the moon in Scorpio. Begin the day with a meditation that you will be receptive to the good that is abundantiy there for you if you only ask for it. You'll make a plan forthe future that is workable for you. Deal with finances by mid-week. Friday and Saturday look good for socializing and attending gatherings. Be aware of your IE11el of performance in relationship to your personal goals.

Get into your most primal feelings this week. Try a new religion. Enroll in a fast-track foreign language dass. listen to seminars on being succe;sful. Make plans to toke a dream vacation. Some might pursue long-distance romance during this period. The moon will be in Capricorn on Friday and Saturday. A high time is to be had by all. Better friends will oome intothe pid:urethis week.

Take risks and be brave. Avoid stress. Drink chamomile tea and stay mellow.

We are deep in the middle of your partnership sign. Your activity at work has increased considerably.

Partnerships and romance c;in be extra blissful this week. Monday and Tuesday are your luckie;t days. Serve your partner in the way you would like to be served.

Travel and creative projects get the green light Good luck is with you. You will be seen I The weekend looks good for parties and hanging out with the kind of people who can help you.

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