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White House to Meet assisting Supervisor Leal in convening Wrm IvESbian/Gay this meeting, and established a scholarship fund for those openly gay Elected Officials. elected officials who could not WASHINGTON, D.C. - For the first otherwise be a part of this ground time in history, the White House has breaking event. The Victory Fund will scheduled a meeting with gay and also sponsor a reception and banquet on lesbian elected officials. According to Saturday, June 10, to honor openly gay San Francisco Supervisor Susan Leal, elected officials and members of the the liaison between the Administration Administration. and lesbian and gay elected officials, The Gay and Lesbian Victoiy Fund is a the meeting will be held at the White national donor network of men and House onTuesday,June 13."This much women committed to electing qualified, awaited meeting will give gay and openly gay and lesbian candidates to lesbian officials the opportunity to public office. provide input to the Administration and to discuss with Administration officials "Cracking the issues of common concern," says Leal. On the morning before the meeting,the Corporate Closet" gay elected officials will conducta series Released of Congressional visits to meet with WASHINGTON, D.C. - Workplace key legislators. issues for gay, lesbian and bisexual Elected by popular vote, openly gay employees has made headlines,and now and lesbian officials epitomize the it's made it to hardback.Harper Business strides that the lesbian/gay community has just released "'Cracking the has made towards dispelling anti-gay Corporate Closet" an exhaustive look stereotypes and achieving political into the internal policies of 200 equality."We have spent the past two corporations and their impact on gay, years laying the groundwork for this lesbian and bisexual employees and unprecedented event," says Leal,"and consumers. The book, subtitled "The now, to paraphrase Harvey Milk, we 200 Best( and Worst) Companies to will give the American people the Work for. Buy from and Invest in If chance to judge us by our own leaders, you're Gay or Lesbian — and Even If and by our own legislators." Among the You Aren't,"is written by Daniel Baker, 32 Victory Fund winners invited to the Sean O'Brien Strub and Bill Henning in meeting are Supervisor Leal, U.S. association with the National Gay and Congressmen Barney Frank and Gerry Lesbian Task Force(NGLTF). Studds,and Texas State Representative In conjunction with an NGLTF Glen Maxey. workplace questionairre, the authors of The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund is "Cracking the Corporate Closet"
Page 8 • Dimensions "May 1995 collected a variety of data that indicate International(GLPCl) 1995 Conference workplace climate for gay, lesbian and will be held Friday, June 30, through bisexual employees. Basic criteria for Monday, July 3, at UCLA in Los consideration were the existence ofnon- Angeles. Families 101 should prove to discrimination policies that include be a stimulating learning experience or sexual orientation, domestic partner the whole family. There will be three policies and benefits, diversity training related subconferences: the Parent s and AIDS education programs, gay/ Conference, COLAGE (Children o lesbian/bisexual employee groups, and Lesbians and Gays Everywhere) whether companies consider marketing Conference for youths 13 and up, an to the gay community. The 240-page the Children's Program for 6-12 year book includes several summarizing lists, olds.Parents and youths are both invited but predominantly discusses survey to attend "The Prom You Really findings in narrative form with Wanted" on Saturday night while the corporations grouped by type, such as children have a pizza party. "Banks" and "Publishing." The parents conference workshops wi "Workplace organizing is an exploding include adoption, artificia phenomenon, with new gay/lesbian/ insemination, step-parenting, non-gay bisexual employee groups launched spouses,multi-racial parenting,coup ^ virtually on a daily basis,"said Melinda communication,family law,being O Paras, NGLTF executive director. in your childs life, dealing with die "Because the workplace is where many media, and parent-chil Americans spend a majority of their communication. The youth conference day, this is an important frontier for workshops will cover topics such as organizing in support of gay, lesbian how and what to tell friends, safer sex, and bisexual equality. NGLTF is proud gay and lesbian history, fighting to have worked with the authors of homophobia and dealing with divorce. "Cracking the Corporate Closet" to The childrens conference will include a provide this information to inspire pool party,field trips, time to talk about further activism in the workplace." their families, games and crafts. NGLTF will sponsor a workplace For more information, or to register, organizing intensive at their annual call (213)654-0307 or write to GLPCl Creating Change conference,to be held '95, 7985 Santa Monica Blvd., Box in Detroit, November 10-13, 1995. 109-346, West Hollywood,CA 90046. NGLTF also coordinates a separate workplace organizing conference, with Limbaugh Does Pizza the next gathering scheduled for April Atlanta,GA - One ofthe nations leading 1996. fast food chains has hired one of the nations leading homophobes to serve as Gay Parents to Hold a company spokesperson. Pizza Hut's new television campaign features none Conference in Los other than Rush Limbaugh. Angeles In the commercial, Limbaugh praises Los Angeles, CA - Families 101, the both the pizza and his own ego. Shown Gay and Lesbian Parents Coalition May 1995 • Dimensions • Page 9 stuffing a pizza slice in his mouth, monitoring public response to the Limbaugh chats about his knack for Limbaugh commercial. Reports are "always being right." being filed on the basis of each call. When he's not busy punching pizza, Register you complaint toll free by Limbaugh is busy bashing lesbians, calling(800) 358-2222, or write to Pizza gays, women and people of color. His Hut, Consumer Affairs, 2100 Powers radio and television broadcasts are filled Ferry Road, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA with homophobic misinformation and 30339-5014. downright ridicule. During one Reprinted with permissionfrom GLAAD broadcast of his TV show,for example, Reports, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1995. Limbaugh derided a meeting of rural GLAAD Reports is a publication ofthe lesbians, which took place on a farm. Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against These women, Limbaugh said, were Defamation ofLos Angeles. "mating with pigs" in order to •Sp "perpetuate the species." Fortunately,"operators are standing by" at Pizza Hut's corporate offices.
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May 1995 • Dimensions • Page 11 What's Goia' Oa A Monthly Listing Of Special Events All Around The Area DALLAS - There's a new organization before the 1pm Shotgun Start. A in town called the Women's Caddy Auction will be held on June Communities Association (WCA). 2nd from 7-9pm at Desert Moon. The purpose of the group is to build a Players fees are $60 per player. Call community of women in which all ofits (214)520-8108. Space is limited so call members are recognized,acknowledged right now! There will also be an After and included through neighborhood Tournament Party on Sunday,June 4 organizing. Short term goals include from 6:30-8;30pm with free food and a planning events that enable the WCA cash bar. Awards will be given during to introduce women in its 31 Dallas- the party. area neighborhoods to one another. Neighborhoods range from the Cedar AUSTIN - Christopher House (an Springs area to Richardson to Arlington AIDS Hospice) will host a Benefit to the Park Cities and beyond. If you concert and campout June 23rd, 24th would like to participate in your area & 25th at Recreation Plantation in (or serve as an area coordinator if there Dripping Springs,TX (about20 minutes is no group for your neighborhood yet) west of Austin). Entertainment will call (214)319-6696. include Jan Matney, Diana Jones, Vica, Behl, Alison Goodgame, SAN ANTONIO - "Safety In Barbara Lewis & the Sisterhood and Numbers"is the theme of the Lambda more.For camping info, call(512) 894- Students Pride Soiree VIII at the 0567. For benefit info, call (512) 832- Oimos Park party house on June 18th 1475. All proceeds will go to benefit from 4-7pm. The eighth annual Pride Christopher House. Soiree offers students an opportunity to network and learn about their lesbian AMARILLO - The annual Pride and gay community while enjoying Picnic for the Amarillo lesbian/gay music and refreshments. Campus and community will be held on Saturday youth groups have been invited, June 24 at 1pm in Thompson Park organizations and business may register (picnic areas 70 & 71). The picnic will for table space and agencies with feature food,fun & entertainment. For educational material on AIDS more info, call the Amarillo Lesbian/ prevention are especially encouraged Gay Alliance at(806) 373-5725 to participate. Admission is free, but DALLAS - The Women's Busine underwriters are being sought to help Network(WEN) is an organization f^^ defray expenses. For more details, call business, professional and care^*^ Jim at(210) 736-4329. women. WBN holds monthly meetinp'^ DALLAS - Oak Lawn Community on the second Thursday of each month Services' (OLCS) Candy Marcum from 6:30-8pm at the Harvey Hotel Institute for Women's Studies(CMI) the Southland Center(400 N.Olive in is hosting the Second Annual CMI downtown Dallas). Underground Golf Classic on Sunday, June 4 at the parking can be accessed at Pearl St. & Twin Weils Golf Course in Irving. Bryan. The fee for the meeting is $6 for Check-in will be from 1 lam-12:30pm members and $10 for non-members. Page 12 • Dimensions "May 1995 Annual membership dues start at $25 Just For Fun- for full-time students and range up to Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles radio $150 (which covers all your meeting commentator Tammy Bmce, who was fees for the year,the monthly newsletter recently portrayed in Time magazine as and a one month business card size ad in the "only fmeinist lesbian on the newsletter). The WBN also hosts a mainstream radio,"shocked herlisteners monthly"Mixer." Call the WBN Voice on April 1 by announcing live on the air Mail Line at(214) 712-8976 for more that she is not a lesbian, but is in fact information. heterosexual. She then nervously explained why she feigned being a LUBBOCK - Metropolitan lesbian. She said she needed a "hook" Community Church of Lubbock will for hershow and had decided to conduct celebrate its Fifteenth Anniversary on a "social experiment" and "become" a Saturday, June 17th at the Baker minority by pretending to be a lesbian. Building (1211 13th St.). The evening Reaction to the armouncement was swift will include dining, dancing, an open and ranged from a lesbian caller cash bar and a photo history of MCC observing that it was "...a cheap Lubbock. For more info, call (806) experiment... made her feel like a lab 792-5562. animal..." to a good, Christian woman who said,"I've been praying foryou to OF INTEREST TO ALL repent." The 20th Annual Michigan Women's At the end of the hour,Bmce reminded Music Festival will be held August 8- her listeners that the date was April 1st. 13 on 650 acres in Oceana County, April Fools!Tammy Bmce is a leasbian Michigan. Some of the featured and her "social experiment" was to performers include: Rhiannon, Girls demonstrate irrational fears against in the Nose, Spanking Violets, Holly lesbians and gay men. Near, Kate Clinton, Margie Adam, Reprinted with permissionfrom GLAAD Ferron and Marga Gomez.The festival Reports, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1995. also includes intensive workshops on GLAAD Reports is a publication ofthe topics ranging from Practical Self- Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defense to the Goddess in the Defamation ofLos Angeles. Bedroom, Movies Under the Stars and a crafts bazaar.Tickets range from $40 for a one-day advance ticket to $250 for a 6-day all festival pass at the gate. Registration XPRESURSELFWITH IMAGES for RV travelers 2900 W.AMDERSOh LM.20-143 must be made by AUSTIM,1X78757 July 6th. For more 512*990*4831 information, send a large self-addressed, ARE YOU CUTTiriG HEADS OFF? stamped envelope to •GEniMG RED EVE? WWMTC,Box22, •OR JUST WAhT TO KMOW MORE? 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Dear Agnes, Dear Scared, I have a really big problem and I don't Pick a time. Soon. When you aren't know what to do about it. Last month, expecting company or any distractions my lover was out of town for a week. and calmly tell her the news. After that, While she was gone, I went out with all you can do is wait for her reaction some people from my office and ended and go from there. up having sex with a male coworker. Only you now your lover well enough Now I'm fairly certain thatI'm pregnant to predict what her reaction might be. (I have taken a home pregnancy test She is probably going to be hurt and which told me I'm pregnant, but I angry that you slept around, but how haven't been to the doctor yet) and I she'll feel about this unexpected don't know where to turn. pregnancy is anybody's guess. My lover and I have been together for Don't wait to tell her. When I say pick three years and I have never been a time soon, I mean time is of the unfaithful before.I don'tknow how she essence. Good luck and let me know will handle this, especially since it was how you are and how things turn out. with a man. Now, here is the really hard part. We Dear Agnes, have been talking for about a year about I am very attracted to a beautiful, tall, one of us having artificial insemination red-headed police officer. I have heard so that we could have a child together. that she is gay and I think she may have For that reason and that reason alone, I flirted with me,but I don't know how to don't want to have an abortion. I've approach her. I know I have flirted with always wanted a child and this seems her and she always smiles at me when I like the opportune time to do so. do. Please help.I don't know how to tell her We are friends and spend time together and I know I don t have much time to regularly, but I'm still not sure what to decide. Do you think I should just have do. What do you think? I am afraid to an abortion and forget the whole thing talk to her about this for fear of being ever happened? Or, should I go ahead rejected or arrested for sexual andhave this baby,regardless of what it harassment. What should I do? Agnes, does to my relationship with my lover"? please help me! SCARED attracted,but DON'T City Withheld KNOW WHAT TO DO SAN ANTONIO,TX
May 1995 • Dimensions • Page 15 Dear Attracted, If I read and interpret your letter correctly, you should just relax. If you If You have a friendship established, your lifestyle is bound to come up sooner or Have A later. And even if it doesn't, you're bound to get a better idea of her feelings Problem for in this area as time goes by. Dear Agnes, There is really no big rush.If this woman is flirting with you, she isn't going to send your just stop. Hang back and let her make lefter fo: the first move. Dear Agnes c/o Dimensions P.O. Box 856 Lubbock, TX 79408
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It's June - a time of celebration for lesbians and gay men ttie world over, Parades, rallies will be hield In cities large and the last week of this month. in honor of this annual celebration of pride,this article will give you sorne basic information evepr lesbian and gay nnan should know. Included is a short history of the gay movement, and the meaning and origin of the symbols we use and the names we call ourselves. May 1995 • Dimensions • Page 17 T?3§T0I\3C?IL D?rm a crime. Despite all this, the gay Although a serious gay-rights movement continued to gain movement began in the late 1800s in momentum. The AIDS Quilt, National Berlin, it died a very painful death with Coming Out Day,The Gay Games and the beginning of the Nazi movement. the first big March on Washington are The groundwork for the modem gay just a few of the "firsts" in the gay movement was laid in California in the community in the 80s. mid-fifties. West Coast One, Inc., and The nineties are halfway over and the The Mattachine Society were the first gay community has seen some major organizations for gay men. The victories and more than a few setbacks. Daughter s of Bilitis, an organization Increased visibility and activism has for lesbians quickly followed. brought a corresponding increase in The 1960s saw a growing number of hate crimes and right-wing resistance. organizations and "out" gay activists. The passage of Amendment 2 in Then,on Friday,June 27,1969,the gay Colorado angered and frightened us. rights movement erupted. The The pending approval of same-sex Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich marriage in Hawaii gives us hope. Village in New York City, was raided by police that night, and the patrons §YnTB0LS decided to fight back. The fight moved THE PINK TRIANGLE — The pink into the street where other gay people in triangle was used in Nazi Germany to the area joined in and tumed a small identify gay men. The triangle was a protest into a full-fledged riot. piece of pink cloth that had to be affixed To celebrate the first anniversary of the to clothing and displayed to indicate Stonewall Riot, gays in San Francisco that the wearer was homosexual. Gays held the first"Gay Freedom Day"parade and lesbians have adopted this symbol in June, 1970. In 1972, the American of oppression and death and tumed it Psychiatric Association removed into a symbol of pride. homosexuality from their list of mental disorders. California decriminalized LAMBDA —The lambda is the Greek homosexuality in 1975. Harvey Milk letter "L" for liberation. Originally it became the first openly gay person to was the pictographic symbol for the hold elected office when he became a scales of justice. In time, it began to supervisor for the city of San Francisco representtheconceptofbalance.Spartan in 1977. He was fatally shot by ex- Soldiers painted the lambda on their supervisor Dan White in 1978. battle shields as a symbol of their unity, In the early 1980s the first cases of and a representation of the delicate' AIDS were diagnosed in gay men and balance they believed must exist the gay community was forever between the demands of the state and changed. In addition to the death and the freedom of the individual. Romans devastation from the disease itself, fear borrowed the lambda from the Greeks, of the disease led to an increase in anti- using it as a symbol for "lampas," the gay violence. The Supreme Court mled Roman word for torch. In 1970,without that states had the right to make sodomy knowing of the historical significance
Page 18 • Dimensions •May 1995 of the letter, the Gay Activists Alliance FY3 of New York designated the orange The gay and lesbian community is lambda on a blue field as a symbol of shrinking! The formerly accepted figure gay liberation. In December, 1974, the of gays constituting 10 percent of the lambda was adopted as the international population is being whittled away. In symbol for gay and lesbian rights by the recent years, "scientific" studies have International Gay Rights Congress come up with figures of 5,3 and even 1 meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland. percent.If the Far Right had its way,we (Thanks to Lambda Rising Bookstore in would, both literally and figuratively, Washington D.C.for this information) disappear — never to be seen or heard from again. LAVENDER(the color)—Purple has This is where you come in. Get out and many links with same-sex love. Greek march in the PrideParade in your area. mythology,the poetry ofSappho, Native Come outto someone who doesn'tknow American lore and even a West African you are gay. Buy from gay owned religion give purple a significant business whenever possible. Give relationship with homosexuals. financially to the Gay Rights organization of your choice. Show that words s you are proud of who you are. ORJQJRS BULLDYKE — many think this term
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May 1995 • Dimensions • Page 21 What A Woru>, What A WoRU> HETEROSEXUAL OUTREACH BY NANCY FORD
R-r-r-r-ring! 'hood without introducing a whole 'nother gender into the equation? The gentleman on the other end of the phone was calling with an interesting Then I thought, maybe this all makes offer, having heard around the circuit perfect sense. Who better to ask what that I am a comedian with a somewhat really pleases a woman than a lesbian? irreverent approach.Hmmm. As a comic In is most pristine form, a collective actor he was interested in finding a Cultura Lesbiana is uncluttered with female partner and co-writer to develop unnecessary testicular influence. Virgin a stand-up routine with him. Okay, so canvas,so to speak,untouched by the... /ariogoo'f-Thefocuswouldbe to offer a performance-art training manual for On occasion, I have been led to believe boyfriends and husbands,assisting them that I know what gay women want at in learning what their girlfriends and least for a few days in Cancun at a time. wives really want in a romantic But that wasn't the question. I relationship. considered going to a straight bar for Happy Hour one night,just to do a little Oopsie! Evidently where the circuit research to discover what pleases broke was that he had not heard that I straight women.If hit upon by a member am a comedian whose material is, if not of the opposite sex, I decided I would specifically for the gay and lesbian decline by saying,"I'm not straight but community, certainly focused on it. some of my friends are. Not that there's Stick with what you know — that's my anything wrong with heterosexuality motto;(along with,"Yes, I would like — it's just not for me.I'm sure some of to supersize that order of fries for an you are as normal as regular people additional 390.") Thanks for the drink. Got a sister?" With that in mind, I have consulted Initially, I saw two problems with this number of dykely cohorts who offg^ guy's offer. One — my involvement in these tips t our straight male friends to this sort of show might imply that I was encouraging and promoting achieve more success in the relationshin heterosexuality — a "No, I'm not a department. Consider it an outreach straight woman,but I play one on stage," program to the het community. kind of thing. You know me better. Secondly, why should I share trade — First and foremost, never send a secrets that have taken years of trial and straight man to do a lesbian's Job. error to accumulate with straight men? Haven't we got enough romantic — Don't suck your teeth, pick your competition from our own sisters in the nose,or clean your ears with your salad Page 22• Dimensions "May 1995 fork. In public or in private.
— Clean your career, whatever it may ALTERNATIfE be, out from under your fingernails V I S I O N S before a romantic interlude. This is especially important if your profession A Professional involves automotive work,cleaning up chemical spills, asbestos removal, or Introduction! slicing jalapenos. Remember — no GOOP,no girl. RelationshipService
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— It's proper etiquette for the person • Confidential who drives to pick up the condom tab, at least at first — unless you're dating former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders. • Criminal Background Check
—Asone of my lesbic friends say,"Get • Personality/Interest Profile rid of that 'man smell'." Too much testosterone disintegrates nasal hair. If you can't smell good,don't smell at all. • Psychological Profile
— Don't try to date lesbians. Stick to • Relationship Workshops women who like, well... who like what you have to offer. Resist falling into the "You-just-haven't-found-the-right- man,-little-darlin" syndrome. Chances Call & Schedide a are we have found the right man, and Free Consultation Today she almost never leaves her whiskers in the sink.
— In general,just try to be more like a woman.
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Page 24• Dimensions •May 1995 The Coffee Ceiib Lesbians In The Arts • Books, Music, Movies, Etc. This Month, Tasha Sumner Introduces:
Cabin Fever by Carol Schmidt
There Will Be He Geedbyes by Laura Dahart Young
^e'll start this month with Cabin bombing case, Laney travels to ^^ver by Carol Schmidt. This is the Michigan's Upper Peninsula to help ^'lird in the Laney Samms mystery Tess,a new client, turn a former hunting ®®ries, and the most timely and camp into a lesbian music and arts center. ^•"ightening novel I've ever read. Although mostof the people in the nearby ^ got this book on April 17th and read town are accepting of their new h the same day — two days before the neighbors, it soon becomes apparent Oklahoma City bombing. You'll that someone is bent on driving them understand the significance of this as I out. Aftera series ofsuspicious accidents, Inll you a little about the book. Laney finally meets the man who lives Laney Samms is a bar owner and the on the neighboring land. Although he is right-hand woman to music maven Kitt very nice to her, Laney is suspicious. Meyers. She narrowly escapes with What happens next is where Oklahoma her life when a car bomb explodes in City comes to mind. Although I'm not Kitt's sports car. going to tell you the rest, suffice to say While the police are working on the it involves white-supremacists, neo- May 1995• Dimensions • Page 25 nazis, the Michigan Militia and a plan following Buddie's life and the lives of to bomb a major building. It also those around her. Ms. Young has great includes some interesting information promise,she just tries to covertoo much (with documentation)about Henry Ford territory in too short a space. and how he figures into the background In my synopsis, I left out quite a bit. In of the groups listed above. addition to all the problems of Kate and Even without the coincidental link to Chris, Buddy must also deal with a current event. Cabin Fever is an huge bam fire, an unaccepting mother, excellent novel. Ms.Schmidt s writing a homophobic colleague, an assault on and background research are the street, etc., etc.... impeccable. Her characters are riddled with personality quirks and fault which Both Cabin Fever and There Will Be makes them totally believable. I did No Goodbyes are available at your think the plot was scary and more than local bookstore or by mail for $10.95 a touch unrealistic on the first reading, from Naiad Press,Inc., P.O. Box 10543, but events in the news a mere two days Tallahassee, FL 32302. Please include later showedjust how real the plot could 15% postage and handling. Complete become. catalogs are available upon request.
Next we'll look at There Will Be No Goodbyes by Laura Dehart Young.Liz (Buddie)Callow is a radio news reporter in Washington,D.C.. When she goes to cover an AIDS funding protest, she interviews Kate McGowan and eventually becomes involved with her. In the meantime,Buddie is also staying Books, music and more with and caring for her bestfriend Chris. for the lesbian, gay and Chris is dying of a rare heart condition feminist communities. while trying to continue her career as an artist and get over her recent affair with a married man. As Buddie copes with all this, she Inklings discovers that Kate is coping with serious problems of her own. Kate's father has committed an unpardonable sin against his daughter. Her brother 1846 Richmond Ave. died in a boating accident in which Kate Houston, Texas 77098 was involved. And, women from her Toil-Free Ordering: past keep popping up at the most (800) 931-3369 inopportune times. in Houston Although this book was an easy read, it (713) 521-3369 is ultimately forgettable. The characters Open Tuesday-Sunday are well-drawn, but there is little or no Personalized mail order senrlce plot — only a rambling narrative Page 26• Dimensions "May 1995 Poetry From Our Readers
EQUANIMITY Lying there, silent wondering where your mind goes
occasionally softly twitching uncontrollably graceful spasms of unconscious thought
wondering when you'll come back to me AT PEACE when ySu^will bO(^es intertwined awaken buttock pressed firmly against my hipbones .. my breasts firmly against your back ... arms and legs haphazardly strewn ... I cannot discern my body from yours.
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I once had a roommate who would organized from the baseboards to the allow no more than two cigarette butts attic. to accumulate in an ashtray before b. cleaning out closets and drawers. emptying and washing it. I've also had c. dusting and vacuuming. roommates who thought scrubbing a toilet was a job that should be done on 3. On average, you clean the top of the at least an annual basis. Where do you refrigerator; fall on the slob-neatfreak scale? Answer a. once a week. the following questions to find out. b. every month or two. c. when the dust bunnies start falling on 1.You do dishes or run the dishwasher your head every time you open the a. after every meal. freezer door. b. once a day. c. when you run out of clean dishes. 4. Your idea of a clean closet is: a. clothing arranged alphabetically by 2.The term "spring cleaning" means to color and shoes stacked in labeled boxes. you: b. clothing hung neatly and shoes a. The house is completely clean and arranged by pairs.
Page 28* Dimensions "May 1995 c. clothes on the hangers instead of in If youscored: the floor and shoes in the closet instead 16-26 of all over the house. points Howard Hughes had nothing on you. 5. The floorboard of your car is used You are obsessively clean. Neither dirt for: nor germs nor sloppy friends are well a. floormats and feet. tolerated in your home.Loosen up! Not b. carrying groceries. only will you save time, you will also c. a trash can. save energy and water by only running the dishwasher once a day and wearing 6. You clean your cat's litter box: clothes more than once before you ship a. everyday. them off to the cleaners. b. every two or three days. c. when he starts going to the bathroom 27-38 points in the plants. You like your environment clean, but you aren't obsessive about it. You know 7. On average, you wear your clothes there is a difference between messy and time(s) between cleanings. dirty. Although your bed may not be a. one. made every morning, you do change b. one to four,depending on the clothes the sheets on a regular basis. You may and the activity performed in them. feel like you a slob sometimes, but it is c. until you get a big stain on them or usually only a temporary condition. they can stand up by themselves — whichever comes first. 39-48 points Yes, you are a slob. Friends cringe 8. You change the sheets on your bed: when they enter your home. A cleaning a. every three days. service would be a good option for you b. once a week. — although they might charge a little c. when they get stiff or gritty. extra, it would be a good investment.
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Page 30 • Dimensions "May 1995 Propsity of f.fiP. Cei'ler Horoscope What's in the stars for you this month?
ARIES yourself and co-workers after the 10th.After the 15th, you could be feeling dissatisfied Love and romance will be the focus during about the physical side of your love the first part of June. Handle partners with relationship. Talking about it will help, but care and face up to problems quickly. After improvement will come slowly. Avoid a the 9th you will have time to focus on your confrontation with your boss toward month's financial future. Be sure to understand all end. aspects of an investment before you write a check. You will be dreaming about a long awaited vacation after the 17th. Get out the UEO maps and start planning. A confrontation on A co-worker could make romantic overtures the job could be brewing toward month's during the first part of June. Try to defuse end. the situation by keeping to yourself. Your past could come back to haunt you after the 12th — don't worry, it'll blow over. Try to TAURUS avoid choosing sides in an argument between June will start off on a slow note. No matter family members or friends around the 18th. what you are doing, there may be many Changes and improvements are on the way delays, postponements and cancellations. in romance, career and financial matters Misunderstandings will also put a damper toward month's end. on relationships. Your career is picking up steam after the 15th and you may find your income increasing through unconventional VIRGO channels. You could be asked to make a You may have a hard time taking criticism personal sacrifice for love toward month's from a loved one during the first part of end. June. Get out of the house for awhile and do something fun,you'll feel better. You might GEmAI be wishing for a vacation that just isn't possible after the 15th. Be cautious about a You may be feeling romantic towards a new romance toward month's end.Although good friend during the first part of June. it is fun right now, it may not be what you Involving sex in this relationship will only want for the long haul. bring heartache to you both. Your career will be the focal point after the 14th. This is a good time to ask for a raise or promotion. UBRA Use diplomacy in your dealings with family You're feeling better about your private life and co-workers toward month's end. Be during the first part of June. Your career is careful not to insist on having a loved one's also on an upswing and you are feeling attention all the time. ambitious. Business and financial transactions are the focus after the 12th. With a little work, you can increase your CAl^CER income as well as your savings and Go with the flow and let change happen investments. A dream that you have had for during the first part of June. Holding on to quiet some time now could come true toward the past will only make you feel isolated. You may be feeling some tension between month's end. May 1995 • Dimensions • Page 31 SCORPIO smooth sailing toward month's end! Romance and social activities will be the Don't rush any major decisions at work or in center of your attentions. Enjoy yourself. love during the first week ofJune. Try to see things realistically and don't expectsolutions to difficult problems to come quickly. PISCES Romance, drama and adventure are all in Romance is front and center during the first store for you after the 12th. Your social part of June. A positive attitude will help calendar is full and all kinds of interesting settle any uncertainties you have been situations can come up. Be prepared to have feeling. Gossip could hurt your relationships fun.Use your head and not your emotions to around the 17th — be up front and honest solve problems in romance toward month's about your feelings and you should come end. out alright. Exercise caution in friendship, romance, and money toward month's end. SAGrrCARIUS Keep a close eye on your financial situation and don't loan money. A good ear and an open mind are all you need to repair a broken relationship during the first part of June. After the 15th you will haveachancetofurtheryourcareer—don't miss the opportunity. Follow your gut feelings when it comes to investments and spending around the 19th. Use your charm and charisma to advance career goals and settle romantic differences toward month's end.
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