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Hi Anthony: I have a crush on someone and I need your advice. I see this person everyday. I have even broken the ice by making the first approach of conversation. What do I do now? I don't want to look pushy or psychotic by always starting a conversati on. Do I just sit back and wait to see what happens? Should I let this person now make the approaches towards me? Help!! -Louie.

Well, Louie, it seems you are very confused about this lovely person. First of all, do not ever sit back and wait to see what happens. I have learned in my very long history of crushes that if you do that, what you will see happening is this person dating another, like your best friend. Then you see both of them on campus professionally tongue wrestling. No one wants to see that! Just be friendly towards the person. Like, tell them how good they're workin' it in the outfit they are wearing that day (as in how good/nice the outfit looks on them, not their current state of employment).

If you are so lucky to have a class with this person, you can always become a study partner with them, or "accidentally" miss a class, then ask them the next day what you went over.

This could lead to a friendship, and that is when you, Louie, in a moment to make Ask Anthony proud, can ask this person out for a date. Or, if you are wanting to ask them out, don't miss a class, just gather up some ambition, a spine and some courage an d just ask them out. The worst thing they can say is "no." If they aren't ruthless and cold, they will just leave it at that. But, whatever you do, do not try too hard to impress them or to talk to them. People who try too hard turn out to be what you sai d in your letter, pushy and psychotic.

Dear Anthony: This is it. I'm going nuts. See, my roommate is a TOTAL SLOB. I mean, the guy's grossness goes beyond the norm (a few books here and there, some dishes in the sink, stuff like that). If it wasn't for me, our place would be declared a disa ster area. There's this funky smell coming from his room at all times. The guy eats OFF OF THE COUNTER because he's too lazy to wash a plate. Then, he just leaves the crumbs there. And don't get me started on the bathroom. I'd move out, but his mom is my mom's best friend, and my mom freaked out when I mentioned finding a new place for the summer. HELP ME! -K.H.

This is a story Alice from "The Brady Bunch" couldn't stomach. It's time to resurrect the phrase made popular by Schwarzenegger and Jody Watley, "Hasta la Vista, baby." I can relate with K.H. I have had a history of bad roommates, like the one who threw up all over our dorm room and himself and didn't clean it up for a day and a half. Then there's Nurse Hell-ga's freshman roommate who lost a Fiddlee Fig roast beef sandwich in their room, and couldn't find it for two weeks. It was finally found after Hell -ga channeled her sister's dog, Ms. Piggy, who sniffed it out. I must give you credit, though, for living with this person for this long and not killing him and hiding him under his mess. I can't believe that your mom would freak out about you moving to a place where the Centers for Disease Control won't conduct research. Martha Stewart wouldn't settle for that! K.H., I would move out. This may sound harsh, but if your mom is still afraid of what others might think of her just because she or members of he r family make their own decisions, wrong or right, then she should arm herself with a few cans of Lysol and live with your roommate.