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Drunk guy outside window: Where am I? I know I'm in Brooklyn...
Drunk girl: Yeah, we're in Brooklyn.
Drunk guy: Yeah, but what borough is Brooklyn in?

--Atlantic Avenue

Overheard by: Jonah

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Greg and Laura's Space Maximizing Bungalow FIt Your Home to Your Life, Not Your Life to Your Home Small Space Living...In a Garbage Truck Alyson’s Illustrated Home What's Your Home Indulgence? Look! A Shelf Over A Door The Wonders of Hydrogen Peroxide IKEA Dream Home Kana and Sam's Less is More Flickr Finds: My First House And there's always last week's hot posts if you missed them.

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A party was held Friday night at the Life Cafe in the East Village to celebrate the final weekend of production of Rent after 12 years on Broadway. Throughout most of the show's run, Life has avoided cashing in on its status as a setting for an epic scene in the first act of Rent. But with the play closing this year, the diner has begun selling memorabilia and displaying journals in which fans can memorialize how the play has touched them. The party Friday was held for die hard fans who won an online video contest with appearances made by some former cast members and Julie Larson, sister of Rent's late playwright, Jonathan Larson. The NY Times spoke to one fan there who has seen the show 119 times (in the front row every time), attributes it for his losing 150 pounds and told them, "Some people have religion. I have ‘Rent.’ ”

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So, I posted about this before but I'm worried and I am a hypochondriac so I am posting again. Today I noticed I am producing a lot of discharge and it's white and clear and quite snot like. I'm not sure if it is ovulation discharge because it shouldn't be!! I am taking microgynon 30 and just for some background information:

I took June and August's packs together so I could skip my period. All went well, I took one pill 3 hours late in the first month, and the end of august I took 2 pills early but technically it meant only the one day was an hour late. [i.e. on thursday and friday I took it at around 7 but saturday I resumed my normal time of 8.20]
I had my period on thursday as normal, it was shorter but it was to be expected as I skipped a period.
Started my new pack this Monday have took it perfectly.

My questions are:

Is that kind of discharge normal, even on HBC?
If it is ovulation discharge, would it mean I'd be fertile from today or the days before?

Worried because I had sex on Wednesday night with withdrawal and HBC as my contraception.

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Awesome dude Matthew MacConaughey is a man of simple pleasures. He likes to smoke a little something, enjoy a frosty beverage, play some bongos, and ride some tasty waves. So why are his Malibu neighbors getting all, like, uptight and totally hassling bro in the press? His surf buddy fans already did them all the favor of clearing the beach of pesky paparazzi by handing the shutterbugs some righteous beatdowns. Well, it seems the no-fun-loving neighbors are worried about the children. Won't someone please, please think of the children?

They're concerned that their precious sun-kissed tots, who naturally adore the easy-going movie star, will be driven to drink after watching him lounging around the beach and having a few brews.

"Matt is rarely seen without a bottle or can of beer in his hand—he likes to unwind with friends. They surf and down beer after beer," says a tipster.

"The kids who play on the beach think Matt's cool because he's in movies. [The parents] don't want their sons and daughters watching Matt get tipsy. Matt thinks they are overreacting. He says he's a dad, too, and they should mind their own business." [Star]

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Silent screen siren Anita Page dies at 98

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Tween and teen boys and girls around the world may have gone into panic if they stumbled on either Yahoo! news or Wikipedia on Friday and learned that their beloved Hannah Montana, aka 15-year-old actress and singer Miley Cyrus, had died in a horrible car accident in Los Angeles. The report was a hoax that sent shockwave ripples through the internet, but was easily confirmed as false. MyFox Los Angeles knows it just couldn't be true because, well, they are The Media: "We would have heard about the story if it were true, especially since it was reported to have happened here in Los Angeles," the explain in an article posted today on their site. They also direct us towards the "old" version of the Wikipedia page that listed Cyrus' death. Only, well, another way to know it couldn't be true--look at the given date of death. Hopefully Wiki isn't in the prediction business.

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As of 8:30 this morning the last wave of starts for the 9th Annual Los Angeles Triathlon took off, completing the waves that began at 6:45 a.m. The participants will swim one mile starting at Venice Beach, do a 25 mile bike race through parts of Fairfax, Wilshire and Hollywood, and end with a 10 kilometer run that terminates at Staples Center. Street closure began over night, and some will not reopen until early this afternoon, so if you're headed out this morning, be sure to check the map to make sure your path doesn't cross that of the 2,500 triathlon participants.

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Photo by kimbrough-photo via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr.

INDULGE IN LOBSTER SEASON
The Original Long Beach Lobster Festival closes up today. Every day of the festival, fresh lobster is flown in straight from Maine to feed the hungry masses. Enjoy live music, tons of vendors, and if lobster isn't enough for you, there will be plenty of food stalls to satisfy your massive hunger. Plus watch all the lobster be cooked in the "world's largest cooker".

CATCH A CLASSIC
How the West Was Won screens tonight at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood in it's original 3-Strip Cinerama format with 7-channel Cinerama Sound in the Cinerama Dome. Actors Carroll Baker, Claude Johnson, Russ Tamblyn and Stanley Livingston will be in attendance. Plus, if you are one of the first 100 people to line up, you will get a special edition How The West Was Won Blu-ray or HD DVD.

WATCH LIVE GRAFFITI ART
If you are one of those into the hip graffiti culture, 33Third is having a live art expo alongside a huge sale on graffiti art goods. Featured artists from around the country painting live include Sonic Aloy, Cab, Dash, Besk, Astek & Muck. There will also be clothing and music on sale, as well as plenty of painting supplies at majorly reduced prices.

TAKE AN URBAN BUS TOUR
Starting at Phillipe's downtown, the bus will take you on a journey through South L.A. to see the hidden architectural wonders of our city. The goal of the organizers is to give you a new way of looking at Los Angeles. The tour will take you through Santa Fe Springs, Downey, Bell Gardens and Vernon, stopping at historical landmarks such as The Gage Mansion, The Downey Space Plant, and Pueblo del Rio.

Other Things To Do...
See Diane Lane start a punk rock band in Ladies and Gentleman... The Fabulous Stains, eat a delicious gyro at the L.A. Greek Fest and dance the night away, catch the last day of both the Body Worlds 3 exhibit at California Science Center and the Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art exhibit at the Japenese American National Museum, catch a showing of Man On Wire, or check out Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters perform at the House of Blues.

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Even though I am having difficulty updating regularly on livejournal, I am attempting trying to bring some life back to my Flickr, I think this means i am an ambitious person who will make his first million by the age 21. (YES!)
Also, the best way to resuscitate a flickr is by posting someone else's photo of me as a good muslim woman from san francisco

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Today will be the last ride for Coney Island's Astroland. That will leave park owner Carol Albert with two dozen rides and 16 trailers worth of items accumulated over 46 years to clear out by next January in order to avoid fines from land owners Thor Equities. In order to clear out ASAP, Albert has already put several of the rides up for sale online from a firm called "Rides-4-U." Rides such as Dante's Inferno and Top Spin can be bought for prices ranging from $200k-$500k.

Albert says that she has offered the Astro Tower to both the city and the New York Aquarium so that it could remain on the boardwalk, but that there hasn't been any interest from either. "I probably waited too long, but I was really hoping we could get a deal done," she told the NY Post. Gowanus Lounge first caught the rides being listed for sale and says that many old rides from American parks often end up in carnivals or amusement parks in Latin America and Asia.

Meanwhile, the group Save Coney Island will be fighting back tears and out in full force passing out flyers on the last day of their beloved amusement park. Even with Astroland gone, the group hopes to preserve Coney Island for amusements instead of Thor's plans to transform the area for residential, hotel and retail uses.

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The man who brought us Barack Roll is back with a hilarious treat. So John McCain gave his big Republican nomination acceptance speech in front of a giant video screen. What could possibly go wrong with that? See it after the jump.

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Manny Ramirez is greeted at the plate by teammates after his 5th inning 3 run homer AP Photo/Reed Saxon

First game, it was Andre Ethier providing the beat down. This time it was Manny Ramirez wielding the big bat... and it should could have been worse.

Manny went 2-4 with 5 huge RBIs to lead the Dodgers to a 7-2 pounding of the Arizona Diamondbacks and give the Dodgers sole possession of first place in the NL West. In the third inning, with the bases loaded no less, Manny came up and was quickly sent back down, striking out on 3 pitches. But that was the last time he would leave men on base as he would hit a three-run homer and a two-run double in his next two at-bats.

Dodger starter Chad Billingsley went 6 1/3 strong innings and struck out 9 while only giving up one walk. Meanwhile, Arizona ace Brandon Webb gave up seven earned runs and a career high 6 walks. Webb has dropped 3 straight to the Dodgers and again failed to become the NL's first 20 game winner in 3 years.

The Dodgers are insanely hot with their 7th win in a row after being insanely cold and dropping 8 straight. They hope to continue the hot play today (1:10 pm on PrimeTicket) as they send up the kid, Clayton Kershaw (3-5 4.50 ERA) next against Max Scherzer (0-2 2.65 ERA). Kershaw's last appearance was a win against the Padres.

Dodger Notables

• Manny Being Manny: Ramirez's homer in the 5th was his 521st of his career, tied for 17th all-time with Hall of Famers Ted Williams and Willie McCovey and future HOF'er Frank Thomas. He also now has 1,706 RBIs for his career which puts him 20th on the all-time list.

• It's Been A While: The Dodgers haven't been in first place since April 4th. As recently as a week ago, the Dodgers were 5 games back of Arizona and looked cooked.
  

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Barack Obama and John McCain will come together at Ground Zero for Thursday's seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks "to honor the memory of each and every American who died, and to grieve with the families and friends who lost loved ones.” The notion to commemorate in unity came about during a conversation Wednesday when Obama had called McCain to congratulate him on the Republican nomination. Obama pitched the idea and McCain immediately accepted the invitation. This will be the two candidates first joint appearance coming out of the conventions. Later that night, the two will participate in a forum on public service at Columbia University. The campaigns had already pledged to suspend their television advertising on Thursday.

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A Bronx man was arrested after selling a jeweler a cheap watch. According to Newsday, "serial counterfeiter" Ian Kosloff of the Bronx went to H.L. Gross & Brothers, saying he needed to sell a $20,000 Patek Philippe timepiece and even had a receipt. The jeweler gave him a $12,500 check, but then found "the inside of the watch was not Swiss-made Patek Phillippe -- but a nearly worthless Japanese imitation." The jeweler tried to cancel the check, but it was already cashed. Kosloff, who claims "caveat emptor," is being held on felony charges but a Garden City detective did admit to Newsday that the jeweler could have been more careful, pointing out that if he had called the number for the supposed Boston store where the watch was bought, "It's actually a woman talking in a thick Bronx accent."

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Hillary Clinton will be in Florida tomorrow, as Barack Obama's campaign mobilizes prominent Democratic women to hit the campaign trail on his behalf as the GOP touts Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Clinton appeared at the Labor Day Parade in Midtown yesterday, but she didn't directly critique Palin. The Senator from New York did say, "I slightly amend my comments from Denver. No way, no how, no McCain, no Palin."

That's a variation on her post-RNC statement, in which Clinton also said, "After listening to all the speeches this week, I heard nothing that suggests the Republicans are ready to fix the economy for middle class families, provide quality affordable health care for all Americans, guarantee equal pay for equal work for women, restore our nation's leadership in a complex world or tackle the myriad of challenges our country faces.

Palin referred to Clinton when she was announced as John McCain's running mate, "It was rightly noted ... that Hillary left 18 million cracks in the highest hardest class ceiling in America. But it turns out that the women of America aren't finished yet!" Still, at least the media is hoping for a battle of the prominent female politician wills. Yesterday, the NY Times wondered, "The Real ’08 Fight - Clinton v. Palin?" and today, the NY Post calls Clinton a "Lady Killer" and created matchup graphic, complete with classic Post Photoshop fun.

The NY Times' op-ed columnists are focusing on Palin today: Frank Rich calls the McCain-Palin pairing "a shotgun marriage" and Maureen Dowd writes, "It’s delicious imagining the debate between Big Mama, as Bill’s male aides called Hillary Clinton, and 'Hottie Granny,' as People magazine will doubtless dub Sarah Palin."

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A campaign official for Virginia's Lieutenant Governor cancelled an order for 150 tourist guides on Minneapolis-St. Paul when she discovered they included a section on gay and lesbian nightclubs. "'Having a section dedicated solely to GLBT will be a BIG problem for many of our folks. We simply can't hand them out,' wrote the aide, Melissa Busse, in an email to the guidebook publisher, Rake Publishing." However, all those God-fearing Republicans stumbling into town had Twin City's gay clubs overflowing with out-of-towners.

"'We've had quite a spike, mostly people who are curious come down and they wind up leaving and having a good time,' said Robert Parker, the manager of the Gay 90's club in downtown Minneapolis which features a popular 'drag queen' show. 'Mississippi, Alabama, California, Arizona, I've seen people from all over,' said Parker."

As for the Virginians and the tourist guides they refused to collect, Parker says, "Shame on them. [The club] is all about inclusiveness, including everybody no matter who and what you are, and I think if perhaps Republicans come and see that and they would come in and see that the world could be that way, and they may learn something."

"In a statement, Virginia Lt. Gov Bolling said he was sorry the cancellation occurred 'and wish it had not happened.' He said the delegation would reimburse the publisher for his costs." [ABC News]

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Galaxy forward Bryan Jordan made a strong case for his inclusion in the starting lineup last night as the blue-and-gold took on the conference leading Real Salt Lake in front of a sold out crowd of 27,000 at the Home Depot Center.

Missing David Beckham, Landon Donovan, Eddie Lewis and Ante Jazic due to national team duty, the Galaxy earlier in the week recalled several players from the Portland Timbers in order to provide additional options for Saturday's match. Jordan, a member of the recalled group, eventually made his way into the starting lineup and proved to be a key addition.

The game got off to a shaky start for the Galaxy when Salt Lake appeared to have taken the lead at the 5th minute, but their goal was annulled due to an apparent offside. The Galaxy quickly regrouped and began to pressure the Salt Lake goal. Only a few minutes later, Jordan's speed allowed him to jump on a free ball in front of the goal after Galaxy forward Edson Buddle had made a series of great moves to bring the ball into the penalty area. Jordan capitalized on the opportunity and scored his first career MLS goal to give the Galaxy the lead at the 9th minute.

Salt Lake battled back, and scored the equalizer when Yura Movsisyan found himself on a 1-on-1 against Galaxy 'keeper Josh Wicks a little over 10 minutes later. Both teams battled through the remainder of the first half, with Jordan regularly being involved, showing the heart and determination that has been missing all too often from Galaxy games in recent years. Both teams created good scoring opportunities for themselves, but neither was able to break the tie before halftime.

The second half saw much of the same action, with both teams creating quality chances for themselves. Salt Lake would eventually take the lead at the 52nd minute on a Will Johnson goal.

The Galaxy pressed forward, looking for the equalizer. Jordan would once again prove to be an important part of the effort, out hustling everyone else on the pitch and regularly contributing to the Galaxy attack. At the 69th minute, his efforts would pay off for the team as Jordan made his way into the 6 yard box before dishing the ball off to his left where Buddle picked it up and blasted it into the back of the net for his 13th goal of the season, tieing the game at 2.

The final 20 minutes featured several minutes of open, end-to-end play, but in the end, the teams settled for a tie.

For the Galaxy, their improvements are obvious. Despite missing so many starters, the team, and Jordan in particular, showed a lot of heart and determination. The unfortunate circumstance for Jordan is that when the starters do return, he might find it difficult to break into the starting eleven. Hopefully the team will find a place for him.

Things appear to be changing for the better with the team. Let's hope they continue down this road as the playoff races get tighter.

Photo by Katie@! via Flickr

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Diff'rent Strokes star Gary Coleman had just finished a wholesome evening of bowling with his wife and his bodyguard in lovely Payson, Utah, yesterday when 24-year-old punk Colt Rushton approached him in the parking lot and demanded that the actor pose for a cellphone picture with him. Coleman refused, Rushton would not back down, and it ended like it always ends when some fool steps to Gary fucking Coleman: with the perp flat on his ass.

Rushton claims that Coleman's wife snatched his cellphone from him and that Coleman threw down on him in a series of blows. Then, says Rushton, he was merely trying to retrieve his phone when Coleman backed his truck into him, sending him to the asphalt. According to Coleman's bodyguard, Fred, it was all the kid's fault.

“He asked the kid not to take pictures. Why can’t he be an adult and respect his [Coleman’s] privacy,” said his bodyguard. The bodyguard, we’ll call “Fred,” says the harassment continued outside as Coleman and his wife tried to leave. “This kid would not back off—he would not back off.”

Police say Coleman’s truck struck Rushton and hit a car that had pulled up behind Coleman’s truck. Fred says Rushton ran around the actor’s pickup as Coleman was backing out. “The kid was way careless. He was reckless. Who runs out on somebody that’s turning?”

“He did not intentionally hit this kid,” said Fred, “He [Coleman] was just trying to get out of here.” Payson Police say a County Deputy witnessed the scuffle and intervened. “He opened the door and pulled Gary out,” said Fred. Fred says the truck was still in gear when the deputy pulled Coleman out. It was heading toward Rushton who was still on the ground. Fred says he hopped in and put on the brakes. [ABC4]

No arrests have been made and the matter is still under investigation. The police, shockingly, suspect that alcohol may have played a part.