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My First Tattoo (Work In Progress)

LAUSD Central High School #9 Under Construction

Pershing Square Summer Concert Series

AON Center Renovation, Downtown Los Angeles

The Guermantes Way (Le Côté de Guermantes)

San Pedro Apartments Under Construction

Disney theatre (Downtown) - Los Angeles (CA), U.S.A.

ripe, group show, opening April 26

"ironic white-boy rap stylings"

It feels like the semester will never end

Chemosphere 1960 By John Lautner

the cat at ryan smith's house in pasadena. it slept on my back in the night and i woke to it by my feet. quite the cuddle monster.

Game Thread- Lakers vs. Jazz, Game 4

Pressure is still on Utah, who can't afford to go down 3-1. Fewer TOs and more made jumpers and the Lakers can steal on in Salt Lake. A heartier constitution displayed by Pau Gasol won't hurt, either. BK

Lakers Blog (Los Angeles Times)

my, what big high heels you have!

good morning everyone! yesterday lindsay lohan was snapped by the paparazzi while doing a photo shoot for her brand new line of leggings (with a pair of big high heels - i still don't get how girls walk in 'em) and then proceeded to parade herself down roberston blvd with other legging models in tow (
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popbytes of hollywood

'There Was A Ship,' Quoth He

Patty Abbott has been asking some folks to talk about old favorite books on Fridays. Those ones we might have forgotten, but never for long. Even if it seems the rest of the world did.

Like Tim Powers' On Stranger Tides.

Long before some spastic 21 Jump Street reject

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L.A. Noir

UK Male Athletes Take It Off for Male Cancer

Yesterday I posted a photo of London Wasps rugby star Danny Cipriani (warning: NSFW). Well, his fellow rugby athletes Tom Rees, Simon Shaw, and James Haskell joined him in the photoshoot that will appear in the June issue of Cosmopolitan...

towleroad

A Hollywood Studio for Under $300K

This studio apartment – at 1735 N. Fuller, #230 – had an offer on it a few days ago, but as of today, it’s back on Redfin listed as active. Anything at this price in this area (near Hollywood’s Runyon Canyon, dog park to the stars) is bound to get some attention. But let’s take a closer look. The property, [...]

Redfin Sweet Digs Los Angeles

HS BASE: Ex-Chatsworth star Moustakas on hot streak in minors

Mike Moustakas, who set California's all-time career home run record at Chatsworth before joining the Royals organization last year as the No. 2 pick overall, is on a hot streak after a slow start. The bonus baby has two home...

Prep Sports

Westside subway costs put at $6.5 billion

Plans to send a subway rumbling below Westside streets to link the traffic-choked region to Eastside rail lines have been narrowed to four possible routes estimated to cost up to $6.5 billion.Sue Doyle in the Daily News. And even with...

The Sausage Factory

Tesla Test Drive

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Roberto Lovato: Still They March: Nationwide Rallies Highlight Failure of War on Immigrants

The battle for immigrant rights rages daily in the heart, mind and lanky 10 year-old frame of Chelsea resident and May Day marcher, Norma Canela....

The Huffington Post

Sandy Banks Gets Paranoid BEFORE Smoking Pot

I don't smoke pot, so I didn't know the law on pot -- saw it in the LA Times letters section: a letter from Robert Constant in Cebu City, Philippines. But, if I were writing a story on it...

Advice Goddess Blog

A Death Over Our Heads

Susan called me at work yesterday afternoon. There was a nervousness to her voice that I picked up immediately and I feared one of our animals had been hurt. “Joe’s passed away,” she told me. Joe was her tenant, the last of the three renters who occupied the house when she bought it in 1999. He [...]

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Coachella: Your look

The call for Coachella shots yielded this bitching look from Hilary-Kendall Fix. The Shutter Shades -- get them here for $18 -- are a fave of Kanye West and the Rage digs her ruched bandeau top--available form American Apparel for...

All The Rage

Madonna's Hard Candy Tastes Sweet

Yikes. I'm not sure what exactly is wrong with Madge's face, needless to say, I won't be eating jelly beans any time soon. However, it seems that all of her hard work has paid off, with her her record sales for her Hard Candy expected to be as strong...

A Socialites Life

Resistance is futile

Whether you're referring to how the Lakers steamrolling the Nuggets 102-84 made it even more perfectly clear who'll win this series or a literal description of the effort Denver put forth in resistance, the Star Trek catchphrase is appropriate when discussing this series. As Denver remained its own worst enemy throughout the series, the Lakers adjusted to whatever tempo and D was presented, continuing to exploit their opponent through non-stop, crisp ball movement. Whatever home court advantage...

Lakers Blog (Los Angeles Times)

Blake Fleetwood: Michigan: Hillary Clinton's Secret Weapon

Interesting story in the Detroit News this week by political analyst Susan J. Demas discussing how Clinton might quietly pick up 50 delagates votes...

The Huffington Post

Guilt-by-Association .... revisited

Guilt-by-Association stinks. Well, mostly. There is the old saw "If you lie down with dogs, you get fleas." And like a lot of those saws, there's something to it. And, if you're running for president, I submit, the bar should...

roger l. simon

Battle of the Band

The Trojan Marching Band is scheduled to play this weekend, but it won't sound like any of their usual performances. Percussion will be replaced by dribbling, winds substituted for a swish of the net. The 3rd Annual TMB Basketball Classic...

All Things Trojan

Dodger Thoughts: You Know It Makes Me Wanna Shout!

Remain calm! All is well!!!

Dodger Thoughts

That's That

From my friend in court, by way of text, Monday afternoon: Olga guilty on conspiracy and murder of Vados. So that's that.

Postcard from Los Angeles

Viva Hollywood's Vinci Has Crybaby Meltdown Over Gay Role

You may remember Vinci Alonso from the modeling reality series 8th & Ocean (above). Now he's in the new VH1 show Viva Hollywood! a reality show in which Latino actors compete to become the next telenovela (Latin soap) star (the...

towleroad

Car Free Day on Wilshire: How to get around on Earth Day

Yes, Michael Franti's gonna be performing -- FREE -- on Earth Day, Tues., April 22. And to enjoy the free acoustic set -- as well as all the other fun stuff happening at this Wilshire Center Earth Day Festival --...

Emerald City Blog

David Bromwich: The Torture Memo and the Flag in the Lapel

Something sickish happened on Wednesday night. A lesson of our time is that respectable culture now embraces the bread and circuses. The two have become one.

The Huffington Post

Philip Giraldi: What's Good for Israel

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz, in its English language edition, has revealed that "The Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv on Wednesday reported that Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu told...

The Huffington Post

This Week on the Web

Here's some of what I've been working on this week:

An interview with Arthur Dong, director of Hollywood Chinese, a fantastic documentary about the Chinese-American experience in Tinseltown. I could have talked to Arthur for hours-- a really funny, fascinating and thoughtful guy. (The Advocate)

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The Modern Romantic

Britney Spears Did Us All A Favor And Recorded Her Crazy

This should be glitzy. Britney Spears reportedly made daily video diaries during all those tumultuous times when she was attacking paparazzi, losing her babies, entering and exiting rehab, and before and after her psych ward trips. Thank you, Jaysus! She's allegedly planning on releasing them on the Internet, or...

A Socialites Life

Live with the Stars for Under $600,000

The beautiful Eastern Columbia building in downtown just keeps upping its celebrity quotient. Hot Property—the last installment written by Ruth Ryon—reported this week that John Stamos and Frankie Muniz (of Malcolm in the Middle fame) have both taken an “interest” in the 147-loft property, which multiple sources had earlier reported might be graced by Johnny [...]

Redfin Sweet Digs Los Angeles

Pink White Flower

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Donna in Hollywoodland

Carter the Theocrat

It's not surprising that Jimmy Carter is meeting with Hamas. They both share an extreme religious view of the world, high on sanctimony, low on reality. Of course missing among the questions Jimmy will supposedly be asking Hamas-leader Meshal is...

roger l. simon

Scrutinizing the Easter Egg

On Easter, my brother-in-law took pictures of everyone with their Easter eggs. My picture follows.

Blog Bilong Adam

One is the Face of Commitment, The Other a One Night Stand

A study of 700 heterosexuals at the UK's Durham University found that men and women could identify the type of romantic relationship a potential partner would enjoy simply by looking at their facial features. According to a survey of heterosexual...

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The Blog Carnival explores Unique Vintage

The cool thing about online shopping is it makes window shopping so much easier! You have thousands and thousand of stores right at your fingertips. My friend Stevie came up with the idea gather up a bunch of blogging buddies and go on a little window shopping trip together. So, in addition to Stevie and me, there's fête à fête blogger Tami and ...

Well Above Average

Oliver Stone's Bush Flick: Fade in on Turdblossom, Frat Hazing

The Hollywood Reporter has published the opening scenes to Oliver Stone's W flick which you can read above, and AFTER THE JUMP. As we fade in, a couple of speechwriters as well as Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rice's assistant Stephen Hadley,...

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California’s big gulp: Lester Snow of DWR & Mandy McIntryre of the PCL duke it out in the LA Times editorial pages all week!

Wow! I can’t believe it, but here it is! (Check this out, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo!) Lester Snow of the Department of Water Resources and Mandy McIntyre of the Planning and Conservation League are going to debate all week in the - are you sitting down?? - THE LA TIMES! No, Aqua Blog [...]

Aquafornia

Scott Spiezio Gets Three Years Probation For DUI

Via HH's Downing Rules, Scott Spiezio will receive three years' probation for his DUI.

Spiezio must also pay $390 in fines, attend an alcohol program, go to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, perform 80 hours of community service, and pay an undisclosed amount to a victim-witness

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6-4-2 - Angels Dodgers

Wrap it up!

Mercifully, Jake Peavy can't pitch two days in a row. On Saturday, San Diego's ace sliced and diced the Dodgers, allowing only two hits and a lone run in a 4-1 Padres win. Not that it should shock anyone. Beyond...

Blue Notes - A Dodgers Blog

MEMRI: Open Meeting with Sheikh Ayman Al-Zawahiri

MEMRI’s Islamic Web Sites Monitor Project has excerpts from Al Qaeda creepazoid Ayman al-Zawahiri’s little question and answer session with the admiring jihadi hordes: Open Meeting with Sheikh Ayman Al-Zawahiri.

Zawahiri has a serious case of Islamophobia. Just look how he distorts the meaning of the word jihad, and tries to paint all Muslims as terrorists.

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Mysteriously Profound Fun: The Sendings of the Oaqui

Then there's that unique taste of what I call "Mysteriously Profound Fun" like when something you're only pretending to be true suddenly seems truer than that.

I take, for today's case and point, the Sendings of the Oaqui. Oaqui (known alternate spellings include: "Whacqui" "Joaqui" "Huakee" :-) was something I thought I was just pretending into existence, and then found myself for gosh-sake channelling. I mean

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