Remember when Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) stood outside Diane Court's (Ione Skye) house with the boom box playing, In Your Eyes? Easily one of the most romantic and memorable movies of the 80's. The idea is sweet and incredibly cheesy, which is why it's considered so romantic. In real life though, the idea of someone standing outside my house, looking up at my window, playing music with no expression on their face frickin weird.

The classic tossing-rocks-at-your-window-at-night is probably the creepiest of them all. Although some girls might see this desperate attempt as "cute", I see it as frightening. Imagine sleeping in your bed and waking up in the dark of night to little thumps on your window. You look outside and there is your deranged boyfriend/girlfriend/ex that you've gotten into some argument with chucking pebbles at your window. How many people do you know are pleasently sweet when they've been woken up in the middle of the night?

Perhaps I'm a cynic but romantic gestures like these seem weird to me. Or maybe the times have changed too much. After all, radio outside of your house and rocks tossed at your window are pretty old school. True romantic gestures in my mind are things like giving up immortality to be with your human lover, like Arwen to Aragorn.

Have you ever made a grand romantic gesture to someone you cared about? Did it fail miserably or work wonders?

   

New York City got slammed with snow, again. The main thing that drives me crazy about snow is that I don't have proper snow trekking gear. Therefore I'm left to wear whatever I normally wear. Snow boots as a whole aren't very cute. They're usually big, bulky and tacky in some sort of fashion. When it comes to the warmth of your toesies, you can't skim on the goods because you'll pay for it later in wet socks.

Snow boots have to have many qualities that normal boots don't. They need to have a rubber sole with grip to prevent slips. They need to be warm! They need to be water resistant! Just because your boots are functional doesn't mean they have to be ugly though.

Uggs don't work well as snow boots because it ruins the suede and the material isn't water proof. Infact, I have a feeling it's a water magnet. The snow on the material melt quickly and soaks through! Soaked Uggs also take a decade to dry. Regular leather boots work alright as snow boots, but only as long as they have a grippy sole. The only down fall is that water makes leather soft.



This is probably the best looking shoe of the bunch. Though it's not my particular taste in boots, for a snow boot it's not as bad as the rest. Aldo is selling this pair for $98. That's the cost of looking good without slipping through mountains of snow!



Rain boots can sometimes double as snow boots if you wear leg warmers with it. I learned the hard way that rain boots are simply not warm enough to wear in the snow! They're rubber so the slush won't be able to seep in, but the rubber won't keep the cold out. Throw on your thickest pair of socks (or two) and some leg warmers and you'll be good to go.


Yes, ugh, Crocs snow boot! They are the makers of the worlds' ugliest shoe (although extremely comfortable!), however, this boot doesn't look half bad. It's plain black, so you can wear it with anything. They're aren't any fluffy puffs on the end of a string that many snow boots have and tall enough for you to tuck in your pants aswell and are relatively inexpensive. This pair is from Endless.com and goes for $58 plus free shipping! Probably the best bang for your buck!

What shoes do you wear when it snows? Do you have a functional and cute snow boot?

Americas Best Dance Crew is a hip hop dance competition show. Every season they have different "crews" from all across the states compete against each other to be declared Americas Best Dance Crew.

The first season was pretty bad ass. Everyone thought Kaba Modern and Jabbawockeez were going to head off for the number one spot. When it turned out to be that other crew (I can't even remember their name, that's how bad they were) and Jabbawockeez, we all spit our milk at the television and said, "WTF?!" Jabbawockeez won and I thought that was going to be the end of it. Five seasons later, and this show is still running.

Freedictionary.com defines best as "surpassing all others in excellence, achievement, or quality; most excellent: the best performer; the best grade of ore." You would think that only one person/thing/place can be the best of it's kind. It's understood in the phrasing. So how come there are five Americas Best Dance Crews?! It really bothers me for some reason. If they're going to be running the show as long as American Idol, change the freaking name! Or, wrap it up all together. Make previous winners compete against each other for the ultimate title!
I don't watch the show. I haven't bother since season one. The name of the show just irks me too much.

Lil' Mama is also a judge on the show. She bothers me with her unprofessional critique and... well that's a whole other rant!

What other television shows need to end?