i call my shoes 'blizzard' because they're so cool

* while watching the video of kanye west's "touch the sky," it dawned on me that he's getting paid and recognition for ripping off jay dee.

* matthew sweet and susanna hoffs have an alright covers album called "under the covers." it's not john blaze or anything, but it's worth a spin.

* you know, my motherf$*%ing tax return can come in now....

* i'm writing a movie. here's the plot.

* i didn't give two shits about the grammys. that night, i dined on the awesomeness that is qdoba.

* the onion av club recently posted their top 10 tv romances, here are ten more that i'm a fan of:
1. pacey whitter and joey potter (played by joshua jackson and katie holmes), "dawson's creek."
man, once kevin williamson came back in the last two seasons, the focus shifted dramatically on joey (we'll assume that it had little to do with katie holmes' off-screen friendship with the writer). so while joey had a few post-love triangle suitors, in the end it was explained by dawson himself that just because they were soulmates doesn't necessarily mean that they were meant to be romantically involved. awww. and then she goes running to the boy who deflowered her in the first place. awww.

2. vidal thomas and charisse chamberlain (duane martin and vivica a. fox), "out all night."
before vivica fox went on to play a stripper in will smith's "independence day," she played patti la belle's stuck-up daughter in this short-lived NBC sitcom. as vidal, duane martin was the bumbling sidekick who fawned over charisse's every move and made it publicly known. in one episode, he pretends to be her boyfriend to make her ex jealous. when charisse felt that vidal had taken the act too seriously, he breaks into an urban monologue that was emmy-worthy.

3. stephen karp and lizzie exley (jay baruchel and carla gallo), "undeclared."
following the dawson-model for whoever you lose your virginity to is the person you're supposed to be with, much of "undeclared's" lone season was spent exploring how idiotic stephen could be until he finally got the girl towards the end of the season. on the commentary tracks, creator judd apatow revealed other romantic story arcs, but much of the series had already been built on the "will they/won't they" approach for these crazy college kids.

4. nitz walsh and kimmy burton (voiced by pete williams and susan dalton), "undergrads."
proving that nerds will always triumph, cartoon character nitz walsh gets the girl who he has pined over since high school in the show's final episode.

5. moesha mitchell and hakeem campbell (brandy and lamont bently), "moesha."
in the show's five year run, next door neighbor and obigitory gbf hakeem only ever really hinted at being in love with the show's title character. like many modern men, hakeem stood by and let moesha's heart get ripped out by soul-less thugs and wanna be rappers. i'd like to think that had the show run it's course rather than being cancelled abruptly, then moesha and hakeem probably would've ended up together since he was the only guy who ever understood her neurotic ass.

6. nate soloman and marni fliss (josh cooke and jennifer finnigan), "committed."
these two end up together in the pilot episode and the next 13 episodes are spent with them trying how to figure out how to stay together despite their general craziness. had NBC not been trying to give the us version of "the office" a huge push, i think this sitcom would still be on the air.

7. mike seaver and julie costello (kirk cameron and julie mccullough), "growing pains."
over the course of several episodes, there were hints that mike had a girlfriend but it was never really revealed until one episode where he goes to his girlfriend's apartment and we learn that it's julie. the family didn't find out until the cruise ship episode when mike proposes in front of the entire seaver clan. so what the fuck happened? during the series, kirk cameron found god and forced julie mccullough off the show since she had previously posed for playboy. in the show, julie got cold feet and left mike at the altar, but i think if i had to deal with mike seaver's bullshit then i probably would've stood him up, too.

8. jeff murdock and jane christie (richard coyle and gina bellman), "coupling (uk version)."
the idea of the over-analytical, undersexed jeff and the dim, oversexed jane was only explored in one episode, which -- of course -- jeff screws up. they never got together, but it's probably for the best since jeff worked well as the single foil who could never get the girl.

9. christopher turk and carla espinosa (donald faison and judy reyes), "scrubs."
most of the series focuses on j.d.'s lack of being able to hold a relationship for more than two episodes, the turk/carla undercurrent is usually the best part. using the adage "opposites attract," ultimate alpha-male turk ends up marrying the stereotypically bossy latina carla. despite his forgetfulness to tell ex-girlfriends that he's married, turk and carla's often rocky relationship is sweet at its core.

10. warwick brown and catherine willows (gary dourdan and marg helgenberger), "csi (vegas)."
in the season premiere this year, catherine inquires about warwick's new wedding band and later in the episode we find out that she has a thing for him, so it can go either way at this point.

honorable mentions:
(big) pete wrigley and ellen hickle, "the adventures of pete & pete"
martin payne and gina waters, "martin"