I’ve just caught up on the last 3 episodes of Veronica Mars, a teen drama on UPN.  After watching these last episodes, I’ve realized I really like this show and one of my guilty pleasures.  At the moment, it’s the only show I anticipate watching every week.  Of the 175 GB of TV programs I have, it’s the only series I have the complete season to, and plan on watching again later.  It’s not like your typical teen angst, melodrama drama like The O.C.  The only redeeming character on The O.C. is Seth Cohen, who is always ready with witty, pop culture remarks.  That’s the same way with Veronica Mars, portraying a teen as smart and not as a belly bearing, coffee toting shopper.  And I’ll have to say, after these last 3 episodes where Logan and Veronica (aka LoVe in fan forums) hook up, Jason Dohring is my latest TV crush. 

Download a song I’ve been listening to constantly since watching episode 18.  It’s by an Irish band called Something Happens, who incidently sounds a lot like U2.  The song is called "Momentary Thing" and is available for the next 7 days, or first 25 downloads.

Below are some of the show’s dialogue:

Principal: "Mr. Echolls, may I have a word?"
Logan: "’Anthropomorphic.’ It’s all yours, big boy."

Veronica to a paranoid Wallace about getting caught with school records: I have a cyanide capsule in a false tooth. Don’t worry, if I’m caught I’ll do the right thing.

Veronica says to Wallace:
"But if you do it…I promise to be your best friend forever. Come on, Wallace, don’t you want us to be BFFs?"

Logan to his sister Trina: "If you’re coming home, who’ll play Dead Hooker #2 on CSI this week?"

Veronica giving advice: "All you really have to do, Kimberly, is be yourself. Unless, of course, you suck. Then maybe befriend someone who doesn?t and copy them."

Trina: I can’t get him off my back.
Logan: Did you try standing up?

Logan: Ah, mass transit. Why take the bus when you can drive your very own rust bucket? I had my dad’s driver pick it up. Full of fresh stolen parts ready to go.
Veronica: Wow. I’ll just try to keep this little gesture in mind this weekend when you and Dick and the Beaver are off getting blasted scamming cheerleaders (in Cancun).
Logan: Yeah. Actually I had to tell Dick I’m not available because I had other plans.
Veronica: There are cheerleaders with low self esteem available domestically?

Veronica: Do you think we’ll ever be a normal couple? 
Logan: You mean ones that hold hands, go to the mall, and buy each other teddy bears that say, "I wuv you bear-y much?
Veronica: Exactly, but I want my bear won through some demonstration of ring tossing ability.

What!?!  Yeah, I’m surprised by the pairing of these two.

In what could be the most surprising celebrity coupling of the year, actor Tom Cruise and actress Katie Holmes on Wednesday announced to the world ? via a photograph of them hand-in-hand ? that they are dating.

Cruise, 42, and Holmes, 26, have been dating only a few weeks, her publicist told USA TODAY.

The budding romance came to light Wednesday when the couple arrived together in Rome, where Cruise is being honored at the David di Donatello. Awards, Italy’s top film awards, the syndicated TV show Extra reports.

Cruise’s sister and publicist, Lee Anne DeVette confirmed to Extra and Us Weekly that the couple are dating. They are scheduled to meet with Italy’s president on Friday in advance of the award ceremony, DeVette told Extra.

It’s unclear how Cruise and the much-younger actress met.

Nope, it’s the worst camel toe ever.  I bet you’re not even surprised that it’s Lil Kim.  Is your crotch hungry girl?  Cuz it’s eatin’ your pants.

Speaking of mail, Ras sent me a present from Nicaragua - a handmade "hamaca," or hammock.  3 or 4 days before I left Costa Rica, I had talked of wanting to get one.  I seriously considered buying one in Montezuma, C.R., but didn’t want to carry it around with me.  I finally accepted the fact that I’d have to pick one up at Pier One for four times the amount it would cost me in Central America.

The package was HUGE, and looked like a wrapped up, disposed body on CSI.  He bought it for me in a market in Masaya, Nicaragua - famous for hammocks, among other things.  What I really liked about this type of hammock, is that there’s a bar at the top and bottom to feed the fabric, so that the hammock doesn’t eat you alive when you’re laying in it.  I can’t wait until it’s warm until so I can use this.

Pictures developed today included:

• A teenage boy hugging a real, LIVE turkey.  (Family pet??)
• A really cute baby with food all over it’s face.  (I’ve seen a lot of baby pictures, and this is one cute baby.  I really hope I don’t have an ugly kid one day.  That would suck because people would lie to you all the time.)
• Teenage boy flipping off the camera and holding a sign that said, "Merry Fucking Christmas."  (I guess those will go into next year’s Christmas cards.)
• And your typical, girl in bikini lying on the floor, posing in sexy positions.  (*yawn*)