Warning: This is a post all about VM fandom, which barely even exists anymore. But I've only ever used this LJ for VM pretty much, and have gotten all contemplative just now and decided to write this.

It's strange how I can think of Veronica Mars and how much I loved it and be happy, but then something triggers a memory and for some reason I get all sad instead.

I just watched DiG! which was very good. It's about The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. Towards the end they showed The Dandy Warhols playing We Used To Be Friends. This just set me off. I'm not even sure why.

But it just somehow made me miss the whole feeling of community that once existed for me. Not that I don't have various communities in real life and on the internet now, but the feeling that there's one thing that I have in common with so many people is missing. And I really really missed that. It's weird because I have sworn not to get involved with another fandom, because in many ways fandom ruins your enjoyment of whatever the fandom is for. But there's something else that is just so wonderful about fandom that just can't be replicated by anything else.

I will never forget the awesomeness of getting in a car with two people I had only just met in real life (and one of whom I had only just met period) and driving for three hours and talking non-stop about VM. I'm actually about to go meet some friends from inside the computer for the first time this week, and so I've been thinking about Austin and Blowout. I just can't see how this can possibly compare. I'm going to go hang out in Disney World for two days with someone who I genuinely think of as a friend, but I just can't see it being as easy as meeting VM people was.

I'm not sure what my point is other than I miss the VM fandom, as much as I was ever in it. Anyone who reads this, that probably means I miss you, too. I think I miss that more than I miss the show. I actually wonder if I would miss that even if the show had come back. I just don't think the fandom would be the same fandom I am missing right now. It had already changed so much by the end of the third season. Yes, the show was probably at fault for that, and I can't say I blame anyone for hating what the show had become, so this is something that was long gone before the show was even gone.

So, anyway, this is me feeling sorry for myself.

And this YouTube video popped into my head:

( Not really a spoiler, ok, not a spoiler at all, but it might tell you something about what I think about a certain character. )

Whoa. Four updates in one week? And maybe another after the epi tonight. What is wrong with me.


Oh, and Lauren: PENALTY OF DEATH

( Spoilers for next week's promo )


( And in other news, South Park kicked off an awesome start to season 10 )

I think that's it in tv news for right now.

I'm at work, having just arrived home from Austin. But I really need to correct and add some stuff to the recap.

( Spoilers for Donut Run )

Shit, I forgot a cut. Hope I didn't spoil anyone.

Edits added after rewatching the episode are in bold.

( MAJOR SPOILER ALERT FOR DONUT RUN!!! )

So I forgot to wish myself happy birthday yesterday. Probably all the excitement with the getting a pedicure instead of going to work thing. And the stupid broken charger for my iBook. Uncle Peter, why couldn't you have given me a brand new block, since you claim to have so many, so I wouldn't have to pay $85 for a new one? I mean, at least the one I exchanged with you would still charge.

Edit: Ok, now I feel bad. I just found out that Uncle Peter bought me the present that my aunt passed off as from her. All is forgiven.

Now then, ( Spoilers for last night's VM )

Anyway, Peique has gotten me hooked on season 4 Buffy. I've never really watched Buffy, and according to some, anything past 3 is crap, but I find it amusing. We fast forward through a lot of stuff, but I'm loving Spike and Giles. And Dawn is a ridiculous plot thing but is just so incredibly ridiculous that it works! But I'm not yet understanding the people who say it's better than VM.

Oh, and I'm in the midst of making myself an Arrested Development mood theme. I'm so proud of myself.

( No spoilers for any episode not aired (and no promo talk) )

Ok, saying that was tl;dr is probably an understatement. But I rarely have anything that's tl;dr, so YAY!