Now you might be wondering, Hooray, just what are you doing with yourself while you're unemployed yet again (for those keeping track, this will be unemployment #4). Well, in unemployment #1, I watched a lot of Read World marathons. In unemployment #2 I watched a lot of Buffy. And in unemployment #3, I watched a lot of Charmed.

So what am I doing right now? Veronica Mars.

Now you might be seeing a recurring theme here, mainly that it's three shows involving women with some sort of secret identity/power who uses their power to help save the world. Or there High School reputation as there's no supernatural aspect to VMars at all. That, of course, would be true.

So why VMars?

Well, when it was on, everyone praised it as the new Buffy, including Joss himself. The show was so trying to be the new Buffy that at various points Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia) and Allyson Hannigan (Willow) were characters on the show. And Joss himself had a cameo. The show also received plaudits from Kevin Smith who also had a cameo. So, in other words, it had good rep. And it's true-- the show features snappy dialogue and a kick-ass heroine. In fact, the show is a combination of things that make Hooray applaud, a combination of John Hughes and Buffy with a little Twin Peaks thrown in for good measure (the first season involved a season-long story arc about the death of Veronica's best friend and High School Princess). Plus, there's a not so subtle subtext of class issues throughout the show and we like shows that point out that rich people get away with a lot more crap than the poor and minorities.

Good VMars.

I could also make a statement about how I prefer female heroes to mail because in being female heroines, it makes them seem even more of an underdog than a male hero (males are supposed to kick ass, after all) but I won't. Instead, I'll just point something else out.

There's a video game I used to play with friends called Soul Caliber. In the game, you get to choose a character and your opponent chooses another character and you battle to the death. Love the game. Anyways, most of the guys I played with took male characters. Because they're males. I always choose the female characters. Why? Because I'd much rather watch a cartoon woman than a cartoon male.