Bad Boys

Funny how at times you can't seem to recognize a good thing even after it hits you on the head. Many people take for granted the good things in life - friends, family, love.

Cliche statements floating around in my head. I know. It's a tad bit unnatural, especially for me. Whenever cliches decorate my rhetoric, they usually are connected at the hip to my faithful friend. Sarcasm.

Anyways. I'm sure the millions of people reading this blog have one question: what the heck?

Well. The fact that I am unmotivated to start my summer papers and broke due to the lack of occupation gives me the time to think about conspiracy theories. Okay. Maybe I'm exaggerating. I spend most of my time these two weeks watching 3 seasons of Veronica Mars on DVD. I think I've gotten a little hooked on it. My current roommate can certainly vouch for that. She has threatened to take Veronica Mars away from me. She can do that. Especially because the DVDs belong to her.

Bad boys. Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

Sigh. Right now there is only one boy in my life - one bad boy to be exact. His name? Logan Echolls. You guessed it. He's the guy from Veronica Mars. Please don't misinterpret this as an oh-he's-so-cute-i'm-now-a-fan-and-want-to-marry-him-and-have-his-babies kind of thing. To be frank, Jason Dohring is a pretty amazing looking man. I'm not covering it up. I'm human. And he's quite an attractive guy. But that's besides the point. The point is, Jason Dohring portrayed that character of Logan Echolls quite brilliantly. The spoiled bad boy son of an A-list actor who fell madly in love with a girl that loves him back but have some trust issues. And I didn't get it wrong. I don't have a crush on Jason Dohring. But I sort of do have one on Logan Echolls. Yes. The fictional character that lived for three years on television, thanks to Rob Thomas. (Note: I am not crazy. At least, not yet. I will give further notice if I decide to change my mind.)

Back to my topic. Bad boys.

Why are they so appealing? This might be an assumption, but based on general observation, I should be able to prove this. I guess this is also a confession. I have a thing for bad boys. Haha. Who would have guessed?

Back to their appeal. My theory is that they provide a sense of adventure. We can't blame ourselves. We are geared that way. Even the most organized, sensible, rational girl is prone to fall for the bad boy. They carry this thing with them. Risk. Admit it. It's appealing. All of us humans - no matter men or women - are thrill seekers. We always want a secure life, a safe life. But we are so allured by risk, danger, adventure. Wonder. It's not bad. I think we're sort of wired that way. It's funny isn't it? We work so hard to stabilize everything and make life predictable, but then we complain about being trapped... We long for that adventure. We long for uncertainty. We long for the mystery. We long for the romance.


So. That's that about my bad boy spiel. Back to Mr. Echolls. I know it sounds a little out there and slightly psychotic, but the writers of VM got my ideal kind of guy dead on. Well. Without the promiscuous lifestyle of extramarital sex and abuse of alcohol. See. In Veronica Mars, Logan has turned out to be the knight in shining armor always there in time to save the love of his life who happens to love playing with distress. Okay. Rephrase. He's a sarcastic snidy knight in shining armor... If you haven't noticed by now, I have a relationship with sarcasm. I find it quite... witty. It's a very creative way to communicate truth with ambiguity. Anyways. Logan says the most incredible things. He's got a take on life that is quite uniquely charming. Here are some of the things he had said:

• "'Anthropomorphic.' All yours, big guy." (To the principal, when asked if he can "have a word")

• "Annoy, tiny blonde one. Annoy like the wind!"

• "Push in on our hero. Natural light frames his handsome, weathered face, as he passed sage advice to his doting daughter. The music swells. [imitating Yoda] "Important your family is, hmm, hmm."

• "[stops his stopwatch] Twelve hours to hit me up for my dead mother's money. Hmmm, I wonder who had that in the pool."

• "[in police lineup] Oh wow, I'm stunned. You like me! You really like me! Well first, I'd just like to say the other, uh, nominees are all such wonderfully gifted criminals. And I wanna thank my agent and my publicist for always shooting me from the left side."

• "Drugs? Murder? Frame-ups? St. Mary's Church? God, why didn't we think of that sooner?"

• "You do know I've been cleared of all charges, right? The whole 'dead Felix' business has lost its intrigue for me. Once something stops being important to me, my memory gets a little fuzz - wait. Who are you?"

• "Follow the bouncing ball [signals with his fingers]: not-my-problem"

• "Thoughts of me? Hey, I get it. Sometimes I'm up all night, just thinkin' about myself."

• [Veronica asks if he has spoken to Dick] "Yeah, but it was brief - shouted his name, flipped me off: the bonds of friendship."

• Clif- They have set your court date. A month from today. Logan- Whatever will I wear?

• [In response to "You're gonna die"] "Yeah, [smirks] someday."

• [To Deputy Sachs, who has come to tell him that Sheriff Lamb "would like a word"] "If I'm under arrest, then do me the courtesy of making it all official-like."

I don't know. Sounds pretty cool to me. This bad boy of the television series was also portrayed as having a pretty amazing sense of humor - one that I could relate to. Maybe it had something to do with the hint of sarcasm... (Hmm.. I'm starting to think that they might have written his character based on a real life person. I should probably track him down.)

But he's pretty messed up though. Father: murderer, abuser, and pervert, murdered by the order of his best friend. Mother: jumped off a bridge. Sister: wants to be in the limelight. Girlfriend record: first one killed by his father, second one almost got killed by his father and have serious psychotic trust issues (she couldn't trust him to save his life). He's what you call a girl's father's worst nightmare. I'm sure if I start seeing a guy with that kind of background, my dad would get a restraining order.

It's funny though that while I'm thinking about it, I got reminded of last week's The Bachelorette on ABC. Jillian (this season's bachelorette) have said that to find the right person you have to have been heartbroken before. Well, you see, Jillian. I have a problem with your theory. It seems a bit... faulty. If your theory is right. I should be marrying prince charming right about now.

Sorry. I kinda got sidetracked. One thing though. Out of the distorted yet cool portrayal of Logan Echolls, the many facets are dimmed by the fact that he'll do anything for the woman he loves - although most of the times, she does not deserve his affections due to the aforementioned psychotic trust issues.

He's also surprisingly very patient with his very difficult-to-understand girlfriend. Some of the cute and sweet things he said:

Dick Casablancas: Dude, what the hell are you doing? Please tell me this is some new reality show called 'My Skank'.
Logan Echolls: Goodbye, Dick.
Dick Casablancas: What?
Logan Echolls: Get out of my house. You have a problem with Veronica, you leave. Actually, you have a problem with Veronica, you're pretty much dead to me, so just, like, evaporate or something, I don't know. That's kind of a general invitation. If you don't like my girlfriend, then... just start heading towards the rectangle with the knob.

Veronica Mars: You didn't know what would happen.
Logan Echolls: I'm the one who's responsible for what happened to you. And I can't take that I hurt you like that. I can't take that i hurt you when all I wanna do is protect you.
[Veronica kisses him]
Logan Echolls: I want you to trust me.
Veronica Mars: ...I do.

Veronica: So what are you like now?
Logan: You know, tortured... ever since I got my heart broken.
Veronica: Hannah really did a number on you, huh?
Logan: Come on, you know I'm not talking about Hannah. I thought our story was epic, you know, you and me.
Veronica: Epic how?
Logan: Spanning years and continents. Lives ruined, bloodshed. EPIC. But summer's almost here, and we won't see each other at all. And then you leave town... and then it's over.
Veronica: Logan...
Logan: I'm sorry about last summer. You know, if I could do it over...
Veronica: Come on. Ruined lives? Bloodshed? You really think a relationship should be that hard?
Logan: No one writes songs about the ones that come easy.

Logan Echolls: Here, a bonus birthday gift.
Veronica Mars: You got me a bow? A bow! How did you guess?
Logan Echolls: Open it smarty pants. Veronica: Your room key? What if I drop in unexpectedly? The other girls will have to - [makes vamoose gesture]
Logan: But you know there's no one else. I only want you. You ought to know that by now. [pause]
Logan: What, no quip?

"You know who I am. And you're constantly expecting me to change. [she looks at him dumbfounded] And even right now as you're thinking, "Crap, he's got a point," you still think you're ultimately right. I love you Veronica. I love you. [after no response] Do you love me?"


I guess if they ever come up with a movie or another season to conclude Veronica Mars' story, I would love to see her end up with Logan. It's just.... EPIC. Oh wow. I think this blog could really sound like I'm going crazy. Maybe I am. I'm just waiting for my Logan Echolls to come along... It's crazy right? but it's an adventure nevertheless.