Want to Give Kristen Bell A Birthday Present?

Kristen Bell, star of Veronica Mars (as well as the upcoming comedy You Again), is asking for a birthday present from all her fans. No, she isn't greedy. She's trying to raise money in order to give clean water the billion people in this world without it and is asking her fans to donate money to the cause.

As Kristen puts it on the Donation Page:


A billion people in the world are living without clean water. EFF THAT.


Water-borne illness is the second highest cause of childhood death in the world. NOT ON MY WATCH.

45,000 people will die this week alone from contaminated water illnesses. Y'ALL, LETS GET OFF OUR HINEYS AND FIX THIS.

Please help me get to my goal of 100K and let's have a clean water toast.

Cheers,

Kristen

Even if you can only afford to give a little, it will still help the cause.

A long time ago, we used to be friends

     It saddens me that most people haven’t heard about or seen the cult favorite Veronica Mars. If you haven’t seen it, I really suggest you check it out. Veronica acts as a high school detective who is on a mission to find out who murdered her best friend, Lily. Even if the idea of a young girl sleuth sounds cheesy to you, trust me, it’s not. Kristen Bell (from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, When in Rome) is a superb actress who portrays Veronica as the perfectly snarky teenage girl. Even with her multiple flaws, you can’t help but love.

Courtesy of http://image.guardian.co.uk/

     While I’ve certainly found enough people to fangirl with on my personal blog/journal on livejournal, I can’t help but think that more people out there need to see Veronica Mars. Although it ended quite abruptly, all of the old episodes are a thrill to watch, and perhaps, as creator Rob Thomas has suggested, they’re might eventually be a Veronica Mars comic book or movie to tie up loose ends.
     One of my favorite episodes from the second season is “My Mother, The Fiend.” In this episode, Veronica Mars discovers that her mother was suspended from high school for defaming another student. As she searches to figure out what exactly her mother did to deserve such a punishment, she uncovers much more than she expected to. She discovers the story of a prom baby whom she originally thinks is her boyfriend's mother's illegitimate child. I don’t want to say too much to spoil those who haven’t seen the episode, but Alyson Hannigan (from How I Met Your Mother and Buffy) portrays Trina Echolls perfectly, considering how different the character is from Lily on HIMYM. I’m starting to become a big fan of hers. Also, Veronica Mars learned her mother wasn't such a fiend after all. Even though her mother ran away from home after Lily died leaving Veronica to feel abandoned, Veronica slowly realizes that her mother wasn't truly awful afterall.
If you’re interested in Veronica Mars, I believe there are some episodes available on Hulu and the DVDs are often on sale and are pretty cheap regularly (I think I saw Season 1 for 15 dollars in Giant Food stores once). Here’s a link to My Mother, The Fiend-- http://www.thewb.com/shows/veronica-mars/my-mother-the-fiend/a4cc3e54f4. For those who have the DVD, did you watch the deleted scene? It kind of shocked me!
      Don’t forget to take my poll on the side and contact me if you’d like to write a guest blog post!