I'm a marshmallow, too

When you move to a new place and don't really know anyone, you've got options. Do you go outside and meet people like an adult with dignity and self-respect? Heck no! You stay inside and watch endless hours of TV on DVD.

Here are the Top 10 ways you can tell I've been watching a lot of "Veronica Mars" lately -- and by a lot I mean that I've watched 2 and 1/2 seasons in 12 days.

1. I've started responding out loud to the show when I guess a plot twist or react in general to something that's happening.
2. I think about the show while not watching it, and respond out loud when I'm suddenly struck with an idea about said plot twists.
3. I've spent more than a few minutes contemplating the similarities between "VM" and the "Harry Potter" series. Veronica would totally be in Gryffindor.
4. I Photoshopped the masterpiece at right while at work.
5. I actually wasn't embarrassed when a co-worker looked over my shoulder and asked me, while laughing, "What are you doing?" as I Photoshopped.
6. I approach any kind of online search with a heightened sense of emergency and importance, like I'm on the hunt for something only I can find.
7. I popped in M. Ward's "Post War" and felt bad for Logan all over again.
8. I send e-mail updates to my brother, the "VM" afficionado, about where I am in the series, running through the details as if he didn't already know them.
9. I've been late to work because I was watching the show.
10. I only have nine more episodes to watch, meaning I'll have watched the entire series in less than two weeks, and I will then likely go into a state or mourning.

But it's all worth it.