We Love the Deschanels

We'd like to take this opportunity to sing the praises of two actresses whose quirky attitudes and classic looks add an essential ingredient to any project on which they endeavor.

Emily Deschanel features, other than in a host of bit roles in movies such as Spider Man 2 (how could we ever forget the role of Annoyed Office Front Desk Girl - although we're not sure that was her official title - when she held the pizza delivery boy, the tragically heroic Peter Parker, to the "Delivery within 30 minutes or the pizzas are FREE!" rule), as the lead character in "Bones," a show that to some may only be just another police investigation show, but to the Aesthetes, is a paragon of wit and mystery, unrivaled by the likes of CSI or NCIS (although Bets does have a certain affinity for NUMB3RS). In "Bones," Emily's character of "Temperence Brennan" not only dallies in the standard forensic drama fare, but also wades in an existential hodgepodge of the socially awkward and socially inappropriate.  Loving that it's believable, even when she looks like this (I guess we'll have to believe that in order for that awkwardness to come from someplace honest, she clearly couldn't have peaked in high school):



And then there was Zooey.  Zooey has arguably spent a great deal more time in the public eye, regardless of the artsy-weirdness, yet commercially successfulness (see The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, circa 2005) of her repertoire.  Most recently seen in SciFi's Tin Man, we might not even care that neither her emotional state nor her vocal intonations waiver from one role to the next... we just love that she is who she is... although sure, the woven chainmail-esque top might need a touch of tailoring...



So kudos to the Deschanels... we simultaneously love and are bewildered by how you can be as quirky as you are, yet retain the luminous glow your apparently flawless genetic structure provides. We hope you show no signs of stopping as we ring in 2008!