Poppin' 'em out like a doughnut vendor at a police convention

A second shot from "Write Where It Hurts" shows Quinn White (Jamie's wife), a twenty-something with four kids. Do you think Daria got this one wrong? Not necessarily that Quinn would marry one of the Three Js, but that Quinn would turn out to be so maternal and housewifey? It doesn't appear she has a job outside the home, as raising four kids makes for a complete job (or two, or three) in itself. Can you see Quinn doing this?

An alt.lawndale.creators interview with popular long-time fanfic writer MMan has been posted to PPMB and SFMB. This makes four different interviews so far (since April) with five people involved with fanfic writing and fan art in our fandom: Kristen Bealer (PPMB and SFMB), Christ Oliver (PPMB and SFMB), and Ruthless Bunny and CINCGREEN (PPMB and SFMB). More yet to come, and Kemical Reaxion is next!

Still looking for more fanfic-worthy villains for the Irredeemable Daria Characters thread on PPMB. Just thought of one that everyone had missed.

LATE ADD: Richard Lobinske is looking for details on high-school proms. Can't possibly imagine why. Anyway, if you know of some good stuff to tell him, write it down here. Thanks!

PLUS: Looking for some short shockers with knockout punches? Head over to the Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: Dawn of a New Nightmare thread, and see what TheSecretSharer and Kristen Bealer have to show. Holy cow!


PPMB

• Calling Calliope, by Dennis (Part 3): Someone's discovered Tiffany's secret rendezvous times with Ken. What will happen to Tiffany now?
  
• Lawndale's Finest "Action Stories," Issue Two: Deep Trouble, by NightGoblyn (Part 1): Scarlett and Jennifer go SCUBA-diving, and everything is going great until he (or it) appears. Who is it?
  
• On the Couch, by Durgarox (Part 1): Daria and Jane are in Boston, and Trent has come to town to help Daria move. (I guess that last part can be taken in several different shippery ways, probably all of which are correct.)

Happy Birthday to Your Keyboard!

You typed on a keyboard to access this website. The keyboard is, of course, derived from the one on a typewriter, which was patented 140 years ago today. Your input device is almost a century and a half old! Technology really speeds along, doesn't it? Thank you, Christopher L. Sholes, for all things QWERTY.

Remember Quinn & co. taking their "P-STATs" for college, in Is It Fall Yet? The actual SAT (on which the PSAT was based) was first administered 82 years ago.

The latest alt.lawndale.creators interview is with CINCGREEN and Ruthless Bunny, and they have a lot to say about their involvement with Daria fandom (and about the fandom itself). See the full-length interview on PPMB or SFMB. The next artist interview will be with Kemical Reaxion; the next author interview with MMan. Send in your questions today!

Portland Dariacon Deux was held recently, attended by cynigal and NomadX. Once again, yes, two Daria fans who meet for any reason whatsoever are considered to form a Dariacon. We don't have the membership numbers to be picky about it. See here for all the PDD news.

Densely written commentary is being posted about the latest Legion of Lawndale Heroes chapter (LLH 13.1: "Where Do We Go From Here?"), by Brother Grimace. Go thou, read, and post some more.

Derek has issued an Iron Chef on PPMB: "Write a scene where a character utters the line, 'Release the supersonic murderous psychic android squirrels that can smell fear!'" Do it to it.

PPMB

• Avenging, by Lorenzo Sauchelli (Part 12): "Yes, I am Leonardo Hamato," said the humanoid turtle. "I am here to be your sensei for the next two years."
• But What About the Baby (Sitter)?! by Kristen Bealer (Part 3): I think I'm actually getting dumber every minute I spend around Trent, Daria thought. The Crush Lives!
  
• The Cynic and The Defender, by Doggieboy (Part 4): "One time I tried to do a straight portal from Fostoria to Mammoth Caves in Kentucky. I ended up in a women’s locker room at Baylor University.”
• Stage Fright, by NightGoblyn (Part 1): A new story on the Evil Jane thread, with the welcome promise of much evil wicked badness in middle school.
  

A last historical note, which Jodie Landon would tell you about if no one else did: The first black American to be nominated for the presidency of the United States of America was . . . Frederick Douglass, who gained the nomination 120 years ago today. Party on.

Viva Mack!

Why the MTV artists decided to have Mack Mackenzie pose as the Communist revolutionary Che Guevara, I have no idea. Today would have been Che's 80th birthday, but that didn't work out (bang). Know what? I bet if Daria poked through the attic she'd find an old Che poster from the late 1960s that her dad used to own. You know Helen and Jake must have worshiped Che while they were at Middleton College, for a little while anyway. What do you think Daria would think of that?

More importantly, today is the 166th anniversary of the day Alfred, Lord Tennyson published a book called Poems, among which was the poem "Ulysses," which served as one of the inspirations for this fanfic.

Fanfic writer JJXB is looking for beta readers. Got time? Drop him a note. More news later. Peace out, yo!

LATE ADD: The first alt.lawndale.creators fanworks interviews have been posted to both PPMB and SFMB. (I was mentally addled recently and forgot the latter.) You can read about Kristen Bealer and her work here or here, and Christ Oliver and his work here or here. Enjoy! And more interviews are coming!

LATER ADD: Want to watch the birth of a new Daria fansite? Check it out!

Mooning

Full moon tonight. I was going to post a Beavis and Butt-head picture to celebrate (heh heh heh heh), then thought better of it.

Plundering England like a Viking from Oz, Deref claims to have burnt down Nottingham Castle and taken pictures of the ruins on his rampage across the countryside. He also reports the weather is bad, but that's normal. Damn, I wish I was back in London again.

Richard Lobinske has updated the 2008 Daria Visual Fanworks list. Go to either PPMB or SFMB and marvel at the wonders therein!

Just a reminder to get your questions in for the first alt.lawndale.creators interviews. The two in the spotlight are:

Kristen Bealer (fanfic author): See PPMB or SFMB for details

and

Christ Oliver (fan artist): See PPMB or SFMB for details

One week left to send in questions for them to answer!