Culture Clubbed

Happy Flag Day to everyone out there in the USA and everywhere else. This is also Boy George's birthday, and wouldn't you know, there's an alter ego of Kevin as Boy George. If I ever hear "Karma Chameleon" again, it will be too soon. Someone on the MTV staff must have liked the song or whatever.

Ah, just found a much better image of Kevin as Boy George, courtesy of Pinhead. Thanks, man!

I started this entry a bit late in the day, but better late than never. I'm going to save this as I create it, so keep checking back in this evening and watch the blog entry grow. Sorry for the delay, too much Real Life.

Need to list the new fanfics and news. That will take a while. Stay tooned.

NO0oZ!

• PPMB is getting software upgrades soon. Look for the changes at an unpredictable date not far away.
• The DariaWiki cleanup is ongoing (hate that word). Keep up with the updates.
• Current series discussion: Why didn't Jodie Landon end up at Grove Hills, in "Gifted"? (Topic related to this thread on "Gifted.")
• Everyone still arguing over why nerds are unpopular.
• The Daria Geek Movie Consensus is consentuating along quite well. Much food for thought and argument.
• People still talking about which writers focus on certain Daria characters, and why.
• Some issues with writers' block and burnout being addressed.
  
• The etiquette of commenting on (and correcting or critiquing) someone's fanfiction is a good thread.

Will have to stop here for a while. Will return later.

Boy, George. . . .

In addition to this being (hurrah, hurrah) Flag Day, today is also the 47th birthday of Boy George, the lead singer for the 1980s group Culture Club, which produced many songs I am still trying very hard to forget. Funny that MTV's artists would draw Kevin as Boy George, which is so appropriate I cannot think of anything else to add.

Oh, almost forgot: It was about five years ago today, believe it or not, that the whole penguin thing started. You can thank Kristen Bealer for that. Seriously. Thanks, Kristen! And Tux thanks you, too!

PPMB

• Falling Into College 63: Broken Star, by Richard Lobinske (Part 1): No good deed ever goes unpunished.
• Stacy Rowe, Seeker (Part II), by jtranser (continued): Poetic justice to the Nth degree. Words fail me. I am not worthy.
• Swan Song, by NightGoblyn (Part 4): Jane stood on her toes, trying very hard to ignore the fact that her big brother was holding a gun to her head.

Today's best bad joke involving a Daria fanfic is here. Ipswichfan, you rule.