Keep Watching the Geeky Skies!

I see Lawndale is busy celebrating Extraterrestrial Culture Day, and I'm sure Artie is in there somewhere. I'm not sure if he's there to have fun or to educate others, but either way you can bet he'll show up before too long.

Trent is more likely to play music (or a close approximation of it) because it's not only Get Out Your Guitar Day but also National Guitar Day! If he decides to perform at the UFO convention, then I'm sure the place will be empty within minutes.

I think he'd be better off playing in Max's Tank, and not just because it's National Van Day. If we're lucky, the van will break down somewhere inconvenient and no one will have to listen to his music at all!

Fandom News!

• Voting is open for the 2024 Daria Fanworks Awards!

Anyone Know Where Helen Hides the Mop?

It seems that Jake won't be observing Don't Cry over Spilled Milk Day, because all of the milk is going down his throat. At least, it is for now. He's just one surprise credit card bill away from the mother of all spit takes!

If he does spill that milk and ends up starting a fire while cleaning it up, I hope that he remembers it's National Emergency Number Day and phones for help. The last thing he needs is another embarrassing "Helen! What's the number for 911?" moment.

While I realize that it's Get Out Your Guitar Day, please tell Trent to keep his instrument safely put away to avoid inflicting any auditory damage on innocent bystanders. If nothing else, he could at least celebrate National Van Day by getting into the Tank first and driving far, far away. Or at least as far as you can go in an unreliable vehicle like the Tank.

Fanfic Update!

• The Betrothed, by easmith (parts 9 and 10): "Dylan wasn’t sure what he was expecting on their approach to the Atlantean home of Tíra, but a little wooden ranch on the side of an Idaho road was not it." (Part 10)


• Parting Gift, by Rémi (parts 4 and 5): "'Anyway, Quinn, if this painting is going to bring back good memories for Daria, it’d be for the best if it brought back good memories of you.' suggested Jane." (Part 5)


• runner's high, by notkimberlyerikson (COMPLETE!): "jane lane is a lanky thing. Her arms limbs sort of just hang off of her."


• Titanic - A True Story, by Sheila Wisz Ellayn (part 23): "That fateful night still seemed like everything was normal, at least for most of the passengers that had already been asleep when the iceberg incident took place."


• Unnamed story (The 1002 Deaths of Tom Sloane), by Lady Evil (COMPLETE!): "Tom's feet ached as he walked the streets of Hell. Yes, streets. He was surprised to find that Hell had cars, streets, stores, restaurants and other businesses just like any city on Earth."

Trent Will Celebrate If/When He Wakes Up

I see Jake is enjoying himself for National Guitar Day, and I really hope he plays better than he cooks. Come to think of it, a good death metal song might be a good way to deal with some of his anger issues. A better catharsis than ranting, anyway.

This is also Make a Friend Day, but notice that it says a friend. Don't go crazy or anything, okay?

Fandom News!

• The winners of the Daria Fanworks Awards have been announced!


• RIP, Anne Bernstein.


• Discuss the museum security guard who defaced priceless artwork.

The Wind Cries Jimi

Jimi Hendrix, the greatest electric guitar player who ever lived in real history or any dimension or alternate universe, was born this day 67 years ago. The MTV staff must have been fans of his, because they created not one but two alter egos for him, one with Jodie (a post-episode a.e.) and one with Jake (from the computer game Daria's Inferno). Long live THE MAN!

Minor Note: Jimi Hendrix was left-handed. Jake's image should be flopped to be correct.

Trent Lane is a fan of The Man, and the date is even celebrated in the CD-ROM accessory, Daria's Sick, Sad Life Planner (below). Thanks to Pinhead for the alter ego at left!

Is it true that Hendrix once set his guitar on fire? You be the judge. Could he really play guitar with his teeth? Again, you decide. Was he the greatest guitar player ever? No question. Sit back and dig it.

PPMB

• Reaped Out 2: Sickle Sad World, by Pinkminx (Part 11): “Of course I’m dead, I’m not an idiot and I’m not blind. You think I didn’t notice all the chaos?” Sandi waved an arm at the crowd that had gathered around her body. “Then why are you yelling and shouting?” Daria asked. “Like duh, I’m trying to find my guardian angel.”
  

Strange and Unusual Things, More of

Delving into the cybernetic underworld once again....

At left is one of the front-page images from Et Jane? (a French Daria website no longer updated). The site was exclusively focused on Jane Lane and contained lots of fanfiction and fan art for a somewhat AU version of the Daria series.

Upchuck's favorite magazine is at right, from "That Was Then, This Is Dumb." This was from a long-ago version of the MTV Daria website.

Ever since I recovered the image at left from Wildgoose's website, it has nagged at me. It was originally from a "couples" flipbook on an old MTV Daria site (a flipbook that is no longer around). It clearly implies that Jane and Alison were being tagged for a time as a couple. I know, the artists just needed a reference scale for drawing the two of them when they were standing very close together, but....

Want a really big image of Helen as a martial-arts master? Click on the pic at right. It was on Wildgoose's site, but may have come from MTV somewhere. It's a much enlarged version of the standard alter ego. Interesting. I recovered a few other giant-sized images like this one, and used one of them on DariaWiki (on the fanservice page). If you need a giant-size picture of Daria dressed up as Mother Goose, let me know.

Karine (or someone else) put together the composite crossover image at left, showing a mutant Brittany Taylor (that artwork originally by Liliane Grenier) about to take on the characters from Futurama. Cute. Still not sure what this was all about, but I like it.

Trent Lane's guitar is below, from an old MTV Daria site. Anyone able to identify what kind of guitar it is? Wouter? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Moar l8r. Hope you are enjoying this.

Cuchi-cuchi, or Coochie-coochie?

Spanish-American entertainer Charo, whom I'm not sure many of you remember, was born 67 57 years ago today. Helen Morgendorffer does her best Charo imitation at left. (Charo is blonde.) Charo's actual name (I swear) is María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Moquiere de les Esperades Santa Ana Romanguera y de la Najosa Rasten, which neatly explains why everyone calls her Charo. Her website is here. The costume Helen wears is similar to the one Charo wears at right (click for larger image). Charo is a very accomplished guitarist, and her website has some of her music. She started the catchphrase "cuchi-cuchi."

Today is a significant date in a certain Daria fanfic that you may wish to read: Fast Times at Lawndale High. I remember the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High. It was weird. Sean Penn's changed a lot.

Most recent addition to DariaWiki: Brother Grimace presents Training Cadre 3000!


FF.net

• Dancing with the Devil by the Pale Moonlight, by Batlurker, a.k.a. Lorenzo Sauchelli (Part 3): “Aha!" Daria looked up, her eyes livid. "So now I’m the so-called Nosferatu Killer?”

PPMB

• Daylight: Soft Rains, by NightGoblyn (COMPLETE!): A very short story with an ending only an Angst Lord could love, and I do.
• Size Does Matter, by Blackhole (Part 34): Tiffany left her room in a hurry. She had no intended to give her mother another chance to rain her “Knock her up, marry her, elope - but get her out of the house!” rant on one of her dates. That gave them ideas. (SFMB)
• Snuffed Animals, by Disco316 (Parts 5 and 6): “I trust you," said Jane. "I just don’t trust...” “Don’t trust what? My judgment? My hormones? My sister? What?” “Tom.” [Ah....]
  
• Something Not Yet Named, by Gouka Ryuu (COMPLETE!): "This is the story of I got my name," spoke the bard, "though our country's fictional characters also have a place in the tale."
• Stacy Rowe, Seeker (Part II), by jtranser (continued): "All right. Whose brains did you eat this time?"