I Hope Brian Taylor Won't Celebrate This One

Be sure to check your medicine cabinet for intruders because it's World Rat Day and you can't be too careful. As far as Jake's concerned, squirrels count for this holiday as well because "squirrels are nothing but rats with fluffy tails!" Now, where did he leave that cheese?

If you'd rather have something healthier than cheese, you could celebrate International Carrot Day instead. Just make sure you get to them before the Fashion Club does, because carrot sticks are their snack of choice.

Since it's Tell a Lie Day, you could always claim that you ate carrots when in reality you pigged out on pizza and ice cream. I mean, who's going to check up on you? I sure won't. I'll be too busy with my own pizza and ice cream to care.

Squeak!

Everyone make sure your rats are well-medicated for World Rat Day! If not, they might not be able to solve the maze Daria and Kevin (ha!) worked so hard on.

Today is also Tell a Lie Day, so here's a doozy for you: Daria and Trent make the perfect couple and belong together forever!

Ugh. Now I just feel dirty. The bad kind of dirty.

Fanfic Update!

• Burned Out, by Wrabbit7 (part 19): "Standing in line to the locally owned, Playhouse 99 movie theater, Jennifer stared at Daria in shock. 'Let me get this straight, he wanted you to watch her spawning?'"


• Daria of Morsang-sur-Orge, by Rémi (parts 2 - 4): "The sisters were greated in the dungeon hall by their family. Their two brothers, Hugues and Arnaud, were already sitted at table and eating their breakfast with an hearty appetite. Hugues had an amused smile on his lips." (Part 3) (Part 4)


• It's Only A Pandemic!, by DIsaac (part 3): "(Kevin is doing what he does every night, watching all the games he can while he works his show. He is reading about The Blue Jackets being the first team to play without fans after The Governor there banned crowds of less than 100 people. Also that same day The NCAA announced that the March Madness Men's and Women's Tournament would be played without fans. That was going to be the topic until...)"


• Lucky, it's Past, by Lady Evil (part 1): "Life would change forever for Ms. Li that Monday afternoon."


• Seriously!? (Iron Chef: QUARANTINE!), by Vukodlak (part 1): "The anticipation was now over it had been announced that starting Monday, Lawndale would be on lockdown. So where ever you wanted to shelter-in-place you were to be there by then."

"Gimme cheese! I want cheese!"

It's World Rat Day, or as Jake calls them, squirrels without fluffy tails. Wait, that doesn't seem quite right....

Today is also Walk Around Things Day, so if you see something in your way, don't run straight into it. That goes double for you, glasses-free Daria from "Through a Lens Darkly"!

Fandom News!

• The deadline to vote for your favorite Written and Visual fanworks for the 2018 DFAs is almost here!


• Does canon matter? Share your thoughts in the thread.


• Welcome Lawndale-High's new moderators, Atiyatortilla and WellTemperedClavier!


• Commiserate and share your woes in the "My Life Sucks" venting and pep talk thread.


• Advise DocForbin on something weird happening in regard to his computer.


• TheBrodsterBoy posted a new Iron Chef: DVD of Destiny.

She Is the Egg Man, Not the Walrus

Today is Easter, hope your day is filled with many chocolate ellipsoids and good tidings. And Helen Morgendorffer says this about that.

Did you know that today is also World Rat Day? No? Shame on you. It's for the pet fanciers. This day is also the anniversary of the day Congress finally settled on a design for the U.S. flag, which only took them only a few decades, of course.

Some sources claim this is School Librarian Day, which would of course fall on a Sunday and not a school day. There is disagreement over the date, though, some quoting April 23rd. Whatever. Our best to you, Kristen Bealer the fan librarian, hope you don't mind being our mascot. We have a furry suit for you somewhere around here.

Do you like nerdy girls like Daria? Check out this blog post covering "retro nerd girls" from the movies and TV. Wow, didn't know there were so many!

PPMB

• NEW! Finn Morgendorffer 41: It's Called Boston, by HolyGrail2007 (Part 2): “So anyway, I hatched this plan to get Jane to go up to BFAC and see the sights and meet some people and look at some art and...” “You are aware this plan can backfire on you in so many ways it would take too long to mention them?”
  
• RATBOY!! by Roentgen (COMPLETE!): "Kevvie, take that off. Your fur smells funny." "Aw, babe!" [Just in time for World Rat Day!]
• Ring-a-Ling, by Doggieboy (Part 1): “I’ll get it!” Quinn Morgendorffer yelled as the phone rang. Her older sister, Daria, lay on the couch and watched Robot Monster on the television. “Of course you will,” she muttered and chewed on some popcorn. She chuckled as bubbles came out of Ro-Man’s radio-thingy. “Ah, why can’t they make movies like this again?”