Oh, I Wish I Were an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile...

Just 74 years ago this day, the very first Oscar Mayer Wienermobile was built (according to the Sick, Sad Life Planner). This unique brand of automobile has not gone unnoticed in Daria fanfiction. Great story, Dr. Mike.

Nelson Mandela turns 92 today. Happy Birthday, dude. You rule!

Lord Akiyama tries his hand at redesigning Jane Lane. Hmm... blue...

FF.net (other links added to stories' first mention in this blog)

• A Few Years Difference, by Vlora (Part 6): In her high school years, Daria had never bothered to attend a gig, or even a shindig. Occasionally she was roped into birthday parties (which sucked) and that was about it. All her life she had dedicated herself to not fitting in. That was what she liked people to believe anyway… So the fact she was walking toward an old van with some slacker who happened to be really, really cute? Unbelievable. Some would even go as far as to say actually impossible. But Daria was (apparently) a go getter now, thanks to the slack community of Lawndale where breathing quietly was a talent.
• NEW! From the Fractured Life of Stacy Rowe, by Respite (COMPLETE!): [From PPMB earlier this year]
  
  

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• Daria/Dorian 5: Mountain of Truth, by LadieT (Part 1): Jane broke off the embrace and sat down on Dorian's bed and rested her head against the padding of the wall. She patted at a spot next to her. Dorian joined her. She grabbed the pillow from the top of the bed and placed it on her lap. She directed his head to rest on the pillow. Dorian laid down staring up at the ceiling. Jane started brushing her fingers through his hair. She looked down and stared at his eyes. For a moment, she could have sworn she saw Daria in them. "Hey Daria... I know you're in there... talk to me."
• NEW! Daria: The Puppet Princess of Lawndale Kingdom, by OverlordMikey (Part 2): "Daria, how long are you just going to lay there bemoaning what happened?" Quinn asked angrily. "I'm sulking, not bemoaning. There is a difference." "Daria, how many times have I told you, 'If you want something, go for it.' Don't just stand there complaining about it. How do expect our society to move past the Middle Ages if we never get more powerful female leaders?"
  
• Finn Morgendorffer 53: Purely Magnetic, by HolyGrail2007 (Part 4): “You have a crush on Henry.” Paul’s matter-of-fact tone of speaking was not helping matters. “I do not.” Daria tried being as blunt as he was. “Okay. No big deal. You know, I was thinking Henry should get...” “No! I don’t do dating. I barely do friends. I wanna keep things where they are. It works, it's fine.” “Alright.” Paul shrugged, and Daria wondered whether he just didn’t care or didn’t believe her.
• NEW! Judith Strikes! Mack Dynamite vs. the Crimson Phantom, by Erin M. (COMPLETE!): Judith sat up, unashamedly nude, and began brushing her hair out. "God damn. No wonder they call you Mack Dynamite." she said. In the bed behind him, Mack Dynamite smiled. "You do realize that I'm still gonna have to run your sexy ass into the slammer for what you did." he said, pulling a joint from his nightstand and lighting it. Judith put her glasses on and looked at him with a smirk.
  
• The Shadow Education, by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): After a last sweep for electronic bugs (it was her house but you could never be too careful when it came to Li), Diane Bennett took her seat. “This emergency meeting of the Shadow School Board is now in session.” (FF.net)
• NEW! Sleepwalker, by Jim North (continued): "Ow, Ms. D!" Kevin whined as he snatched his arm back. "That totally hurts!" Claire sighed, grabbed hold of his hand, and wrenched his forearm back over to her. While the wound left by Stacy's nail file hadn't really been very serious, the deep gouges taken out of his arms just above the wrist were much nastier. They had already washed the lacerations out in the small bathroom behind the office, but Claire insisted on treating them with iodine from the first aid kid they'd found under the front counter.
  
• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Jane is Daria's imaginary friend), by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): On the walk home (because her parents were always going to be too busy to pick her up), Daria decided this imaginary girl should be called Jane. Nice, normal name. (She'd wanted such a name at times, at least one that couldn't be turned into a term for bowel movements.) Jane could tell her about the upcoming lessons (okay, O'Neill had told them at the end of class): "So, then, after the role-playing, next class they put the girls and the guys in separate rooms and a female counselor talks to us about body image."
• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Straight meets Gay), by RLobinske (COMPLETE!): [Too short to sample!]
• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Straight meets Gay), by Roentgen (COMPLETE!): "Who is this guy again?" Jane said. "My name is Stonewall," the young man said. "I'm sort of a day of commemoration rather than an actual Holiday, but trust me, it's a lot more complex than most people know." Stonewall didn't say much about himself, but it was clear even to the blind that he was FABULOUS! "A lot of the Holidays out there are realllly conservative, and I needed to get out of there and blow off steam." "There's not much we can help you with," Daria said. "We're just not part of that scene." "Oh, definitely. So I decided I'd bring some help with me!"