"Don't look now, but it's Toulouse le Dreck."

Happy birthday to Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, also known to fandom as the voice of Daniel Dotson from Is It Fall Yet? The young at heart but "delusional of mind" artist may have been a jerk, but let's not hold it against Grohl. Unless he's a fan of white-on-white painting, too.

Today is also the tenth anniversary of the airing of Look Back in Annoyance, a half-hour special/clip show that aired a week before the premiere of Is It College Yet? In it, we learned that Daria dated four of the five members of N'Sync behind the scenes (according to Jane, anyway). Sadly, we never learn which member failed to make the cut.

Finally, the nominations for the 2011 Daria Fanworks Awards are now posted. Time to get your votes in!

Fanfic Update!

• The Author as a Lesbian, Season 4, by DeacBlue (parts 7 - 10): "Jodie finished quickly, put her gelato aside, and looked at her companions. 'I'm really glad that we ran into each other here, Quinn. I've really needed to talk to you about some things, especially about the promise that I made to you about Daria, Jen, and Jane.' She pushed her braids over her shoulders. 'As a matter of fact, it's kind of serendipitous that Tom's here, because he might be able to help.'" (Part 8) (Part 9) (Part 10)


• Daria - Double Down, by neonhomer (part 19): "'Think of it this way, if they are talking about you, then they are leaving someone else alone.' 'I wish they would leave me alone. I finally decide to take a chance and go out with Trent, and all they can do is talk about it. They know I wouldn’t let him do anything.' Jane shook her head. 'Would you do anything?' 'No... I don’t know....'"


• Daria - The Star Wars Chronicles, by Grifter74 (part 2): "Daria stopped next to Ashoka at the edge of the roof and said, 'Our Masters told us to stay out of trouble.' 'Yep, Anakin was quite adamant about it this time.' 'But, they don't know about the 2nd army coming at them, and comms are out.' 'So we have 2 options, stop the army or drop in our masters and tell them about the other army.'"


• Footballs Like White Elephants (Scenes no Daria fanfic should have: Last Friday Night!), by Smijey (COMPLETE!): "Kevin strutted down the hall of Lawndale High, having won the big game against Oakwood last night by kicking the ball between the goalposts. A reporter from the school newspaper came up to him. 'Kevin, I have to say, that was a great kick you made last night,' the reporter complimented."


• Ghost Girl Chapter 5, by Pumpkin Panic (part 1): "Nicholas Cage was a hamster. Of this he was certain. His earliest memories were waking up in his little hamster cage surrounded by large dark figures he had come to know as 'people' as they walked around and looked at him and pointed and squealed happily."


• Lawndale and Sandi Griffin’s Genie (Chapter 6), by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (part 4): "Sandi approached Cranberry Commons from a different exit and saw the zero gravity in effect. ‘Not again!’ she thought. She looked again, and saw Judith Lake, a geeky fellow sophomore, near the entrance. It appeared that she had the emerald! Sandi decided to run into the gravity-less zone. She had learnt from the experiences at lunchtime. Sandi backed off and then dashed she jumped as she reached the threshold..."


• The Outers III: Was Blind But Now Can See, by The Angst Guy (part 4): "'What time is it?' she mumbled, trying to get her bearings. Her butt hurt from sleeping in the uncomfortable seat. 'I heard someone say we're in Colorado,' said Jake, 'so that would be—' 'Twenty after four in the morning,' Helen finished with a yawn. 'I hope it's not too cold here. We didn't bring any heavy coats.' 'I see snow,' said Daria, pressing her face to the window. 'I guess we can huddle together like emperor penguins until we freeze.' 'We're not going to freeze here!' said Jake with determination—but then turned to Helen with concern. 'Are we?'"


• Paging, Dr. Morgendorffer, by oni (part 2): "'Drugs,' Jane begun. 'It’s one thing to imitate his basic tape recording technique, but for it to be a true Hunter S. Thompson experience, you have to be tripping while you’re recording all this.' Raising an eyebrow, Jane looked at Daria and said, 'Of course you all ready know that, writer girl.'"


• Rude Awakening Ep.9: Join The Club, by DIsaac (part 11): "ALISON: So....Why am I here? ALEESHA: I think how we first met ...in front of Jo... wasn't the best way we could have met. I think I owe it to your girlfriend and my friend to try to act like adult. ALISON: So Jodie twisted your wrist to do this until you said 'Uncle' ? ALEESHA: The long and short of It."


• Unnamed story (just a little something...), by oni (COMPLETE!): "The sound of Daria trying to break down Sandi’s door had been going on for five minutes. To Sandi, it sounded like a great beast trying to break in and devour her whole. Of course when she thought about it, Sandi knew where the five foot two girl was putting all her weight. 'Her and her damn boots,' Sandi thought bitterly."


• Unnamed story (Pie, Pie, My Darling), by Smijey (COMPLETE!): "'That Spatula Man is funny!' 'As are most men named for kitchen utensils.' Thinking of licking chocolate cake batter of a spatula, Daria's thoughts suddenly shifted into licking chocolate cake batter off of Spatula Man, and she almost vomited. (Almost. No wasting those tacos!)"


• With An "Uh", And An "Um", by mmmdraco (part 5): "Daria pointed to the left. 'Think we should grab a buggy?' Trent looked confused for a moment until he saw where she was pointing. 'Oh, a cart. Um, yeah. Sure. Just in case.' 'We called them buggies in the South, loathe though I am to admit that's where I grew up.' 'You don't sound like it,' Trent said after grabbing a cart and starting to push it toward the produce section of the store. Daria fell in step beside him. 'And that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me.'"