Remember to Remove the Lid if You Use a Conventional Oven!

It's National Lasagna Day! This is nothing special to the Morgendorffers, of course, but feel free to celebrate with a plate of delicious pasta today. I recommend fresh over frozen, but I won't judge.

Today is also International Tiger Day, so take this opportunity to put stripes in your hair if you've been considering it. Just don't let Daria anywhere near the hair dye, okay?

Fanfic Update!

• The Creepyling Chronicles, by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "It stopped crying when he entered the nursery. There it lay, crawled up against the bars of the crib. Watching him with its tiny, abyss-black eyes set in a wrinkled face."


• Flynn at 1111 Glen Oak (Crossovers Still Crossing Over), by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (part 7): "However a minute later, after they had gone through an intersection, a back wheel came off the vehicle... Trent noticed right away. 'Um, I think we’ve just lost a wheel,' The vehicle then ground to a halt. Trent put the gear stick into Neutral. 'That’s not good.'"


• The Hunter Home from the Hill, by DeacBlue (parts 13 and 14): "When the Lanes walked into the living room, Daria looked up. 'Your parents?' At Jane's nod, she got up. 'Mr and Mrs. Lane, I'm Daria Morgendorffer. Jane's my best friend.' 'I know your mom wanted to see them, Daria,' Trent said. 'That she did.' Daria went upstairs, and after a minute, came back down, followed by Helen. 'Helloo, Mr. and Mrs. Lane. I'm Helen Morgendorffer. I hope you can stay for dinner, but we really need to talk. Why don't we all use my office?'" (Part 14)



• Ill-conceived (Scenes no Daria Fanfic should ever have: Embrace the Madness), by thatLONERchick (COMPLETE!): "Brittany sauntered up to Jane in the hallway, gray and black pigtails bobbing. 'Have you seen...Daria?'"


• The Kissing Book, by DeacBlue (COMPLETE!): "Brittany knelt down and put her hands on Jane's shoulders. 'Let me explain.' She frowned. 'No, there's too much to say.' She sighed. 'Let me sum up. Daria is to marry Tom Sloane in a little less than a half-hour, so all we have to do is get in, break up the wedding, steal the lady, and make our escape, after I kill Li.'" (Part 11)


• Nothing (Scenes no Daria Fanfic should ever have: Embrace the Madness), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "Daria froze in mute horror as Jane's face came closer and closer to hers, then just when her red lips were about to meet hers, Daria recoiled in disgust and roared, 'I AM NOT A LESBIAN!'"


• Searching For a New Hope, by thatLONERchick: "About halfway through the first set, Daria put a hand to her stomach and frowned. She had been feeling warm all night and left her jacket in the car, but even so sweat shone on her bare arms. Nausea roiled her stomach and her face felt flushed. Daria bit her lip and dreaded a fever." (SFMB)


• Sexy Daria: Sexy Cute Models, by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "Daria couldn’t resist a smile at the haggard looking administrator, the last couple of days had seen the Principal of Laaaaandaaaale Hiiiighhhh doing some serious damage control as the local media had a field day with everything that had happened on what they dubbed 'Glamazon Day'."


• The Ten Year Reunion Letter (Scenes no Daria Fanfic should ever have: Embrace the Madness), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "'Hey Dee!' the familiar voice of her husband emerged from the kitchen, 'You got a letter from your old high school, something about a reunion.'"



• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Opposites Attract), by Wassersauefer (COMPLETE!): "Two months ago he would never have thought that he'd do something this dorky. Still, here he was, Jamie White, sitting in the movie theatre and fidgeting like a small child, grinning like a maniac."


• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Funhouse Mirror Time (AU Crossovers with Canon)), by neonhomer (COMPLETE!): "A moment later, Daria woke up. 'I’m still dreaming.' She said. 'No.' Said the Captain. 'We were going to erase your memory, but I’m giving you the choice. If we do erase your memory, it will seem like a distant dream. Or, you can retain the memories of here, but you can tell no one. Not even Jane.' She said with a small smile."


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria Fanfic should ever have: Embrace the Madness), by BrownEyedBagel (COMPLETE!): "'Hey Tom...yeah it’s Trent. Look man...she needs you...she needs you real bad right now...well...not exactly like that...she’s been talking about...um...hang on...'"


• Unnamed story (Scenes no Daria Fanfic should ever have: Embrace the Madness), by Greystar (COMPLETE!): "'Yo, Mack Daddy!' Kevin greeted Mack in the usual way. 'Yo, Queen Bee!' Mack greet Kevin back in the definitely not usual way."


• A Very Dull Saw (IC: Sleeping With Strangers (But Not Like That!)), by Aloysius (COMPLETE!): "Then he became aware of something warm behind him and froze still. He could smell some perfume and knew that whoever it was, it was female, but definitely not Jodie. Then he realized that he was totally naked and closed his eyes. Oh, hell. Oh, hell. Oh, hell."


• Wednesday Afternoon, by peetz5050 (part 4): "Sergeant Kendall walked over and took the handset. 'Who am I talking to, please?... Yes Ms. Li... I see... everything?... what does that mean exactly?... surely there's an override... what about if there was a fire?... none at all!... right.' He sighed, then put the phone back to his ear."