Diving into One More Extracurricular Activity

Happy birthday to Esther Williams, retired competitive swimmer and actress. Jodie is trying to follow in her footsteps, but I think she's got a lot of work ahead of her if she wants to beat Williams's track record.

Fanfic Update!

• Armored Cynic Daria, Episode 3: Class in Session, by RX-87 (part 1): "O'NEILL: Hello there, kids! Welcome to the first session of the Special Armor Development Program! I'm Msgt. O'Neill and I'll be in charge of supervising you kids. We're gonna have a lot of fun and hopefully learn a lot, both about these emerging new technologies we'll be working with... And about ourselves."


• The Creepyling Chronicles, by Charles RB (part 3): "'Oh Tom, why don't you take Mafalda with you to the country club?' Thank you, dear, thank you very much."


• Daria & Son 3: Freakin' Friends Redux, by Erin M. (part 3): "Helen gives her a sympathetic expression. HELEN: Daria, that boy has been a major part of your life ever since Mark was in the third grade. He's practically your second child. DARIA: ...I'm not taking it well either."


• Ethan Yeager in Lawndale: Ch 9 Soaking Up Summer, by Shiva (part 8): "Coyote then decided to check on his wife who was taking a nap, but when he opened the door to their bedroom he heard the sounds of sobbing."


• Family New, by RLobinske (part 8): "'How did it go?' Daria let out a heavy sigh. 'Everyone was walking on eggshells around me, making me even more of an outcast than I was already. My English teacher had a breakdown and ran out of the room. The principal is planning a memorial for Quinn tomorrow.'"


• Fielding 2015: A Poor Roll of the Genetic Dice (Scenes that should be: Polite Requests), by Walter Kovacs (COMPLETE!): "'Huh huh hey Jake watch me set fire to the headmaster's car' said Angier Sloane II, the auburn-haired half of the Sloane twins as he poured gasoline on the car and tossed a lit match."


• Hot For Student (Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: Trip Cyclone), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "'Pay... attention.' She said to cover her silence and then pointed at the board, 'Your... regular... teacher... assigned... a play... do you know... what it was?'"


• The Hunter Home from the Hill, by DeacBlue (part 17): "By the opening night of the coffeehouse, everyone in school had heard about the production that the club was going to put on, and the place was packed. The house lights went down, a violin (played by Scarlett) began playing, and Daria's voice carried over the PA system into the twilight. 'How one person changed the world.'"



• Immortal Blood, by Shiva (part 10): "'Feelings...' Skylar said to himself, 'I wonder how he’d like this feeling.' He then focused on that strange energy inside of him and imagined the strange runic symbol that would cause O’Neill to feel... 'Ahhhh!' O’Neill suddenly screamed as he hugged himself while his eyes welled with tears as his body was seized by a completely random burst of pain from the top of his head to the tips of his toes."


• Irony (A kinda-sorta IC - No Gas!), by BF110C4 (COMPLETE!): "Jodie knew irony when it hit her in the face."


• Love in Few Words (Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: Trip Cyclone), by thatLONERchick (COMPLETE!): "Daria sat on the edge of the bed she had shared with her husband for three and a half years, reading the last note he had ever written for her over and over again."


• The Mageborn Cynic, by peetz5050 (parts 12 and 13): "Jane sat and buttered some toast for herself. She took a swallow of tea to moisten her mouth and began. 'I have a confession to make to you... in some ways I'm no better than the Upstart Ruttheimer. It was no accident that I spoke to you in class yesterday, my Father put me up to it...'" (Part 13)


• Misery Machine, by NightGoblyn (part 3): "'How about something about overcoming adversity?' Stacy asked, turning back to the blank canvas. 'Achieving your dreams, I dunno. How's that sound?' 'Hm,' Jane said, also turning to look at the canvas. 'That could work. We could . . . .' 'How about Sandi Griffin is a total bitch?'"


• On The Road with Julia and Quinn (LLH Mini), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): "That led to several more weeks of constant requests of rides for a litany of purposes – and soon afterward, 'Legion Transportation Services' made its debut."


• Sailor Daria (Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: Trip Cyclone), by BF110C4 (COMPLETE!): "Daria had this weird look, between annoyed and resigned, just as if she was forced into double family time. 'Jane, why don’t you run outside until I dealt with this pest?'"



• Sexy Daria: Lab Lockdown Sex, by Shiva (part 2): "As soon as she stepped through the door she saw something that perked her right back up. 'Looks like the little dominos are falling along quite nicely,' Daria thought with glee, 'And it only took a minimum of effort, god these people are too easy!'"


• This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (LLH Mini), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): "Amorette’s smile widened as Daria’s head dropped in shame. 'It’s not like that’s the only time you’ve been – anxious – when it came to guys, right?' A glare of annoyance washed over Amorette as Daria lifted her head. 'I suppose you and yours are a bit more controlled.' 'Here? Hardly.'"


• Undying Love, by BrownEyedBagel (part 11): "She mused on how strange it really was to be holding a literal part of yourself in your hand; knowing that its destruction meant your own. She recalled on how they just about tore Lawndale apart juggling the possibility that they had forged part of Jane into something else; some random object somewhere else in town. A very uncomfortable six months."


• Unexpected Hookup: Underneath It All, by Shiva (part 4): "Daria opened her mouth to speak but her mother said, 'Please Daria I have something to say first, then you can yell at me.' Daria shut her trap and her eyes betrayed her surprise at that last, this wasn’t like her mother at all."


• Upchuck's Sex Bomb! (Scenes no Daria fanfic should ever have: Trip Cyclone), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "Charles Ruttheimer the Third, otherwise known as 'Upchuck' to everyone smiled fiendishly at the thought of his latest plan to get those feisty ladies of Lawndale to truly appreciate him."


• A Vision of Other Possibilities (LLH Mini), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): "'Okay, let’s get started,' a tall, unusually slender young man spoke, looking over the gathered cadets. 'The year’s first meeting of the "Unusual Twists Club" is called to order. Rachel-Renee - thanks for making sweet tea. Derek, Sam – likewise, for scaring up snacks.'"