Talk About Your Hidden Talents!

I don't know what to say about Mr. DeMartino's new look. I mean, he's actually smiling. Weird. But maybe that's to be expected when he's pretending to be Liberace on the 100th anniversary of the musician's birth. As for the clothes, well, no one said that he was going to use that raise wisely.

Meanwhile, on this day twenty years ago, an article praising Daria appeared in the The New York Times. For an outcast, Daria sure turned out to be popular.

Fanfic Update!

• Am I A Grownup Yet?, by jones2000 (part 6): "The next morning Jake dropped her off in front of the massive, industrial-looking brick building. Daria stared at the nameplates beside the door, before pressing the button for Lane."


• Daria Ravenclaw: The Highland Years, by Meester_Lee (part 65): "Daria squirmed in her chair in the school auditorium as Principal Trimble droned on. A recent pair of suicides at Highland's middle school had caused the school board to mandate mandatory classes for dealing with bullies and bullying: both teachers and students were required to attend."


• Getting By, by EntrancedCat (part 2): "'Sandi! Stacy!' Quinn Morgendorffer skipped in joy as she saw her two best friends at the bottom of Lawndale Lane High's steps."


• I've Been Eating (For You), by ComfortCringeFics (COMPLETE!): "'I'm just saying, if we want to be ready for prom we should seriously start dropping some carbs. I say, we collectively pick some foods and completely cut them out.'"


• Monster Blood 4.5 (Iron Chef: Reader Beware, You're In For A Scare), by Charles RB (COMPLETE!): "A normal teenager might find it bizarre, disturbing even, when they found a can of blue goo and it turned into a strange blobby creature. Kevin, however, found it 'cool' and named the blob Lombardo, after Vince Lombardi."


• Paint Misbehavin' (Outlander Vignettes), by welltemperedclavier (COMPLETE!): "Moonmoth Legion Fort didn't belong. It proclaimed this fact in the artificiality of its construction."


• Quinn Got In The Car, by Lady Evil (part 3): "Another school year was over and the students were helping Mr. DeMartino pack up the classroom for the summer."


• Quinn, the talking Dog, by OzFerret (COMPLETE!): "Daria marched along the deserted hallways; any hesitation rewarded with a gun barrel in the ribs. 'You know Ms Li, if this had been mentioned in the orientation, I would have pushed harder for home schooling.'"


• Teaching is a work of heart, by Rémi (parts 8 and 9): "Morgendorffer house, evening. Quinn's room. A pajama-clad Quinn is hugging her knees on her bed, looking sad." (Part 9)


• Unnamed story (LLH Short Entries #2), by Brother Grimace (part 184): "'Rossalyn! A friend of yours from school is here to see you!'"


• Woe, by atiyatortilla (part 3): "Rain pooled in large puddles along the road, like tiny swamps separating the gravel from the brush. Kevin stood against the red wood exterior of an abandoned farm house as rain water seeped into the fleece lining of his jacket."