A Grave Holiday

Daria invites everyone to celebrate Plan Your Epitaph Day, but especially her sister. I suspect Quinn's epitaph would emphasize both the bounciness of her hair and the invisibility of her pores.

For those who would prefer to sleep than rest in peace, there's always National Pajama Day. Daria can get comfy in her Mark Twain nightshirt while Helen can humiliate Quinn (who is not having a great day, apparently) by wearing the bumblebees again.

Finally, Brittany's whole family can celebrate National Taylor Day and, according to The Daria Database, so can one of the Lanes' never-seen cats. I assume Taylor the cat is not related to the Taylors, and with Brian around he should consider himself lucky.

Fanfic Update!

• Being a little different isn’t so bad, by Mr_peanutbutter (COMPLETE!): "Her parents were fighting and screaming again, and it was all because of her. Daria was young, but she wasn’t dumb. She knew they were mad because she was different from other kids."


• Daria Enrolls At Nevermore: An Experiment, by Meester_Lee (part 17): "'Hello, Wednesday,' said Daria. 'I guess I ought to make introductions. Wednesday, this is my mother Helen Morgendorffer.'"


• Hell High, by avav3 (part 2): "A few weeks had passed since I first started here at Lawndale, but my mother’s voice still echoed in my head about joining extracurriculars."


• Mysteries of Aurora, by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (part 13): "After a couple of classes, Olivia Marcus was back in the Nordic Section of the Main Library. She had taken a break over Sunday, talking with Janara as she gamed and listening to various audiobooks."


• Opposites Detract, by Bolshevitch (part 1): "Endless droning words. That’s all Daria figured Mr. O’Neil had to contribute."


• Spider Quinn 15 The New Challenges, by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (COMPLETE!): "Dafoanairi also emerged onto the first floor, and had heard Ninja Talon point out the ‘fourth vigilante’"

I Hope Brian Taylor Won't Celebrate This One

Be sure to check your medicine cabinet for intruders because it's World Rat Day and you can't be too careful. As far as Jake's concerned, squirrels count for this holiday as well because "squirrels are nothing but rats with fluffy tails!" Now, where did he leave that cheese?

If you'd rather have something healthier than cheese, you could celebrate International Carrot Day instead. Just make sure you get to them before the Fashion Club does, because carrot sticks are their snack of choice.

Since it's Tell a Lie Day, you could always claim that you ate carrots when in reality you pigged out on pizza and ice cream. I mean, who's going to check up on you? I sure won't. I'll be too busy with my own pizza and ice cream to care.

Walk on the Mild Side

Jane is helping Daria celebrate National Walking Day, because the last thing Daria wants is to celebrate Run Into Crap Day because she isn't wearing her glasses. Helen might choose to observe by powerwalking, at least if she can get a few minutes away from work.

Jake, on the other hand, will be too busy with National DIY Day to do any walking. If he's done (badly) repairing the light in the dining room, he really should get around to fixing that loose floorboard all the way at the other end of the house.

I hope Jane decides to spend the day painting, but only until she gets tired. She wouldn't want to risk burnout, which happened in the episode "Art Burn," which aired on this day in 2001.

Fanfic Update!

• But You Always Knew the Truth, by riotsquirrrl (part 4): "Jane really thought that by October of 2002 they’d finally be done with that damn song."


• Lawndale, Meet Hell, by janendaria4life (COMPLETE!): "Daria Morgendorffer and Jane Lane were your average pair of cynical, sarcastic, bitchy even, outcasts living in a stupid town with stupid people who did stupid things in it."