This Is the Dawning of the Age of...

Are you an Aquarian? Today is your lucky day, as The Head pours out his zodiacal good fortune on your computer. This was one of several astrological alter egos done for Daria. (Thanks, Pinhead and UU!) Sadly, the horoscope series is incomplete.

We could consider this as The Head's Day if you want another fandom-related holiday. The Head was a very minor character who appeared in "Esteemsters" and never quite went away. In fact he appeared throughout the series all the way to the very last movie. Strange fellow, and stranger the connection implied between Daria, Beavis and Butt-head, and The Head. Are they all part of the same story universe?

Today is also the day when the Botany Bay colony (now Sydney) in Australia was completed 222 years ago with the arrival of the last ships. AND it is the day when the very first OzDariaCon was organized nine years ago by Tafka. Thank you!

What else happened in fandom history.... DVDaria became a blog five years ago today, and THANK YOU! to everyone who signed up there for helping us get our favorite show out to the masses! Also, the great Anne D. Bernstein gave her first interview with Kara Wild four years ago today and revealed Much That Was Not Known. Great interview!

"It Is the Dawning of the Age of [fill in the blank]"

Time once more for The Head to show us the current astrological sign for the next month or so. I wonder where all the other zodiac signs went. Only a few seemed to have survived, like Libra (Dawn), Scorpio (Rock 'n Roll Randy), and this one.

Um, uh, okay, that was about all I could think of to say. Gimme some time to come up with something intelligent. Or you can in the Comments.

1800 hours, ET: Still nothing intelligent to say.

1807: Oh, here we go. Brother Grimace added more pages to DariaWiki, including one about a Code 513 event. Whatever could that be? Heh heh heh.


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• Jane Lane: Ace Attorney, by Lorenzo Sauchelli (COMPLETE!): Jane stood up and put both hands on her table. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Detective, how would you describe my client's apartment?"
• Long Trek Home, by Ranger Thorne (Part 2): It was the pointed ears that caused the woman to mutter, "Great, we've been invaded by elves."
• Scenes That Should Be: Brains for Rent (unnamed crossover story), by NightGoblyn (Parts 1 and 2): “I was running,” Jane said. “Down by the quarry, near the train tracks. I saw Daria.”
• Snuffed Animals, by Disco316 (Part 7): Tom twitched at hearing Jane behind him. He turned around, and saw his girlfriend behind him, holding their pizza over his head.
• Turnabout Confusion Part II: All The King's Horses, by Dennis (continued): Stacy and Tiffany found Quinn waiting when they reached the bathroom. The redhead leaned against the door, arms crossed as she blocked the way. Here we go, thought Stacy. PLUS: "Miss Morgendorffer to the Principal's Office. Miss Daria Morgendorffer to the Principal's office." The fit is about to hit the shan!
• Two Halves, by Dark Kuno (Chapter 3, Part 7): Jane was sleeping peacefully on her side. The blanket and sheets still arranged relatively neatly over her. Only a soft barely audible rasping sound came from Jane’s open mouth, as opposed to the window rattling snores, which could usually be heard when one approached the artist’s room in the early mornings.

Nuttin' Goin' On T'day

Richard Lobinske added Chapter 8 to Falling Into College 61: Latitudes, over on PPMB. Not much else happening except lots of people complaining about the cold. Kids these days, jeez louise.

There were some things I was going to write about... where's my list... ah. More in a little while. I promised myself I would add at least one new posting to this blog every day, and so far it's gone pretty well. Having fun playing with Irfanview, making interesting special effects using The Head (negative image).

More soon, collecting some notes.

P.S. And if you are an Aquarius, happy birthday! Wikipedia says some weird things about you, though.

It's the Age of Aquariums!

We're heading into the Aquarius birth cycle either today or tomorrow, depending on which flavor of astrology you follow. The MTV alter ego of The Head will lead us into the news, of which there is a surprising amount over the last couple days.

In the realm of artistic endeavor, Ranger Thorne has done up a nice picture of our favorite nonexistent Morgendorffer, Veronica, with a special surprise to boot. Thanks to Richard Lobinske for pointing out the links.

Also, Christ Oliver redrew a scene first done by Ranchoth, taken from a very different version of "Dye! Dye! My Darling," in which The Kiss heads into alternate-universe territory.

Since we once had a long PPMB discussion about rats the size of cocker spaniels, we've now got a long PPMB discussion going about prehistoric rats the size of Volkswagens, which I am sure will make us thankful for the dog-sized rats we have nowadays. Maybe giant space hamsters weren't so off-the-wall after all.

UU has begun a thread asking about non-canonical surnames of Daria characters, to go with Brother Grimace's thread about middle names. Please toss in your ideas to both.

FANFICTION UPDATE!!!
Some damn good stuff has just popped out of the fanfic kiln. I dare not give anything away, but it is delicious.

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• Lesson Learned, by legendeld (LATE ADD: Part 6)
• Stacy Rowe, Seeker (Part II), by jtranser (continued) *
  
• Surprises, by legendeld (Part 6)

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• One Year Later, by NightGoblyn (Part 1)

Back to working on the 2008 fanfic update, with some corrections to the older list. Happy times, Aquarians!

* Contains mature content. Brace yourself.