The Next Cheerleading Practice is Going to Be Odd

Brittany knows that today is International Monkey Day, but she looks more like a gorilla than a monkey. Still, points for trying.

It's possible that she's just being assertive in getting Kevin to take her to Chez Pierre for National Bouillabaisse Day, but I don't think she'd fit through the doors in her current size. No, Brittany, that wasn't a crack about your weight or your boob size. Please put me down now.

If Chez Pierre is too expensive for Kevin at the moment, he could just take her to his old employer, It's a Nutty, Nutty, Nutty World, for a Roast Chestnuts Day snack. Assuming the place is still in business after losing its only two employees in one day, that is.

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It was Beauty that Beat the Crap Out of the QB

Brittany and Kevin are too busy to wish Fay Wray a happy birthday, but the late actress was born on this day in 1907. She was best known for her role in the classic film King Kong, which is being reenacted on the left.

Kevin is definitely not forgetting their anniversary again for a very long time.


Fandom News!

• Snow-Kitty muses about how DeMartino's attitude towards Kevin and Brittany might be different if he were in the hospital.


• Outpost Daria Reborn is up and running, and neonhomer is looking for submissions and opinions!


• Princess_Pasta wonders about the possibility of having a real Dariacon.


• Ask Jeremy Garrett your questions in the new Ask The Author thread.


• Talk about the works of Invisigoth Gypsy in the Golden Oldies forum.

Where's the Man in the Yellow Hat When You Need Him?

Don't worry about Brittany and Kevin; they've having a little disagreement because today is Monkey Day, and although Kevin likes monkeys, Brittany is strenuously explaining to him that she is currently a gorilla.

That's okay, though: I'm sure they'll make up when he takes her out to Chez Pierre, because today is also National Bouillabaisse Day. Mmm. Pretentious fish soup.

Fanfic Update!

• All the Same (Dusty's Crazy Pairings Thread: taking requests), by SacredDust (COMPLETE!): "'Hol' still now,' he said gruffly. 'This is gonna itch.' Jodie just nodded. She wasn't ready to look at what he was doing just yet. She busied herself by gazing around the room. It was dark and dirty, full of unwashed piercing tools that had he'd simply tossed aside."


• Costumes (LongSnakeMoan's Fluff Thread), by LongSnakeMoan (COMPLETE!): "Anthony raises his eyes to the roof in exasperation and gives a long suffering exhale, that thing he does when he thinks I'm being unreasonable. I don't think I'm being unreasonable."


• Jane Loves a Certain Letter, by Smijey (COMPLETE!): "Daria knelt down and took Jane's hand. 'Please, Jane, tell me!' 'I was stung by...' She gritted her teeth. '...a jellyfish!'"


• Just Like a Lane (Scenes No Daria Fan-Fic Should Have: Do What Now?), by SacredDust (COMPLETE!): "Jane regarded her unexpected guest with a sour look. 'What are you doing here? Don't you knock?' Ms. Morris leaned against the kichen doorway, arms crossed."


• Late Night Snack (Shorty Shorts), by ognawk (COMPLETE!): "Tom was in a state of fear. He was in total darkness. As he looked around, he noticed pairs of glowing eyes all around, and heard the mad whisperings and giggling of various familar voices."


• A Little Problem (1,001 Deaths of Tom Sloane - Part II), by ognawk (COMPLETE!): "Tom was sat in the kitchen of the Hemming household. Over at the counter, Cassidy Hemming's mother Melissa was preparing some tea."


• The Man Next Door, by SacredDust (part 4): "Something was wrong with Jane's mother. Daria could tell that much, and it wasn't just because she was looking to her for company."


• Tom Gets Purged (Scenes that should be: Pacific Rimmers), by Shiva (COMPLETE!): "In his green silk pajamas Tom found himself pacing outside of his father's study once more, it was 8 o'clock and an hour into the Purge."


• Unnamed story (Scenes No Daria Fan-Fic Should Have: Do What Now?), by Silver (COMPLETE!): "Sometimes, I really hate my life."


• Unnamed story (Scenes that should be: Pacific Rimmers), by Staticblast (COMPLETE!): "You don't live in Higland, Texas for half your adolescence without learning to recognize a gunshot."

It's On Like Donkey Kong!

On this day in 1981, Donkey Kong was released in the United States. For my generation, this led to countless wasted hours, a whole lot of carpal tunnel syndrome, and a mysterious dread of barrels.

The alter ego on the right is technically King Kong, not Donkey Kong, but it was too good to pass up.

Fandom News!

• Deref is looking for a little help with song suggestions.


• GardenStateMachine wants to move to somewhere far, far away. Where do you recommend?


• cynigal posted about her Europe trip so far as well as pictures from her visit with Martin in Nottingham.


• Did David Felton, not Glenn Eichler, create the character Daria?


• Erin M. wants to hear your opinions on the worst Daria eps in each season.


• A Weapons of Mass Distraction thread inspired by Memorial Day: What's your favorite war movie?


• Can you think of any TV ads that aren't rubbish?


• What kind of stuff do you think cartoons get away with these days?


• DC Comics is planning to reboot their entire universe. Post your thoughts about it in the thread.


• Two new Iron Chefs in the Creative Writing forum: Chris Tucker's Daria's best friend is Huey Freeman and Jim North's If I Forget You.

Whatever Happened to Fay Wray?

This is the birthday anniversary of Fay Wray, the Canadian-born actress who became immortal as the Beauty of the Beast in the 1933 movie, King Kong. (The title for this post is part of a song from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which Brittany and Kevin were fond of watching at the late-night movie theater while wearing each other's underwear, per "Monster.") Speaking of King Kong and Fay Wray, there was this priceless exchange over a history assignment in the fanfic, "Historical Inevitability," by Megaleus:

• Brittany: Oh! Let's do a video! I'll be the beautiful heroine, and Kevin can rescue me from the King Kong.
• Kevin: Sounds great, babe!
• Daria: Um, Brittany, that's the Viet Cong.
• Brittany: Oh—whatever.

I could go on, but... I won't.

STOP THE PRESSES! Oh, right, there aren't... forget it. Anyway:

THE DARIA SHRINE IS BACK! Yes, one of the Great Ones has returned! (UU just told me about this.) See these two updates: Tenth Anniversary, and A Look Back in Appreciation. Write to Robin and tell her THANK YOU! And then send her everyone one of your fanfics. All of them. And your fan art, too. And say THANK YOU again. THANK YOU, ROBIN!!!

Here are the guidelines for submissions (at the bottom of the page). GO AND DO!

MONKEY DAY! HOORAY!

Okay, this is a new one on me. Today is Monkey Day. Well, sure, why not. We had World Turtle Day, may as well have Monkey Day, too. Whatever.

Actually I am very fond of gorillas, particularly the lowland variety with that coppery-red top. I don't mean I'm "fond" of them as in "fondle," or any other penguin-related matter, just fond. I like 'em. Being a silverback would be cool. Walk around, beat my chest now and then, eat bananas, frown at tourists, sit around on my butt all day. It's a guy kinda life.

On this day, too, 36 years ago, humans last walked on the Moon. Thirty-six years. Wow.

And Mike Quinn's Ladder Theory is ten years old today.

Anyway, there's Monkey Day for you, so party like apes. Which are not monkeys, yes, I know, but apparently the holiday isn't particular about that.

By popular demand (finally!), the entire Legion of Lawndale Heroes saga might be collected into one place and made available for everyone to enjoy. Unless the Internet crashes.

Napalm Kracken has assembled the character bible for his "Welcome Back, Daria" tale. It's a fun read.

Authors Legendeld and Lawndale Stalker/Lurker are back in business! Hooray!


PPMB

• Antiestablishmentarian Hikers, by Lawndale Lurker (continued!): “We've been abandoned. Marooned. Deliberately. And judging by the looks on Li's and Morris's faces as they drove away, they're not gonna be coming back in a few minutes to say 'April Fool' and pick us up."
• Arrival, by Legendeld (Part 3): Jane Lane tossed out a wolf whistle as Quinn continued her dance on Brittany’s dining room table.
  
• Daylight: Falling From Grace - The Road to Nowhere, by Disco316 (COMPLETE!): "Charles saved me from my own stupidity, and now he’s under my feet instead of me. Life’s just a peach.”
• Heartless (Iron Chef: Evil Jane), by NightGoblyn (continued): The evilness rampages through season four, and we're almost to "DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE, My Darling."
• Hell on Wheels, by Roxanne M (Part 3): The old car made an odd clunk, wheezed and then a resounding thud. Alarmed, Tom looked down at the dashboard and noticed a multitude of red lights. He attempted to restart the engine but no avail. The Pinto had breathed its last.
• Order and Chaos, by Legendeld (Part 14): “I know how you get the paint to move the way it does on your canvas. I know how you seem to always know when something is about to happen. And I know why you can do these things.”
  
• Two Halves, by Dark Kuno (Part 3): "And where does my back rest think he's going?" asked Daria.

Other Places

• The Amputee Kiss, by ninetwelve, a.k.a. Michael Pallante (COMPLETE!): A startling and different story of Daria and Jane's future.