One RBF, Comin' Up!

This is National Root Beer Float Day, says the calendar. So be it. Go forth and consume mass quantities.

The World Wide Web is 19 years old today, almost legally old enough to drink. Here is a snapshot of its birth. Also having birthdays today are Kevin Mitnick, mega-hacker; Geri Halliwell, ex-Spice Girl; director M. Night Shyamalan ("I see dead people"); and Pop icon creator Andy Warhol. Two of the above had Daria alter-egos drawn for them. Can you guess which ones? Click and see.

KNEWZ!

• The rules for the 2010 Daria Fanworks Awards are being discussed at this time. Join it, please.
• Anyone want Daria stickers? Really? Look no further.
• Questions remain over whether Daria will appear in any new Beavis and Butt-head episodes. At least give us Cassandra!
• Are there alter egos that should have been drawn for the Daria cast? Fans say YES!
• NEW! Charles RB asks, "If the Morgendorffers are upper-middle class... why did they live in Highland for so long?" If you know the answer, or think you do, tell us.
  

Oh, Say, Can You See...?

Happy Fourth of July! Last year I posted a list of Daria fanfics that take place on this day, and you may click over that-a-way to check it out. Does anyone know of any new ones to add to the list? One fan-created character has an interesting connection to Independence Day.

Ms. Li here sings the U.S. national anthem, though I think the image is based on something else, maybe an MTV video. Not sure. Anyone know?

Even though it looks like we'll get Daria on DVD a little over a year from now, I'll leave the links section at left on "Daria-on-DVD activism" intact. You never know...

Enjoy the day.

WE HAVE A WINNER! Disco316 appears to have correctly identified Ms. Li's outfit as similar to that worn by Ginger Spice (Geri Halliwell) of the Spice Girls. The image is more precise than that, however. (Remember what I said a while back about MTV artists often being very particular about the images they imitate?) I believe this alter ego pokes fun at Ginger Spice's appearance on the cover of Playboy Magazine for the May 1998 issue (see below, click on pic to enlarge). Ms. Li merely wears the American version of the Union Jack one-piece Ginger wore. Same shoes and microphone, though. What do you think?