All the News That's Fit to Suppress

The great history of freedom of the press in North America began a mere 319 years ago today, when the first edition of the first newspaper in the New World was printed in Boston. The newspaper was shut down the next day by the government and was never printed again. I bet that taught the liberal press a thing or two.

Today is also the seventh anniversary of the Vitim Event in Siberia, whatever the heck that was. Must have been a sight when it came down. BOOM! Perhaps it was a UFO crashing, but we will never know because 62 years ago yesterday, or so it is alleged, President Harry S. Truman signed off on Majestic 12, the ultra-secret government cover-up of its contact with alien creatures from across the galaxy. If you are looking for conspiracy lore to add to your fanfic plots, this one's a goodie.

More to come. Stay tooned.

All the Fanfic That's Fit to Read!

Lots of good fanfic on the way to readers from the last couple days. Links will be posted later today after I get home from work. Too pooped to pop right now.

By the way, what is Jake reading that's making him so happy? Put your answers in Comments.

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• Falling into College Year 4: How Did We Get All This Stuff? by Richard Lobinske (COMPLETE!): "Daria really has him whipped now," Gina said before popping a piece of double chocolate into her mouth.
  
• The Quiet Ones, by Smileyfax (Part 3): In the newest installment of this wholesome family comedy, we read: Bobby Stuart realized sometime last night that he had ruined his entire life over a piece of ass. He supposed he should be grateful he didn't actually sleep with her -- then he would be facing statutory rape charges, and he was vaguely aware that most prison inmates tended to frown on such things. As he sat up, he noticed with shock that Quinn sat on a chair in the corner of the room, hands in her lap. "Quinn!" he exclaimed, leaping out of bed (thankful he had fallen asleep in his clothes). "What are you doing here?"

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• Jane Lane: Spider-man, by Lorenzo Sauchelli (Part 1): Before Jane could wonder what the teacher was talking about, he started handing over pamphlets of the Maryland Science Center. He stopped next to a red-haired boy exchanging a few words with him and then kept going. “We’re going to visit a private showing of the latest advancements in genetic engineering.”
• Kappa Daria, by Peapotmaster (Part 2): On the set of the Lilly Mu Show, the cast is getting ready to work on next week’s show, as Mikey Simon, Lilly, Mitsuki, and Gonard are reading their scripts. “I can’t believe this, Guano,” Lilly spoke to a small purple creature with a light blue gem on its stomach. “Didn’t we do this scene last season?”
• Legion of Lawndale Heroes Mini: A Day At The Races, by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): “So, what’s it like being a Legionnaire, Julia? All sorts of high-tech stuff, that cool plane, not having to wear a uniform all the time, and – ooooh – Trent Lane, that Mack Mackenzie and Tom Sloane, all under the same roof!”
• More Apocalyptic Daria, by NightGoblyn (continued): “The less you fight me, the faster this will be over, and the sooner you can storm out of the room swearing at me,” Tom says in his ‘infuriatingly reasonable’ tone.
• Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: TGIF: Several well-played ficlets of woe by Greystar and Derek.
• Stacy Rowe, Seeker (Part II), by jtranser (continued): The "We'll Be Here All Eternity. But We Are Thinking of Changing Our Name" frag. Truly a weird experience I hadn't counted on.
• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Angst Lord Time Trials), by NightGoblyn (COMPLETE!): "I found her, Daria."
• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Aware of Changes), by Brother Grimace (COMPLETE!): I can't spoil this one. Hang on tight.
• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Aware of Changes), by Disco316 (COMPLETE!): "You know, it's funny." "I'm not laughing."
• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Aware of Changes), by NightGoblyn (BEGS FOR MOAR!!!): "When I went to bed last night, I was a girl."
• Unnamed story (Iron Chef: Finish the Story, Your Way), by Greystar (COMPLETE!): "What are you telling me? He wants to watch? I don't know... Ow! All right, all right, he can watch. Hey, where are you going? Did someone flash the-the-the bim... Man, what's wrong with my head??"

We Visit Daria in Church

Let's see, what's going on. . . . the mayor of Lawndale has been indicted, and his picture makes him look both surprised and unhappy. Today is a wedding day, so it's Saturday (well, Sunday, but this picture was taken on a Saturday), and it's a Super Sick Saturday with Sick, Sad World on Channel 3. (Lawndale has a Channel 3? It has a Channel 4, per "The Lost Girls." Maybe Channel 3 or 4 is the station where Linda Griffin works.)

I wonder what the mayor did wrong. Wonder if it affected anything in later episodes. Hmmm.

More exciting news to come!

Adults Only, and Other Fandom News

Mrs. Bennett, in her Sex and the City outfit, is here to announce that an adult section has been added to Lawndale Online: The Zon (or Zen, something like that). If you are of the adult persuasion, you may head over there and check it out.

On PPMB, Wormbat has delivered a cute little ficlet: "Who Lies," a Daria/True Lies crossover. Kind of makes you wonder what's actually going on at that law office, doesn't it?

Eccles has announced a major update for his supersite, Lawndale Sun-Herald. Go check it out. Submissions guidelines are right here.

A February 1st deadline is in effect to get your fanworks over to Outpost Daria for the first update of 2008. Be sure to read the submissions guidelines first if you're new to this. Fanfics will be uploaded before fan art, but the art will make it in, too.

Brother Grimace, Roentgen, and others have been working tirelessly to expand our Daria knowledge on the DariaWiki. Everyone is invited to pitch and contribute some pages of your own.

This blog had its 5,000th viewing earlier today, hooray! Of course, 96% of the views were probably mine, but that's okay. Come back anytime. Have a great weekend, stay warm, peace out, and party on!