Updates 2000

December 25, 2000

1. For the Daria Fanfics Special Collection section:


• To Abruptly Amy (The Spinoff That... Was) I added Episode #8, "A Very Amy Christmas" by Carrie D. Wildly (aka me), and Screen Captures for "Disaster Strikes!" and "Double in Paradise."
• To the Driven Wild Universe page, I added an update on the status of my next DWU
• To the Underexposed Characters page, I added "Tiffany Blum-Deckler" by Mr. Anonymous
• To the Helen-Centric Fanfics Collection I added "Malice of Absence" by Renfield
• Updated Mr. Anonymous's author page


2. To the Writing Workshop section, I added another chapter of Jeff Gregory's Ridiculous Situations


3. To the Essays section, I added a link to a Memorial page for my dog, Clover.


4. To the Contrarian's Artistic Side Revealed! section, I added artwork that I did for John Takis's "Band Aid."

December 15, 2000

1. For the Daria Fanfics Special Collection section:



• To Abruptly Amy (The Spinoff That... Was) I added Episode #7, "Double in Paradise" by E. Charlton Fuhrmann, and Screen Captures for "Hot Head, Cold Fetus."


• To the Underexposed Characters page, I added several new fanfics for Andrea, Jodie, and Kevin.

December 8, 2000

1. Opened the Contrarian's Artistic Side Revealed!


2. For the Daria Fanfics Special Collection section:



• To Abruptly Amy (The Spinoff That... Was) I added Episodes #5 & #6, "Hot Head, Cold Fetus," by Hans Tojki and "Disaster Strikes!" by Shawn Perry. Also added Screen Captures for "Raiding the Bar."


• To the Fanfic Author Spotlights page, I added Katie Cook's Spotlight.
• To the Individual Authors page, I added Mr. Anonymous's works. More to come!


3. To the Writing Workshop page, I added another chapter of Jeff Gregory's Ridiculous Situations to the Novel section.


4. To the Daria Essays page: I added Peter Guerin's essay "The Summer of Our Discontent?" under Discontentment Over Season Four. Also added Peter Guerin's essays to the Individual Authors page.

To the Writing Workshop page, I added a chapter of Jeff Gregory's Ridiculous Situations to the Novel section. (NOTE: It's a work-in-progress autobiography that he would like to get feedback on.)

To the Essays page: I added a personal rant called "Election Predictions."

November 25, 2000

1. For the Daria Fanfics Special Collection section:

• To Abruptly Amy (The Spinoff That... Was) I added Screen Captures for "A.A. A.O.K." and "Windy City Walkabout." Also added some very interesting reviews to the Goodies section.
• To The Driven Wild Universe page, I added a progress report on DWU #18 and commentary for "The Tie That Chokes" and "Erin the Head."
• To the Helen-Centric Fanfic Collection, I added "Sofa" by Mr. Anonymous.


2. For the Links section:
• Changed the link for Daria's Rubber Room to its new location

November 11, 2000

Added "Raiding the Bar" by J. Michaelis Quinn to the Abruptly Amy (The Spinoff That... Was) page.

November 3, 2000

1. For the Daria Fanfics Special Collection section:

• Added Abruptly Amy Episode #3, "Windy City Walkabout" by Sunto Czyra, to the Abruptly Amy (The Spinoff That... Was) page.
• Also added to the A.A. page: artwork for "Corona, Corona" by Milo Minderbender, "Suddenly Smoochy," by Chad Page, and a link to the fourteen "screen captures" for "Abruptly Amy (The Spinoff That Never Was)." [Note: for now, I'd advise you view the fourteen screen captures through Internet Explorer. I'm STILL trying to work out all the bugs in Netscape.]
• To the Fanfic Author Spotlights page, I added Kemical Reaxion's Spotlight.


2. For the Essays section:
• Added Mike Quinn's essays to the Individual Authors page in the Daria Essays section.
• Wrote a person rant, entitled "The Apathetic Voter," which I put on the main Essays page.
• Created an archive page for my previous rants.

October 27, 2000

1. For the Daria Fanfics Special Collection section:

• Reorganized the main page to put things in alphabetical order, and gave the list of individual authors' collections a separate page.
• Added Abruptly Amy Episode #2 to the Helen-Centric Fanfic Collection and the Abruptly Amy (The Spinoff That... Was) page. "A.A. A.O.K." by Carrie D. Wildly (a person who is very close to me, by the way, hint, hint). Also attached the postscript E. Charlton Furhmann (again, guess who that is) sent me to Episode #1.
• Also reorganized the A.A. page by expanding the Abruptly Amy FAQ, adding an article from T.V. Guide called "Home at Last," which details the media trend that Abruptly Amy mocks, and generally making the page more user-friendly.
• Added the HTMLized version of "An Uneasy Marriage" to the Driven Wild Universe page.
• To the Fanfic Author Spotlights page, I added Spotlights for Crazy Nutso, Ben Yee, and myself.
• Removed "Bouquet of Lilies" from Austin Covello's page at the author's request.


2. For the Daria Essays section:
• Added Anti-Tommer to the list of Daria terms at the bottom of the page.
• Added Brian Taylor's essays: "Why Did It Come to This?" and "The Stranger We Know So Well." "Why Did It Come to This?" can be found in the Discontentment Over Season Four section.
• To the Individual Authors section, I added my essays and those of C.E. Forman, Daniel Suni, John Takis, and Brian Taylor, in addition to those of Guy Wheatley, which were already there.


3. Opened up the Writing Workshop page, with contributions from C.E. Forman.

October 20, 2000

In the Daria Fanfics Special Collection section: added Episode #1 of the Abruptly Amy episodes to the A.A. page. "Corona, Corona" by E. Charlton Fuhrmann.

October 11, 2000

In the Daria Fanfics Special Collection section: reorganized the Abruptly Amy (The Spinoff That...Was) page to prepare for the release of the eight new episodes. Included an Abruptly Amy "promo" and a T.V. Guide cover.

October 5, 2000

1. For the Daria Fanfics Special Collection Page:

• Added the Underexposed Characters Fanfic Collection page, the Fanfic Author Spotlights page, and C.E. Forman's fanfic page.
• Added Austin Covello's latest Evangelion fic to his page.
2. Added Why the Contrarian Chose Her Name
3. Added Teacher Debates, contributed by various people, to my Essays page.

September 29, 2000

Added my latest Daria fanfic, "An Uneasy Marriage" to the Driven Wild Universe page and the Helen-Centric Fanfic Collection in the Fanfics Special Collection.

September 26, 2000

1. Created a separate section for Individual Authors in the Daria Essays section.
2. Added Mr. Anonymous's fanfic to my Helen-Centric Fanfic Collection.

NOTE: Once I get my next fanfic out of the way, there will be a major update of this website.

September 10, 2000

Added a couple of rants to the Essays page: "Automakers' Whining is California's Reason to Celebrate" and "Naps, [Bleeping] Swear Words, and Oversensitivity."