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A Tree Grows in Lawndale – Facebook Edition
Brittany Taylor Kevin looks like a rebel in his new jacket!
Kevin Thompson Thanks Babe!!

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Jane Lane Where’s the bike?
Kevin Thompson Huh?
Daria Morgendorffer That’s a motorcycle jacket. It’s made out of leather to protect you from scrapes when your head’s bouncing off the grille of a truck.
Jane Lane If you’re wearing it for style, then it is a waste of a perfectly good cow.

Sick Sad World Is your cutlery holding an edge or going over one? “Diary of a mad steak knife,” tonight on Sick Sad Work.

Rita Chalmers So Mom’s paying for the room
Helen Morgendorffer Honestly, I don’t care if Mother’s paying for your new family room!
Daria Morgendorffer Maybe she can get a new family to go with it
Rita Chalmers What?
Helen Morgendorffer Daria’s practicing… for something..
Daria Morgendorffer A salesman’s got to dream boy.

Jake Morgendorffer Damn neighbor’s dog got into the trash again! Now there’s garbage all over the street! Next thing there will be abandoned cars on the front lawn.
Daria Morgendorffer I’ll run out and pick up some cement blocks before they’re all sold out.
Helen Morgendorffer Calm down Jake!

Helen Morgendorffer We’ll talk about this another time, Rita!

Jake Morgendorffer We’re on a fault line too!

Jane Lane Oh look, the circus is coming to town.
Daria Morgendorffer On what appears to be a very fast lawnmower.

Brittany Taylor Don’t we look like rebels?

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Jane Lane Oh, yeah, that cricket in your front teeth is very James Dean

Jefferson Brown Oh, no! Kevin has crashed into the Tommy Sherman Memorial Tree!

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“Did I hear you right?” Daria Morgendorffer asked her friend Jane Lane as they arrived at school. “You're having a party?”

“That's right.”

“Why?”

“Sweet Sixteen, Daria! I can't believe you don't know when my birthday is.”

“I know when your birthday is. I didn't think you'd be celebrating it with a party.”

“That's because I never had one before.”

“Never had one?”

“My parents were either never home when I had my birthday, or when they were, didn't come up with the idea for the party.”

“I see.”

“So, are you coming?”

Daria resigned herself to the inevitable. “Yes,” she said in her usual tone.

“Cool,” Jane said.

( As the day progressed... )

Yeager 0.68 Beta, Morgendorffer 1.05 RC
“I'm going to make some bread, Daria,” Helen said as she pulled out a breadmaker and set it on the counter.

“Isn't that what supermarkets are for?” Daria asked, wondering just what her mother was up to.

“The Yeagers are coming for the weekend, and I can't serve them store-bought bread.

“Why not?” Daria asked.

“I haven't seen them for twenty five years, and let's just say they know a different Helen. A Helen famous for her oatmeal pumpkin seed loaf,” Helen explained.

“And just what have you done with this Helen?”

There was then the sound a car horn.

“They're here! I hope they don't think I've changed too much,” she said as she primped her hair.

“Just be yourself. That's what you've always told me.”

“I could kick myself for that,” Helen said.

Daria smirked.

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Mysteries of Lawndale 02 The First Party – Conclusion
They soon entered Steve Taylor’s home office. It was a well organised and efficient space. Two of the walls were occupied by bookshelves filled with books and folders. Opposite the door, in front of the window was a computer desk. The computer was a new model. Daria was certain that it had Windows 95. Indeed as she looked around, she saw the Microsoft sanctioned sticker alongside the ‘Intel Inside’ one.

“Ok, turn it on. But be sure to use the knuckle, rather than then the end of the finger,” Daria said.

“Sure,” Upchuck said. He turned the computer on.

Daria, had her cameras working, so she recorded the appearance of the office. The computer turned on. Then there was a snag. It had Windows NT 4.0 rather than Windows 95. ‘He must have installed it after buying the computer,’ she thought as she looked at the ‘use alt control delete to log in’ box. “Okay, turn it off again.”

“Would that be wise?” Upchuck asked.

“He won’t know it was us who turned it on,” Daria said.

“Sure,” Upchuck said. He switched the computer off.

“Let’s go back downstairs,” Daria said.

“Sure, we’ve been up here long enough,” Jane said.

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Quinn’s Code 14 Wedding Trouble – Part 2
It was uncomfortable. Daria figited. It was just as she had feared. The dress was ill fitted and to make it more infuriating, the seemstress was continually pricking her with a pin. She silently steamed. 'She is incompetent!' she thought. Not for the first time.

“Nature didn't see fit to give you much in the way of hips, did she, dearie?”

“That shouldn't be a problem!” Daria said, with a merely annoyed tone.

“Turn around please.”

“Oh, Scarlet, You grow lovlier by the day,” Jane said in a southern accent while batting her eyebrows.

Daria sighed. “I'll kill you.”

Jane merely smiled.

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The First Party – Part 5
Quinn met a trio of football players who hadn’t been shy about their attraction to her. “Hi, Jeffy, Joey, Jamal.”

“It’s Jamie!” Jamie White said. It annoyed him that people seemed to forget his real first name.

“Hi, Quinn,” Jeffy Brown said.

“Hi, Quinn,” Joey Black said.

“So, how was the practice game?”

“It was great!”” Jeffy enthused.

“So I said, ‘Just because people are cliquey and snotty is no reason not to like them,’” Quinn said to her admirers.

“I agree,” Jeffy said.

“There you are, Stacy,” Sandi Griffin said as Stacy approached.

“I’m sorry, I’m late,” Stacy said.

“At least you haven’t, like, displayed outright tardiness,” Sandi said.

“Quinn was late.”

“Quinn?” Sandi asked.

“She came with her sister and that art chick,” Stacy answered.

“I see,” Sandi said. ‘I see that she’s spending more time with the Mystery Club, rather than the Fashion Club! I have to do something about it.’ She didn’t know what at that time though...

( Daria and Jane were observing. )

Life in the Past Lane Facebook Edition
Jane Lane became a fan of Retro Dudes...

Charles Rutthiemer III Watch me do magic tricks outside the Lawndale Mall.

Kevin Thompson Upchuck didn't give me my card back!

Jane Lane became a fan of Photo Corners, Cloth Typewriter Ribbons and Sealing Wax.

Anthony DeMartino became a fan of Being a Plant.
Charles Rutthiemer III likes this.

Stacy Rowe became a fan of Magic Tricks.

Jane Lane is now in a relationship.

Daria Morgendorffer --> Thomas Sloane So do you think we're in a rut or not?
Thomas Sloane No. Don't let Jane's current activities put you down.

Jane Lane became a fan of Speakeasies.

Jane Lane This is kinda getting silly.

Jane Lane and Nathan Retraia became fans of Abandoned Drive-Ins.

Daria Morgendorffer and Thomas Sloane joined the group, Where is That Dislike Button???.

Charles Rutthiemer III has posted the event Magic Show at Lawndale High.
Angela Li likes this.

Charles Rutthiemer III --> Stacy Rowe. Hi

Stacy Rowe has written on Charles Rutthiemer III's Wall: Hi!
Sandi Griffin Have you just written on Upchuck's Wall?
Stacy Rowe I meant to write on someone else’s wall!

Sick Sad World Trouble travels by trike! Under-age road rage, next on Sick Sad World.

Nathan Retraia has joined the group Sick Sad World is Crap.

Sandi Griffin Where are you, Stacy Rowe!
Tiffany Blum-Deckler She's being so weird lately.

Angela Li became a fan of Post Hipnotic Suggestion.

Sandi Griffin has posted the Event, Emergency Fashion Club Meeting.

Thomas Sloane Where are Jane Lane and Nathan Retraia?

Nathan Retraia is now single.

Jane Lane is now single.
Daria Morgendorffer and Thomas Sloane like this.

Nathan Retraia has blocked Jane Lane.

Charles Rutthiemer III: Post your reviews of my magic show.

The Lab Mouse the Geek and the Convention
Daria is forced to do an experiment with a mouse with Kevin Thompson. Quinn and her friends go to a Convention.

Fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6963544/6/Quinn-s-Code

Archive of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29665767

Instalment 6: The Lab Mouse - the Geek and the Convention
Monday, November 21, 2005
Lawndale High School
The sophomore Biology class was in session, with Lawndale High's head Science teacher, Janet Barch, teaching.
“And like a husband going home to his noble and self-sacrificing wife, the rat keeps returning to the food box. That is, the positive reinforcement.” She then turned to her misandry. “Huh, if only men could be more like rats. Oh, sure, they come home at first. You feed them, you wait on them, and then, after twenty-two thankless years, they just up and leave. No note, no phone call, no nothing!” She slammed the ruler on the desk. “Just... like... that!”

“I wonder why he left,” Daria Morgendorffer said to her friend, Jennifer Burns.

“Now, before I divide the class into teams of two, who can give me another example of reinforcement?” Ms. Barch paused. “Fine, class. Ignore me... just like he did! Kevin?”

“Uh?” Kevin Thompson drew out.

“Shut up, Kevin,” Ms. Barch said, her misandry at full intensity. She turned to Daria. “Daria? Reinforcement?”

“Hmm...” Daria began. “To make a child stop crying, a mother might say, ‘That's it! I'm sending you to El Paso to live with your real father.’ Whenever the child gets upset, the mother might wave an airline ticket in her face, or maybe even frame it on the wall by the clown picture. The ticket stops the girl from crying, or showing any emotion... ever.”

Jennifer looked at Daria. 'Is that right?'

“I like the way you think. Kevin... Daria will be your lab partner.”

'Uh, oh!' Jennifer thought.

“What!” Kevin's girlfriend, Brittany Taylor, shrieked.

“You two will design a maze, and condition Kevin,” Ms. Barch said, then she quickly recovered from her almost faux pas. “I mean, condition a mouse using positive or negative reinforcement.”

“But babe, we've never been separated on a lab project before! What'll we do?” Kevin wondered.

“Pass? “ Daria asked.

Jennifer chuckled in amusement.

“Brittany, Charles will be your partner.”

“But Ms. Barch, I'm a cheerleader!” Brittany squeaked in protest.

“Give me an 'R.'” Charles Ruttheimer III, aka Upchuck, said suggestively.

“I really like doing mazes. Those ones on the back of cereal boxes are cool,” Kevin said.

“Well, now I am excited,” Daria said.

“Shut up, Mack!” Ms. Barch said.

Michael 'Mack' Mackenzie raised his eyebrows in surprise.

“Ms. Burns will be your partner,” Ms. Barch said.

'Cool, I can deal with that.' he thought.

“Cool,” Jennifer said.

“So, now Kevin's my lab partner,” Daria said at lunch.

“Next best thing to working alone,” Jane said.

“Oh, no. He likes mazes,” Daria said.

“I'd swap if Ms. Barch would let us,” Jennifer said.

“Mack's not that bad,” Jane said.

“I'm not complaining. I've worked with him before, although that was years ago,” Jennifer said as she started to reminisce.

( 4 years earlier )