Combat boots - check. Winter green jacket - check. Whimsical orange shirt - check. Oversized glasses - check. Pale, skinny legs sticking out of a cute-but-very-uncute-because-of-the-boots skirt - check check check.Daria was my idol when I was growing up. She spoke in a monotone, she was sarcastic as hell, she looked tough, she had wicked hair and she was cool. I, too, was a skinny, pale, bespectacled teenager, so Daria was basically my poster girl. I also had a bit of a thing for Jane Lane, Daria's death-staring, PPQ-esque playsuit wearing, super skinny BFF (and incidentally owner of one of the best names ever). That red blazer was a source of much jealousy in my younger years.
Hurrah! Daria was the loudmouth geek inside all of us, who actually SAID the things you were thinking (or would have, if I'd ever been that articulate)
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