Date: May 29, 2007 12:36 pm Title: Chapter 1
I love how subtly wicked this is. I think you go just far enough with the Krazy!Karen concept to make it funny but also believable; the last scene was the only one in which I found myself suspending my disbelief. "Kiss and Tell" was particularly hilarious.
Author's Response: Thanks. I've always maintained that things are just a bit more entertaining when you're slightly unhinged. I enjoyed writing all parts of Krazy!Karen immensely.
Author's Response: Wait, you only had to suspend your disbelief for the last one?
Date: March 08, 2007 07:55 am Title: Chapter 1
Joy! I LOVE your snark. And in 5 Times form... well, you had me at "cheap and covered in epoxy." Hee.
Author's Response:
Thanks. I've always thought that the snark was my best feature.
When you build stuff out of composites for a living (meagre) and a hobby, you get messy.
Date: March 07, 2007 06:38 pm Title: Chapter 1
Haha, this was very funny, especially that last one. Drastic, indeed!
Author's Response: Thanks. The whole thing was a vehicle for that last one. I'd been sitting on it one for a while waiting for the rest to come together. My degree of seperation from that lady is 3, so I feel close to the subject matter.
Date: March 07, 2007 02:11 pm Title: Chapter 1
Oh, jeez, you are not right! And I mean that in the nicest possible way. Now if only the men in the white coats would come for Karen already, I'd be a happy woman.
Author's Response:
That would make an interesting episode. When they write her out (as much as I like her, it's going to happen) I hope they do it like that.
Date: March 07, 2007 01:25 pm Title: Chapter 1
"Cantaloupes" had me laughing from the start so the rest was just gravy! Thanks for sharing this with us.
Author's Response: Sweet! I've always wanted to hold the record for most entertainment value in a summary.
10 [Report This]Date: March 07, 2007 06:36 am Title: Chapter 1
Ha! I love your crazy Karen. Your version is more interesting than the real girl, IMO.
Author's Response: I like the real girl. Then again, confirmed psychotics are always entertaining.
Date: March 07, 2007 06:00 am Title: Chapter 1
Wowwww.... crazy Karen, whoo. I think your Dwight voice in #3 was spot-on, actually. You should try a Dwight story sometime.
Author's Response: No! I have a really hard time keeping a Dwight characterization going. Supporting appearances and foils to the protagonist only. But at least he's not Michael - I can't write him at all.
Date: March 07, 2007 04:33 am Title: Chapter 1
Hahaha, I love the end with the crazy astronaut woman (at least Karen won't have to wear that diaper). The whole thing kept me laughing, nice job!
Author's Response: Thanks for reviewing. Really the crazy astronaut woman was the main motivation for this entire fic - though I'm really surprised no one else has pointed out the obvious applicability of that triangle to this triangle. Truth be told, I had that segment stewing in my mind for over a week while I tried in vain for inspiration for other scenes, only putting the other four together over the last two days.
Date: March 07, 2007 12:39 am Title: Chapter 1
some sort of owl (the most appropriate bird because of the glasses and tufts of hair sticking out at the top)
OMG. Dwight as an owl? Perfect image! Thank you for this!
Author's Response:
I try to bring new and refreshing ideas with everything I write. If some sort of Rainn Wilson bird chimera is what's called for, I shall provide.
Thanks.
Date: March 06, 2007 10:52 pm Title: Chapter 1
Okay, cantaloupes made me laugh like a drain. There was a discussion on TWoP today about hooking people in with your summary, and that did it for me. Also, Karen getting romantic pointers from a mentally unhinged astronaut? Cracked me up.
Author's Response:
My summaries are usually lousy. I only had fun with this because it was a 5 things with an already over the top verbose title. Now I'll have to go back and redo all the summaries of everything I ever wrote to include produce of some sort. Except if I used beets in this fandom, people would think it was actually informing readers of the presense of beets.
You can always count on a loony to show us the way.
10 [Report This]Date: March 06, 2007 10:03 pm Title: Chapter 1
Ha! I have no words because I'm still laughing. Every one of these is amazing. Yay for you. Even your summary and Chapter Notes made me giggle.
And thanks for informing the masses about the astronaut situation. I wondered about her mental state...
Author's Response:
Thanks. I try.
I bet she's just happy that Anna Nicole Smith died so that people would stop making fun of her daily. Except me.
9 [Report This]Date: March 06, 2007 09:43 pm Title: Chapter 1
God, everyone else in this office is so ugly. Ha. This whole thing is really great, very unique, but for some reason that one line made me think of a desperate Karen trying to get up on Creed. I don't know why, just thought I'd share. I may be tired.
Karen the kidnapper would put last year's casino night cliffhanger to shame..Get it done. Overall nice work.
Author's Response:
Karen trying to get up on Creed? I thought I was on something - what are you on?
Karen the kidnapper would be significantly more difficult to pull off in a humourous manner, at least for me. That has more the earmarks of a crime thriller in my books.
Thanks for reviewing.
Date: March 06, 2007 09:11 pm Title: Chapter 1
Hey, Alex - sleeping, better than not. Gotta get your whole ... REM cycle going (shoulders bob in a dorky manner).
Seriously, it's late where I am - I have to get to bed!
Author's Response: I'm a regular insomniac. Sometimes it results in weird, occasionally creative things. Most of the time it just ends up with me drooling on my thesis (in progress).
Author's Response: Especially when I just realize the reference now, duh.
Date: March 06, 2007 08:46 pm Title: Chapter 1
Wow. This is all kinds of fun. The last paragraph of the pillow thing? The binoculars? Buffy? The diaper making your ass look fat? This is excellent Krazy!Karen.
Author's Response: I thought you might like it. It's the effects of sleep deprivation my friend.