1 [Report This]Date: December 01, 2018 05:41 am Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
Oh I love domestic Jam that pulls in a little memory of more angsty times. Really good and wonderful stuff here. Thank you for this!
Date: August 10, 2009 10:46 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
oh my god, i loved that so much. it was just so comforting to see jim and pam go from havoc to understanding in such a short amount of time - without one of them losing it - too much! great job xoxoxo!
10 [Report This]Date: September 18, 2008 06:38 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
That was freaking cute!
Author's Response: Thanks so much!
10 [Report This]Date: March 25, 2007 06:59 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
I love your stuff, and I got to read this while I was away in Omaha, and that was a nice surprise. Keep writing! I need more hugs fiction!
Author's Response:
Thanks so much! Trust me - there's no danger in me stopping anytime soon. I've now started a kind of a series involving Jim and Pam and various domestic chores. Sounds incredibly exciting huh? LOL!
So stay tuned... :)
Date: March 24, 2007 11:36 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
Wonderful! You always write them so well. I wish I could give you a more detailed review but I'm 3 (3!) pages behind on the most recent stories. I have a long, but enjoyable night ahead of me, if this fic is any indication. Bravo!
Author's Response:
Paper Jam - I feel your pain. I'm trying to keep up but it is so difficult.
So glad you enjoyed it. :)
Date: March 22, 2007 07:20 am Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
it was great. it was like angst and fluff and laundry. and my laundry is never that exciting. pretty much a shove in the machine, wait, get out, shove into dryer, get out, and then lay it all in my chair until nearly a week later i put it in the drawers. repeat as needed.
Author's Response: You and me both Emily. :) Glad you liked it!
Date: March 21, 2007 04:47 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
I couldn't remember whether or not I've already reviewed this - but if it's a double review, oh well. It's worthy of copious praise. :o)
Seriously, though, I really loved the simplicity of this - that simple moment of her finally coming clean to Jim (er, no pun intended). And I really love the little "future glimpse" you give at the end. So sweet. You could write post-Cocktails fics every day & I'd not get tired of them.
Author's Response: You are too sweet for words. I'm glad you like the future glimpse. I wanted the bulk of the story to be something in their past - I personally needed the happily ever after to get through the icky stuff. ;)
Date: March 21, 2007 12:42 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
I write a lot of fic, its all with a pen and paper so it never gets released into the cosmos because I go back and read it and realized it sucks. Well I read this before heading out and startign my day and sure enough a JAM laundry fic came out of the pen! And it's not leaving me alone so maybe it will post, anyway thats a round about way of saying this fic inspired me. Its just so good a weird medly of angst and fluff that just turns out being perfect...
Author's Response:
Well what a lovely compliment!!! I was inspired to start this fic by someone else myself - so it's only fitting.
Write on...tizzy. Write on!
Date: March 21, 2007 10:52 am Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
Very fluffy and just perfect for a gloomy day.
Author's Response: Sorry your day is gloomy gotkona. :( Glad I could help!!!
Date: March 20, 2007 09:41 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
*Sigh* Oh, the magic of soft, warm, good-smelling laundry. I wish my laundry room had a Jim, hehe! Thanks for the "fluffy" fluff!
Author's Response: You and me both aggiegurl. You and me both. ;) Thanks so much for the review!!
Date: March 20, 2007 09:11 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
Oh Hugs,
This was a beautiful little story. I agree that it would be so wonderful if we could just get them away from the office for a little while; then they could finally have "The Talk."
And this?
"You came back with her..."
"Actually, she came back with me." He said pointedly.
"I don't see a difference." Pam replied.
He held her gaze, never wavering. "Well there's a big difference. You'll have to take my word for it.
summarizes JAREN perfectly.
Loved this. And scrubbing the floor is next? Go Cinderella, I mean Pam!
Author's Response:
Oh yay EH. I'm so glad you liked it. I can't help but think if they ran into each other under such a circumstance - where Pam can't rush off (because - for instance - she's got two loads of damp laundry to contend with) it could be fixed rather quickly.
I'm so glad you liked that section. It's never my intention to make Karen a villian (unless of course she sets her claws loose on my Pam and then all bets or off). She's just a victim of circumstance herself.
Not sure if I'm going to start w/scrubbing the floor - but it will be something domestic. :) Stay tuned!!!! Thanks again for the lovely review.
10 [Report This]Date: March 20, 2007 07:00 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
That was absolutely adorable. I love the completely fresh take on the JAM confessions. Just lovely.
Author's Response: I was really reluctant to tackle this - because I've been writing fic where Pam confesses her feelings since May. Of course - you can always build on that - and trust me - until kells/timbuck2 suggested it - I would never, EVER have put them in a laudromat.
Date: March 20, 2007 06:15 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
Great story! I loved the bit where you suggest that Pam went back with Roy because she thought she'd made a mistake initially leaving him. Very intuitive of you. I also loved, LOVED the ending. i could picture the entire scene out in my head. I love laundromat fic!
Author's Response: Thanks Starry!! I think that was the whole point. Once she danced with him at Phyllis' Wedding I believe she was partially failing to see the silver lining as far as Jim is concerned - partially wanting to make sure that there was nothing left with Roy. I'm so very glad you liked it.
Date: March 20, 2007 05:51 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
This was such a feel-good piece! I'm glad someone took the suggestion for a Laundromat scene from TWoP and made something of it!
Author's Response: Hee Luna - well - since I asked for the suggestion - I felt a little more than obligated. :) But I am so glad I did - and so glad you liked it. :)
9 [Report This]Date: March 20, 2007 03:40 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
What a cute story - I loved it (not a big surprise since I love all of your stories!!) I really like that their moment of truth comes not in a quiet, private and romantic setting but in an unexpected meeting in a crowded laundromat on a Saturday morning. As you so eloquently put it, "Sometimes the simplest things bring the most substantial results."
Author's Response:
It was really weird the way this all fell into place. I was pleasantly surprised. Thanks so much for taking the time to review. :)
Date: March 20, 2007 03:25 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
I loved this so much. You have their voices down perfectly. Thank you for putting a smile on my face!
Author's Response: Well. That is certainly nice to hear. :) I'm so happy you liked it!!
10 [Report This]Date: March 20, 2007 02:25 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
= ) I hate dryer sheets too ! lol
Author's Response: Sadly - I actually use them myself. :( But simply because I can't carry all that down to the laundry room in my building. It's why I gave up on bleach too. ;)
9 [Report This]Date: March 20, 2007 01:57 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
Very sweet and a refreshing take on the post-Cocktails storyline. Nice work! -CH
Author's Response: Thanks Becky!!! I'm glad you liked it.
Date: March 20, 2007 12:20 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
At the risk of sounding like an endless loop, you are so good at capturing them in an ordinary situation and infusing it with romance and feeling...which is just so perfect for these two.
Love the laundry metaphor, love that he pushes her to talk to him, that all she has to do is drop the quarter in the machine (so to speak) and he's right there with her. Favorite line - when he says all Roy had to do was say her name and he'd want to beat the crap out of him. I almost cheered. Love that he's still so willing to love her. See - you've unleashed my inner sap once again!
Author's Response:
If you think reviews like this are going to make me discourage you - think again. :)
Jim's no pushover. He'd fight with words over his fists given the choice but I don't think he'd back down completely.
And I have to believe this is all it would take. Just time...alone...without the rest of the office to distract them.
We shall see if we ever get to really "see" it onscreen.
Thank you so much...for everything. :) I really do appreciate all your pep talks and encouragement.
Date: March 20, 2007 12:12 pm Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
This was awesome. Thank you for writing it.
Author's Response:
You're awesome for saying so. Thank you for taking the time to tell me! :)
Date: March 20, 2007 11:36 am Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
Hooboy. And now we're in the realm of real, live [show] possibilities. I can see every bit of this exchange actually happening just like that. Like always, you're the master of the details, like the dryer sheets and Karen's suits. And Pam's tragic inability to make small talk with him!
It was so odd to finally be almost talking about what had been hanging between them for so long. -- That "almost" says it all, doesn't it?
Author's Response:
I'm so glad you think so. I took on this topic as a lark - and I was amazed to find how easily the metaphor materialized.
Poor Pam. The girl needs flirting lessons for sure.
Except with Jim - typically - she doesn't need to try nearly so hard.
Your reviews are always so sweet and insightful, each one like a little treat in my inbox. Thank you so much for brightening my day on more than one occasion.
And yes - it "almost" does.
Date: March 20, 2007 10:00 am Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
Oh, this is fanTAStic! (Excuse me if I gush like Kelly; I will try to keep gushing at a minimum.)
I love how you revealed so subtly that this was the morning after Cocktails. The beginning and end being in the future was lovely. Of course, at first I didn't know that the beginning was in the future, and I immediately thought that Karen was a red sock. Was that intended? I do like thinking of Karen as a red sock in a white load.
I really like Pam's thoughts to herself as she's talking to Jim. I think we've ALL been there!
I just love this interchange:
"Stop. Don't try and pretend you didn't just say more to me than you've said in half a year."
"Don't try and pretend that you actually care what I have to say."
It's great how Jim is not letting Pam back down from this conversation. He really forces her (but not in a bad way) to follow through with this. And to a great result! Yay!
Their whole discussion about Karen, and Roy, and the time they were apart, is just wonderful.
xoxoxo, thanks for this story. It was a-MAY-zing! (/Kelly)
Author's Response:
Yep TLK - Karen - or Roy - could be seen as the red sock in question. Just when you think things are going OK - you realize something comes to mess up the whole dang thing. :)
So glad you enjoyed it. It was very fun to write!
Date: March 20, 2007 09:49 am Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
Ooh, good point! How was it that Jim could tell Karen everything and they were still happy? How come the minute she opens her mouth she's nothing but miserable?
Since there is no Office this week (not even a rerun) how about if we just pretend this is what happens? Works for me...
Author's Response:
Sure! We can pretend. That'd be just fine!!
Thanks lisahoo!!
10 [Report This]Date: March 20, 2007 09:40 am Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
This was so sweet and lovely...and actually made me in the mood to do laundry, so...pretty much all-around great.
Author's Response:
WOW Weetzie. I had no idea it'd be powerful enough to inspire chores. :)
Thanks so much for your sweet review!
Date: March 20, 2007 09:09 am Title: Machine Wash Warm...Tumble Dry Low...
I love your writing. Your style is amazing. Thanks for the all of the wonderful stories.
Author's Response: Oh thank you notatoy. Clearly I've found my little niche in fanfic land. :) I'm so glad you've enjoyed what I've written thus far. It means so much that you'd take the time to tell me so.