Date: November 17, 2007 03:24 pm Title: you're like my best friend
What is wrong with me that I'm just NOW reading this? Good heavens, this is wonderful writing and storytelling and I'm loving this so far. The site went down in the middle of my reading of this chapter and I screamed "NO!" But here we are again and my pulse has returned to normal. So good!
Author's Response: Okay, I'm definitely going to respond to all of these eventually, but can I just say how much fun it's been to get new reviews for these early chapters. In fact, ever since I got your first review I've been rereading the story along with you. Is that dorky or what? But I hadn't actually read this early stuff in awhile, so it was really fun for me to go back to that. Anyway, thanks for all your kind comments. I'm always happy to provide some Saturday night entertainment! :)
9 [Report This]Date: November 16, 2007 12:42 pm Title: you and me wake up
Yay! I am SO happy you wrote and posted this chapter, I was beginning to give up hope! I had to re-read the last 5 chapters and that was fun. Anyway, this is really lovely and I like all of Jim's DG letters - so cute!
Date: November 16, 2007 12:12 pm Title: you and me wake up
I can't wait for the epilogue! You've tied this up into a sweet, yummy little package!
Date: November 16, 2007 12:06 pm Title: after a deep sleep
Twenty questions has never been so hott or romantic. I love this, Az!
Date: November 16, 2007 11:53 am Title: the greedy men who ruled the world
Sigh....I'm rereading this at work in preparation for reading the newest chapter, and I'm now a puddle of goo. I LOVE these two last Dream Girl letters, it's fantastic how you revealed it to her.
Also, I dig how Marsha is a fully fleshed out character, not some deus ex machina. I like her whole history.
Fine work, Miss Azlin!!
Date: November 15, 2007 11:09 pm Title: you and me wake up
Awww. Azlin that was so great!
That was a great chapter and a great wrap up (but still looking forward to some more Marcha info!).
It was just so sweet and well thought out. Nice work!
9 [Report This]Date: November 15, 2007 04:09 pm Title: you and me wake up
What a great surprise to see an update. This was one of my favorites, and I'm so glad to have it back.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I really appreciate your review (and all of your reviews), and I'm glad you enjoyed having the story back. It was fun for me to get back to it, too. ;)
Date: November 15, 2007 10:38 am Title: the deep end...
So I guess you got it finished :). Awesomeness.
I don't care that I've already read it, its still exciting!
Its such a sweet perfect image of them on the couch together. I love it. I think my mouth is in a constant :D
You already know all my comments, but I love this way to much. Just hadda say that :)
Girly Girl sqeal time in review. So, BC just called. Oh, how I like him. I just love talking to him. I always feel awkward about continuing a conversation and its like, I know he only called about RC, and so, its like I just want to hear your voice. Damn. Okay, thats enough. :) Back to story.
Definitely. Definitely. Definitely. Definitely. Definitely. Defenitely. Definitely. Definitely. Definitely. Definitely. Definitely. Definitely. Definitely. See, I am working on it! :)
:D:D:D:D:D
Author's Response: haha! I never noticed that I didn't respond to this. Anyway, you deserve all kinds of kudos for helping me write lately. Not that I've been doing much of it very recently, but I doubt I would've done any at all last semester without your cheerleading. So yay for you! :D :D :D
10 [Report This]Date: November 08, 2007 11:56 am Title: after a deep sleep
Must force myself. Only one review, even though it is 16 chapters. Because I wanted to reread it so I could get started on the newest chapter. Because how could I go into it cold? Seems unreasonable to me.
Do you know how strange it is to be reading it now that so much has happened in the real show. It makes me happy that JAM happened in real (fictional) life. (this is in no way saying that this last chapter isn't awesome because it is, and i haven't even read it yet!)
Ya know what I just realized. Pam should have been recycling those letters. Shesh Pam, you don't care about the environment at ALL do you?
I love the letters. I so do. Because they are very Pam. And its heartbreaking even though I know happiness is ahead in both the real (fictional) Pam and the fictional (fictional) Pam.
OMG.... okay, emailing you.
Okay, Pam Halpert. Just... its so awesome. Just even thinking about it reduces me to a pile of mush. Its so right.
Okay, so... I still can't allow it in my head that Pam worked there before Jim. Jim SO worked there before Pam. I am just putting that out there. I don't care what is canon now. Jim before Pam.
Not that that was directly mentioned in that chapter, but it worked in my head that way!
Ya know. I know you say I am an awesome cheerleader. But, I just have to say. There was one chapter you did a little shout out to me, and just rereading it again made me all sorts of happy. So... I think it goes both ways because you are just amazing.
I wasn't going to quote anything, but "All he could see was a little girl running to him. A little girl with curly brown pigtails, bright green eyes, and Pam's smile. That was what he wanted."
Gah, breaks my heart. Just FYI. Because I love it. And.... yeah.
This is SO not related to the story, but somehow my brain made a leap. I am leaving for the weekend tomorrow. We have a whole mess of dishes that need to get washed. I am trying to decide whether to take time I don't have to wash them before I leave, which would be the smart thing, because leavin unwashed dishes until Sunday isn't smart. However, I am hoping my roomie would do them over the weekend, since she has done dishes.... once? twice? all semester... so... decision time.
Ya know. In that part and the last chapter I realized how much crap I still have to do before tomorrow/Monday/Tuesday. But still I am reading. I will probably regret this. But... um. I'm doing it.
Its been a while since I said anything related to the story, so just to update you, I will also say that wow, I love Jim's realizations as he is reading her letters. Just. Wow.
Yeah, so Pam being madly in love with Jim's body parts just reminded me of how in like I am with BC and his smile and his hands and his laugh. Yeah, I'm pathetic.
I just scheduled a dentist appointment. EVIL.
Larissa so is his younger sister. :)
And his 29th birthday letter. So wonderful!
I wish I would get a dream girl letter under my windshield wiper. Much better than a ticket *still upset about that*
Oh yeah, this: "Do you think we should try to keep our relationship a secret at work?" Makes me smile like this :D
I can never spell the word definitly. I hate to work on that.
And that Yes. Makes me happy also.
And I can finally hit submit on what could quite possibly be my longest review ever.
Author's Response:
Wow. The epic review of the century. Did you ever know that you're my hero?
No one could expect you to go into it cold. I had to reread the last 5 or so chapters myself just to remember what was going on. In fact, that's been my plan all along. I'll get a bunch of people to beta this thing months after they read the last chapter just to get them to reread the original story so I can boost its numbers. Glad to see everything's going according to plan so far. ;)
I agree, it's very different to read it now that the show has progressed so far. It's different to write it too. I mean, there's just something about seeing happy Jam on screen that makes it a lot easier to write in a story.
I like Pam's letters too. They're so her, but in another way they're so me, and that just makes them really fun for me to reread.
Yeah, I remember that shout out. I hardly knew you back then. Just from the TwoP board. And I kind of remember thinking to myself, who IS this girl sometimes because you were just so random and funny. I'm glad we're friends now. :)
I forgot about that little fantasy of Jim's. I almost didn't put it in because I thought it was a little too schmoopy even for this story which is very schmoopy, but I'm glad I did now because it really is cute.
You know what I think about the dishes situation.
You're not pathetic, you have a crush. It's cute. Not pathetic, cute. It's totally fine to have a crush and be a girl every once in awhile. Or all the time in my case. Oh, that reminds me I should email you about last night. Nothing big, just you know, girly stuff.
Sorry about the dentist. You should ask him if he's willing to change his name to Crentist. I think it would help his business a lot. Unless his name already is Crentist, in which case can you ask him to get me Dwight's autograph the next time he comes in for a filling.
Yeah, I'm definitely a fan of Larissa as his younger sister. As you well know!
Definitely. You should definitely work on spelling the word definitely.
I know. I like the "yes" too. Almost as much as I like Jim's "yes" in The Return.
10 [Report This]Date: November 04, 2007 09:32 am Title: the greedy men who ruled the world
aaaaawwww. damn.
Author's Response: Haha! I'm glad you liked it. Wait you did like it, right? ;)
10 [Report This]Date: November 04, 2007 09:17 am Title: and I'd dig my way home
i love this chapter and marsha's abrupt realization that she should act in her own life as well as in jim+pam's. hopefully it works out for her...and, judging by the fact that there are 9 more chapters, there is more to read! can't wait!
Author's Response: Thanks for your review! It's so fun to have new readers enjoying an old story. Incidentally, your review inspired me to get back to work on the last chapter, so thanks for that! Hope you liked the rest of the story. I should be updating it in the next week or so, so keep an eye out! Thanks again!
Date: October 17, 2007 05:48 pm Title: the deep end...
Hey Azlin...any news on the rest of this? I just love this story. I like to think it's one of the "classics" like Squirrel McPants.
Author's Response: Sorry I didn't respond to this sooner, but I wanted to have some good news for you. As it happens, I have finished at least two-thirds of the final chapter, and I've always had a good outline in place for the epilogue so that one shouldn't take too long. I'm really trying to finish this and at least one other story by the end of this month, so check back for updates soon! Thanks so much for reviewing, and I can't tell you how flattered I am that you think of this story as a "classic." That's very kind. ;)
Date: August 16, 2007 08:56 am Title: after a deep sleep
Oh Azlin....when is the final chapter to arrive? :)
I have been trying to be patient, but I really love your story!
Author's Response: I'm so sorry! I've been completely swamped lately. I have finals this week and then I'm moving and then I'm going home for two weeks (all of this in the next 48 hours or so!). Hopefully I'll have some time to write while I'm at home next week. The next chapter is actually almost half done, but I can never seem to find enough time to just finish the darn thing. So anyway, thanks for your patience and I'm hoping to get it to my betas in another week or so. Then I'll post as soon as I hear back from them.
Date: August 01, 2007 09:16 pm Title: after a deep sleep
You're back!!! This is soo good!!! Please don't die trying, how else will I finish reading?! ;-)
This is awesome!!! I love it!!!
Author's Response: Thanks! I'm pretty sure I won't die, but if I do you can just assume that Pam and Jim live happily ever after. Don't worry though, I have every intention of giving this story a fitting ending!
Date: August 01, 2007 12:47 pm Title: after a deep sleep
OH MY GOODNESS!!! I have been avoiding this story because I don't like to start on WIP because I am VERY IMPATIENT!!!! But, I started this one last night at midnight and finished it today and I have been smiling so much that my mouth hurts......I cannot wait until the end. It is so refreshing to read a feelgood well written story...BRAVO....Can't wait for the rest!!!!!!
Author's Response: I'm breaking my own reviewing rule (usually I respond to reviews in the order that I get them) to tell you that I am so glad you reviewed! This really made my day, and gave me the little nudge I needed to work on the next chapter. Making people smile is my favorite thing in the whole world! And I'm glad you liked the feel-good style. That's my favorite thing to write and read but it seems like a lot of people are only interested in other things. So anyway, sorry to ramble on, but I just wanted to let you know how much your review meant to me! Thanks again!
Date: July 31, 2007 10:55 am Title: after a deep sleep
Yay - I was so happy to see an update...and also that Jim and Pam are finally speaking :)
Can't wait to see where the story goes next!
Author's Response: I'm so glad you were excited for more of this. I really appreciate your review and I hope to have the next chapter done fairly soon!
10 [Report This]Date: July 28, 2007 06:45 pm Title: after a deep sleep
A most excellent chapter! I really love this story. Can't wait for the conclusion.
Author's Response:
Yay! I finally made it to your review! I've been looking forward to responding just so I could say this:
four score and... seven (days) ago, I, your author, was brought forth upon a most excellent adventure conceived by my new friends Bill...and Ted. These two great gentlemen are dedicated to a proposition which was true in my time, just as it's true today. Be excellent to each other. And...PARTY ON DUDES!!!
Okay sorry, I think I've fulfilled my loser geekiness quota for the day.
In other news, thank you for a most excellent review! Please ignore me while I slink away in shame...
Date: July 28, 2007 12:42 pm Title: after a deep sleep
This was a wonderful chapter and well worth the wait! Only one more, sad :(
Author's Response: Thanks! I'm so glad you liked it! I'll be sad to see this story go too, but I think it's a little overdue at this point. I've been writing this for almost 5 months now, which is a long time all things considered!
Date: July 27, 2007 07:21 pm Title: after a deep sleep
At this rate are they going to write out their wedding vows?! Hee, just kidding! My computer broke and I haven't had one for about 3 weeks. Got the new one today and just in time for a new chapter - kismet! Only 2 more?! The end is near :(
Actual review: great chapter, the notes were very sweet and I love the "heat" I feel when you write their kisses and looks.
Author's Response:
Well, I wouldn't put it past them to write out their wedding vows! :P I'm kidding, too. But I think I should warn you that you're not too far off on that whole wedding thing... /epilogue spoiler.
Anyways, moving on, I'm so glad you're still enjoying this story, and I'm very pleased about the "heat" comment. I realize my stuff is super tame compared to so many others, but those are the parts I worry about most just because I'm never sure if I can really pull them off. Thanks for the review! And for your continued support; It means a lot to me.
Date: July 27, 2007 11:38 am Title: after a deep sleep
Yay! It's definitely worth the wait. You captured the awkwardness so well! Writing letters while sitting across from each other at the same table? Awesome. And Will you be my girlfriend? Awww! I'm glad you're determined to finish the story.
Author's Response:
Yes I am determined. In fact, I'm so determined that it's started interfering with my real life, but really who needs college when you could write fanfic for a living. Sadly, you can't write fanfic for a living so I guess I'll have to graduate, which means I'll have to keep studying, which means I won't have as much time for fanfic as I used to. But luckily I managed to find some time last night, so I can safely say that the next chapter is at least 1/3 done. Hope that's good news! Thanks for the review!
Date: July 27, 2007 09:49 am Title: after a deep sleep
Oh, I was so worried when they weren't connecting at dinner! But your solution was way better that if they had just had a great time from the start. Really good job!
Author's Response: Sorry I had you worried, but I think you should know by now that I'm all about the happy-go-fluffy endings, so I assume you weren't really that worried. Anyway, I'm so glad you liked it! It means a lot to me that you've kept reading and reviewing! ;)
Date: July 27, 2007 08:44 am Title: after a deep sleep
OK, I was so discombobulated that I posted this review on the wrong story. Oops!
Wow -- I am so excited to see this update. Re-reading the previous chapter just made me all kinds of giddy.
I have nothing insightful to say, but these 2 lines just made me squee with glee:
“Is that the guy that was hiding out in the kitchen for so long?” So freaking adorable, that Jim. Guh.
Will you be my girlfriend? Please say yes. (Out loud, if you can manage it.) The two of them passing notes -- so adorable. I can see them being nervous after all the buildup. I would be, too.
Author's Response:
Sorry, lisahoo, didn't mean to break your brain like that! ;)
I'm so glad you're still enjoying this! I love those lines, too. And yeah, I really think they'd have some trouble even though they've basically already confessed everything in their letters.
Anyway, thanks for the review!
Date: July 27, 2007 07:02 am Title: after a deep sleep
Hey, Azlin! While I thought for a second that the hand-written notes were a little long to be totally believable, I quickly silenced that annoying voice in my head and just enjoyed this chapter. :)
Seriously, this was a fabulous chapter. Funny and poignant, and I love that even the waitress could tell that Jim was being awkward. Looking forward to the finale!
Author's Response: Re the notes: Your initial thought was definitely shared by every other sane person reading this. Luckily for my fluff bone I managed to suspend my own disbelief and let the silliness just come out in little notes across the table. If you can believe it they used to be even longer and sappier before my beta made me see reason! Thanks for the review, Mose!
10 [Report This]Date: July 27, 2007 06:40 am Title: after a deep sleep
Yay - it was worth the wait. The passing notes idea is the dorkiest thing I could imagine, so yes - it seemed very much like them. Nice work, Azlin! Looking forward to the grand finale!! :-)
Author's Response: Yeah, they are such dorks, huh? Well, I hope the finale lives up to your expectations! I've been so busy lately that finding time to write has been getting harder and harder (twss) but hopefully I'll be able to get it to my betas by the end of the week. *crosses fingers but rejoices that she's finally set herself a deadline*
Date: July 27, 2007 06:22 am Title: after a deep sleep
Thank goodness there is an epilogue, I'm not ready to let this fic go! Great chapter, loved Jim's creativity with the little game of 20 questions.
Author's Response: Well, actually there's one more chapter and then an epilogue, so hopefully that's even better. I honestly can't believe I've been writing this story for over four months now. This may be the longest I've ever stuck with something in my entire life! Anyway, I'm glad you liked the chapter!