8 [Report This]Date: February 02, 2008 09:57 pm Title: Chapter 1
Wow, belated congrats on your 50th!! Which must also mean it's my 50th time of telling you what an awesome writer you are!! Loved this chapter. From Googling "Really rich old people who are related to Michael G. Scott " to the Burger King guy (who totally creeps me out) to Pam having special jelly beans for Dwight - it was all awesome.
Author's Response:
kaystar - you're a sweetie. A belated thank you for your belated congrats. Thank you so much for reading!
Date: January 24, 2008 07:10 pm Title: Chapter 5
Hee! This was very fun. I love your Michael. :)
Author's Response: Semby I'm such a review reply slacker. A (very belated) thank you for reading. I'm glad you liked it!
Date: January 22, 2008 12:58 pm Title: Chapter 5
I just don't even know where to begin. Michael is related to Toby and has toilet paper coupons?! BWAHAHAHAA!!! You, my dear, are a genius. You can write all the WIPs you want as long as the pay-off is that awesome. (But I like one-offs, too. I missed you!)
Author's Response: :) It was a long time in coming - but I'm glad you enjoyed the end result. Thank you so much for the review. I'm so very glad you liked it. And that's very sweet. It's lovely to have been missed. :)
Date: January 21, 2008 05:44 pm Title: Chapter 5
So cute! Love this!
Author's Response: So glad!! Thank you!!
Date: January 21, 2008 05:04 pm Title: Chapter 5
Me again.
Oops...just realized this was the last chapter, which with the final bit about Scott Tissue, totally makes sense. Guess I was too flustered, what with all the Riggins talk ;-) My review still stands...nope, not taking a single word back.
Author's Response:
Riggins has that effect on a girl. Even a girl who is temporarily preoccupied with a devoutly Christian radio host. :)
Glad to hear you don't want to take anything back. Thank you so very much for your insight and encouragement as I fought to get this out. I really appreciate it.
10 [Report This]Date: January 21, 2008 04:22 pm Title: Chapter 5
Way to not only break through the block but smash through it. When it's all said and done, this is both one of the funniest fics ever, and also one of the great Michael characterizations ever. Brilliant from start to finish....now get to work on your next one. As you know - this was not at all easy for me so for you to say I've succeeded in such a fashion means a tremendous amount. Next one?? Eaaaaasy there buddy. Let me collect myself a little bit. :) PS: Thank you. :)
Author's Response:
Date: January 21, 2008 04:18 pm Title: Chapter 5
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is my favorite Micheal fic ever. Seriously, you scare me a little with how well you write his dialogue. And the little bits of Dwight, and the Pam/Jim stuff too (like that you hit that note lightly here) - all spot on. It's one of the few fics I've read that actually reads like an episode.
You know I love this chapter - and there are way too many wonderful lines to cite (but Jan nipping at the raspberry vinaigrette - ha!) Can't wait for the next one (the dinner party?) Loving this almost as much as Riggins ;-)
Author's Response:
I am incapable of writing a story without Jim and Pam. OK...maybe not incapable - but I don't like it very much. :) I had Jan downing a bottle of raspberry vinegar initially but then I decided she wasn't Meredith.
Oh that Riggins. Seriously. It is not fair for him to tear at my heart like that. ;)
10 [Report This]Date: January 21, 2008 02:44 pm Title: Chapter 5
I actually just watched The Last King of Scotland today (I'm a James McAvoy addict) for the first time, so when I saw this I thought I'd read it. And it's great! Very, very well-written.
Author's Response:
Well this story bears absolutely no resemblance to the one you watched - I simply stole the name. :) !'m very glad you liked it. Thank you so much for reading!
Date: January 21, 2008 02:32 pm Title: Chapter 1
I'm so glad you broke through your writer's block and finished this and a great job you did. Funny and perfect characterization, I loved it. My favorite parts were Dwight going on about the farm and Michael wanting a plastic bag, to suffocate himself. Oh, and Chicken a la diet Dr. Pepper? Can we get the recipe in the cooking thread? No?
Author's Response: Oh EH. ME TOO. I'm so glad you liked it. I cracked myself up while writing this and though I think I'm pretty damn witty - I am so glad to hear you do too. The Dr Pepper Chicken comes from a long Weight Watchers career. I don't own a crock pot - but I've seen this recipe thrown around alot in WW circles. Sounds like something Jan might stumble upon if she had nothing to do all day but stumble around the condo. So here you go...Diet Coke Chicken
Date: January 21, 2008 11:17 am Title: Chapter 5
Brava! Typical Michael hijinx, lovely Jim/Pam interactions, spot-on Dwight scene-stealing, and a conclusion that brought everything together in the way that resolves everything and leaves no one happy. It's perfect, vintage The Office, and you've done it marvelously.
Author's Response: Thank you Lis. I didn't even think about it the way you put it - but that's exactly right. No one is happy - except Michael - who thinks that coupons printed out from the internet are an inheritance. :) Thank you so much for the review.
10 [Report This]Date: January 21, 2008 10:37 am Title: Chapter 5
xoxoxo, I have a question for you: How did you get you get to be so awesome? Really?
This is one of the funniest, most well-crafted, most MICHAEL story I think I've ever read here! Wow.. .I'm just... there aren't even enough words to describe all the things I love about what this story chooses to be. (See what you've reduced me to? I'm laughing so hard my sentences don't even make any sense!)
Bravo! (although I feel like we all should be supplicating before you like Wayne and Garth before Alice Cooper... "We're not Worthy!! We're not worthy!!" )
Author's Response:
Practice, Mose. Practice. :)
Thank you so much. I don't know what it is about Michael - but I'm getting really scared at how he seems to be haunting me.
I appreciate your cheering me on as I struggled to get to the finish, so thank you. :)
Date: January 05, 2008 03:38 pm Title: Chapter 4
I would love to hear Michael say "brethren" on the show. So formal :)
Is this still a 5-chapter story?
Author's Response:
Shan when I saw you were reading this I almost had a panic attack. OK - that's being dramatic. It was more like "Oh shit. She's going to find out it isn't finished." LOL!
I'm working on the ending now. It's still coming sooooooooooo slooooooooooooowly...but I'll get there eventually so stay tuned!
Date: January 05, 2008 03:27 pm Title: Chapter 3
Yes! Michael's love of Harry Potter. You know he devours each book. Eeeee, he probably writes HP fanfic :/
Author's Response: YES! OMG. Can you even imagine??? All those pairings. The slash. Michael's brain would explode.
Date: January 05, 2008 03:10 pm Title: Chapter 2
"...it's completely inappropriate, and incestuous."
Hee, spoken exactly like Michael, as though the incest was an afterthought. I love his description of Jan's behavior!
Author's Response:
Totally.
I wrote this back before I really had a clear picture of Michael and Jan's shall we say - dynamic? I think it's sort of the way I wrote it here - and sort of sick and twisted and S&M-y.
Now there's an idea for a fic. ;)
Date: January 05, 2008 03:00 pm Title: Chapter 1
"In triplicate. No. Quadruplicate."
Awesome :)
Author's Response:
Glad you thought so. :)
10 [Report This]Date: November 05, 2007 09:30 am Title: Chapter 4
Your Michael makes my head spin. And yes, that is a very good thing. :-D
Author's Response:
Thanks Ms. Mox. As long as you don't start spewing green vomit in my direction a la the Exorcist I'll take that as a compliment. ;)
Date: October 31, 2007 09:05 am Title: Chapter 4
It's actually good that this happened to Jim, instead of someone like Stanley or Oscar for whom it would have been just pure annoyance. Jim can actually enjoy the absurdity. Also- in the shower, eh? This is so funny and cute and in-character. I love it!
Author's Response:
Oh it had to happen to Jim. Michael wouldn't care if anyone else was related to him...except...well - we're not quite done yet. ;)
Yes. In the shower. Why do you ask? lol!
So glad you're loving it Lis and thank you for taking time to tell me so.
10 [Report This]Date: October 30, 2007 10:59 am Title: Chapter 1
"Jim." Michael replies through clenched teeth. "I am not Burger King."
I laughed out loud! :D
Author's Response:
That's my favorite bit in this whole thing.
Happy to make you laugh. Thanks so much for the review.
Date: October 30, 2007 08:50 am Title: Chapter 4
Wow. Poor Jim is right. I can totally see Michael getting hung up on wether or not Jim shops at Macy's. And the beginning - only reading the first page that's up on Amazon? Brilliant. So very Michael Scott. I can't wait for the return of Special Agent Dwight K. Schrute!
Author's Response:
Aw thanks belsum. Writing Michael really is so much fun.
As is writing pranks on Dwight. More on that later. :)
Date: October 30, 2007 06:37 am Title: Chapter 4
This continues to be utterly delectable. Hilarious. Dialogue straight from the characters' mouths. Dwight's growing exasperation, Michael managing to turn his crazy search into a way to connect with Jim, Pam shopping for Jim...just great. And I'll say it again: writing a fic that actually reads like an episode is quite a feat - just as hard as writing believable smut...wink, wink, hold the TWSS ;-) Love this much.
Author's Response: Muchos gracias mi amiga. Occasionally when I attempt things such as this there are moments I can see clearly as if they are on screen. This chapter happened to have quite a few of those moments. I'm glad to know the same was true for you. Loving that you love it. :) Thanks again!!
Date: October 29, 2007 11:06 pm Title: Chapter 4
YOu are a genius. I'm not sure how you continue to knock each chapter completely out of the park but you've done it again. Dialogue - spot on. Plot - completely and totally plausible. I also love the little tidbits about Pam knowing more about Jim's clothes than he does at this point. Love the idea of her shopping for him. This reads like canon!
Author's Response:
Well - not sure about that - but thank you. I've been taking my time with this story. I knew from the moment I began how it would end and what would happen but I've been slowly building the dialogue etc. It's been really fun.
Pam shopping for/with Jim is one of my favorite parts of this chapter. I'm glad you liked it too.
Thanks so much for taking the time to tell me so.
Date: October 29, 2007 08:29 pm Title: Chapter 1
I think that you've hit this out of the park, but of course you know that I love it. I think that you've got the characterizations just right, especially Jim and Michael. I really am in awe at how well you write Michael! Or I'm frightened. But you're the best, and this chapter is awesome. Really awesome.
Author's Response:
And you're incredibly sweet. Thank you for taking the time to read it AGAIN - even after reading it a million times before. I'm so happy you liked it!!!
And no - you're the best. :)
10 [Report This]Date: October 29, 2007 08:22 pm Title: Chapter 4
haha this is great, i am loving it so far. the characters are so spot on - exxxxcceelllent [/simpsons] work!
Author's Response: So glad you are enjoying it - it's been really fun to write. Thanks so much for the review!
10 [Report This]Date: October 29, 2007 07:59 pm Title: Chapter 4
It amazes me that you can do both fluff and comedy with the same great skill. And your Michael here is just absurdly perfect. Great work that has provided me many laughs
Author's Response: Why thank you. :) Michael really is fun to write. I just think of the most ridiculous thing I can and dial it up a few notches. Happy I could make you laugh. I certainly laughed writing it.
10 [Report This]Date: October 23, 2007 05:07 pm Title: Chapter 3
Everything about this story is perfect and hilarious. The way you wrote each character is spot on, especially Michael. I could imagine Jim and Pam sitting there patiently, listening to Michael and egging him on to tell about his bank account, while fighting the urge to roll their eyes.
Michael telling about his ¨Swedish¨ bank account was hilarious. Please update soon!
Author's Response:
Hey yankee_swap! Just realized I'd never replied to you. Thank you so much for your review. I'm so glad you are enjoying it - and that you can imagine the scene. That's all I can ask for.
btw - update posted!!