Date: May 07, 2008 04:34 am Title: This Is Just To Say
This made me laugh out loud (except for Jim's, which made me sad). Thanks!
Author's Response: Excellent, glad to have provoked the appropriate emotions. ;) Thanks so much for commenting!
Date: April 26, 2008 01:17 pm Title: This Is Just To Say
I just wanted to add that when I said you used stanzas in an interesting way, I really meant that in the most positive sense possible. I don't think poetry should follow rigid rules. Well, not always anyway. I think it's nice you decided to mix it up. I think, writing is about creativity with the storylines but also with the format. :)
Author's Response: No worries, I was mostly just teasing you, and myself, because I really don't know anything about poetry. Anyways, I'm glad you enjoyed my endeavor.
Date: April 25, 2008 04:23 pm Title: This Is Just To Say
This is so creative and clever! Great job! --Strider
Author's Response: Thanks so much!
Date: April 24, 2008 04:14 pm Title: This Is Just To Say
Wow, those were great! You used the stanza format in an interesting way, and you were just able to convey so much in so few words. I loved it. Ryan's poem is definitely the one that made me laugh the most, but I thought Jim's poem was the most touching. I do hope you write some more. :)
Author's Response:
"You used the stanza format in an interesting way"
Heh, is that good or bad? ;) I'm not entirely sure how stanzas are supposed to work. I could have taken a poetry class in college as part of a sequence and I said 'Pffft, boring, no thanks!' I'm not a huge fan of poetry, I've found I'm not very good at interpreting it, and prefer things to be more direct. So it's kind of interesting that I was inspired by a poem enough to make me write something.
Anyways, I'm glad you liked Ryan's poem, no one had mentioned liking it yet and I worried I had been a bit too harsh. Thanks for commenting!
Date: April 24, 2008 01:21 pm Title: This Is Just To Say
I really enjoyed this. I've read that poem before, and you did a great job of writing in a similar style. They were all hilarious. Great job.
Author's Response: Thanks so much!
10 [Report This]Date: April 23, 2008 08:40 pm Title: This Is Just To Say
That was hilarious! Great job and I hope you do something else sometime even if it's a different sort of thing.
They were all funny in different ways. Angela's really got to me. I kept waiting for it to turn nice and it didn't.
And the bowflex is Jan's?!
Author's Response:
You know, after all the feedback I've received on this I might be addicted to it, and might be forced to write something else. But then again it might be better to go out on a high note.
I think I read somewhere that there had been two bowflexes (sp) so I'm going with the idea that they had his and hers and the hers got torched.
"Angela's really got to me. I kept waiting for it to turn nice and it didn't."
Yeah, that's kind of how I feel about Angela on the show. That lady is heartless! (See: ice cream on side of Andy's car for an example.) Except when it comes to animals, which is where she is redeemed in my eyes!
Thanks so much for the lovely comments!
Date: April 23, 2008 08:31 pm Title: This Is Just To Say
lol, this was sooo funny!! Love Angela's, and Michael burning the Bowflex!
Author's Response: Thank you!
10 [Report This]Date: April 23, 2008 07:42 pm Title: This Is Just To Say
Very literary! I love it! Not only did you do the parody well, you perfectly captured each of the characters you chose to write. My personal favorite is the end of PAM.
Forgive me
you were being an ass
I was bored
and I knew he would appreciate it
I never thought about Pam's doing that little sketch to amuse/catch the attention of Jim. But it would be perfect.
Author's Response:
Me? Literary?! *twirls* Thank you! I was hoping people would catch on to the he in the last bit of Pam's poem.
10 [Report This]Date: April 23, 2008 07:32 pm Title: This Is Just To Say
That is sooooo good. I don't think you're impersonating a writer, dearie. ;) Welcome to the world of writers. :)
I had never heard of this poem, but it was very easy to get into your versions of it. It was great that you put the original poem at the end to compare to.
I honestly just loved this, though.
Author's Response:
Aww, you just made me squee a bit! I love it.
I love the poem, it's one of those things that is so simple, but so much can be read into it. I'm really hoping it catches on and other people start using the poem as a base like the 55 word challenge.
Thanks for commenting and complimenting! ;)
10 [Report This]Date: April 23, 2008 03:49 pm Title: This Is Just To Say
this was very nice! i really enjoyed reading it, you could have fooled me saying you weren't a writer. i still think though, for the sake of everyone here, that i will just continue to read instead of post (but you definitely gave me something to think about!) :)
Author's Response:
you could have fooled me saying you weren't a writer.
*blushes* I bet you say that to all the girls! ;)
Honestly, I never thought I would ever EVER post anything. But this just struck me as something easy that I could do and I really wanted to share it. I'd say if you have a version of this, post it. I promise to read and comment! :) Plus I would love to see what other people come up with using this poem.
9 [Report This]Date: April 23, 2008 10:57 am Title: This Is Just To Say
Wow. That is really cool. I've never heard the original, but this is really different, but totally in character and unique. I really like it!
Author's Response: Thanks! It seemed like a fun and less intimidating way to ease myself into writing. It's sort of similar to the 55 words challenge.
Date: April 23, 2008 09:52 am Title: This Is Just To Say
LOVED it! great parody :]
Author's Response:
It had to be done when I heard the This American Life episode, I immediately thought of the office. There's kind of a lot of hostility and fake apologies floating around there.
Thanks for the lovely comment!
Date: April 23, 2008 08:01 am Title: This Is Just To Say
Thanks for a delightful chuckle.
Author's Response: My pleasure. Thanks for commenting!
8 [Report This]Date: April 23, 2008 08:01 am Title: This Is Just To Say
Enjoyed this. Thanks for the big smile.
Author's Response: Glad I could provide a smile, and thank you for commenting and making me smile! :oD
Date: April 23, 2008 03:14 am Title: This Is Just To Say
You know, that's one of my favourite poems! I liked what you did with it, and I especially liked the first one about poor little Sprinkles... :D
Author's Response:
I'm still scarred from what happened to the poor little critter.
I'm glad someone who knows the poem wasn't horrified with what I've done to it. ;) I really like the idea behind it that it's an apology, but not really. The guy knew she wanted those plumbs for breakfast and he still ate them.
Thank you for commenting!