10 [Report This]Date: January 07, 2009 01:14 pm Title: Carved In Stone
awww, that was really cute && sad, at the same time.
I always stay away from the stories of jim or pam dying before the other, && it makes me sad, 'cause they be fictional characters but they have an endpoint in their lives too.
but this fic, with its undertones of the future && death, I'm good with (:
Author's Response: Well I'm sorry you got sad, but I'm glad you enjoyed it nonetheless - thanks. :)
Date: January 07, 2009 11:17 am Title: Carved In Stone
I hate the idea there isn't a pretty next button waiting for me...
9:06! What in the world are they sleeping in for! I slept in until 8:03 this morning. Of course, I also have a four legged alarm clock who thinks I'm starving her to death if I don't feed her by 8:01...
They were together when Meredith broke her pelvis.... you mean that didn't totally affect them in the way a close friend or relative's hospitalizatin would?
This was sort of oddly poigment and sweet. Made me think. A lot. But I think that's a good thing....
Author's Response: Thank you, especially for powering through all these at once! And sorry, but 8:03 ISN"T sleeping in. I only call it that post-10 AM. ;)
Date: January 07, 2009 11:10 am Title: *blush*
I love them getting embarrased! This is like, wow awesomeness!
Author's Response: Aw, thanks a lot! I love a good embarassing moment, especially when it isn't happening to me. ;)
Date: January 07, 2009 11:06 am Title: Give Her Effervescence - She Needs A Little Sparkle
I've sat through too many Disney Channel movies to admit to. I also have too many Disney songs on my computer.
I was with my friend as she was doing last minute prep on her wedding, and she made me want to elope.
I am intrigued by this underwater penny stacking. I've got the pennies. You can supply Jim in a swimsuit. We'll test this stacking knowledge of his.
Author's Response: Yeah, wedding plan can be fun, but a lot of times...yikes. And as for Jim and the stacking demonstration, can you send him over here when you're done?
10 [Report This]Date: January 07, 2009 11:03 am Title: Carved In Stone
That was lovely. Thank you.
Author's Response: Thank YOU for such a nice review!
10 [Report This]Date: January 07, 2009 11:01 am Title: Nothing Hurts Like Your Mouth
" You can also say with fair certainty that some sort of epic war is being staged in your reproductive organs"
That is the perfect way to describe it. Which is why I generally threaten to rip out my uterus every month or so.
TMI for a review?
Is it wrong that I sort of like angry!Pam?
Probably because I can so easily relate. This is so like me. Which really makes me wonder how I have any friends left. I am SO not a fun person to be around!
(this was a longer section, but then I decided that was REALLY TMI for a review...)
And I can relate on the indecisiveness. That is why I'm an expert at eeny-meeny-miny-moe.
R-... she wasn't going to say Roy.... she was going to say.... robots. Or rascals. Or.... rodents. Aren't rats just the cutest thing ever?
This was perfect. Jim is human, and arguments are a part of relationships, and, gah, this was perfect even if a bit heartbreaking and I hate them fighting, but they need to fight and so, i'm talking myself in circles now.
Author's Response: Nah, not TMI at all...I'm a chick; I can totally relate. ;) I'm so happy you liked this, despite not enjoying them fighting! :)
10 [Report This]Date: January 07, 2009 10:44 am Title: Carved In Stone
this is so sweet. I got to go and clean/decorate my uncles' graves for Christmas this year. It's nice to "watch" Jim and Pam doing the same thing together :)
Author's Response: Thanks so much - it is a really peaceful experience, isn't it?
Date: January 07, 2009 10:43 am Title: The Dangers of Drunken Channel-Surfing
I'm not above radio music at all. I like radio music. But then again, I listened to Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys. Jim would be scared if he saw my mp3s. Because I may or may not still have some teenybopper music on them.
That is scary how well it fits. Even though I've never ever heard of that group.
Author's Response: Oh, I'm not above it either, EH, by a LONG shot. But Jim? He's a snob. What can I say? :) Glad you enjoyed!
Date: January 07, 2009 10:36 am Title: Hypothetically, Mind You...
"A stretch of almost-silence while coffee is poured and cereal is slurped."
So I swear I read this as that the coffee was being bored over the cereal and I wanted to know what kind of freaks Jim and Pam were.
They're watching Spongebob! I never got it. Then the kids I work with watched it. And I was subjected to it. Then I started liking it, or at least, not minding when it was on. Then I started making the kids watch it. (in my defense, it is so much better than some of the other crap they wanted me to watch!)
Hey, it still works to make them know I'm one of the good guys. I can talk about Spongebob and Patrick to no end.
Except when i start talking about episode plots, then I scare myself.
I'm obsessed with Jim and Pam babies. They need to get on that. Stat. Stat means now.
Author's Response: Interesting misreading! :) I'm not so big into the baby thing, but the topic definitely comes up so I tried my hand at writing about it. Thanks for reading!
Date: January 07, 2009 10:32 am Title: Just When You Think You Got A Hold
Mr Comment actually knows about a fic habit? My dog doesn't even know (my teddy bear does, but he's promised not to tell!)
Okay, seriously freaky. Because I had somewhat of the same idea, at least, with them watching that video. The overall idea/point of the story was totally different. But just the fact that you chose the same song/youtube clip as me (or I as you, whatever), just kind of rocks.
Yes I know I'm completely weird.
But I like the idea of Pam in PJ's and old tshirts, but I like the idea more when she's with Jim and maybe its one of Jim's old Tshirts. Ah, total girl crush right there.
Pam you should have forwarded it to him! gdjfhkgdfgdfjgfdkfj
That's me yelling at Pam. I did a lot of that S3.
Author's Response: Oh yeah...Mr. Comment knows all about the writing I do and has read most of it. He's a great source of inspiration and honesty (no disrespect to your teddy), plus we're both huge nerds and support that tendency toward further nerdiness. ;) As for the story, thanks for your review! That's a little nutty that we both had ideas from the same video! :)
Date: January 07, 2009 10:22 am Title: The Courage To Fail
Ya know what my first thought was - soon, her drawings will have a tiny PH. Not a PB. She won't be peanut butter anymore!
Wow, that took a weird turn... back to the story!
Aww, I love this look at Pam. Its such a human thought process, and sort of .... well, really, i suck with the words, so I'm just gonna say I love it.
Author's Response: That's very true...Peanut Butter to...um...Pickled Herring maybe? :) I'm really glad you liked it; thanks! :)
Date: January 07, 2009 10:15 am Title: It Worked For Han And Leia
Oh, wow. Now I can totally see why everyone has been raving about this story. Its awesome.
Its so in character, and totally not unimportant at all, and its just cute. And I would cute the lines I liked, but I didn't really ever go more than two lines without quoting something, and so, just stick with I loved it all.
*scurries off to read the next chapter*
Author's Response: Thanks, Emily! I'm glad you liked this. The title is just my jab at myself for not being able to write as epically or dramatically as some of our other talented writers here. I personally don't get the raving, but I'm so happy you and others are tuning in! :)
10 [Report This]Date: January 07, 2009 10:12 am Title: Carved In Stone
I feel like I keep leaving you the same reviews over and over again, but that's because these are all just so great. And this one...it jabbed at the same bone that almost made me cry at a sunset two days ago ;) But in such a good way. This was just absolutely lovely.
Oh and just because you love it so much: scurryscurryscurry :D
Author's Response: You're hilarious, but dammit! That scurry brought a giggle when I needed it. ;) Even if you feel redundant your reviews are so appreciated, WB. Like I said to a few others, high praise from the writers I dig? Kinda dawesome.
10 [Report This]Date: January 07, 2009 10:06 am Title: Carved In Stone
This chapter is so absolutely wonderful. Truly! So incredibly real and heartfelt. I seemed to nod my head the entire time while reading, knowing exactly what you/Pam were talking about, having been there. Bravo!
Author's Response: Wow, thanks - and from a talent such as yourelf it's an even higher compliment! I think any of us that have true love in our lives feel this; what better to do than pass it on to the future Halperts to experience? :) A heartfelt thank you, truly.
10 [Report This]Date: January 07, 2009 09:55 am Title: Carved In Stone
I *loved* this, so, so much. I especially empathized with this part:
It makes me ache sometimes that I’d never gotten to meet this man that meant so much to Jim, to know I’ve forever missed out on a part of his life; that I’ve missed any part of his life. I’m silly about these kinds of things, I guess. I’d gladly hop in a time machine just to get a chance to watch Jim on the playground with his elementary school friends. I’d love sit in the bleachers and cheer for him at one of his JV basketball games, give anything to have watched him cram in the library for one of his finals in college, highlighting lines in his textbooks like I’ve seen him do so many times on forms at work. I wish, somehow, I could have been a part of everything he’s done and been.
My Jim's mom died of breast cancer our senior year of high school. I would have loved to have gotten to know her, to have been around for all of my Jim's life before he met me. Great, great job LC. :)
Author's Response: Well thank you, Ms. Beesly, I really appreciate that. I'm sorry that you never met "Jim's" mother; I can relate in terms of people my "Jim" has lost as well that were important to him. Thanks so much again. :)
10 [Report This]Date: January 07, 2009 09:21 am Title: Carved In Stone
What a lovely way to explore what marriage ideally means. This was solemn but still entertaining, and you used the perfect light touch.
Author's Response: Thanks so much; I appreciate that. :)
Date: January 07, 2009 08:32 am Title: Carved In Stone
This was lovely. Pam's realization that she can't recapture his past, but that she is not irrevokably a part of his future was perfection. Thank you!
Author's Response: Oh, well thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked it. :)
9 [Report This]Date: January 07, 2009 08:00 am Title: Carved In Stone
A fantastic chapter, LC, and a valuable lesson for all Office writers to keep in mind (both writers of fic and the show itself): less is more. There's no need to keep going over the top like Stallone in order to try and blow your audience away. Small, subtle moments always--always--work best.
And that's what you've accomplished here in this quiet little moment. It's subtle, but it works beautifully.
Author's Response: Well thank you, friend! I'm always afraid I've gotten over the top about something (shmaltz, angst, drama, what have you), so your review was quite reassuring - much like Smuckers, with a review from Mose, it's gotta be good. ;) Thanks again!
Date: January 07, 2009 07:37 am Title: Carved In Stone
"more or less pleased with how it turned out?" It turned out great. Whoa.
a favorite line: Thoughts like these make me worry that maybe I’m too in love with him, if there is such a thing; that I’m almost obsessed with him.
And turning the joint headstone into a bond between two people that extends further than life itself? That is profound and intensely romantic in an odd sort of way.
The first time I was really in love, I remember fearing that moment way off in the future that mostly likely he would be the one to die first and then I'd have to go on without him. Something so far off, but an inevitable part of sharing a life together.
In other words, nicely done, LC. I adore Pam & Jim talking about themselves as 'future husband and wife'. Let's hope we see something on this front in the next month or so.
Author's Response: Oh Lisa...I'm never happy. I reread to the point of obsession and then some, but kind words like yours make me feel a bit better. I'm really glad that this worked for you. I think we all have to face the fact that eventually, one of us (in a relationship/marriage), ends up alone, and that you can't recapture the past to make up for more time you won't have together. Morbid? A little, but true. But knowing that you have this life you built together, despite this fact...kind of amazing. /LC spiel Thanks so much, my friend. :)
10 [Report This]Date: January 07, 2009 07:35 am Title: Carved In Stone
Little Comment, I like the calm feel to this chap, the peaceful beauty. You hold yourself to high standards obviously. You've explored the earthly end of the love story--the ending that not many of us take the time to envision because it's not the storybook happy ending we crave. Someone's gonna go first. Great job on exploring this side of a loving relationship. It could have been sappy or overly dramatic, and you managed to steer clear of that--no easy task, I'm sure. I'm not surprised, though, coming from you.
Author's Response: Thank you so much, Nan. I was so hoping it wasn't overly sappy and dramatic, just honest, and you've reassured me. I'd go on and on, but I already did that to poor LisaHoo so I'll spare you the agony. ;) Thanks again.
Date: January 07, 2009 07:16 am Title: Carved In Stone
Guh. Just guh. This was so very beautiful and touching. You captured what it's like to comprehend the real meaning of a relationship like this...
Guh.
This is my favorite of these yet, and that's saying a lot, because they're all good.
(ps, do you mean "For letting "me" come? in that last paragraph?)
Author's Response: Oh, the "guh"...high praise, and I appreciate it! :) Thanks a lot; I'm really glad that you enjoyed this so much. :)
Date: January 05, 2009 04:06 pm Title: *blush*
I love their embarrasing moments. I could see them happening. Especially Jim rapping. Hehe. I want to see that one.
Author's Response: Thanks a lot - and me too! Oh how I love nerd!Jim, so so much... ;)
Date: January 03, 2009 08:00 pm Title: Just When You Think You Got A Hold
I'm really enjoying these. I've been catching up on this story today and so far I really like it. I especially liked the 2nd "chapter" or vignette or whatever you want to call it. Nice job! :)
Author's Response: Thanks a lot - I'm glad you're enjoying it! That second story is really close to my heart, so I'm extra happy you liked it. :)
Date: January 03, 2009 12:52 am Title: *blush*
THAT was awesome! I think my absolute favorites -- and the ones I could almost SEE and HEAR oh so well were Jim's ode to the Notorious B.I.G. and Pam's ode to Mexican food. Oh man this is a classic! For whatever reason I could really hear Jim saying every single line he said in bed with Pam when she had her little...mishap. lol. Can't wait for the next installment!
Author's Response: Thanks, friend! The image of Jim rapping delights me endlessly, I tell you, especially Mr. Indie Rock himself. And glad you liked the Pam "oops!" too. :)
10 [Report This]Date: January 02, 2009 09:59 pm Title: *blush*
LMAO they were hilarious, imagining Jim rapping is just fab.
Author's Response: Thanks - arrogantly I agree (about the rapping, anyway)! ;)