1 [Report This]Date: November 12, 2020 10:49 am Title: Chapter 1
I am intensely curious what Cece and Phil's reactions to the documentary would be, and I really love that you explored that. This does feel like a conversation Pam would have to have with one of their kids no matter how much she ducked it with their fans - and it's interesting to see Pam's perspective on her own actions from far in the future. And the Lucy-Pam dialogue feels just right!
Author's Response:
Oh, yay! I liked writing this one. I can see Pam being very protective and even defensive about this stage in her life, despite it being out there for everyone to see. She made the best decisions she could at the time (even if those stupid writers were killing us all along).
I named their children Lucy and Jamie long before Cece or Phil showed up, but...you know, close enough. Ha.
10 [Report This]Date: March 31, 2009 05:50 pm Title: Chapter 1
That was perfectionnnnnnnn
Author's Response: WOW, thank you! Sorry I didn't see this comment sooner, my notifications don't work.
10 [Report This]Date: September 08, 2008 06:30 am Title: Chapter 1
Great great story! I read it last week and it stuck with me so much I had to hunt it down and read it again.
Author's Response: Wow, thank you! That is really a nice compliment. I enjoyed writing this story a little too much, I think. Thanks again!
Date: July 24, 2008 08:32 pm Title: Chapter 1
What an imaginative idea! I have to say if my parents were Jim and Pam I would be just as obsessed as Lucy. And the: "See you tomorrow, Jim. I love you" is so Pam, I love it.
I also love Jim's quip. Amazing story!
Author's Response: Thank you so very much! I loved thinking about Lucy, looking at her parents from the other end of this. I'm so happy you found this old story and liked it. (Sorry for the delayed reply; my notifications don't always work right).
Date: December 30, 2007 11:31 am Title: Chapter 1
A child shipping her parents. So dorky. So adorable.
Author's Response: Thanks! I had a lot of fun with this idea. I'm really pleased you found this older story!
10 [Report This]Date: August 02, 2007 03:52 pm Title: Chapter 1
I loved that!! It's for sure going in my favorites.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I enjoyed writing this one- it was a little different from anything else I'd done. So glad you liked it!
Date: July 16, 2007 09:29 pm Title: Chapter 1
This was fantastic the first time I read it (back when I was a lurker.) And it's still great now. Great job! I love this story because it's such an original idea, and you really get to hear it from Pam's point of view. I kind of wish that things with Karen had ended that way, because I would've loved to have seen that on screen! Anyway, thanks for writing this!
Author's Response:
Ah, poor Karen. Yeah, it would have been fun! Sadly, I'm not that good of a fortune teller. I'm so glad you still enjoyed it on a second reading! That's very encouraging, heh. Happy Belated Birthday!
Date: July 11, 2007 05:22 pm Title: Chapter 1
There is an order to why I am reading stories in the way I am. Now I am reading E's. Because E's are almost as awesome as J's.
Anyways, I think I read this, but I couldn't find my review, so I figure why not read it again. Because its not as if I have a life I should deal with.
"I think so. You're crazy, you know."
You are crazy. I am crazy. Pam is crazy. Jim is crazy. We are all one giant pot of crazy.
Oh and my response to being told I am crazy is also thank you. Or an I know. Or you are too.
Oh this is a wonderful analogy though. i will never be able to look at eggs the same way.
Ah, I love how Pam just let it slip out.
Such an awesome story. :)
Author's Response:
Thank you very much, my dear! I think most of us are crazy in one way or another- it just depends on how well we hide it! I'm glad you enjoyed your re-read. Thanks again!
Date: February 21, 2007 04:13 pm Title: Chapter 1
A bit meta today, are we?
Author's Response: I suppose so. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
10 [Report This]Date: January 07, 2007 02:21 pm Title: Chapter 1
Lucy channels a Jam shipper oh so fluently.
I could go on and on about how much I loved this story but most of the comments have covered everything already. So I'll just say, loved it, laughed with it, this is is some great feel good fluff.
Author's Response: Oh, thank you! Lucy was fun to write- I'm so glad it made you feel good! Our heroes are making me so angsty these days, I think we can all use some fluff!
Date: January 05, 2007 01:17 pm Title: Chapter 1
LOL! so awesome! and, just so you know, best analogy *ever*. rock on.
Author's Response: Thank you so much!
10 [Report This]Date: December 12, 2006 11:12 am Title: Chapter 1
Wow lis. When you gave me the teaser that you were writing a story about how Pam was like an egg, well, I had no idea where you were going. That was amazing. I think it's possibly the most sophisticated one you've written yet. I love the device of looking at the show from a viewer's perspective through their daughter. It's something I've never encountered before. And "see you tomorrow, I love you" is effin' hilariously genius!
Author's Response: Thank you. The idea came to me when I was...um, peeling eggs. Hee. I wanted to use the egg thing but finding a way to put it into Pam's mouth was tricky, and I thought that explaining it to her kid was the only way it didn't seem contrived. I'm glad you liked it!
10 [Report This]Date: December 11, 2006 06:49 pm Title: Chapter 1
Okay, this? This was just perfect - love the metaphor of the egg (and really, how much more spot on could you get?? Brilliant!). I love it that you're providing such realistic reasons for what's happening right now - because I happen to be one of the few (apparently) who believes that the writers are taking things at a very realistic pace.
But I digress. :o)
Love it that this is a story from the future; it's hard to write their dynamic as a long married couple, harder still to write their interactions with kids without coming off sounding schmaltzy or trite, but you really pulled it off here beautifully. And when I read the part about her just throwing out the "I love you," I felt this squee in my chest. (Sorry, no other word for it!) And I love Jim walking in and adding his little comments - a great touch!
Thanks for making me sit here smiling like an idiot! You rock. ;o)
Author's Response: Thank you so much! You know I think you rock, so that's a great compliment. I'm all about the squee. I think these two have so much potential, but they have to get there in their own sweet time. Well, bittersweet time, maybe. :)
10 [Report This]Date: December 11, 2006 06:44 am Title: Chapter 1
Lis you are so clever! So very, very, very, clever that it hurts my heart. So sweet, such an incredible analogy, and you hit on my favorite thing - happily married Jim and Pam. The happy ending after all! Thanks so much.
Author's Response: Oh, your heart is too good for me. Thank you for the kind words!
8 [Report This]Date: December 10, 2006 07:38 pm Title: Chapter 1
Oh, wow, I can't imagine how embarassing it would be to have your kids actually witness the "courtship" phase, but they seem to be handling it well. This was very cute, and I absolutely adore the egg analogy.
Author's Response: Thank you. I love the idea that they have video evidence of all of this- even the hard stuff.
10 [Report This]Date: December 10, 2006 07:02 pm Title: Chapter 1
Loved this! The egg analogy was, of course, perfect.
Author's Response: Thanks! I'm glad it worked. :)
Date: December 10, 2006 04:25 pm Title: Chapter 1
What a sweet little story! I don't even like to hear the name Karen either - which is difficult since it is MY name. Maybe I should just go by kaystar IRL, too.
Author's Response: Oh, poor kaystar! :) Thank you.
10 [Report This]Date: December 10, 2006 01:05 am Title: Chapter 1
that was just too cute. i love lucy for their daughter's name! i'm trying to think of who used it first..
"night michael, bye karen, see you tomorrow jim. i love you."
Author's Response: Thank you! My husband kinda blurted it out like that the first time he ever told me...I thought it worked for poor Pam. :)
8 [Report This]Date: December 09, 2006 04:33 am Title: Chapter 1
had become Lucy’s personal Voldemort
Personal Voldemort! Wonderful phrase!
like explaining sunburn to a fish
What a brilliant simile. I am totally going to steal it.
The egg analogy was hilarious and cute and so Pam-ish. Wonderful.
I would have followed you under the desk
Ah, that Jim. Still hot after all these years...
even for her deeply invested 'shipper heart.
Awwwwww.
I love the way you've actually gotten The Conversation That Pam Didn't Have With Jim into this, by having her hold it with their daughter. Brilliant.
Thanks for writing this. I enjoyed it very much.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I needed to hear Pam tell us why she's making us crazy, you know?
Date: December 09, 2006 04:21 am Title: Chapter 1
I am impressed by that egg metaphor; it worked surprisingly well. Jim and Pam's daughter was cute.
Author's Response: Thank you! It came to me, surprise surprise, while I was making egg salad. :)
10 [Report This]Date: December 09, 2006 01:03 am Title: Chapter 1
That was awesome! Karen as Voldemort. Ha! Wow, you have really good descriptions. That's kind of how I feel about my parents. When I hear the story about them falling in love, I think it's really sweat. But when they start making googly eyes at each other across the dinner table, I want to throw up.
Author's Response: Thank you! I'm glad it seemed realistic to you! Yeah, Karen is definitely "She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" around my house!
10 [Report This]Date: December 09, 2006 12:22 am Title: Chapter 1
Be still my heart, that was adorable! I would quote my favorite part but then I'd have to quote the whole thing! Great job!
Author's Response: Wow, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was fun to write.
Date: December 08, 2006 11:27 pm Title: Chapter 1
Lis - this was awesome. I had a smile on my face from beginning to end. Of course - I'm a sucker for Jim&Pam having a daughter - whatever her name turns out to be. Excellent explanation of why Pam is so....frustrating right now.
Author's Response: She's definitely driving me nuts, too, but I think it's so realistic I can't fault her. I wanted to let her defend herself a bit. Thank you!!
10 [Report This]Date: December 08, 2006 07:17 pm Title: Chapter 1
that was adorable. great analogy with the egg;)
Author's Response: Thanks! I'm glad it worked for you!
10 [Report This]Date: December 08, 2006 06:47 pm Title: Chapter 1
Heee! Oooohhhh, so cute! I loved this!
Author's Response: Thanks!