10 [Report This]Date: April 19, 2008 08:24 am Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
Pam, the chase was long and you were hungry...but wasn't it worth it? Gah, if Jim greeted me like that I think I'd faint!
Date: February 23, 2008 03:04 am Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
Aww I can't stop smiling...Jim's letters are making me melt into a puddle of goo. Why must he be so perfect? And the kisses!! You are so good at this!! =)
Author's Response: I'm not sure even Jim is really that perfect, but it was super fun to think of some guy doing this, and Jim definitely has that romantic way about him. Sigh. I love Jim. In case you couldn't tell.
Date: November 17, 2007 04:59 pm Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
*Sigh*
Date: July 10, 2007 06:25 pm Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
Aww, that last moment is so sweet and calm. You set the scene at the restuarant really well. I also like that up until this point, their feelings have all been written since Jim decided on his treasuer hunt method. Anyway - very cool touch.
Author's Response: I'm so glad you're still enjoying this. And yes, I was trying to keep with the letter theme, although I suppose at this point they'll have to do some actual talking. We'll see how that goes... Thanks for the review!
Date: July 06, 2007 12:31 am Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
Loved the scavenger hunt and the final meet up---it will be sad to see this story go, but as long as there are a few more i'm excited to read them
Author's Response: I'm sad to see it ending too, but I can't believe how long it's been since I started this story. Like April/March ish. Crazy! Anyway, I'm glad you liked this chapter! Thanks for the review!
Date: July 05, 2007 08:54 am Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
Hooray! They're in the same place and have exchanged words! Out loud, not on paper! Glad to know there's still a few more chapters.
Author's Response: Well, there are still a few more letters left in this story. But I'm glad they're talking too! Thanks, Kev!
Date: July 04, 2007 03:43 pm Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
Cmon, public displays of affection between Jim and Pam? Nobody reading this wants to see that ;)
Author's Response: Duly noted. There will be no more displays of affection, public or otherwise! Uh...actually, changed my mind! Affection here they come! Thanks for the review! ;)
9 [Report This]Date: July 03, 2007 05:41 pm Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
This whole letter trail thing was really very smart. Seriously, no possibility of face to face rejection. Brilliant. Awesome fluffiness too. Well done.
Author's Response: Well, Jim is nothing if not a brilliant schemer. I figured he'd want to give Pam a chance to calm down a little bit. Plus he's had a week to come up with something and he took Friday off to avoid going crazy with the I-want-her-but-I-can't-have-her-yet feeling, so he had to keep busy somehow. ;) Thanks for the review!
10 [Report This]Date: July 03, 2007 10:52 am Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
AAAAHHH!!!!!!!! XD XD
*tumbles around in the sea of fluff*
Awesome chapter! Loved it so, so much! And I'm so happy that they finally sat down with one another! Finally! :D YES! I can't wait to read the next chapters, whenever they may come. :)
Author's Response: Oh thank you! I'm hoping they come sooner rather than later, but I'm also trying to learn to balance real life with fic and it's still a struggle sometimes. Thanks for the review! I'm always glad to have other people to tumble around in the fluff with. Except tumble sounds a little weird. Whatever. You know I didn't mean it like that.
Date: July 03, 2007 10:48 am Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
I love this story! Jim and Pam sure have a lot to thank Marsha for :o)
Author's Response: Yes they do! And they will. Eventually. ;)
Date: July 03, 2007 07:05 am Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
I mean, just, wow. That was wonderful.
Author's Response: Aw! Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! ;)
Date: July 03, 2007 06:59 am Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
Pam felt like she was finally back where she belonged. What a nice echo of Pam wishing Jim would come back in "Beach Games"! I love this chapter- Pam's growing impatience, and how Jim anticipates that in his letters. And then kissing! Woo! Very, very nice.
Author's Response: One of the weird things about this story now is that I started it after Cocktails and set it in some undetermined time in the middle of season 3, so I don't get to have all the FNB stuff from the end of the season. But I guess I do, sort of, it's just shown in different ways. I know that isn't exactly what you meant, but it just reminded me of it. Thanks for the review!
Date: July 03, 2007 06:00 am Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
Sorry I haven't been reviewing this story lately. It doesn't mean that I haven't been enjoying it--because I have! I love this little scavenger hunt that Jim sent Pam on, and to end at Cugino's just seems perfect. I'm looking forward to how this will all be wrapped up! Good work. :)
Author's Response: I'm looking forward to wrapping it up. It's not that I don't love this story, I just really want to write lots of new things, but I promised myself I'd finish this first. Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked the scavenger hunt!
Date: July 03, 2007 05:49 am Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
Azlin! I'm so glad to hear that you are as impatient to post as I was to read! I am so excited that there are more chapters to come!
And that Jim apologized for being kind of creepy in taking her letters out of the trash. That's a nice boy.
Author's Response: Thanks! I'm always super impatient to post, probably because I feel like I'm keeping a secret from the rest of the world, and probably also because I love getting reviews. It's such a perk for me! Anyway, yes, they're finally in the same place at the same time, so hopefully Jim shouldn't have to be creepy anymore! ;)
Date: July 03, 2007 05:46 am Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
Good Day: New Garbage Can and LtW. Does a day GET any better?
I think its such a good little detail that Pam never wanted to see the office dark after Jim left. Its so small, but realistic and stuff.
Ice Skating! Okay, so I will admit it was my first episode I ever saw, and I have aways thought ice skating was so romantic even though the only time i went I went with a friend, and I will also say I have had an idea floating around my head for ice skating take dos (for some reason i always say dos instead of two), so, yay for it being in your fic!
So, in a way, (did I tell you this stoy already... if so, fastforward on the review), so one of my classmates got engaged this past semester. she woke up or something and found a little note. and it told her to go somewhere. and there was a cd and music and notes and it sort of went like this as a little scavenger hunt until h was there with the ring. she said yes.
That kiss.... gah, my heart stopped. See, this is probably why I shouldn't read smut. If a simple kiss nearly kills me... what will more do!
No... don't talk about the end. ladeda, the end doesn't exists. No. It doesn't. I will live off in fantasy land where both Jim AND John are my boyfriends and GCL never ends and um... other good stuff happens.
Or I can live in real life land and go ge ready for LtW - leaving in 30 minutes, holy crap!
Author's Response:
The first episode I ever saw was Take Your Daughter to Work Day! I remember it so well. I had no idea who all the characters were and I think I only saw the last half, but I was so smitten. I've never looked back. I've never really thought of ice skating as romantic just because there were so many times when I was little that we went and all I ever did was fall down. It was quite sad.
That's so cool that your roommate's fiance actually did this in real life. I've never met someone who would do something like this, but if I did, I'd totally say yes, just because you've gotta get points for something this elaborate.
Just a warning now, there will be more kissing in the next chapter. Not much more than kissing though, so don't worry. I'll leave the smutty stuff to someone else.
Yay for fantasy lands! I hate it when I get so distracted by fanfic that I realize it's like 7:35, class starts at 8:00, my hair's a mess, I'm still in my pajamas, I haven't put on any make-up, or packed up my backpack, or eaten breakfast and it's gonna take at least 15 minutes to drive over to campus and then walk to class. Ugh. At that point I'll admit I'm always sorely tempted to just skip class and read/write instead. But I don't. Usually.
Date: July 03, 2007 05:34 am Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
AzLiN!! Thank you for this chapter!! Love treasure hunts should be a equirement of life. I LOVED when Jim said "I’d always pick you, Pam."
I'm so excited for these two in your universe! I can't wait for more!
Author's Response: I've never actually been on a love treasure hunt, but I've got lots of experience with the birthday kind. We used to have one for the last big present on every birthday. My dad was amazingly good at coming up with clues. They usually rhymed and everything. Anyway, I'm glad you liked it, and I'm really excited for them too!
10 [Report This]Date: July 03, 2007 03:06 am Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
One word: SQUEE!!!!!
Author's Response: Thanks!!!!!!! :D
Date: July 03, 2007 02:03 am Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
another great chapter---wow! I was awake in the middle of the night, so I thought I would check out fan fic. I was so happy to see an updated chapter of "Garbage Can Letters". What a treat!
Author's Response: Thanks! I wasn't going to post until the morning, but then I changed my mind. I used to post in the middle of the night all the time because it was the only time I had for fanfic. This kind of brought back old memories. Thanks for the review!
10 [Report This]Date: July 02, 2007 11:12 pm Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
Aw! That is so romantic!
Jim is seriously my dream guy...
Author's Response: Everyone needs a little Romantic!Jim in their lives. Thanks for the review! ;)
9 [Report This]Date: July 02, 2007 10:59 pm Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
You are absolutely forgiven for posting without waiting for me to get back to you! I feel horrible about that, but I was so busy packing and driving all over town this weekend (mostly to Walmart for more and more packing bubbles!) that I just didn't get back to it. So sorry!
Anyway, you already know how much I love this chapter, but let me say it again: when Jim came up behind Pam in the restaurant and it was REALLY HIM--in person, not just in letters--and he kissed the back of her neck...sigh! I seriously got goosebumps. Wonderful. It gives me so many happy feelings. Hooray!
Author's Response:
Don't even worry about it! I knew you were busy, so it wasn't a big deal at all. And if you did see something that was wrong you can let me know and I'll edit accordingly.
Oooh goosebumps! That's such a cool compliment! I'm so glad you liked it. Good luck moving! ;)
Date: July 02, 2007 10:49 pm Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
you are such a freakin tease! haha.
So glad theyre finally in the same place, I mean jeeze Jim are you going to give her gas money for that?
yay
Author's Response: Tease? Who me? Never. But just FYI, this story will stay PG-13. And yeah, I think Jim owes her for more than just the gas money, although, technically speaking he did a lot of driving too.
Date: July 02, 2007 10:42 pm Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
I love how he left her a flashlight to read the letter on the roof! I really liked the whole scavenger hunt concept. It's very true to character. I must say, I want to know what happened with Marsha and her kids!
Author's Response: Oh, don't worry; I haven't forgotten about Marsha. I just needed Jim and Pam to figure a few things out on their own. I actually really miss Marsha, and I'm glad you want to know what happened to her because she's my own little fic creation, and it's nice to know that people care about your characters. Thanks for the review!
Date: July 02, 2007 10:32 pm Title: to follow the sweat down your spine
"It was like part of her, and part of Jim had stayed up on the roof with each other, just waiting for everything else to come together." That's my favorite thing I've read in a while. Really sweet and sentimental, just how I think Pam is.
Really good! I am so glad Jim finally showed up! Yay!
Author's Response: I'm glad you liked that line. It was one of my favorites too. Thanks for this and all your other reviews! :D