so yeah. apparently theres this awesome fanfic about them getting locked in the supply closet. anybody know where that is? i've searched forever!

I'm not sure how appropriate it is to post this here, but here is the link to Chapters 1-4 of my fanfic "Sense." It is basically Jim's internal monologue from Casino Night and beyond. Each chapter focuses on one of the five senses as its main theme.

Chapter 1 (Sound):

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2955926/1/


Chapter 2 (Taste):

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2955926/2/


Chapter 3 (Scent):

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2955926/3/


Chapter 4 (Sight):

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2955926/4/


Please do read and review. Much thanks

I just read all 4 chapters and thought they were fantastic. VERY well written! My only critique is...the Season 1 Newlyweds part. I find it hard to believe anyone would be into Newlyweds knowing that the marriage is over. Post the last chapter!!!!!!

this is soooo good. it made me cry (and i don't cry)!! you really have to post the next installment!! i can't wait!!

love the description of the kiss. Really nice job, please finish.

Mad props. Loves it.

This was really well written and insightful. I can't wait until the next installment!

OMG, I loved it!
Please write the final chapter soon!!!!

Also...
just watched "The Secret" and I'd love to hear your ideas on what Pam was thinking through all that. I'd also like to hear her side of the finale

Heh. I've definitely entertained the idea of writing a Pam-fic with her internal monologue. Definitely. So, without giving too much away, I'll just say that it probably wouldn't be too far an assumption...

Gosh, I really sound like a tease. Ugh.

I think that moment when Pam leaves the breakroom in The Secret is so heart wrenching. The way she looks at Jim when he swears up and down he's completely over her I think screams disappointment - she looks like she's about to cry.

Then at the end of Valentine's Day when Jim leaves, I've always thought Pam looked more upset that JIM didn't get her anything than at Roy's characteristic lack of thoughtfulness.

I've always wondered how things would have been different if Pam expressed her disappointment at either of those situations, especially the first...

Officionada, I completely agree. All this talk about how Jim didn't express himself -- but Pam never really says anything either, does she? How many missed chances has she had? By the time Casino Night rolls around and she tells Jim how much his friendship means to her, we all know it's too hollow, too little, too late -- and just a small fraction of what I'm sure she knows she feels. Naturally because of her engagement she's more inclined to repress any feelings that she shouldn't be having, but...what's that expression, denial ain't just a river in Egypt?

Great great great fanfic...finish it up as soon a s you can!! I cant take the waiting!

Writer's block is a real b*tch. Heh.

Guys,
I just wanted to warn you guys. The fanfiction page seems to be giving out viruses. I just started writing and uploading to it 11 days ago and I know have some sort of bloodhound virus and on the other computer I used to do the same thing is now fighting the Trojan horse.
It might only be happening to me but just be careful.
I am really bumming...I love the damn page!!! Plus I like rambling out my ideas. ARGHHHH! I thought I find a reasonable substitute.
anyway hugs
Laura

Not bad. Wish I had the time to try. I once wrote an alternative to the Coffee Couple, those two Tasters Choice coffee people. I guess it would just be too much for Jim and Pam to have some fun in the supply room. Oh, well, fun to think about. Carry on. Nice summer treat!

i am soooo hating life right about now. i lost everything. my hard drive needed to be wiped. i lost several stories i was working on the office including 2 that were done. i am soooooo not happy.
for the folks that use this lovely but deadly site how do you do it and not get infected???? help please!

That really sucks. Is the site you're talking about fanfiction.net?

That's the one. I was reading some of sweetieo's stuff and was continually attacked with pop-ups and attempted virus infections which my protection program kept warning me about as it fought them off. There's one it couldn't delete and I hope it is under control, but I hate knowing it's on the hard drive lying dormant. I already went through what she went through last year and it pissed me off. After Herculean efforts and some expense, I managed to get my data off the infected drive, thank the stars. But I still don't back anything up regularly, though, so what have I learned? NOTHING. Duh.

Great job with "Sense"! I just read the Fanfiction post by sweetieo28. Apparently there are a lot of viruses on fanfiction.net. Thought I'd warn all of you.

After $70 and a day of watching my computer chase down viruses and losing 3Yrs of my carefully honed porn & stories... i am now clean of viruses...ick i feel so dirty!
Just be careful fanfiction.net is an awesome site but it is dangerous to innocents like me.

can you post the names of the viruses, please? I'm pretty sure I have them too.

Chapter 5 is up! Be sure to read the "Author's Note." Thanks all!

Chapter 5 (Feel):

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2955926/5/

Please do read and review

That was just tremendous, proudgirl. Don't change a thing.

anyway you could post it somewhere else? Fanfiction seems to be giving everyone viruses.

Do you have livejournal? I'd be happy to post it at a few of the office communities and send you a link.

Okay, below are the new links to my fanfic "Sense." They are livejournal links, BUT I've made them public so you don't have to have an account to view them. Just copy and paste the link into your browser and you should be all set:

Sense Chapter 1: Sound

http://turbulentsaint.livejournal.com/1436.html

Sense Chapter 2: Taste

http://turbulentsaint.livejournal.com/1677.html

Sense Chapter 3: Scent

http://turbulentsaint.livejournal.com/1827.html

Sense Chapter 4: Sight

http://turbulentsaint.livejournal.com/2160.html

Sense Chapter 5: Feel

http://turbulentsaint.livejournal.com/2359.html

Please, PLEASE do read and review. I thrive off of feedback.

OK, I have to ask...
Something about your story bothered me... When Jim comes into the office, right before the kiss, you wrote that Jim HEARD Pam on the phone and the "I think I am" line. I know I am overanalyzing, but I don't think he heard it. He was in the room, but he was looking at her desk. If he had heard her, wouldn't he have been looking towards the sound of her voice? Let me know what you think...

Nascarmom, my take on it has always been that Jim caught a glimpse of Pam at his desk before he passed the partition, and that he heard it, and a split second later WE see him. WE can't see him until he passes that partition, but from his angle, he could definitely see Pam at his desk before we see HIM. And then when he passed it, he kept his head down, then looked up a SECOND time.

Just my take on it.

Interesting. For some reason I thought there was just a small hallway around the corner and then the door and then the elevator. I know we can hear the click of the door while she's on the phone. I need to watch "Performance Review" again. I think there was a shot of that angle at the end of that episode. Thanks for the response! (And thanks again for your videos and stories. They are a lot of fun and they are giving me the "office fix" I need until the webisodes begin.)

Yes, if you turn the volume up a bit, you can hear that the door to the office clicks shut right when she says "Yeah, he's great." Which means that he must've opened the door and entered the room before she said that (seeing as we only shut doors AFTER we've entered a room). So my take on it was he definitely heard what she said from "Yeah, he's great" to "I think I am." When I say "partition," I mean the short hallway leading from the door, but from the angle the camera is filming, it looks like a partition because we don't see him until a split second after she says "I think I am."

If this isn't proof of how many times I've obsessively watched this scene, then I don't know what is. *sigh*

girl, don't worry...we all got the same disease here. But I have to say I never hear the door opening.

I hear the same things as proudgirl re: the door. At first I tortured myself over how much Jim heard and what he thought it meant. I think I finally came to the conclusion that a) I'm not convinced that he heard enough of the conversation to know WHO Pam was talking with, he may very likely have made his decision to kiss her independently of anything he actually heard and c) he may not have had time to process what he heard anyway - Pam could have been saying "can I get extra cheese on that?" and he still would've laid one on her.

That said, I've decided to stop fretting over that particular detail - after all the important thing is that he finally kissed her and she kissed him back. I'm on to fretting over what happens next and how I'll make it through the summer.

OK, I just LOVE your story...and hope that a lot of it comes true!
Thank you for the insight. I really think you captured the essence of Jim in there.
I'd love to get the same story, but this time from Pam's POV...were you thinking about trying that out as well?

Don't be embarassed about obsessing over that scene. Isn't that why we are all on here? If anyone understands, it us! LOL!

You asked if you should write an epilogue to "Sense". I think we can all agree and say "YES!!" It's great stuff. I think the same thing with Pam's internal thoughts would be excellent.

i just read 1-4, about to read 5, but up to now great!

I just read chapters 1 through 5 and enjoyed them so very very much! I would love it if you wrote an epilogue. Awesome work! I feel so happy now, as if that all were "true"!

(I hear the door click too, as you described)

i hear the door click to! but i think jim independantly at that moment decided to kiss Pam, not because she said 'i think i am'

i just read chapter 5...OMG amazing!

Thanks so much for the feedback, guys!

"i hear the door click to! but i think jim independantly at that moment decided to kiss Pam, not because she said 'i think i am' "

DwightIsMyHero, I think I tried (however clumsily) to articulate the idea in my fanfic that although he heard her say "Yeah, he's great" and "I think I am," the words didn't necessarily have anything to do with his decision to kiss her. I think it's entirely probable that he HEARD her but didn't REGISTER what they meant. Which is why I didn't have him internalize the words or make any mental note about them. His reason for kissing her, in my opinion, was from some other force - perhaps just seeing her there and realizing that, as I wrote in my fic, he'd never before "embraced the split-second grace of life nonsensically handing him something he?d wanted all along, something that made so much sense logic no longer applied," that this was SUCH a surreal yet perfect moment he couldn't let it go. Because she might never stand so beautifully under THAT glowing haze, looking back at him not with expectation, but with some unarticulated longing that she didn't have the strength to deny. And how many moments in life do we REALIZE, in that moment, that we're HAVING a moment? So he had to take it, he just had to.

P.S. DwightIsMyHero, let me know after you finish the fifth part what you think of my writing a sixth. Thanks

Proudgirl, i did get the vibe in your fanfic that jim decided to kiss pam independant of what she was saying on the phone, it was because of some other force, i was agreeing with you, but others have said that he 'knew' that her 'i think i am' meant that she was saying she thought she was in love with jim...how could he know that?...oh ya his telekenetic powers...haha...but i do think it was a split second decision, then and there

and i would love a sixth part...1-5 were great! i know i couldnt write that well...there were some parts i felt were not exactly true to the character, but they were very small, and because there are so many emotional and situational changes and time lapses, i understand the people do change somewhat and that could be a little extra added onto their character...or it could be im not used to having the inner dialogue of the characters...who knows, but they really are great! and id love to see a chapter 6

hmmm... since when did fanfic = porn? I just read Senses and thought it was great. Fanfic Slash is one thing but a good tale is another.

(that's what she said.)

haha VietnamSounds, i have seen alot of your posts, your a regular, i try to be, and i have to say you should be the writer for some show...you are hilarious! humby got all a**hurt because of your comment, but it is so true...

i will take that philosophical advice to the grave...

anyways just replying to the post...i usually HATE fanfic...the only good one i have scene is proudgirls...senses one, it was actually pretty good...so check that one out...she has a post up

As I posted elsewhere, this was great! I look forward to more of your insight. FanFic is just what I need when I the reruns on the IPOD and the Videos just aren't enough...Thanx

Proudgirl - loved it! Gotta ask, and forgive me if this has already been discussed...was the theme and repetition of "making sense" and "logic" inspired by the "Making Sense" bumper sticker pinned to the bulletin board in Jim's room (seen in Email Surveillance)?

Ah! That was so great, and I would love to read more, so a sixth part would be preetty awesome.

Loved it, cried threw it. It was great.

A couple things that jump out... have you check on what the australian temps would be if Jim went there in june? It's the southern hemesphere and I think they are on oposite seasons? Like if it's hot here it's cold there? Just a thought.

also at the end of chapter two, down at the bottom it says
"He held her body holding his; he kissed her soul keeping his "... and it stops... is there suppose to be something after this or is it the end of your sentence?

So, great job proudgirl. I would love to read a sixth chapter, and a story on Pam's point of view (like someone else mentioned).

Thanks sooo much,
luchy

"A couple things that jump out... have you check on what the australian temps would be if Jim went there in june? It's the southern hemesphere and I think they are on oposite seasons? Like if it's hot here it's cold there? Just a thought."

Fair question. I can't speak for last week (when this trip would've allegedly took place), but this week in Sydney the highs are between 58-61 and lows between 40-47. It's mostly sunny, so Jim's swim trunks should come in handy

"also at the end of chapter two, down at the bottom it says
'He held her body holding his; he kissed her soul keeping his '... and it stops... is there suppose to be something after this or is it the end of your sentence?"

It stops there without punctuation to imply an interruption (Pam pulling away). Just as the sentence feels incomplete, so does Jim when he feels her ending the kiss "prematurely." So it was supposed to look, textually, the way it felt. Hope that clears things up.

"I would love to read a sixth chapter, and a story on Pam's point of view (like someone else mentioned)."

You know, I'm still [jim]VERY[/jim] torn about whether or not I should write a sixth part. It seems many people want one, but the people who don't have really persuasive arguments as to why there shouldn't be one. Personally, I'm sort of in love with the idea of a "sixth" sense, but I realize that the fifth part does wrap things up pretty neatly. *sigh* I don't know yet. More feedback, guys!

As for a Pam-centric fic? Wouldn't rule out the possibility. That is all I'm going to say about that

I'm a tease.

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Okay, I JUST caught this:

"Gotta ask, and forgive me if this has already been discussed...was the theme and repetition of "making sense" and "logic" inspired by the "Making Sense" bumper sticker pinned to the bulletin board in Jim's room (seen in Email Surveillance)?"

Goodness, I WISH I had. It sounds so damned brilliant that I totally want to lay claim to it. But I can't. Thanks for pointing it out, though. I'm VERY impressed, CountChocula.

I don't mean to spam the board by bringing up this thread (I'm literally blushing because it IS so very self-serving), but I'm still really undecided on whether or not to continue with a sixth part. Some more feedback would be very helpful. Thanks, all

I found 299 Office fanfic pieces at fanfiction.net. Which are the best ones?

I bet 60% of them are about Jim and Pam.