|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 9,362
Boards Chief Administrator Emeritus Nobel Peace Prize Winner
|
OP
Boards Chief Administrator Emeritus Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 9,362 |
Awwwwwwwwwwww, Alicia - I came in briefly from a crowded afternoon of beta-reading and some Archive work, looking for something to unwind with, and this was the perfect thing to read while taking a short break. Thank you! Sweet, waffy - I'd guessed that he was looking at Lois, but that was all, so the ending was a cute surprise - and the prose and descriptions of all those views he'd seen during his life were beautifully written.  LabRat  (now going back to work with a smile on her face...)
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
The Musketeers
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 3,644
Pulitzer
|
|
Pulitzer
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 3,644 |
Oh, this is great, Alicia! I liked taking the "scenic route" through Clark's life You had some great descriptive prose in there. And the ending was so very sweet. PJ
"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."
--Stardust, Caroline K
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 152
Hack from Nowheresville
|
|
Hack from Nowheresville
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 152 |
Very sweet little story! I loved it! Well keep up the great work!
*Blayne*
Clark: You are really high maintenance, you know it?
Lois: But I'm worth it.
Clark: Not exactly what you had in mind, huh?
Lois: Let's see. So far I've been given a glimpse of ritual crop worship, been treated as your girlfriend, and insulted your parents. No, I couldn't have planned this.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 106
Hack from Nowheresville
|
|
Hack from Nowheresville
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 106 |
Awwwwwwwwwwww... it's a sweet little story I loved it Meni 
Is it a bird?" "Is it a plane?" "No, it's just a guy in tights and a cape!"
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 184
Hack from Nowheresville
|
|
Hack from Nowheresville
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 184 |
Not wishing to buck a trend.... Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, Alica! That was fantastic, the descriptions were wonderful. Thank you, Helga
Knowledge is knowing that tomatoes are a fruit.
Intelligence is not putting them in a fruit salad.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 3,846
Pulitzer
|
|
Pulitzer
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 3,846 |
Hi, Cute story. 
Maria D. Ferdez.
---
Don't like Luthor, unfinished, untitled and crossover story, and people that promises and don't deliver. I'm getting choosy with age.
MAF
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 116
Hack from Nowheresville
|
|
Hack from Nowheresville
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 116 |
I'll go along with the rest of them. <g>
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Your prose was gorgeous! I could picture each scene in my head, and the ending was just. awwwwwwwwwww
Caroline
You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
~Bernadette Peters
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 202
Hack from Nowheresville
|
|
Hack from Nowheresville
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 202 |
I also guessed that the view was Lois--the little girls were a wonderfully beautiful added touch.
So very nicely written.
Barb.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 2,761
Pulitzer
|
|
Pulitzer
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 2,761 |
Very cute!! See you soon. AnnaBtG.
What we've got here is failure to communicate...
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 39
Blogger
|
|
Blogger
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 39 |
Great fun, Alicia! The ending was of course...Awwwwwwww Thanks,  claire
"Perfectionism spells paralysis." - Winston Churchill
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 2,217
Kerth
|
|
Kerth
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 2,217 |
Wonderful! 
"Practice up your shielding spells...and remember to duck if you see green light coming your way." Harry Potter to Wizengamot in OotP trial A Bad Week in the Wizengamot
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 2,992
Pulitzer
|
|
Pulitzer
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 2,992 |
Alicia What a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing this lovely vignette! Tricia 
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 454
Beat Reporter
|
|
Beat Reporter
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 454 |
AAAAAAAWWWWW from me too, Alicia! This was simply wonderful. So WAFFy!  Ursie
Lois: Well, I like my quirks. I think they make me unique.
Clark: You certainly are unique.
Clark: You're high maintenance, you know that?
Lois: But I'm worth it!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 364
Beat Reporter
|
|
Beat Reporter
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 364 |
Waffy, sweet and ditto to all the above I love that song by Lonestar. If you have ever seen the music video for it different people are looking from the "front porch in" and they see what means most to them inside whether it be a spouse or family. Everytime I hear of it I think "Yeah, that relates to L&C" So great job and write more. Your work is superb.
"Live with intention.
Walk to the edge.
Listen Hard.
Practice wellness.
Play with abandon.
Laugh.
Choose with no regret.
Continue to learn.
Appreciate your friends.
Do what you love.
Live as if this is all there is."
~Mary Anne Radmacher
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 231
Hack from Nowheresville
|
|
Hack from Nowheresville
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 231 |
I absolutely love this little vignette! A day or so ago I was wandering on Yahoo's Launch Music Videos & Lonestar's video for "My Front Porch Looking In" is there! Lonestar
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 767
Features Writer
|
|
Features Writer
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 767 |
Alicia,
ditto others
waffy and sweet
merry
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,597
Merriwether
|
|
Merriwether
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,597 |
Aww, very sweet, Alicia. I like it. And a great tag line at the end, about the view being inward, not outward. One question, though: A carrot-top who could barely walk dangling a sippy cup of milk. A little blue-eyed blonde, Very sweet ... are you assuming adoption or two cases of recessive genes popping up in your descriptions of the girls? I can see Clark having some red hair in his background due to the brief glimse we got of his biological mother, but I know I'd be surprised if Lois gave birth to a blue eyed blonde with as dark as her and Clark's coloring is. Very nice vignette, though. Kathy
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,587
Merriwether
|
|
Merriwether
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,587 |
Actually, the odds of two brown-haired people, each of whom had a parent who was NOT brown-haired, producing a blonde and a red-head are not that bad. I bet I can find pictures of some real-life cases, if you like.  Edit: OOOPS! Bad rivka! I forgot to comment on the actual fic!  I really liked it!  So sweet . . . <happy sigh>
Do you know the most surprising thing about divorce? It doesn't actually kill you, like a bullet to the heart or a head-on car wreck. It should. When someone you've promised to cherish till death do you part says, "I never loved you," it should kill you instantly.
- Under the Tuscan Sun
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 397
Beat Reporter
|
|
Beat Reporter
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 397 |
Very nice, Alicia!! I heard the song yesterday and it gave me a smile to picture Clark thinking about Lois and girls!! Just lovely! Missy
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,202
Top Banana
|
|
Top Banana
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,202 |
Awwww, that was very sweet, Alicia. And the Eifel Tower is really something special (having seen it recently <G>), so the comparison from Clark there is great.
Saskia
I tawt I taw a puddy cat!
|
|
|
|
