Title: Pretty Ladies [3/3]
Author: killersharky
Characters: Chuck, Sarah
Summary: A trip to Vegas becomes work for Chuck and Sarah when he has a flash at the blackjack table.
Rating: K+
Word count: 800
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: Not mine or they would be back on the air much sooner than Sept. 29.
Notes: I finally got inspired to write something, which is better than the nothing I've been writing lately. Chapter One is here and Chapter Two is here

( You know, this isn't a bad stakeout. )

So Q&A from the Paley event on Monday. I edited out most stuff from Life and Lipstick Jungle. There were a total of six panelists -- the executive producers of Lipstick, Life and Chuck [Chris Fedak] and then Adam Baldwin, Josh Gomez, and Zach Levi. Here are the highlights from my notes:

( Super computers, Huey Lewis, and dry cleaning tags )

Title: Pretty Ladies [2/3]
Author: killersharky
Characters: Chuck, Sarah
Summary: A trip to Vegas becomes work for Chuck and Sarah when he has a flash at the blackjack table.
Rating: K+
Word count: 800
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: Not mine or they would be back on the air much sooner than Sept. 29.
Notes: I finally got inspired to write something, which is better than the nothing I've been writing lately. Chapter One is here.

( And then the show began again... )

Title: Pretty Ladies [1/3]
Author: killersharky
Characters: Chuck, Sarah
Summary: A trip to Vegas becomes work for Chuck and Sarah when he has a flash at the blackjack table.
Rating: K+
Word count: 1100
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: Not mine or they would be back on the air much sooner than Sept. 29.
Notes: I finally got inspired to write something, which is better than the nothing I've been writing lately. I promise to try and be quick with the next chapters.

( Dudes, my luck is not awesome. )

So at the Chuck PaleyFest on Tuesday night, the actors threw some free t-shirts into the crowd. I was lucky enough to get one and here's what it looked like. Click the links below to see the photos.

Wrapped up in Nerd Herder form
Unwrapped [but still quite wrinkled]

And here's the cast. The photos are blurry and crappy because I had to try and stealthily take them without a flash.

Entire cast
Part of the cast with moderator Damon Lindenhof

Like I said, cast photos sucked, but the t-shirt is pretty cool. I plan on wearing it sometime and hope NBC decides to sell them at some point. I'm sure they are quite a few fans who would want one.

So I headed to Paley Fest tonight and here are some of my notes. Sat in the front row of the balcony level looking straight at the cast with my pink Chucks perched on the railing and had a great time! I'm sure people will have better write-ups online later but this is just what I remember. Also I got a free Nerd Herder shirt that they were handing out and will try and post pics of it later. Oh, and below "Josh" is Schwartz and "Gomez" is...um...Josh Gomez. Yeah, I'm that smart. ;)

-- Moderated by Damon Lindenhof of Lost. Yes, really.

-- Chris Fedak knew the first person he wanted was Adam, and Zach and Adam tested with the network the same day.

-- Zach had full beard and Gomez had a little soul patch so they "switched" beards. Zach said it wasn't a strike beard but that he just doesn't like to shave. He said it would be cool if Chuck kept it. So Josh asked the audience if he should keep it or lose it and the audience said lose it. Sorry, Zach.

-- Pilot included a character named Kayla who was Chuck's neighbor that he had a crush on. They ended up cutting her to make the Chuck/Sarah storyline better. The love story opened up when the actor was cut. Also, Kayla worked at the club Chuck took Sarah to and he took her there to make Kayla jealous at first.

-- Spy world vs. Buy More/home -- Captain Awesome doesn't want to be in the spy world because he thinks that would mean he's killed. Gomez loves how Casey goes 100% in both worlds with busting spies and selling grills.

-- Someone joked about Adam having the majority vote there and a bunch of people cheered to which Zach said "Firefly" and then saluted the crowd.

-- Yvonne said they did some promotion of the show in Australia and it was weird because some of the journalists there thought she was American and were surprised by the accent. She also said that she had trouble in the pilot pronouncing the word "nerd" so she said "geek" instead, which got us to that cute reaction from Gomez and Zach of "Well, we're more nerds, you know? Nerd Herd."

-- This led to a nerd vs. geek discussion to which McG said he believes the difference is Joss Whedon is a geek and JJ Abrams is a nerd.

-- Some involved question Damon got from a TV writer about Sarah's Weinerlicious outfit representing Germans in Chuck's quasi-Jewish world. "Or it's just hot." The panel agreed with that.

-- They're going back to Comic Con! Season two starts filming in May and the writers went back to work today!!!!!

-- Fedak originally called show "Scenerio Five" but thought it wasn't catchy enough. Was reading Chuck Klosterman at the time and said "What if our main character was Chuck and we called the show Chuck?"

-- Josh realized there were alot of Chucks at the time with "Good Luck Chuck" and Chuck from Pushing Daisies, "but we won."

-- Josh wants Van Damme for season premiere, Chris wants Dolf Lundgren.

-- Proust questionaire
Chris Fedak's favorite word: douchebag [me too!]
Adam Baldwin's least favorite word: intolerance
Scott Krinsky's [Jeff] favorite sound: waves of the ocean
Julia Ling's [Anna] least favorite sound: wet squishy boots
Ryan McPartlin's [Awesome] creativity comes from: football [joking]
Vik Sahay's [Lester] profession he would love: to be McG
Mark Christopher Lawrence's [Big Mike] least favorite job: [i didn't get this one]
McG's favorite swear word: f---
Josh Schwartz's words from God when he gets to Heaven: Chuck was picked up for season three. [Zach: Doesn't that mean you're going to die next year?]
Josh Gomez [Morgan] Voltron vs. Godzilla: Godzilla [Zach: You are so wrong.]
Zack Levi [Chuck] Chuck vs. Chuck: Would go real deep, then remember Lester is the anti-Chuck.
Yvonne Strahovski [Sarah] Are you having fun?: [deadpan] No

Questions from the audience

How often do you use Awesome in real life? Tries not to use it as much in real life, only a couple dozen times a day on the low side

Bromance? No love more pure between one man and another, says Josh.

What about making something more butch like a Batmobile? Nerd Herder will suffice, or maybe a Chuck wagon.

Is it true you ate a cheesesteak before kissing Yvonne? Zach: Yes. They were sent in from Philly and "I was hungry." But he did grab a few Altoids before the scene.

If you live in a Super Duper Tuesday state, make sure you go out and vote today. And remember, if you work, you legally have the right to take time off to vote. So vote early and -- if you wouldn't mind -- vote Obama.

Title: Christmas in 12 Parts [3/3]
Author: killersharky
Characters: Chuck/Sarah
Summary: Sarah decides what to do now that she's compromised her relationship with Chuck. A/U starting with Chuck vs. the Crown Vic.
Rating: T
Word count: 2500
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: If I owned this show and these characters, I would make sure the WGA would have a contract so Chuck and Sarah would be on my screen every week. Alas, they belong to Jeff Zucker.
Notes: In response to the 12 Days of Christmas challenge on dont_freakout. OK, so this isn't 12 days, but it is in 12 parts [hence the title]. This is chapter three of three. Chapter One is here and Chapter Two is here.

( The guy needs some surprises in his personal life if you know what I mean. )

Title: Christmas in 12 Parts [2/3]
Author: killersharky
Characters: Chuck/Sarah
Summary: Sarah decides what to do now that she's compromised her relationship with Chuck. A/U starting with Chuck vs. the Crown Vic.
Rating: T
Word count: 3000
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: If I owned this show and these characters, I would make sure the WGA would have a contract so Chuck and Sarah would be on my screen every week. Alas, they belong to Jeff Zucker.
Notes: In response to the 12 Days of Christmas challenge on dont_freakout. OK, so this isn't 12 days, but it is in 12 parts [hence the title]. This is chapter two of three. Chapter One is here.

( So where's your head, Chuckles? )

Title: Christmas in 12 Parts [1/3]
Author: killersharky
Characters: Chuck/Sarah
Summary: Sarah decides what to do now that she's compromised her relationship with Chuck. A/U starting with Chuck vs. the Crown Vic.
Rating: T
Word count: 2500
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: If I owned this show and these characters, I would make sure the WGA would have a contract so Chuck and Sarah would be on my screen every week. Alas, they belong to Jeff Zucker.
Notes: In response to the 12 Days of Christmas challenge on dont_freakout. OK, so this isn't 12 days, but it is in 12 parts [hence the title]. This is chapter one with two more on the way.

( That kiss was about you -- you have to know that. )

Title: Dwim Chronicles: The Dwim Crocker Cookbook
Author: killersharky
Characters: Jim, Dwight
Summary: It's the little things between Jim and Dwight that make them frienemies.
Rating: T
Word count: 1075
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: Fanfic is fun, yeah, but if I owned these characters, this show, or this damn network, there would be no writers' strike and no need for me to do fanfiction that can be easily outwritten by the professionals.
Notes: My favorite couple on The Office is Jam and my second favorite is Dwim. That being said, these are NOT slash [sorry, slashers!]. These are all vignettes with chapter titles named after famous books, and I'll add more as inspiration strikes.

( They have Jell-O on sale this week. )

Title: Five Times the Crew Got a Clue
Author: killersharky
Characters: Jim/Pam
Summary: Something's up between Jim and Pam and the camera crew is trying to catch them in their lie.
Rating: K+
Word count: 1500
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: If I owned these characters, I would make sure the WGA's demands were met so we wouldn't be on an indefinite hiatus.
Notes: After three months of Office writer's block, I finally came up with SOMETHING. Cross posted at MTT as always.

( Oh that? Um...Pam offered to bring me a sandwich... )

Title: Five Things in Chuck's Head
Author: killersharky
Characters: Chuck etc.
Summary: Chuck's brain used to be filled with cheat codes for video games or how to fix a motherboard. Now he has other things on his mind.
Rating: K+
Word count: 1200
Disclaimer: The nerds, the CIA, the NBC television show -- none of them belong to me.
Notes: After being an exclusive Office writer, this is my first Chuckfic so please be harsh if needed. Just be aware that if you're harsh, I have a CIA computer in my brain and I know where you live. Enjoy!

( Sarah does this thing with her eyes when she's angry... )

There's some issues with the MTT servers [details in this MTT board thread] so you're not the only one getting an error message and going through withdrawl.

While we're in the process of fixing the board, you can POST and READ fanfiction in this folder on our message board.

Sorry for the problem and we'll keep you updated as soon as we know more! We're as addicted as you are to this stuff so we'll do whatever we can to keep your fix going.

Title: Fast Food
Author: killersharky
Characters: Jim/Pam
Summary: The first dates between Jim and Pam haven't been that great. Maybe they just need to relax and try not to make every date perfect.
Rating: T
Word count: 3200
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: I don't own a fryer, a shake machine, or any of the characters from The Office. I also am not responsible for childhood obesity, saturated fats, or your Office obsession.
Notes: One last firstish date fic I wrote before the season premiere. Cross-posted on MTT.

( Pam and I? he replied. We're friends. Yeah...we're just friends. )

Title: Dwim Chronicles: The Dwim, the Bitch, and the Wardrobe
Author: killersharky
Characters: Jim, Dwight
Summary: It's the little daily things between Jim and Dwight that make them frienemies.
Rating: T
Word count:
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Never will be.
Notes: Another vignette in my Dwim Chronicles. Cross-posted at MTT.

( It smells like a dog. )

Title: Dwim Chronicles
Author: killersharky
Characters: Jim, Dwight
Disclaimer: I'm totally hot, I know, but that doesn't mean I want the phone numbers of NBC's lawyers. So this is just a reminder, lawyers, that I'm married and these characters aren't mine.
Rating: T
Summary: It's the little daily things between Jim and Dwight that make them frienemies.
Warnings: None.
Notes: My favorite couple on The Office is Jam and my second favorite is Dwim. That being said, these are NOT slash [sorry, slashers!]. So I present two friendly enemies and the sometimes cute things that occur between them. This is the beginning of this series, don't know if it'll have an end. These are all vignettes and I'll add more as inspiration strikes. Cross-posted on MTT.

( Dwim and the Deathly Hallows; Dwim are From Mars, Women are From Venus )

Title: Date, Interrupted
Author: killersharky
Pairing: Jim/Pam
Disclaimer: Whenever I try to have fun, you make it not that way. I hate so much about the fact that I don't own these characters. But yeah, I don't own 'em.
Rating: K+
Word Count: 6500
Summary: What if that great first date has to be put on hold for a day? Pam's about to find out.
Warnings: None.
Notes: This is my contribution to the gluttony of First Date Fics in The Office fandom so hope you can handle reading one more. Thanks to xoxoxo for the beta! Cross-posted on MTT.

( All her hopes for the past year were encapsulated in that one It's a date, and it was fading fast. )

Just wanted to let you all know that there are two new episode guides up at MTT.

The Negotiation
Safety Training