Happy Birthday Fred!
You like ships. You don't seem to be looking at the destinations. What you care about is the ships, and mine's the nicest.
Kaylee ,'Serenity'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Aug 05, 2005 3:55:32 am PDT #5903 of 10002
hip deep in pie
§ ita § - Aug 05, 2005 3:58:01 am PDT #5904 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It also makes me kind of sad.
There is that too. Which doesn't mean that Jesse shouldn't share her obviously copious cuddle party knowledge with us. I'm not judging her or anything.
Happy birthday, Fred!
Nora Deirdre - Aug 05, 2005 4:01:30 am PDT #5905 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Happy Birthday Fred!!!
Cuddle parties- a student here wrote an article about going to one for the paper here, and it didn't sound so terrible, if your boundary issues will allow such a thing. She kind of went into it with eyes a-rolling, and wasn't a crazy cuddle convert at the end, but it sounded like it was a nice experience. So, this is not the first I've heard of it. It sounds less craxy and more safe than other things people do to not feel so alone in this world.
§ ita § - Aug 05, 2005 4:10:49 am PDT #5906 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't see how I wouldn't feel as alone at the end of it, I guess.
I'm kind of purposeful about touch -- either how I do it, or who I do it with. I'd rather spend $30 to get into a bar and not dance than $30 to get into a cuddle party and not cuddle. And I really really REALLY doubt my filters would find me someone to cuddle with. That's what people I know are for.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 05, 2005 4:11:54 am PDT #5907 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
yeah, it's definitely not for everyone. Is my take.
t disclaimer: has never been to a cuddle party, and probably never will
§ ita § - Aug 05, 2005 4:15:31 am PDT #5908 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Aug 05, 2005 4:24:51 am PDT #5909 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ugh, that's my idea of Hell, or at least lower level purgatory. I don't want strangers touching me, never mind lying down next to me and cuddling with me. Every hair on the back of my neck is standing at attention, as I read about this.
Yep yep yep. I think the only thing that could make a cuddle party sound LESS appealing to me is if one were held at a Bupa di Becco.
§ ita § - Aug 05, 2005 4:26:16 am PDT #5910 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
one were held at a Bupa di Becco
At the chef's table?
Topic!Cindy - Aug 05, 2005 4:26:59 am PDT #5911 of 10002
What is even happening?
When you read stories like that, don't you think we're not even seeing the actual tip of the iceberg?
Even though they mentioned the man has/might have a mental illness, I'm still thinking it had to have been enhanced by chemicals, too.
edited...
I meant that about the murder to evade cuddling, but it might be apt for a cuddle party at the chef's table of that Buca di Becco place, too.
Volans - Aug 05, 2005 4:28:04 am PDT #5912 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Bupa di Becco
You know, this doesn't even sound appealing. It sounds like "Burpa di Backup."
Cuddle parties seem...odd. I mean, why not just have everyone toss their keys in a fishbowl a la the 70s?