In my day, hooking up could be "everything but." It could also be having sex.
Inara: We thought we lost you. Mal: Well, I've been right here.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
Jesse - Aug 07, 2013 1:49:58 pm PDT #1727 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
meara - Aug 07, 2013 1:50:05 pm PDT #1728 of 30000
I know I've been out of the game a long time, but isn't hooking up and having sex the same thing?
Nah, hooking up can encompass a range of activities. Depending on who you're talking to. Often might just mean making out, or activities that Bill Clinton doesn't consider sex.
Juliebird - Aug 07, 2013 1:50:26 pm PDT #1729 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Random note on remembering my trip to the Hallmark store: there are way too many cards with sound that are country songs. We don't even have a country station here full-time. How is there a market for that where I live?
ION, I requested the assistance of volunteers from a group called Cando (Can Do) who specialize in working with special needs populations to help me with my weekly special needs volunteers. It was AWESOME. The weekly volunteers suddenly had one on one supervision and socializing. The Cando kids had fun, the volunteers were animated and also on task, and the volunteer staff that came with were relieved to be able to step back and flit between individuals and not have to worry about anyone being left alone. We were able to tackle tasks that I ordinarily wouldn't trust them with due to supervision constraints.
At the end, the volunteer supervisors were smiling, the weekly volunteers were demanding that they come back every week, and the volunteer staff jumped out of the van to give them all a very thankful handshake.
This isn't even something they're interested in for their careers (working with SN pops) but that they need volunteer hours, and this is how they decided to spend it.
I'll be sad to see them have to go back to school. But as an experiment, it was phenomenal.
Amy - Aug 07, 2013 1:54:01 pm PDT #1730 of 30000
Because books.
My last hooking up experience was ... well, more than twenty years ago, so I guess times have changed!
Sheryl - Aug 07, 2013 1:56:13 pm PDT #1731 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm so sorry Burrell.
JZ - Aug 07, 2013 2:02:29 pm PDT #1732 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Internet Explorer is mercifully shielding me from all the crazy sites y'all are throwing up, even when I give in to my worst instincts and click.
Jesse - Aug 07, 2013 2:03:41 pm PDT #1733 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My last hooking up experience was ... well, more than twenty years ago, so I guess times have changed!
....By "my day," I definitely mean 20 years ago.
§ ita § - Aug 07, 2013 2:10:23 pm PDT #1734 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
By "my day," I definitely mean 20 years ago.
What, Cowgirl of the OKCupid Plains?
Sophia Brooks - Aug 07, 2013 2:11:03 pm PDT #1735 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
20 years ago I though "hooking up" meant "everything but", but now I take to mean sex. Of course, definitions of sex have also changed from "penis in vagina" to "mutual consenting orgasms", as well.
Amy - Aug 07, 2013 2:12:59 pm PDT #1736 of 30000
Because books.
::shakes cane::