famous for pantslessness

[psocoptera]

That's me in this news article "sitting in the driveway in her underclothes with her baby".

I would just like to say for the record that I was very pleased to be wearing underpants at all. I don't have a lot of body modesty, underpants aren't really very different from a swimsuit, and the only reason the neighbors hadn't been regularly spotting me in my driveway without pants for the past seven years doing things like taking out the trash or running out to my car for things I left in there is my understanding that people find it concerning when clothing norms get violated and it's not clear why. (Whereas I was confident that everyone there could construct a non-threatening narrative connecting my lack of pants and the fact that my house was on fire.) However it really would have been embarrassing to not have the underpants. So, yay underpants!

Comments

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

it must be so weird to read about yourself like that. Especially give the whole schtick about "wear clean underpants in case you get in an accident".

I always make sure to sleep clothed in hotels in case there's a fire or I get locked out of my room. A coworker many years back wasn't so lucky.

I hope you are doing ok. Let me know if there's something I can do.

[q10.livejournal.com]

i'm not sure i get how sleeping clothed is related to a risk of getting locked out of one's room. presumably one wouldn't go out into the hall without getting at least minimally clothed anyway. the fire part makes sense, but i'm not understanding the other bit. it's not a big deal, but if you have a moment to explain what contingency you're envisioning i'd be interested.

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

he mistook the hallway door for the bathroom door.

[kelilah.livejournal.com]

Until now, I had not even considered that that would be a good reason to wear pajamas. Now I know.

Do you need clothes for Q? If you let me know what sizes he's wearing, I can pull out the stuff that's too small for us to use now.

[q10.livejournal.com]

thanks for explaining. that's a good point.

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

this particular individual was a heavy drinker, but it's not hard to imagine being woken up in a strange place and making a mistake like that.

[q10.livejournal.com]

yay underpants!

more boo for fire!

[jaipur.livejournal.com]

good heavens, you're in the news! :) But if the fire "started in a 2nd story bathroom" does that mean it started in your part of the house? I thought it had started downstairs--I hope you aren't liable or anything nasty, insurance covers it and all that?

[irilyth]

> if the fire "started in a 2nd story bathroom"

It didn't; their source for that was "Kim Rego, a neighbor", not the firefighters. That wasn't at all obvious, sloppy journalism -- it caught me too, and made me nervous, 'cause if the *firefighters* were getting that wrong, it could be problematic. (Not from an insurance point of view, but if the official reports seem to have contradictions, it just seems like that can only lead to badness.)

[jaipur.livejournal.com]

Ah! yes, that WAS sloppy journalism! Yeesh. Glad you all have a place to crash while this gets worked out!

[psocoptera.livejournal.com]

I believe we are supposed to be receiving something called a "fire report" which is the official writeup of the incident by the firefighters - I assume that if they get something wrong in *that*, we point it out and get it sorted out.

[sofer.livejournal.com]

I don't see why the article needed to mention your state of dress at all.