Recovering Californian

Actualizing narrative since 2009, or 1975 depending on how you look at it.

Me at 6:55am

Posted on | April 24, 2008 | 22 Comments

This blog post is dedicated to Surviving Myself who wants to hear me speak and to Kiala Krazybee — my muse.

Recovering Straight Girl posted today about going to hang out with the Governor of Oregon. Because RSG is a lezzie a writer, she hasn’t worn tights or pantyhose for many moons and has forgotten, I’m sure happily, what the rules are to this plain oppression of women fashion choice. So I reminded her about the perils of tights and pantyhose and she was a little at a loss because when you meet the Governor, you need to look proper. For me, as a Californian, that means rolling up in a Hummer and transforming into a robot when shit pisses me off. For Oregonians, that means dressing nicely.

I gave her some advice on the matter: get cotton tights and don’t wear panties. And then she included my advice in her blog post. But she didn’t say why, because boys read her blog. Well, boys read my blog too. Well, they are manly men who aren’t afraid of the truth and the functions of women’s bodies. Anyway, her readers are confused about tights and panties. And my male readers are strong, masculine men who are fearless.

So I filmed my response.

[vimeo vimeo.com/936340]

Comments

22 Responses to “Me at 6:55am”

  1. apollocreed
    April 24th, 2008 @ 7:54 am

    is it just me or does what Archer’s watching sound like porn?

  2. melissalion
    April 24th, 2008 @ 8:06 am

    Apollo: Happy Feet is porn. Penguin porn. It makes Steve and I want to drive a boning knife into our eardrums.

  3. Kristen
    April 24th, 2008 @ 8:16 am

    Dammit! I can’t hear the video because everyone here is talking!

    Shut Up People!!!

  4. Boldmama
    April 24th, 2008 @ 8:18 am

    She’s right you know. :-)

  5. Kristen
    April 24th, 2008 @ 8:18 am

    Pantyhose are horrible, horrible things. I hate them.

    And I can name at least one boy who reads your blog who is decidedly NOT comfortable with lady business. At. All.

    And it’s not my husband.

    And his name rhymes with appleseed.

  6. apollocreed
    April 24th, 2008 @ 8:20 am

    hey!

  7. brewcaster
    April 24th, 2008 @ 8:21 am

    I don’t think I could be more confused with all this.

  8. melissalion
    April 24th, 2008 @ 8:56 am

    Kristen: Get muzzles. Apollo loves lady business, he pretends like he doesn’t, but when he’s at the gym in the locker room, it’s all he talks about.

    Bold: Thank you.

    Brew: Ask the Mrs. She’ll explain it.

  9. ride5000
    April 24th, 2008 @ 9:07 am

    hey wait… you have a FACE? wtf?!?

    i don’t know what the concern is: sometimes i’m just in the mood for a roast beef sandwich, and nothing makes it better than having it au jus.

  10. Kiala
    April 24th, 2008 @ 10:07 am

    Wait, what? I couldn’t hear it. BOOO.

    I hope it was about crotch rot, though.

    I CAN’T BELIEVE I JUST SAID THAT.

  11. Recovering Straight Girl
    April 24th, 2008 @ 11:34 am

    Thank you Melissa. That was a great PSA.

  12. melissalion
    April 24th, 2008 @ 11:52 am

    Ride: I usually need to keep my face covered. With a veil. Because that’s how we do things around here.

    KK: I said pantyhose make vaginas smell bad.

    RSG: When will it air on CBS and the Lesbian Channel?

  13. apollocreed
    April 24th, 2008 @ 11:52 am

    melissa you know me too well.

  14. Andie East
    April 24th, 2008 @ 12:33 pm

    Pantyhose makes your vagina smell bad? I didn’t know that…I wear tights, cotton tights with underwear and my vagina doesn’t get smelly.

    If you perhaps leave male bodily fluids in your body after intercourse, that definitely makes for smelly pussy. Especially if you don’t shower.

    That’s my PSA, probably only helpful to myself.

  15. brewcaster
    April 24th, 2008 @ 12:51 pm

    OK, I get it now. Transcript was required. I thought you said it made them SMALL. So there was my confusion. I understand smells and genitals.

  16. JoeInVegas
    April 24th, 2008 @ 2:12 pm

    Your voice was so quiet compared to the background, glad that you had the nerve to type it.
    Is that an Alaska Starbucks cup? (see the details that come out) I’ve got some, not Alaska though, nice and big, great for tea (or is that blasphemy to a coffee company?)

  17. Kiala
    April 24th, 2008 @ 2:45 pm

    Ok, so it was about crotch rot.

    Gah! I said it again!

  18. Recovering Straight Girl
    April 24th, 2008 @ 3:09 pm

    I am happy to report that when I took my pantyhose off yesterday–there was no smell. I checked.

  19. megkathleen
    April 24th, 2008 @ 4:02 pm

    I have a feeling this will change my life. That was a very successful PSA.

  20. Rachael
    April 24th, 2008 @ 9:39 pm

    Ugh… the thought of nasty smelling couchie is not a good one. PSA’s in this area are truly welcome!

  21. Oakland Girl
    April 25th, 2008 @ 7:41 am

    I love the subtle eye shift……..

  22. Qanzas
    April 26th, 2008 @ 10:18 am

    More ML PSAs, please! More! More! More!

    Oh, and that’s the Happy Feet rendition of “Kiss” by Prince in the background.

    Act your age, not your shoe size and maybe we can do the twirl.

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