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"IT'S NOT EASY TO ACCEPT THAT EVERY DAY LIFE

IS THE REAL LIFE."   Tessa de loo

"DOES SHE NOT FEEL THE ENNUI OF ROUTINE?"  Tessa de loo
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TIT BITS, GOING OUT TO EAT

I DON'T LIKE EATING OUT NOW

UNLESS UNLESS IT'S BALTHAZAR OR SOME OTHER PLACE LIKE THAT.

IN MOST OF THE RESTAURANTS, SERVICE IS AWFUL,

FOOD IS MOSTLY COLD, UNDERCOOKED OR OVERCOOKED.

WAITRESS ALWAYS HAVE AN ATTITUDE.

THE PLACE IS USUALLY DRAFTY

THEY GIVE YOU THE WORST TABLE NEAR THE BATHROOM

OR THE NOISY KITCHEN UNLESS THEY THINK THAT YOU ARE, "SOMEBODY."

THE FISH IS ALWAYS FARM FISH AND IT'S THE MOST PRICY, 30-36 DOLLARS

ONE TIME I ASKED A WAITRESS ABOUT THE FISH,

"EXUSE ME, IS THE FISH WILD OR FARM FISH?"

i SAID,

"OH! I REALLY DON'T KNOW, LET ME ASK THE MANAGER"

(She knew very well that it's not wild)

"OH! IT'S FARM FISH."  SHE SAID

SO YOU EAT WILD FISH AT HOME,  LESS PRICE FOR SURE

AND IN THE RESTAURANT YOU PAY $35 FOR THE FRAM FISH...

ISN'T THAT STUPID?

BUT WE STILL DO IT

AT LEAST SOME TIME

WE THE POOR PEOPLE

THE THE BILL

RICH PEOPLE EAT OUT ALL THE TIME.

MONEY IS NOT TH PROBLEM.

MODELS AND CELEBS GO TO TE FANCY PLACES NOT TO EAT

BUT TO PICK AND BE SEEN IN THEIR LATEST DESIGNER CLOTHES...

AND SOME ONE ELSE IS FOOTING THE BILL.

I GUESS WE SHOULD JUST STAY HOME

COOK AND CLEAN AND COOK AND CLEAN AGAIN

BUT WE DON'T THINK THAT IS OUR FUNCTION

BECAUSE WE DARE CALL OURSELVES, "ARTISTS"

"ARTISTS?"  MY ASS...

ONLY CELEBS ARE THE ARTISTS...CELEBS WHO CAN NOT ACT,

CAN NOT WRITE AND CAN NOT PERFORM...

THEY ARE THE CELEBS...THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING

A REAL ARTIST STRUGGLES FOR...

IN THIS CITY EVERY ONE IS AN ARTIST.

"WHAT DO YOU DO?"

"I AM AN ARTIST."

AND THAT'S HOW IT GOES.

THE REAL ARTISTS ARE POOR.

THEY CAN'T EAT OUT

AND THEY SHOULDN'T

SO WHAT SHOULD THEY DO ABOUT FOOD?

COOK

AND THEN?

EAT

AND THEN?

COOK AGAIN

AND THEN?

EAT AGAIN....

WHAT TIME SHOULD THEY DO THEIR ART?

OK, THEN, DO YOUR ART AND STARVE YOUR SELF

DO NOT COOK, DO NOT EAT,

STARVE YOURSELF...

DO YOUR ART...

HUNGRY ARTIST

THAT'S A NICE TITLE, "HUNGRY ARTIST" FOR YOUR NEW PERFORMANCE PIECE

"WHERE AM I PERFORMING?"

"I GOT AN IDEA FOR YOU."

"WHAT IDEA?"

"PERFORM IN YOUR KITCHEN WHILE YOU ARE COOKING AND SING ALONG,

"HUNGRY ARTIST...HUNGRY ARTIST."  AND THAT WOULD BE SWELL

"SEE YOU CAN ACHIEVE TWO PURPOSES AT THE SAME TIME...

PERFORM AND COOK AND THEN FEED YOURSELF AND SAVE YOUR SCANTY

MONEY FROM GIVING IT TO THE RICH  OWNERS OF THE LOUSY RESTAURANTS.

THE PASTA IN THE RESTAURANTS IS REALLY LOUSY.

FULL OF SALT, FULL OF SUGAR,  COLD AND CREEPY.

SALADS ARE DROWNING IN BROWNISH, MUDDY LOOKING DRESSING...

GLASS OF WATER FULL OF ICE, HARDLY ANY WATER IN THE GLASS

ON AN ACY, SNOWY DAY OUTSIDE.  MY TEETH CHATTER WITH FREEZING

ICY COLD WATER FOR HOURS AFTER WARDS.

THE COME STHE BILL.  LOADS OF TAX AND TIP

AND TIP, DOUBLE THE TAX AND SOME MORE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE

SUDDENLY  STABBED BY THE LOOKS OF THE ANGRY WAITRESS

AND THEN COME HOME DEPRESSED BECAUSE NO YOU HAVE NO MORE MONEY FOR

THE COFFEE NEXT MORNING.

NOW YOU ARE AT HOME AND YOU ARE ANGRY, UNSATISFIED,

BLOATED, YOUR BP GOING UP AND UP WITH SALT AND YOU ARE POORER THAN

BEFORE.