Time To Get the Blog Back Together

                  There's always this moment
                  when I meet other parents at      
                  school and they're like, "Oh,
                  what do you do?"

                  "Oh, I'm an artist." And then I
                  can tell if they're from my
                  neighborhood or the more
                  affluent neighborhood.

                  Because the parents in my
                  neighborhood are all, "Oh,
                  cool! That's very neat, what
                  do you do?"

                  The more affluent parents
                  get a little quiet, and then,
                  "So, do you teach, or...?"

                  "No, I sell art. That I make."

                  "Like at craft shows?"

                  "Nooo, large art festivals."

                  And the more affluent parents
                  never ask me substantive
                  questions about my work -
                  they're only interested in the
                  money part. Maybe next time
                  someone asks, I should say, "I
                  embroider dicks and paint
                  dead babies for cash."

A random thought I posted on Ello a few months back, when I went to my kids' Curriculum Night. Sadly, I have not yet implemented Operation Dicks and Corpses - somehow I think even the usually non-judgey parents I have befriended would disapprove. Ah well.