Daughter of the Sun
Journal
Monday, January 23, 2006
I’m
happy to report that I’m 99 percent recovered from the whole flu
episode. This is the first time in over four years that I've had any kind
of ailment and this flu more than made up for all of that time. Now I
have to go on a major gain weight campaign because I lost so much weight
from not being able to eat anything solid for several days. To that end,
I baked an apple pie last night. Between the stick of butter that went
into the crust and the 1/2 stick that went into the filling, I think I'm
well on my way to gaining a few pounds.
Saturday night I had dinner in Chinatown with my new friend, WCC. Then
we went to Little Italy and had dessert. It was my first night out since
being stricken with the bug. It was nice hanging out with someone who
also doesn’t drink alcohol. Not that I mind that other people drink,
it’s just that when I go out with people who drink, they usually
try to pressure me into having a drink as well, or feel self-conscious
about drinking in front of me or think I’m being judgmental, which
I’m totally not.
When I got home, I wound up watching several episodes of Smallville that
I’d previously recorded. ECB got me hooked on that show. The next
thing I knew, the sun was coming up. I slept for about four hours and
then got out of bed because I had a lot to do Sunday, like grocery shopping
and cooking for the early part of the week.
I got a call from a woman today who books acts at a café in Montclair,
New Jersey. She wanted to know if I was interested in performing a short
set of about 3 or 4 songs at her café on Tuesday. Not only was
she not offering to pay me but she wanted me to buy an entrée while
I was there. I was highly insulted. I said that I felt it was bad enough
I was being asked to perform for free but to then be obligated to buy
an entrée was adding insult to injury. She said she thought it
was not too much to ask, considering that she was offering me exposure
at her café. I said I felt that I was offering free entertainment
for her customers and that, since she didn’t have to take any money
out of her pocket to pay me to do that, I felt I shouldn’t have
to take any money out of my pocket to pay her for the privilege. We didn’t
reach a happy medium and I declined her generous offer as graciously as
I could. This is why people have agents, so that they can be the bad guys
and be rude and tell these folks who are out there taking advantage of
artists to shove off without it adversely affecting the artist. Maybe
I’m naïve but I feel that artists shouldn’t have to pay
to perform.
More soon...
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