I’m gonna be out of town for awhile, heading to Toronto for TCAF. All of Pizza Island will be there this year, except Domitille. I’ll be tabling next to Sarah Glidden and Lisa Hanawalt (Pigeon Press) so stop on by!
Also, if you are Sylvia Guimm, please email me! I got questions for ya.
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What is scary is that I knew exactly what you were talking about in the first frame. You’re not alone, woman, you’re not alone.
What is even worse is that I do this with a lot of things. Like “maybe I’ll learn French!” or “I am gonna learn to do hula hoop tricks!” Only after a significant outlay of cash do I realize that those were cockamamie ideas to begin with.
See, here’s the thing. I don’t really like it either, but I can’t afford take-out. I know you’re just as broke as I am – what are your secrets?
We can all identify with wanting to expand your horizons by learning to cook or learning a foreign language or brushing up on your knowledge of art history. Periodic flights of self-improvement fancy are the WASP version of coming home drunk and beating your wife. “What was I thinking? That’s not who I am. It was the squandered liberal arts degree talking baby, I swear!”
I’m a 31 year old guy and I have never dated a woman anywhere near my age that knows how to cook. My ex-wife was esp. bad at it though she could bake well enough. I wonder if it’s a generation thing. It certainly isn’t just a higher education thing.
BTW- I cook all the time. Mostly because it’s cheap as dirt but also because then I can be as picky as I want without annoying wait staff/ cooks.
well we were clearly thinking two different things
You tricked me.
Was this directed by M. Night Shyamalan?
Dude! I was thinking the same thing about M. Shyamalan. Seriously. Also Dennis, I too firmly believe that higher education and imploded attempts at self-improvement are not exclusive unto each other.
Ha! I know where you’re coming from here. My last ‘thing’ was origami – being beaten by beginner projects meant for six year olds was a real low point for me. I don’t attempt ‘things’ any more, my self-esteem just can’t take it.
haha, i’m so lame, sitting here trying to keep my eyes from skipping to the last panel for the punchline.
ANYWAYS, i think some people can, and some people can’t, and that’s it. it’s annoying if you can’t, but whatever, like you said at least it’s 2011 and takeout options and even things almost ready made are hardly scarce. this is also why i hate people who call themselves “foodies” (ew) getting all high & mighty saying people aren’t good cooks they “just followed a recipe.” dude, give some people recipes and it still will come out all jacked and inedible. fucking A!
Becky, I don’t actually eat take out for every meal, or even that often, comics like these ought not be taken so literally. It’s just a way of saying I don’t spend time cooking. I “assemble” which means I just throw a bunch of stuff in a bowl, put curry on it and call it a day.
Well, we do know you can make cookies, at least.
And stephanie, I agree with you about “foodies.”
what I’ve discovered is that you get the same taste and results from just eating the ingredients of whatever you were going to cook in sequence. example: a few cups of flour, a raw egg, and a can of frosting with some other “garnishes” thrown in.
I thought you were talking about waxing your vag.
I’m not good at guessing games.
lol @ everyone who takes Julia’s comics literally.
Oh Julia, you’re the Wertz.
Damn, I thought you were talking about performing circumcisions.
I totally thought you were talking about female ejaculation.
I like your expression on the first frame – the apprehension..
Because of reading your blog