Pros and Cons of Dating an Artist

Over this week and last week, I met a variety of guys, and throughout this week, I will be discussing the pros and cons of each "type".

I was in Kensington Market last week, and I met this artsy guy. He was cute and scruffy, just the way I like them. There are refined-looking artists, and those ones seem stuck-up to me, which is why I like the scruffy-looking ones. The scruffy ones know where the hot new things are happening, and they're really down with culture.

The guy I met, he was working in his store, which sold hand-printed t-shirts, and the cool part about him is that he lives above his store, right in Kensington Market.

Pros
-he can take you to the coolest parties
-up to date with the hottest scenes
-has an artistic soul (probably not shallow...actually, I don't know, it could swing both ways)
-fashionable
-makes art!
-appreciates culture and art
-probably laid-back

Cons
-depending on the guy, he probably gets from little to lots of action from the ladies (artists are just that sexy), which means he might have diseases (you never know), it's also not cool to date male sluts :(
-may or may not be pretentious about his art
-possibly smokes illegal substances and other things
-possibly does sketchy things (artists aren't usually the most conforming members of society)
-probably does not have a dependable source of income
-may have a negative attitude about life in general (tortured artist)

With artsy types, you have to be picky and choosy. When I was in high school, many people who were in my art class previously didn't have an interest in art in other grades, but ended up in my class because they figured they could get a good mark in it. What I'm saying is: sometimes, you'll end up with someone that's wack, and other times, you'll get lucky with the next Picasso- a visionary that also happened to be extremely romantic (he had it made with the ladies).