Talk about the poor artiste...

I am so poor that when I spill a considerable amount of my black pigmented ink (the expensive artist spectrum kind that never fades no matter what amount is in your brush), I actually get a straw and suck it up and spit it back into the bottle, even if it does get my teeth accidentally black (I had to scrub out my mouth and tongue with my toothbrush, so hard that it made me gag). I sucked up every frickin' drop I could, then had to wipe the table clean, my heart breaking at the waste as I go. Man.

That's how poor I am.