a little pink

Wow, I’m a little blushy right now! So many new people visited my blog this week, only to be greeted by the most self-pitying entry I’ve written yet! Whoops. I appreciate everyone’s warm comments. Overall I’m doing okay. My relationship ended two months ago, and I’m generally feeling happier out of it than I was in it- at least at the end. But getting dumped is shitty and confidence-destroying, and the days that it catches up to me are dark indeed. Of course it didn’t help that I got my period this weekend. There’s nothing like the cycles of womanhood to make you feel like crap!
Last night I went to a show at Holocene. My friends Jona and Adam were performing, and while I love seeing those men do their thing, I have to say the biggest draw was the knowledge that Joel Conrad Bechtolt would be in attendence. For those of you cave-men who haven’t been following Ultimate Blogger, Joel is a former contestant and regular rebble-rouser in the comment section. He is argumentative and enthusiastic. He pisses people off, and then charms the piss right out of them. Until the Medya Explosion, he was the UB’s resident asshole. Now by comparison he seems like a pussycat. I had to meet this man in person.
I recognized him from across the street, and called out to him, “Joel! It’s me, Willow!” He scooped me up into a giant hug, and then started talking. Hot damn that man can talk! He immediately told me that I’m hotter than my pictures show. He bought me beers and gave me cigarettes. His girlfriend Sarah was there, and she is fabulous. She told me a 12 minute story about a road trip she took years ago that totally floored me. That girl needs a blog. The crazy thing about these two is that It’s All True! All of the crazy things that Joel has posted about himself over the last few weeks are true! The broken foot, the bi-polar disorder, the prison time, the estranged wife, the devoted girlfriend, the alcoholism, the irrepressible charm. Joel Conrad Bechtolt is real, my friends. I have seen it.
I have photos, but I am going to save them for my next UB post. Trust me, they are amazing.