Jan/087
Day 7: My Internal Conflict
I'm not going to lie: when it was my ex's birthday last year, I listened to The Smiths "Unhappy Birthday" on repeat. Is there a song that captures that sweet essence of hating someone you also still love more? Look at the lyrics: And if you should die/I may feel slightly sad/but I won't cry and then the clincher, that lovely aside at the end: "from the one you left behind".
In my case, it was more: I hope you're happy with that skinny bitch! I bet her ass isn't taking you to Europe and dinner at Absinthe and buying youtickets to a fucking Red Sox game two rows behind home plate, you fucking asshole! By the way, I love you. And I miss you. BABY COME BACK (you can blame it all on me).
Ahem.
Which brings us to this video. I was looking for videos of UnHappy Birthday on YouTube and stumbled upon the following trainwreck of an iMovie montage that one very upset man made for his ex on his birthday and then apparently SENT TO HIM, which to me, is the saddest part of all, how clearly he still cares for him. You don't send links to people you are not still in love with.
Edit: The YouTube embed link was messing up, so we're going to have to do it the hard way and you're going to have to click through! Wishing An UnHappy Birthday to Joey Nelson
There's also a blog, and apparently this dude owes his ex 11,500 dollars, in which case, the above video doesn't seem so psychotic. Naturally, I'm very curious to find out the details. I ran the asshole's name through all the usual social networking sites and came up with nothing. The scorned ex has a personal blog and even a Yelp account, but unlike yours truly, they don't vomit out all of their business on the Internet and there is no dirt to be found. Perhaps the creator of the video, Todd, will find this blog entry and give me the gossip. Send me an e-mail at maria AT onesharpbroad.com, I'll buy you a drink in exchange for details!