Happy Crush of the Week Day!
This crush is way more than a flavor-of-the-week type of situation. During my senior year of college, in a really roundabout kind of way, I discovered the glory that is Will Hoge. He is quite possibly one of the greatest musicians ever to grace this earth, and I hardcore love him. I’m not even kidding.
Will is one of the hardest working musicians in the industry, not to mention insanely, unbelievably, unfairly talented. He writes some of the most genuine songs I’ve ever heard — songs that will hit a little too close to home, songs that will make you cry hysterically, you name it. Plus, he shares so much of the process with his fans. His website is full of updates from the studio and from the road, so you really know what Will’s up to. As an added bonus, his updates are often pretty funny and make me feel vindicated for hating mayonnaise.
Oh, and he’s also pretty much a super badass. (Sorry for the langauage, Mama and Daddy, but there’s no other way to put it.) Will was in a serious accident earlier this year, but he got better, got back to the studio, and got my heart, lock, stock, and barrel for creating my favorite album of 2009: The Wreckage. Please do yourselves a favor and download that on iTunes. (Or you can listen to it on his website, but you’re going to want to buy it.) It is magnificent.
Now that y’all know who I have a crush on this week (and for always), let me tell y’all a few people I don’t like:
- Creeper high school students who think it’s acceptable to ask an employee of a college if “partying” is a major
- Creeper high school students who spend a little too much time reading my nametag (I know what you’re doing. Stop it.)
- Creeper high school students who make fun of the way I talk (Of all places to be told my accent was “country,” how in the world would it be rural West Virginia?)
Occupational hazards, all of them.
