Good Sunday To All

Hey, Guys! It's kinda been a while since I posted anything... sorry... but I have a good explanation! I've been writing a sitcom, lately, that I think is pretty funny. It's for my creative writing class but I'm also possibly sending it in to a real famous director who is a friend of a friend. I'm trying not to get my hopes up but being a tv writer like my hero, Tina Fey, would be AWESOME. Also, since Sean's a writer, he could do it with me! It would be a dream seriously. I'm not going to give anything away from it just yet besides that it's about my job, essentially, at the coffee shop and it's going to be hilarious.

Another reason is because we changed our whole house around! Our TV is on our bookcase where our crap-table used to be and the mini-fridge is next to it on the other side of the room and the couch is in the middle of the room and the crap-table is where it used to be and the fouton is in the corner where the fridge used to be... it's all flip-floped. I'd show you a before and after pic but all I have is an after pic... i'll still share it with you but you have nothing to compare it to.

this is the view from the front door, including handsome husband
don't mind the shabby couch...

and, for the record, I also changed the bedsheets, put away all the laundry, and hid some of the few thousand cords that were bombarding my side of the bed while Sean did the laundry and cleaned out the fridge yesterday. Also, we bought a vacuum that works. HOORAY! now I can always have clean floors! it even works on cleaning up our spilled cat litter in the kitchen. AND we bought kitty new food dishes because she's growing up and also a new kitchen mat that's weirdly made of rope but i love it.

AND! i'm getting new glasses sometime this week or next! from my favorite, zennioptical.com. Seriously, though, I recommend them to almost everyone who compliments my glasses (which tends to be a lot because I'm very fashion-forward. hah). No, I'm not replacing my old red ones that broke tragically in a walking incident... but I am getting a different pair of red ones and also some blue ones. HOORAY (again)! I can't wait to get them!

Anyway, I'm going to go eat my breakfast rice and enjoy my newly arranged furniture.
love, Ellen.

Flirt Boy part 2

remember that guy i was telling you about? yeah, he came back AGAIN!! And he's even cuter than i remember. still don't know his name... but still! And i want to know him so bad. like a million. Here are the things I know about him:

1. he wears glasses
2. he dresses well
3. he likes chicken bowls with veg.
4. he has a debit card. (Shoot! I should've checked to see if there was a name on it!)
5. he sat at a computer facing the cafe for like 4 hours today.
6. he dances to his ipod (love.)
7. i think he has a crush on me too. we made eye contact quite a few times.
8. it might be love at first sight

oops. and i don't even know anything substantial. and he doesn't know anything about me either. but i wanna give him my nunber. or just talk to him. or anything. annnyyythinng. 

i might go to bed early tonight.. i have to work early tomorrow. guh. and i'm dang tired. but whateves. 

love, ellen.

Here.. we............. Go.

I hope you caught that. it's a Dark Knight reference. As the Joker's going to push the button to blow up the barges but it doesn't work. All of this is besides the point, like usual.. but i always like having a back-story to go with my post titles and cleverness and all that..

Just wait, i'm getting to the exciting parts...

areyoureadyfordis?!

I GOT THE JOB!!! Most of you who read this probably already know, but I'm still so stoked! i didn't want to jinx it totally so i only told a few people i even had an interview. then i had another interview (mind you, both of these were in Orem so i had to drive an hour there and an hour back for each of them). Then, as i was walking around Urban Outfitters today (makes me sound hip, right? but really, i couldn't afford anything in there. i was just a side-kick, really.) i get a call. "Hello, is this Ellen?" "Yes, it is!" (me probably being way too excited) "We would like to offer you a position." AHHHH!!!

ok, i'm definitely making this seem like 90 million times more exciting then it should be. but i'm stoked. as many of you know, i've been on the famous job-hunt since like a year ago. and now I finally have a job! I start on Monday the 22nd. Just a couple days after i move in! But it will definitely help keep my mind off of being homesick.

AND! It's on-campus! so i will probably know the school pretty well by the time it starts. at least a little bit better than nothing at all. which is about where i am now.

I'm also going out to check out my living sitchiashun (sorry. sometimes i do stupid things and i decide to leave them. deal with it.) on monday which is awfully exciting. and IKEA. I love, i'm excited.

Everything Is Working Out!

all proves that the power of prayer is real and testimony and yeah yeah. woo! I'm so happy! I can do this now. Everything will be alright. yes.

Oh, and an exciting side-note. i was planning on trying to keep this a secret for a while, but whatever. I'm Getting new Specs this week!! They're kind of angularly circular. yes! i'm stoked. i'll post pics as soon as i get them. yah!

and that's all. thanks for dealing with this roller coaster for a while. it's fun, right?

no. i hate roller coasters.

whatever.

love, Elle Guapo

50th post! And a poem.

As you can concur from the post title, this is my 50th! woop! i mean, i've been blogging before this, but this is this blogs 50th post.

So the good news i was hinting at either hasn't come yet or isn't coming. i'll keep you updated.

I started packing today. nuts, right? I have so much junk... ugh. anyway... i'm excited. i'm still pretty much a wreck.. but that's ok. and i'm glad i accidentally accepted that loan. blah blah...

AND! I've an Eye appointment tomorrow! You know how much i love my specs. I wonder if i'll get a new pair or something similar or something different... idk, we'll just have to see, i guess! (hah. see. vision jokes...)

And, as I said, I just whipped out this poem. It's kind of inspired by this amazing vid. but it's about dancing and it's not near as good. but i'll just let you have it. unedited, too.

How I learned to Dance

I once didn't know how to dance.

i'd never taken classes, but

as soon as i realized the only true

rules to dancing, i would be able to

move forever. the trick is to

let your body move with the music,

not to it. Let the movements flow from

your body as the drum beats, as the

lyrics swoon in your opened ears, as

the melody wraps itself around you

like a hug from a friend.

I'd hear the words "dance like no on is watching"

but i knew they were. the key is to

be okay with it. Let your motion

inspire and intrigue them. Let their

wandering eyes dance along with you.

never choreograph unless necessary.

never be bothered if you're alone or in a group.

either way your body is yours and

will move no matter who's around.

Dancing is an art form like painting or sculpting.

just let all the things holding you back

flow away from your body as your arms

and legs travel from

one position to the next.

If you stumble, incorporate it.

If you fall, let it become part of the plan.

and last,

take breaks to re-hydrate and rejuvenate and

give others a chance

to dance.

love, ellen