Best of 2009: New Person

by Tarable

I officially met Elaine in 2008. And for the life of me, I can’t remember where we were…probably at some meetup or another. But that doesn’t really matter since it wasn’t until this year that we became good friends.

From my bachelorette party in February…

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To my wedding reception in June…

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Elaine Eleanor Ellis rocked my world this year.

With her charmingly awkward ways and her ability to pierce ear drums with a high-pitched “Ummmmm…”, Elaine made me laugh a lot.

She also helped me pick out a wedding dress. Without hitting anything in her car.

Thanks to Chicks who Click, Elaine and I shared hotel rooms in two different states. In one, I drifted off to sleep making fun of the fact that she had to check Twitter before she could go to sleep.

“Goodnight @ElaineEllis.”

In the other hotel room we shared, Elaine promptly fell asleep within two minutes of scoring us a free movie from hotel  management.

Of course, she was probably really tired from all that chalk-art drawing she had done earlier that evening.

@elaineellis is entering the sidewalk chalk art contest on Twitpic

The highlight of my friendship with Elaine this year was sharing the stage with her at Ignite 5. The beauty of doing a presentation about beer is that you have to hang out and drink beer while planning your talk. Our hard work paid off and we schooled the geeks with our knowledge of Colorado microbrews.

But the thing I love most about Elaine is that two months ago she did something most of us only dream about: she quit her job to travel. And on top of that, she did it all by herself.

I couldn’t be prouder of my friend. Judging from her blog posts and tweets, Elaine is doing a wonderful job of traveling solo and seems to be succeeding in the goal of spreading her special brand of awkward all over Europe.

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Thanks for all the fun this year Elaine. Here’s to more Rio margs together in 2010! 1

Photo credits: highfireDANGER, greeblemonkey, and kitseeborg

  1. And I know you don’t like that last picture, but it was the only one I could find of us together. Let’s fix that as well when you’re back. ↩

Time Thursday, December 31st, 2009, 10:34 am   |   Category#best09, Awesomesauce, Boulder Love, Love & Rainbows, The Ladies  |  RssRSS feed |  CommentRespond  |  TrackbackTrackback

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  • I want to confirm that Elaine is awesome for two reasons: one, because she is, and two, because hearing this from two whole people will make her head explode. Elaine, come home soon, your country needs you.
  • Lisa, I like your style. Anyone who loves Elaine as much as I do AND wants to make her head explode is an internet friend in my book.

    Less than a month till she's back in Denver...not that I'm counting or anything. (Twiddles thumbs while waiting for Elaine to get back...)
  • Congratulations Elaine! We'll have to set up a time for me to pass you the "Golden Chalice of Rock" I received as the 2008 honoree!
  • That blog post featuring you must be...missing? Lost in cyberspace? Deleted on accident?

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