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Re: What’s the best movie you’ve seen lately?

Ella — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:29:55 -0000

Iron Man.

It's so good to see Robert Downey Jr back at it.

Re: In terms of celebrities, whose fashion sense do you admire?

Ella — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:53:12 -0000

Drew Barrymore and Mandy Moore. Mostly because I think I would like both of them as people.

Meryl Streep.

Oh! Sophia Coppola. Her style is so simple but so perfect. Yeah, her. I'll just hang out with the other ones.

Re: What’s your best travel tip?

Ella — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:32:20 -0000

If you need some alone time, make sure you get it.

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Ella — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:21:20 -0000

"And the day came where the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

- Anais Nin

Re: What is your big, audacious dream for yourself?

Ella — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:51:48 -0000

A beautiful home next to a large(ish) body of water where I write and cook and sing and dance and love and live.

Re: How do you want to feel today?

Ella — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:28:53 -0000

I want to feel the way I do when I'm floating in a large, salty body of water. Totally relaxed and totally supported. Supple.

Re: What’s the best relationship advice you’ve ever given or received?

Ella — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:24:27 -0000

I read this on a blog somewhere recently, of course I can't remember where.

Never be with a man you wouldn't be totally proud to have raised if he were your son.

Obviously you can insert the words woman and daughter into the sentence, if that better suits your needs. This piece of advice totally resonated with me, I think it's a great checkpoint.

Re: What’s sacred to you?

Ella — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:44:19 -0000

The fact that wherever I go, there I am.

Re: What’s sacred to you?

Ella — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:07:28 -0000

Thanks Joannie,

I've been living in a new city for all of three days, not knowing anyone, moping around, telling people I was sick of my own company, when I realized: that's what I've got. I'm going to be there, wherever I am, and I better get used to it, and start enjoying myself. Enjoying my self. And being aware of me and centering, even though I feel a little off my axis.

Re: If you had a totally open day, every day, what 4 or 5 things would you fill it with?

Ella — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:38:44 -0000

Create (food, art, writing), ingest (food, art, literature, film, air), move, love, appreciate.

Re: When do you hide?

Ella — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:34:14 -0000

When I know I need to connect to the quiet part of myself. Really, though, what I'm working on is not hiding. Coming out when I know I need to connect to others, finding someone to talk to, going outside to see who I come across. Not hiding within a group when I feel disconnected (by that I mean not tuning out).

Re: What’s your favorite easy thing to cook?

Ella — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:11:20 -0000

Aglio e olio. Any kind of pasta. Yum. It is bliss.

With romano cheese, even though that's apparently not very Italian of me.

Re: If you suddenly inherited $10,000, what would you do with it?

Ella — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:08:08 -0000

Retirement savings.

Re: What do you find sexy?

Ella — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:39:48 -0000

Sparkly eyes. Jemaine from Flight of the Conchords. Strong hands. Kisses at the nape of my neck. Openness.

Re: What do you need to move your vision forward?

Ella — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:41:43 -0000

Research.

Re: What is your favorite fiction book?

Ella — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:40:19 -0000

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon

Middlesex - Jeffrey Euginides

Both astoundingly well written, both Pulitzer winners. Love.

Re: What are you excited about right now?

Ella — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:14:23 -0000

Building a sense of community. Exercising for the first time in years. The view out my window. Water. Writing.

Re: What are you excited about right now?

Ella — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:32:08 -0000

I've been going to the gym - doing ten minutes each on three machines (the bike, the rowing machine, and the treadmill), and then stretching and (my favourite) Shavasana for a few minutes. I feel genuinely blissful afterwards, which was a total shock. I've been going almost every day.

It is genuinely exciting.

Re: What do you know the most about?

Ella — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:54:09 -0000

Food. Movies.

Repeat.

Re: How have you changed?

Ella — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:10:48 -0000

I'm more in touch with the physical. It's happening slowly, but I am steadily trying to build on awareness inside my body, not just my head.

Re: What is the best relationship book you’ve read?

Ella — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:13:38 -0000

Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Committment, by Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks.