Obviously no surprise at this point: Sam is out. We'll see if he put's up as much of a fight as David, especially 14 months from now. (Not that it will matter, as Ellen will be married and staying home with her toddler.)
And here we have our answer as to why there wasn't more Ellen yesterday. Not much story here, but she did seem to try to make up for the lost volume in text.
KIND OF A BIG DEAL!!!
Oh so many thanks to Steph for drawing my attention to the coment's below (original source here.) I had seen Ellen's initial post and don't think I bothered to blog it, but I'm certainly sorry I missed Alan's doubel appearances a few months later. Firstly, it's been quite some time since we'd heard from the lad directly--at least by my intel. Secondly, marvel at the change in attitude between June and December! From unrepentant drunkard to witsfully reflective? Is this even the same guy? (Yes, it is all the same guy always. Shut up and play along.)
I did omit a few unrelated comments from others in between Ellen's post and Alan's first, but Alan1 and Alan2 are indeed consecutive. Is he trying to repent toward Ellen using the only forum where she's confirmed to exist? Did she change her phone number and filter all his emails after they broke up--thus he's stuck with the comments section as his only mode of communication? If so, duh, we need to know whether she saw it and if so how she reacted. Perhaps this will be her initial heads-up and ELLENWatch will get an exclusive first take!
Recall that since last year Alan does apparently have a girlfreind and also, last Ellen knew, seemed still to be employed. The pining for Ellen could use some explanation, as well as what seems to be an admission that he was fired. For those just tuning in, Alan is a CPA, though at times in the past it did seem his professional license might have been at risk due to the boozin'.
No word from Ellen herself on Corporette today. My guess is it's all in moderation, but we'll see tomorrow.
Do we agree with turning down David on the principle of no late-notice dates? Was anyone equally fussy as an 8th grader?
Note that the date for Willem's company gala next month is on.
I had to give it this title because I think it's a genius euphemism. Like all the best ones, it dresses up a statement highly unflattering to the speaker and makes it sound somehow technical/analytic. Meanwhile I am totally baffled by Dad's moves here: low-earning David is acceptable, with Dad himself making up for his shortcomings, where Willem is disqualified for his first name? I'm not a huge fan either, but since when is Dad the bleeding heart aesthete?