27 Reasons Why the Universe Celebrates the Life of an Elegant Woman Named Michelle Dela Cruz
..cause Daring to Live means sometimes using your tumblr account to wish someone happy birthday from afar. I wish I were on the other side of the world to celebrate with you.. but this'll have to do for now -- Happy 27th Birthday Michelle! Beware this post is ULTRA-Corny!
(Guest Post by the Dean of Elegance – Matt Bukirin)
Reason #27 – cause she has chosen a boyfriend that has had an elegant smile since the age of 5..
#26 – cause she also has an elegant smile
#25 – cause she’s good at candid laugh photos
#24 – cause to her... this is a walk in the park
#23 – cause of her “creepy face behind a pillow” look
#22 – cause she’s a great Pocahontas look a like
#21 – cause she hails from the mighty state of Texas!
#20 – cause she cares for stuffed animals even though they look like pieces of rugs ;p
#19 – cause she loves Siberian huskies (Barkus is the name of her stuffed animal/rug)
#18 – cause of the great way she bicep kisses
#17 – cause she tries to play off like she’s instagramming photos of flowers when she’s really checking me out ;)
#16 – cause she realizes that finger pointing while you dance is the only way to dance with swag...
#15 – cause she’s not afraid of pale ghost princesses at Medieval Times ;)
#14 – cause of her amazing choice in Christmas gifts (aka Christmas Love Fern Tree.. lasted 2 weeks)
#13 – cause she awkwardly doesn’t know how to console friends after they make the fool of themselves
#12 – cause she loves Matt even though he laughs and drools at the same time
#11 – cause she can take amazing photos like this one!
#10 – cause her ‘what the hell?!’ face when her bf says something stupid is endearing
#9 – cause she promotes gender empowerment by reversing prom role poses
#8 – cause even at a random friend’s bday party she finds ways to represent her heritage
#7 – cause she can run 12 miles across 6 NYC bridges for a fundraiser to brighten the Philippines
#6 – cause she’s a bigger dork than I am when we facetime hi-five
#5 – cause she laughs harder than I do when she comes across awesome bedside lamps
#4 – cause even though she’s mad slow when she kayaks, her effort is noteworthy ;)
#3 – cause even when her parents mistakenly text me an ‘I luv u’ message they play it off well with swag
#2 – cause you know she has great friends when her best ones who’ve never met me find my number on facebook and proceed to text me to check that I’m a good guy ;) (<3 you Arlene!)
#1 – cause she loves (aka tolerates) this awkward guy everyday