Ellen Rouse-Barron

Who am I? I am stubborn, dedicated, strong minded, dependant – young – and this is my story so far…

I have lived in Essex my entire live, in the same old, welcoming house that I have come to love in the ever changing environment. School, although not that long ago, feels as if it were just a blur. I did not particularly enjoy it, mainly because of the early hours of which I had to awake from my much loved sleep. Other than that I enjoyed some subjects such as English, Media Studies and Art, as I also had some of the best teachers in these subjects as well as generally having an interest in what I was learning. Most of my friends I had met in secondary school through two friends that I knew beforehand, whilst still in primary school. One out of the two was in my primary, and the other I had met through another friend.

My family, where to begin… it’s the largest family that I am aware off, I haven’t even met most of my relatives because there are just too many, and the ones that I have met are hilarious. My family is also filled with the funniest people that I know. I have not once visited a family member without, at some point during my stay, laughed uncontrollably with my cheeks and belly aching so much from laughing and smiling. My family is the most important thing to me. Anyone who has met my family – especially on my mother’s side, which are ‘The Rouse’s’ – knows how crazily insane they are, and repeated warn new people to “Stay away from ‘The Rouse’s.”

Does watching T.V count as a hobby or interest? If it does, I’m really good at it. A few of my favourite T.V series are: ‘Pretty Little Liars’, ‘Supernatural’, ‘The Vampire Diaries’, ‘The Originals’ and ‘American Horror Story’. As well as the amazing storylines, the perfect soundtracks and phenomenal actors, I get maybe a little more excited about the use of cinematography than most people do. It just makes everything look flawless and is so breath-taking, all I could think is ‘Wow’. Stuff like this is what inspires me. As well as some movies such as ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ – Wes Anderson is one of my favourite directors –, ‘The Twilight Saga’ and many, many, MANY more.

Summer is my favourite season, however England’s version not so much, I’m not quite sure it knows the meaning of the word. I would have much preferred to spend it abroad. But I did spend many weekends and a few weeks in Hereford, with my mother and one of my sisters at my mum’s partner’s house. Whenever I go there, I always take my Nikon D3100 camera, as we always go out somewhere, whether it’s is only going into town or taking a trip to a castle. I love to photograph the countryside especially tree or forests.