Ironman Tan Lines to be Proud of You guys. The Ironman is now four weeks away! FOUR! That can be counted on one hand! Unless you're my eighth grade shop teacher who only had three
Corey Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions So the other day I wrote that post [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/08/sweatblock-is-like-father-to-me.html] about how SweatBlock has completely changed my life since parents have stopped pulling their
Annie The Elevator Almost Killed Us The other day I saw what Annie looks like when she thinks she's about to die. Annie is my close friend at work who I caught wearing a Ring Pop last week [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/08/what-not-to-wear.html]. I asked
Ridiculous SweatBlock is Like a Father to Me You guys. My life has changed. First of all, I want to just take a moment and recognize that this entire post is going to sound like a commercial. BUT,
Corey "Sam" Diego I abandoned you for a few days and now everyone is mad at me and nobody is even telling me how good my hair looks right this second. AND THIS
Emma THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD JUST LEAVE YOUR NEIGHBORS ALONE! My next door neighbor is somewhere around 275 years old. She has a sign on her door that says "knock loudly." This sign is also accompanied by a picture of the Nativity. Note: it is August. I'm pleased that she&
Annie What Not to Wear I am very lucky to be working side-by-side with my great friend Annie at the law firm. Annie and I were classmates in law school and competition partners in some
Emma Craft Lake City A few years ago I happened to become friends with several different people who all run catering businesses on the side of whatever it is they do for their day
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions You guys. I've been working like a madman this week. One hundred million bagillion hours. I wish I could talk more about my job on Stranger because CRAZY.
Ridiculous "Boating" You guys. I'm starting to sound like a broken record. But oh my gosh. CAMPING. A little while ago my friend Nic was all like, "come boating
Ridiculous DID YOU GUYS KNOW PEOPLE HAVE A REGULAR DOCTOR?! My communication to you about Tami [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/07/tami.html] has been a little controversial recently. Some of you have not been nearly as welcoming of
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions If you're still reading Stranger, you are a crazy person. This week I regaled you with stories about getting locked out of the pool area in a Speedo.
The Siblings Tami Since I know everyone is extremely interested in the Pioneer Day Marathon Toenail Disaster of 2014, I'm here to provide you an update! Yesterday, while sitting in my
Ironman The Community Pool The Ironman is only like eight weeks away now and I know this is likely not the case, but I think we may have somehow gone through a time warp and skipped like eleventy weeks. Because just a few minutes ago the Ironman was
Ridiculous The Lost Journal Series: Part IX Today, enjoy another set of journal entries and video from the The Lost Journal Series. Lots of important thoughts in this one. December 8, 1994 (10 years old): Today we had our Histry Fair. I'm going to the Finals so is Kile
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy Pioneer Day! As proof that Pioneer Day miracles exist, I'm posting Pictures and Distractions a little early this week. Because, as my friend Nic just pointed out,
Ironman That Day Remember that book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day? I had one of those on Saturday. Not the book. I had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. One of those days where nothing truly traumatic actually happened but
Church Pioneer Day You guys. I know you are all very excited and you've hardly been able to sleep lately. You've made paper chains counting down the days. You've spent all of your time in the last few months trying to
Emma Life is Really Something Funny Occasionally I glance back through older posts on Stranger. Usually I keep this walk through memory lane to the Palau posts, because I find them fascinating now that I'
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I got four voicemails within five minutes from Rebecca the other day. Each said roughly the same thing: "HELP! EMERGENCY! WHY AREN'T YOU ANSWERING! I'M
Ironman Ten Weeks Is Not Very Long I looked at the calendar the other day and YOU GUYS. The Ironman is ten weeks away. How did this happen? Remember when I did the half Ironman in May and when it was over you guys were like, "you have PLENTY of
Ridiculous My first WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING CD. The first CD I ever bought was when I was 12 years old. Jon Scoville was the coolest kid my age in the neighborhood. And he is also responsible for teaching me 75% of what I currently know about sex. NOT THAT I KNOW
Ridiculous The Lost Journal Series: Part VIII Today I give you the next part in the dramatic series taken directly from my childhood journals. Again, I include a video of my dramatic reading of the below journal entries. I tried recording this video many times but I kept laughing at a
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend. I had a bit of a panic attack this afternoon. I was sitting in my office when suddenly I noticed a brown paper bag on my windowsill. I
Ridiculous The Lost Journal Series: Part VII So here I am sitting in my apartment, drinking waaaaay too much NEVER YOU MIND WHAT I'M DRINKING. Fine. Nonalcoholic black currant juice from the Farmer's Market. But it has a LOT of sugar. Don't tell Bob and
