Ridiculous Camping On Friday I went camping. Or should I say, "camping." With finger quotes. Or maybe I should call it something else because I don't want all of my friends to jump down my throat and scream at me again for
Emails College Admissions Emails Recently I started emailing several college admissions offices as "June Snapple." This one really tried to help a girl out. I used multiple email accounts under different names,
Rebecca The Porch: Korean Bathhouse It's a happy day. We finally got the video from the most recent show at The Porch uploaded on what the kids are calling "the Youtubes." A huge thanks to Jolyn for filming it and Kyle for uploading it. You
Ridiculous Cathie Conversation with Cathie on the Phone Cathie: Son, how are you? Eli: Doing fine. How are you? Cathie: Well not great. Eli: And why is that? Cathie: WELL. I happened
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions First of all, I know that none of you have been able to sleep because it's been almost two weeks and I still haven't uploaded the
Relationships How to Move On I could use the collective wisdom of the Strangers today. Because I am turning into a crazy person. And I don't want to turn into a crazy person BECAUSE WHAT IF PAUL SIMON?! As I may have embarrassingly announced a few days
Ridiculous How Not to Get Dumped Sometime in the last few days: Friend: Eli. Thank you for finally letting me in to your apartment. Eli: Thanks for pretending to be Paul Simon so I would. Friend:
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions It's been kind of a hard week here in Strangerville. Didn't someone promise once that after you turn 30 everything goes exactly how you plan for
Life Feeling Better A while back I had a pretty bad experience. I found out that some people I cared about deeply had been dishonest with me in ways that really mattered. It was incredibly hurtful. I quickly ran through several intense emotions. I felt beat up.
Jolyn As Quickly As She Came Sunday morning. Eli: Where are you going? Jolyn: Who? Me? Eli: Yes. You. The only person here with me. Jolyn: Oh. I'm just heading out for a minute. Eli: I see. And why do you have the suitcase? Jolyn: Oh this old
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy Friday, all. Tomorrow night (Saturday) we'll be at The Porch here in Salt Lake City. The show starts at 9:00 PM (DON'T WORRY! IT&
Church The Mormons Be Talkin' The Mormon world is abuzz this week at the announcement that two high-profile church members are apparently facing church discipline. For those unfamiliar with how this works or why this matters, I'll attempt to give a very brief and hopefully accurate explanation
Ridiculous My Mom is Calling Me A quick reminder--I'll be telling a story on The Porch this Saturday in Salt Lake City. I think the show starts around 9:00 PM. We'll be at a venue called Trackside (510 W 200 N). Here's the
Ridiculous BYU Crushes So one Stranger, Cambry, just sent me a screen clipping of the below thing, informing me that I'm on some Facebook Page called "BYU Crushes [https://www.
Nostalgia A Little Look Back Exciting announcement: The Porch invited me back to tell a story this Saturday evening in Salt Lake City. We've escaped Provo! We'll be at a venue
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions We are now on day eight or so of Jolyn Metro's "I'm just going to stay tonight" visit. Today I asked her what her
Rebecca An "Overnight" Guest Sometime Last Week Jolyn: I need to be out of my place soon. Can I come stay with you for one night while I'm in transition? Eli: I
Ridiculous Bob and Cathie Intervention A Conversation with Bob and Cathie about being a Grown Up Cathie: Son. Did you really get a speeding ticket a few weeks ago [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/05/speeding-ticket.html]? Eli: How did you guys hear about that!? Bob: You posted it
Ridiculous Fourth Grade Science Time I was a pretty weird kid when I was 10. Also a weird teenager from ages 13 to 18. Probably more accurate to say that I was a weird teenager from 13 to present. I really hope that one day puberty fixes this. For
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I will forever and always be jet-lagged for as long as I live. I've been home now for about five days but I feel like I've
Ridiculous Krakow and Auschwitz After spending a few wonderful days in L'viv, Brandt and I boarded the midnight train to Krakow, Poland. (A superstar, but he didn't get far). The
Ukraine Candy from Strangers You guys. Traveling from Krakow Poland to Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of God Bless America, was probably the most arduous journey anyone has ever taken. I'm
Messing With People L'viv Surprise We've escaped the war zone in Ukraine for the less dramatic Poland. Brandt and I rolled in on the midnight train last night. Actually, maybe that's
From L'viv Look. I know. It feels like I've abandoned you for borsch and bobushkas. It has been an incredibly crazy week. One of the most fascinating of my life. And there is so much I want to tell you and so many photos
Ukraine A Walk Through Kyiv We landed in Kyiv Ukraine on Friday afternoon after twenty or so hours of traveling. Brandt had never been to this part of the world before and didn't
