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
Ukraine Thirty Thirty years ago this coming Sunday, Cathie gave birth to a screaming ten-pound baby. The story has been exaggerated so much over the last three decades that nobody really knows what happened anymore. But if you listen to her tell it, blood was pouring
Ridiculous Speeding Ticket Sunday, 11:30 PM, on the way to pick someone up at the airport. Cop: Do you know why I pulled you over tonight? Eli: Is it because my hair looks really good and you wanted to find out what product I use? Cop:
The Siblings Muv-ver's Day I have a gigantic extended Mormon family. I remember when I saw that movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" ten or so years ago and there was this scene where the protagonist tells her boyfriend, as if to brace him for something
Ironman Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I have some news that is about to change your lives. Well, maybe not change them. But I suspect that you'll be excited to hear this news. Or
Ukraine Because Apparently I Think I'm Anderson Cooper Now So I'm turning thirty at the end of next week. I remember so well when I was 21 and my friend Paula came to town to visit and she told me that she had just turned thirty and I was like, "
Rebecca Rebecca's Grand Departure Last week living-in-sin-Rebecca ABANDONED me for France. Here's the thing. I knew when she moved in with me that there was an expiration date on our cohabitation. She was going to move to France at the beginning of May to live a
Ironman St. George Half Ironman I was so nervous heading down to St. George to compete in the half Ironman this weekend. So many mixed emotions hit me in the weeks leading up to it.
