Ridiculous Pictures From My Phone & Weekly Distractions Daniel flew into Salt Land last night. This morning I ventured off to the office, of course making sure he had food and that all of the child locks and
The Siblings At Least Learn the Words if You're Going to Sing It. The other day I got a phone call from my three-year-old niece, AKA "The Child Who Hates Me." [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/09/the-child-who-hates-me.html] Our rocky relationship hasn't improved much during the course of her almost four-year life.
Ironman State of the Union, Spring About six months ago I moved back from Palau to the United States of God Bless America. And when I did, I had a hard time updating you all on
Church Palau Meets Salt Lake City Last week my worlds collided. And it was really strange. One of the boys from Palau, whom I got to know very well working with the church kids for one
Tinder Messing with People on Tinder Last week I was hanging out with my friend Brandt at his place. Then I took his phone and started Tindering for him. In case you're unaware, Tinder
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. I just ran on a treadmill for 90 minutes. It was the worst 90 minutes of my life. Besides every 90-minute period of every single scout camp
Ridiculous Owls Last Thursday I got a text from Jolyn. "Eli, could you please accompany me to something tonight?" I know better than to ever accept any invitation from Jolyn
The Siblings Krisanda's Birthday Today is my sister Krisanda's birthday. She's turning 21 again. All four of Bob and Cathie's children started turning 21 every year sometime around 2010. It's been great to be the same age finally. Krisanda is
Ridiculous Cuddle Texts One Stranger, Amy V., emailed me on Friday a link to a Craigslist ad by a man looking for a beautiful woman to "cuddle" and "snuggle"
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions It's Friday again. And I'm feeling kind of sad. What better way to cure the blues than through some pictures and distractions? Happy weekend, Strangers. [https:
Ridiculous Don't Let Strangers Borrow Your Phone The other day I went to a coffee shop to do some writing and I sat down at a table right across from the biggest man I have ever seen in my entire life. He was from Ghana and he was wearing a lot
Daniel You People Rock My World Yesterday I wrote this post about what's happening in Ukraine [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/03/ukraine.html]. I wrote it because Daniel has been telling me for a solid month that I should. I hesitated writing it partly because I didn&
Daniel Ukraine The last few months have been really strange for me. I've been watching the events in Ukraine unfold. I've been watching with anxiety and fear and
Ridiculous I'm Going to Need to See Some I.D. On Friday night I stopped by Jolyn's place because it's been too quiet recently and that always makes me nervous. When I got there she coughed at my face and told me she was dying. As you know, I can&
Mexico Pictures From My Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy February's end, Strangers. We have had a very odd February in Salt Lake City. For several weeks it has been sunny and warm. I'm talking
Ridiculous Queen Latifah On Saturday night I hung out with my friend Jesse. I stopped by his place and he said he wanted to watch a movie and there was a Redbox just down the street so "let's go see what they have."
Videos Poor Hannah On Monday night my good friend Hannah came over to my place and graciously made me dinner. You guys. Anyone who wants to come over to my house and make me dinner is welcome to stay for as long as they want, no questions
Mexico DON'T SEND ME A PICTURE OF THAT EVER PLEASE!!!! I've been having . . . well . . . issues for the past many weeks. With my body. With the inside of my body. So, naturally, I decided to share this with anyone
Mexico A History of Daniel It was strange to see Daniel last weekend. For months and months our lives were one. They were totally one. And then, suddenly, they weren't anymore. Daniel and
Church Disney Films are Making Your Kids SUPER Gay People are freaking out about the movie Frozen. They are saying that it is a sneaky way to tell children not to hate themselves for being gay. They are angry about this. As though teaching a gay person that finding peace within over something
Mexico Daniel Can't Do Cartwheels Remember one million years ago when I posted the Daniel diving videos [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2012/10/the-eli-mccann-school-of-diving.html]? Remember how he was remarkably bad at diving? Remember how he somehow thought he was diving head-first into the water when in fact he
Mexico Sleeping in Mexico I mentioned yesterday that by the time we got to Mexico on Friday, I hadn't slept for a few days. Between working through the night and traveling and
Mexico And Then We Went To Mexico This weekend I went on a magical journey to the land of tortillas. Many wonderful things happened. But I'll just cut to the chase and give the people
Ridiculous Twenty Years Later, a Valentine's Confession Happy Valentine's Day weekend. When I was in the fourth grade I brought Power Ranger Valentines to school to give to everyone in my class. I don't know why I did this because for some reason I generally tried to
Worst Things Ever The 2014 Worst Things Ever Somehow in January I totally forgot to give you the annual "Worst Things Ever" list. It's like I wasn't even focused on complaining last month. What was I doing? Reading books and enjoying the weather? Hahahaha. I couldn&
