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&
Ridiculous Pictures of Food EVERYWHERE I have a new "what the kids are doing" to tell you about. There's this brand new thing that must have just started like within the last two months or something where you go onto what the kids are calling
Ridiculous Full House Reunion Val: [Sounding annoyed] Ugh. I heard that they are thinking of doing a Full House reunion show and-- Eli: SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!!! ARE YOU SERIOUS!?! WHEN?! HOW LONG?!? IS EVERYONE GOING TO BE THERE??!? WHAT ABOUT AUNT BECKY AND THE TWINS?! Val: Oh.
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Around this time of year it starts to feel like summer isn't a thing that ever happens. The distant memories of running in the grass barefoot, visiting the
Ironman YOU GUYS BROKE YOUR PROMISE! I think I made a terrible mistake. You guys. I made a TERRIBLE mistake! Remember when I tried to do an Ironman that one time? Remember how it did not
Ridiculous Daniel and Eli Text about the Super Bowl *Note: The Dillon Panthers reference is from Friday Night Lights. The greatest television program of all time. And that, Strangers, is yet another reason why I have a hard time
The Siblings The Dentist Picture About 14 years ago my younger sister Micalyne and I received a letter in the mail that would change our lives forever. It was December and Christmas cards from all
EMBARRASSING Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Today I was sitting in my office, minding my business, working like a good Mormon boy, when suddenly something that has never really happened to me before happened to me.
Emails Dear Marsha I know that this month I haven't been the most consistent blogger of all time. My life has been a roller coaster in January and it's been difficult to keep up with a lot of things, including Stranger. And now
Ridiculous Hot Yoga I have the very good fortune of working with my very good friend Annie, with whom I went to law school. Our offices are right next to each other and she is the person I go to 100 million times every day with a
Daniel Eli's 10 Favorite Cities Frequently Strangers email me and ask for travel suggestions. I've been fortunate to be able to hit a decent portion of the world in my 20s. And besides
Corey Sundance Right now the Sundance Film Festival is happening in Park City, about a thirty minute drive from Salt Lake City. The Festival happens every year and every year people scramble
Church Feed the Birds There's a popular movie out right now called "Saving Mr. Banks." It's about the making of the Mary Poppins film with Julie Andrews. I don't tend to go see movies very often in the theater because
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I just pulled up the pictures from my phone this week and almost all of them sucked. So this is probably the most lackluster Friday picture performance in Stranger history.
Ridiculous A Late Night Phone Call Last night I had entered into full zombie mode. This is because for the past week I've basically only slept for about 12 minutes, total. I feel like a workaholic right now, which is not at all glamorous, by the way. Fortunately
Ironman A Punderful Idea I've suddenly become very busy at work. For the past week I've spent much of my time in a zombie-like state. Except for when someone approaches
The Siblings IKEA On Saturday my sister Krishelle asked me if I wanted to make a "quick trip" to IKEA with her. I agreed, and in so doing made the biggest
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions It's the middle of the night and I'm sitting here in my office because I suddenly seem to have a million things to do in my
Ridiculous A Car Earlier this week I made a very significant purchase. I bought a car. I've had the same car for 8 years or so. It was never anything fancy and in recent years it has threatened to give up the ghost many times.
