Ridiculous Animals that Swim On Saturday a big group of us decided to go scuba diving. I got certified in October and went scuba diving one time after that. Then I stopped completely because of animals. Here's the thing about scuba diving. It is so fun
Palau Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Occasionally I catch my 9-year-old niece on Facebook chat and on a good day, I'm able to get her to chat with me for a few minutes. Unfortunately
Church The 8 Letter F Word Daniel and I have assignments with the local Mormon church group to teach lessons and plan activities for the teenagers on the island. This means that every Wednesday night we are frantically organizing something. We started feeling guilty for constantly doing activities that teach
Ridiculous First Birth Ceremony Last week my good friend Deb invited me and Daniel to something called a "first birth ceremony." I had only ever heard a few things about this, and immediately the moment that I did hear about it I knew that I was
Ridiculous A Conversation with Daniel in the Car Daniel is basically the supreme educator of Palau right now. Between the classes he teaches at the community college, at church, and with the additional tutoring he does with some students in Palau that need a little extra help, he's been very
Letters Dear Vague Facebook Status Poster Dear Vague Facebook Status Poster, I'm writing to you today because you keep leaving vague status updates on Facebook. I can only imagine you are doing it so others will ask you for details. Details that you never seem to give, even
Palau Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions This has been one of my favorite weeks in Stranger history. TMZ, Above the Law, Urban Dictionary. Good times, thanks to you guys. We're like one big happy
Ridiculous The Rarest Gem of All: Fresh Produce Your work on the TMZ Britney Spears article [http://www.tmz.com/2013/02/18/britney-spears-valentines-day-date-mystery-man/8/#comments-anchor] has been amazing. Even Trixy, June Snapple, and Jane have all commented. Shea pointed out today another article [http://abovethelaw.com/2013/02/britney-spears-is-kind-of-dating-a-lawyer-okay-not-really/] about this
Emails Couchsurfer Emails II My good friend and life coach Shea saw a new TMZ article asking readers to help identify a man in a blurry image with Britney Spears on Valentine's
Ridiculous A Conversation About Star Trek One of you got "twice up the barrel, once down the side" added to Urban dictionary [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Twice%20up%20the%20barrel,%20once%20down%20the%20side&defid=6952879] . Strangers. I love you. One day we'
Ridiculous Don't Eat That Happy Monday, Strangers. First of all, there has been some confusion surrounding the phrase "Twice up the barrel, once down the side." We need to all be on the same page here so I'm going to try to explain. It&
Ridiculous Pictures from My Phone & Weekly Distractions Thanks for the great week, strangers. This morning I woke up to one new couchsurfer request on couchsurfing.org, with the following message: Hi Eli, I'm hoping that
Ridiculous Cathie's Number One Valentine A package came in the mail the other day. Guys, the best thing in the entire world? Getting a package. No wait. The best thing in the entire world is actually when you get on Hulu to watch the latest episode of your favorite
Emails Couchsurfer Emails Before we get started, two quick things. First, the somewhat neglected mommy blog has a tacky craft competition going this week, so please head over there [http://eligetstobeamommy.blogspot.com/
The Siblings Lifetime Movie Line-Up Today I got an email from my sister Krisanda. Krisanda is the creator of The First Eye. And this is the sister who made me believe she and I were
Ridiculous I See a Sea Snake On Saturday a group of people from the Palauan judiciary (where daddy works---I'm daddy in this situation) hopped onto a boat and went out to the Rock Islands for the day. The Rock Islands are a group of tall rocky mounds totally
Palau Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I informed Daniel last night that I publicly warned all who read Stranger about his egg problem [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/02/egg-warning.html]. He got incredibly defensive, assuming
Ridiculous EGG WARNING! I'm here to issue you a warning. Consider this a PSA. If the person pictured below offers you eggs that he has prepared, DECLINE! [http://3.bp.blogspot.
Ridiculous Tsunami Watch The law librarian who works just outside of my office came to my door about 20 minutes ago to tell me that a tsunami is going to hit Palau at 3:00. That's now in 1 hour. The words she used were
Best/Worst Movies Ever This weekend I was unfortunately subjected to a movie called "Pitch Perfect." It's basically Glee, the movie. What's more, I had to watch it with friends while there was German fighting in the background. And the occasional interruption
Ridiculous If You Give a Mouse a Keks First thing's first: This weekend, my baby sister turned her body inside-out and emitted human life from her womb. She has sort of one-uped everyone on weekend news.
Palau Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions All day long on Friday (your Thursday) I got updates from Daniel about the status of our current German problem, which prompted me to share this on the Facebook page
Ridiculous German Couchsurfers I get couchsurfer requests relatively often in Palau. I have an account on couchsurfing.org [http://couchsurfing.org/], which is a site that exists so backpackers can find like-minded people in the cities they will be visiting and meet up with them or stay
Ridiculous Gchat with Bob & Cathie My three-way gchat with Bob & Cathie today Bob: Son. How are you? I have been so worried about you since reading your blog post. Eli: Oh dad, don'
Palau Trials Make You Grow? As many of you have figured out by now, my time in Palau has been sort of a roller coaster for me in a lot of ways. This experience has been so much more difficult than I ever expected it to be. I'
