Law The Feeding Room I attended a wonderful conference for the J. Reuben Clark Law Society for the last three days. This is where Mormon attorneys and law students gather in one place to hear 40 different people give the exact same rendition of the history of the
Ridiculous Baked Potato Recall Last week was sort of strange. That is, even without driving two hours north to view a jump-rope show put on by a bunch of kids in bright orange shirts, last week was strange. This had a lot to do with my friend Corey
Law DC Trial Advocacy Just thought I would shoot out an update about this weekend's adventures. I travelled with a group of classmates out to Washington DC for a trial advocacy competition.
Law World Record Speeds Last week I had an appointment to go back to the hand surgeon to find out whether I'll ever be a hand model again. This appointment was to begin at 7:30AM. Naturally, I slept through the violent vibrations and honking of
Grandma 2009 It's that time of year again when I really start thinking about what's happened in the last 12 months. How have I changed? What has made this year different? Was this year my best yet, as it always should be?
Law One Final Done: Tax Shmax I can't believe how quickly it sprung up on me. Finals started on Monday and I finished my first on Thursday afternoon. I was supposed to take it
Life Just Another Surgery By way of update . . . Just when you thought things couldn't get any better, a few days after my last post I went to a hand specialist (they actually exist) so he could assess the injury. I had already come to find during
Life Friday the 13th So I got Swine Flu last Wednesday. On Friday, in the middle of the night, I got up while violently shaking, and passed out cold on the floor. This woke up my roommate who woke up our other roommate for help. Roommate number three
Law Catching Up Miss me? I apologize for the hiatus. Life has been jetting like a runaway train lately and something had to give. Of course I chose blogging and health. I'll tell you I've been busy despite the declaration from a friend
Law Rejected? The most dreaded part of my day anymore is when it's time to get the mail. This is because every day I have one or two rejection letters from firms I've applied to telling me that they would just die
Law Four Weeks In Wrapping up my fourth week of school today . . . It's strange to think that I've only been back in school for four weeks. The double-scheduled meetings, the 30-pound case books, the journal editing, the classes, the paper writing, the relentless and
Law To Those Who Say The First Year is the Hardest: --LIARS!!!--~It Just Gets Stran . . . harder . . .
Ridiculous Losing Friends Fast This should probably be documented. Every year the law school has an Olympic-themed event in the large moot court room at BYU where the members of the three different classes
Ukraine Summer Thoughts Seven days ago I was sitting at the Mexico-United States border, waiting for about three hot stinky hours to be let back into our country to embark on another great adventure: 2L. It's strange to think the summer has ended. A few
Politics Our Nation's Capital After applying to some jobs in the Washington DC area for next summer I got an interview at a firm that I think would be my dream job. BYU had
Ridiculous Water Park Now that I'm mostly fully recovered from last weekend's adventure, I think I may be prepared to tell you about it. Friday night Jason suggested that he, Erin and I go to a local water park early the next morning.
Law The Job Hunt Although it doesn't seem to be anywhere near time to start thinking about it, to the trained mind it's quite obvious that the applicaiton and job search process for next summer's job has arrived. The old Eli would
Life Moved . . . for the Thousandth Time I finally moved today. Life has been a bit hectic since getting back from Moscow. Amid all the stresses of getting back to normal life, starting a new (and utterly confusing) job and moving, I’m also in recovery from some kind of sickness
Church Russia, Ukraine, and a Long Flight Made it home. If this was a cheesy church video from the early '90's I would say something here like, "it's funny, I just got home but I sort of feel more like I just left it"
Grandma St. Petersburg On Monday at lunch the following conversation took place between Kimberly and myself: Eli: Darn, it's too bad I never made it to St. Petersburg. Kimberly: Shoot. That
Ridiculous Top 10 Worst Foods I've Had in Moscow 10- Jelly Chocolate Cookie in the Banya: I know, I ate something in the banya. I formally apologize to all of you who I may have offended by my doing so. Normally I would never put something in my mouth that has even flown
Russia Orphans Whenever Krishelle, Uncle Will and I travel anywhere (mostly thanks to Bridgette) we constantly sing the "Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut; McDonalds, McDonalds" song and we get really excited if we can spot all three places at once in whichever
Church Loving Moscow I'm going to make this quick because it's later than I thought it was but I wanted to get an update out and post some pictures.
Russia The Russian Banya Another fantastic week in Moscow has come and gone. This week I explored more churches. I ate some goloptsy that made me almost vomit. I went to a concert on Red Square that was well-attended and extremely weird. I walked about 10,000 miles.
FYI 30 Ways You Know You've Spent Too Much Time in Eastern Europe 1. You start to say things like, “Well now that mullet doesn’t look too bad.” 2. You start referring to your grandmas as “bobs.” 3. You hug/shake hands with/practically spoon several smelly drunk strangers on the street multiple times a week
