Ridiculous My first WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING CD. The first CD I ever bought was when I was 12 years old. Jon Scoville was the coolest kid my age in the neighborhood. And he is also responsible for teaching me 75% of what I currently know about sex. NOT THAT I KNOW
Ridiculous The Lost Journal Series: Part VIII Today I give you the next part in the dramatic series taken directly from my childhood journals. Again, I include a video of my dramatic reading of the below journal entries. I tried recording this video many times but I kept laughing at a
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend. I had a bit of a panic attack this afternoon. I was sitting in my office when suddenly I noticed a brown paper bag on my windowsill. I
Ridiculous The Lost Journal Series: Part VII So here I am sitting in my apartment, drinking waaaaay too much NEVER YOU MIND WHAT I'M DRINKING. Fine. Nonalcoholic black currant juice from the Farmer's Market. But it has a LOT of sugar. Don't tell Bob and
Ridiculous Camping On Friday I went camping. Or should I say, "camping." With finger quotes. Or maybe I should call it something else because I don't want all of my friends to jump down my throat and scream at me again for
Emails College Admissions Emails Recently I started emailing several college admissions offices as "June Snapple." This one really tried to help a girl out. I used multiple email accounts under different names,
Rebecca The Porch: Korean Bathhouse It's a happy day. We finally got the video from the most recent show at The Porch uploaded on what the kids are calling "the Youtubes." A huge thanks to Jolyn for filming it and Kyle for uploading it. You
Ridiculous Cathie Conversation with Cathie on the Phone Cathie: Son, how are you? Eli: Doing fine. How are you? Cathie: Well not great. Eli: And why is that? Cathie: WELL. I happened
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions First of all, I know that none of you have been able to sleep because it's been almost two weeks and I still haven't uploaded the
Relationships How to Move On I could use the collective wisdom of the Strangers today. Because I am turning into a crazy person. And I don't want to turn into a crazy person BECAUSE WHAT IF PAUL SIMON?! As I may have embarrassingly announced a few days
Ridiculous How Not to Get Dumped Sometime in the last few days: Friend: Eli. Thank you for finally letting me in to your apartment. Eli: Thanks for pretending to be Paul Simon so I would. Friend:
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
