It Just Gets Stranger (Page 64)

Spam in the Final Hours

Well we're in the final days of battle preparation before we stampede into the great unknown. Three years of rigorous academic competition has now led us to the final hurdle for becoming whatever it is we've been trying to become

The Siblings

Snake Infestation

Recently my well-meaning sister Krisanda sent me a link to an article that I never should have read. The article was about a snake infestation in a house in southern Idaho. There are about 300 reasons I never should have read this article. Topping

Ridiculous

Utah Valley Marathon

The Utah Valley Marathon happened yesterday. The race organizers did an incredible job and the weather was perfect. This was my fourth marathon and fortunately my best, in many ways. Nonetheless, it was still chuck full of hilarity (the main reason I put myself

Ridiculous

The Way the World Works

Have you ever gone to a road race? There is one thing that is certain to happen at literally every single road race that is ever planned: they will not have your shirt size. This is absolutely the case 100% of the time. No

FYI

The End of the World

In case you hadn't heard yet, the world is ending on May 21st (this coming Saturday). Seehttp://www.wecanknow.com/. These people mean business. When I tried to order a bumper sticker from them this afternoon, I was told that it'

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The Public Library

I am technically finishing up two jobs right now before I take the bar in July. One is at the Attorney General office and the other is with the professor I've worked with for a few years. She and I are desperately

Law

Pomp & Circumstance

When I last left you, I was exhausted and wondering how to prepare for a graduation speech. In those few days that have since slipped away, I lived through all of the graduation festivities and moved away from Provo. Commencement happened on Thursday when

Law

The End?

It is finished. Here I sit on my bed having just eaten a giant bowl of blueberries (I didn't realize I had a huge bag of blueberries until today and now I'm frantically engaging in my pre-move tradition of masticating

Ridiculous

Operation Breakfast Overload

On Wednesday morning at 8:30 I updated my Facebook status (you know, Facebook. The social network that tears people apart). Less than 48 hours later, this status had a

Law

New York. New York.

The highly anticipated New York trip came and went. This was for the moot court ABA national competition. At BYU, four oralists and two brief writers qualify for the BYU

Ridiculous

Laughing on the Bus, Playing Games with the Faces

When I take the bus to SLC on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, it's always a mad rush of drama and fatigue. The bus leaves at about 6:30AM so I have to be up and then out the door pretty early. Because

Law

Trial Advocacy, DC

Last week my Law School travel group went to Washington DC for our trial advocacy competition. As expected, it was full of laughs and strange. Wednesday: We left on Wednesday

Law

Priorities

I probably shouldn't be blogging. I should probably be reading the 12,000 pages we have covered so far for my Fourteenth Amendment class. Or at least attempting to understand what the heck some of the words on the pages of the

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Public Transportation

Last September I had a new little addition come into my life: the regular use of the state's public transportation. I live in Provo and go to school full-time while trying to continue my job part-time in Salt Lake City, which entails

FYI

Why I'm Not A:

Doctor: When I was in Mr. Landeen's seventh grade science class, we started talking about diseases (because that's what you do in seventh grade science class). I sat on the front row next to my friend Aaron Ludwig who had

Church

2010

Another year has come and gone. I can't believe it's time for the annual sum-up post already. 2010 was a good year. It wore me out like any good year should. In 2010 I started eating salmon regularly. I read

Law

The Death of a Semester

It is finished. After completing my second final last week and blog-updating you on the progress, it was back to the grind for yet another fun filled adventure--this one was called Public International Law. Fortunately I had a whole week to prepare for this

Law

Two Down: Fed Courts and the First Amendment

Week one of my 5th set of law school finals has concluded and I'm alive. My first final was for a class that left me in a crying bloody heap of madness after three and half months of intellectual torture. Never in

Law

Victory!

The Bears won, 16-0. http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Game-notes-BearsDolphins.html See previous post for context. ~It Just Gets Stranger

Law

Eli Cares About the NFL?

Let it be written--this is the first time in my life I have ever cared about an NFL game (and that includes the Superbowl). I haven't blog-announced this yet so I should give you an update before I explain my sudden interest

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It's Happening Again

Bad things are happening with my mind. We all know that this is normal--law school tends to do this to me as the semesters progress (flashback to infamous incidents such as putting soap and laundry in the washer and never starting it as a

The Siblings

Accidents, Politics, and Multi-Headed Monsters

There is much to say. 1. The car accident: Last week I climbed into my vehicle with 30% of everything I own (a normal day for me--I always find some

Law

Class Dynamics

3L began several weeks ago. It's interesting for me to watch the three classes of law students fit into their perennial roles more and more as the days go on. It's generally the same thing every year; the classes are

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The Mud Run

Exactly five weeks ago Annette called me and asked whether I wanted to participate in a team 10k race. I agreed, even after she told me that it was called

Church

Kyiv Temple Trip Pictures

[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Q9UijlwZv7Y/TIxtyffuO1I/AAAAAAAAAvM/sUqFAxxT2-Q/s1600/IMG_0072.JPG] Temple at night [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q9UijlwZv7Y/TIxy1LsxXfI/AAAAAAAAAxE/cPkMzhT_MqM/s1600/P1010180.JPG] Bre,

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