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
Church Bore and Peace My first weekend in Moscow was warm and sunny. Unfortunately it's been pretty cold and rainy ever since. But it hasn't snowed so I'm
Russia Back in the USSR Another fun few days in Mother Russia. Sunday afternoon my friend and I went out to a gigantic park (the biggest one I've ever seen in a city) and walked around through some amazing orchards near the banks of the Moscow River.
Russia Vlad's Cheese Roll and Tajikistan Hi everyone Hope you are all doing well. I've had a fun and exciting few days. My boss has been in Prague the last few days so it's been pretty quiet at the office especially since Friday around noon when
Russia Jet Lag It's been a few days and you should all know that I'm never coming home from Moscow. I LOVE it here. I will miss you all
Ridiculous Green Grass and Garbage After several horrific weeks of 6:00AM to Midnight, Monday through Saturday crying tears of blood into 2,000 page law books, God decided to give us some sunny warm
Nostalgia Goodbye My Friend Yesterday was my last day of work at a job I've had for about 3 and a half years. I've always known that when the final day actually came I would have a really hard time leaving. I've
Ridiculous Contracts These two girls in my contracts class are making candy necklaces. Gosh I love contracts. String: 20 cents Candy: $2.25 Seeing the looks on their faces when I email
Law And So It Goes Still alive and kickin'. By way of update, after a very dramatic several weeks and hundreds of desperate emails, it seems my housing in Moscow is worked out. More on that later . . . As finals approach and deadlines for big decisions arrive, I'
Ridiculous I'm Not Alone My friend Kirsten got halfway through our first class this morning before realizing that she was wearing two very different shoes. It was such a relief for me to find
Ridiculous What Matters Is Love By way of update: Last night I was scouted out by another person who is looking for a roommate online. So far Miss Rita is 2nd only to Georg and his boyfriend who want me to come and live with them in the southern
Russia Homeless I was told originally that I could work through the legal counsel I'll be with in Moscow to find housing for the month and a half I'll be there; so naturally I didn't worry much about it . . . until
Law Trial Ad Photos Here are a few pictures from the trial advocacy competition of a couple weeks ago. These were taken just after the completion of finals. In the group picture you can
FYI Oh, and One More Thing Was anyone else functioning under the impression that our brainiac highly paid NASA rocket scientists were prepared to give us some kind of a warning that an asteroid is almost close enough to feel it? I know outer-space is kind of big but come
Ridiculous 7 Days and 5 Hours of Sleep Later It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Last week was the craziest week of my life! And this is coming from someone who had an
