Rebecca Under the Sink Last night living-in-sin roommate, Rebecca, and I returned home from Seder. (We apparently think we're Jewish. Shalom!). It was late and I just wanted to go to bed. You guys. I need to tell you something that isn't a very
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I ran for two hours on a treadmill tonight. It was the stuff of nightmares. And I know what you're thinking. "Eli. Why didn't you
Daniel Climb Every Mountain Over the weekend I had some pretty intense conversations with Daniel. This was between all of the bickering over his selfish requests to get his clothes back. We talked about our experience in Palau. And what made it great. And what made it hard.
Ridiculous Daniel Searches for His Clothes Eli: Excuse me. What are you doing? Daniel: I'm going through your closet. Eli: And why would you be doing something like that? Daniel: Because I want my clothes back. Eli: What on Earth makes you think that I would have your
Ridiculous Moving Heavy Things As you know, Mr. Daniel came to town last week. Him and all 12,000 of his heavy bags that were opened and spilled out over my apartment for five days. It was wonderful to have him around and it felt a lot like
Church Palau Meets Salt Lake City Last week my worlds collided. And it was really strange. One of the boys from Palau, whom I got to know very well working with the church kids for one
Daniel You People Rock My World Yesterday I wrote this post about what's happening in Ukraine [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/03/ukraine.html]. I wrote it because Daniel has been telling me for a solid month that I should. I hesitated writing it partly because I didn&
Daniel Ukraine The last few months have been really strange for me. I've been watching the events in Ukraine unfold. I've been watching with anxiety and fear and
Mexico Pictures From My Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy February's end, Strangers. We have had a very odd February in Salt Lake City. For several weeks it has been sunny and warm. I'm talking
Mexico DON'T SEND ME A PICTURE OF THAT EVER PLEASE!!!! I've been having . . . well . . . issues for the past many weeks. With my body. With the inside of my body. So, naturally, I decided to share this with anyone
Mexico A History of Daniel It was strange to see Daniel last weekend. For months and months our lives were one. They were totally one. And then, suddenly, they weren't anymore. Daniel and
Mexico Daniel Can't Do Cartwheels Remember one million years ago when I posted the Daniel diving videos [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2012/10/the-eli-mccann-school-of-diving.html]? Remember how he was remarkably bad at diving? Remember how he somehow thought he was diving head-first into the water when in fact he
Mexico Sleeping in Mexico I mentioned yesterday that by the time we got to Mexico on Friday, I hadn't slept for a few days. Between working through the night and traveling and
Mexico And Then We Went To Mexico This weekend I went on a magical journey to the land of tortillas. Many wonderful things happened. But I'll just cut to the chase and give the people
Ridiculous Daniel and Eli Text about the Super Bowl *Note: The Dillon Panthers reference is from Friday Night Lights. The greatest television program of all time. And that, Strangers, is yet another reason why I have a hard time
Daniel Eli's 10 Favorite Cities Frequently Strangers email me and ask for travel suggestions. I've been fortunate to be able to hit a decent portion of the world in my 20s. And besides
Corey Sundance Right now the Sundance Film Festival is happening in Park City, about a thirty minute drive from Salt Lake City. The Festival happens every year and every year people scramble
Ridiculous A Late Night Phone Call Last night I had entered into full zombie mode. This is because for the past week I've basically only slept for about 12 minutes, total. I feel like a workaholic right now, which is not at all glamorous, by the way. Fortunately
Daniel A Christmas Gift I've never been much of a Christmas person. There are a lot of reasons for this. But one of the big ones is that I really struggle with
Corey Corey Came to Town This feels like a fake post. I don't really have a story for you. I'm just going to be blathering for a minute. You should probably
Ridiculous Daniel Discovers Stranger Daniel called me the other day. We hadn't talked for a little while. The following conversation happened. Daniel: Eli. I canNOT believe you shared that video with people. Eli: What video? What people? I WAS YOUNG! I NEEDED THE MONEY! Daniel: Huh?
Ironman The Amazing Race I feel like a broken record announcing this for the third day in a row. But you've come to expect that around here. I really only have about three different jokes that I just use over and over again, interspersed with references
Church Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. Glad to see you've survived it. I walked to work this morning and it was 12 degrees. TWELVE. TWELVE, GUYS. TWELVE DEGREES. TWELVE. Do you
Ironman A Horrifying Announcement I have a really big and terrifying announcement. I'M PREGNANT. See? Now it's funny because I make the joke so often. Pretty soon you guys are going to be begging me to tell you that I'm pregnant because
Ridiculous The Crack of Dawn Yesterday morning I awoke to the sounds of a screamed obscenity. It wasn't me, although it could have been and has been on many prior occasions. Kurt and I are early risers. This is a new thing for me. In Palau Daniel