Ironman 2012 How did we already get to the 2012 wrap-up post? What a year. For several years now I have measured my life by the mantra that if I'm doing things right, the best year of my life at any given time should
Church FAQs Good morning, dear strangers. A while back I decided it was time to stick an FAQs section on Stranger. So I'm finally doing that. You can find the tab above. I know. It's like I'm trying to set
Ridiculous I Don't Hate Christmas Christmas came and went. And guys, I have a huge announcement to make. I think I like Christmas. I know. How could somebody not like Christmas. It's like
Life Gang Fight Happy Monday, dear strangers. I hope you all had a magical weekend in unicorn proportions, and yet still had a chance to feel heart-broken over some of the terrible things that happened during it. Feeling heart-broken is good, sometimes. It means you're
Ridiculous Snuggie Texts, One Year Later One year ago today I posted Snuggie Texts [http://itjustgetsstranger.blogspot.com/2011/12/snuggie-texts.html]. I cannot believe it has already been a year. You people are getting old. Over the past year, many of you have asked a lot of questions about
Palau I am an Island You read this blog. Some of you, faithfully. And that's an incredibly fun and strange thing for me. And from time to time some of you have mentioned that you feel like you know me personally, just from reading all the nonsense
Palau Thanksgiving Panic Happy Thanksgiving week, strangers. I hope your Thanksgiving goes better than the time in Ukraine when I cooked a Thanksgiving dinner for three other Americans and gave them all food poisoning. It was the deviled eggs. I escaped unscathed because I didn't
Ukraine Wrapping Up SLC Well strangers, I'm out of my apartment for good. Sorry if you were trying to stalk me and you just found out where I was living. I promise to give you enough information in future blog posts to piece together my whereabouts
Ironman Pioneer Day Marathoning How often are you supposed to clean your reusable water bottle? I'm sitting here at work, early in the morning, getting ready to get started for the day.
Ridiculous High School Reunion Next week is my 10 year high school reunion. I know. How the crap is Eli old enough to have a 10 year high school reunion? I'll tell you how: I graduated in 2002. It's currently 2012. Take the square
Law In Which My Life Takes A Sharp Turn Several months ago, sort of on a whim, I applied for a job in a country called Palau. Palau is an island nation in Micronesia, 500 trillion miles away from where I currently live. Why did I apply to work there? 1. It never
Ironman Ironman St. George, Part III I pulled into the next aid station, having gone a while without seeing any spectators or support staff since we were now somewhere on the back side of a very windy canyon. The small crowd was a welcome sight. I got off my bike
Ironman Ironman Final Thoughts Dear strangers, I write this now on the eve of our Ironman departure. In a few short hours we will head south, Paul Cyclemon and Larry in tow, off to war. I'm freaked out. Like, really freaked out. Over seven months ago
Ridiculous 2011 2011 was good to me. It was also my strangest year to date, which is how I measure success. I believe that if I'm living my life the way I should, the best year of my life will always be the last
The Siblings Apartment Hunting It’s been an interesting few weeks of change here in SLC since I’ve returned and recovered from Euro-trip 2011 (screenplay coming). Since returning home I have moved into a new apartment downtown (where all the hipsters live) in which I have started
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
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 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
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
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
Life Belize and Guatemala Made it back from Belize and Guatemala on Saturday night. It was an amazing experience. Krishelle, Will, Megan and I started in Belize City (AKA--the sketchiest of all sketch places of all time) and ended in Guatemala City. As usual, we made absolutely no
Ridiculous Deseret News Marathon It is finished. The marathon started at 5:30 in the morning, so naturally the race coordinators demanded that we be loaded into the shuttle busses to head to the starting line by 3:15 AM. This was no big deal, of course, because
Life The "M" Word I will be running the Deseret News marathon in less than 40 days now. This will be my third attempt to tackle the beast. The first attempt was in 2003 in Park City. The result: Miles 1-10: High-fiving strangers, thumbs-upping the locals, and the
Law 2L The final final ran its course on Monday morning. I came out of the test, got cornered into an awkward and slightly contentious conversation regarding some of the most recent and most frustrating law school drama, and then almost literally RAN out of the
Law The Calm Before The Storm I had the week off last week so Krishelle, Uncle Will and I decided to head south and just drive until the weather became acceptable. Fully expecting the possibility of having to drive as far as Guatemala, I packed several weeks of clothes and
