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?
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
Ridiculous Palau Ruined Me I left Palau just two and a half months ago. Really? Is that all? Does it seem like it's been a lot longer than that to you guys? Someone get out a calendar and help me learn how to read it. Right
Snapchat The Snapchats Yesterday: Woman on the News: Up next, we're going to talk about text bombing and how it might be hurting your child. Eli: What on Earth is "
Ridiculous Whelp, TIME TO MOVE AGAIN! I woke up this morning at 5:00. Started singing at the top of my lungs. Dance-walked to the shower. Sang at the top of my lungs there, too. The
Church Choices On Sunday I attended a giant Mormon congregation in Salt Lake City. Sitting in the middle of it all was interesting because I immediately found myself thinking about the contrast between this and my Palauan church-going experience that ended just two short but significant
Ridiculous The Many Lives of O2 I have a plant named O2. I know I've mentioned him before. Usually when I've mentioned him it's because I'm comparing myself to all of my peers who practically have grandchildren by now and I want
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. I hope you all have a nice one. My 10-year-old niece called me late last night to remind me that I said she could come stay with
Palau Settling Dust I got back to the United States of God Bless America about six weeks ago. The last six weeks have been a whirlwind of change. And it's been difficult to catch my breath and take a bird's-eye view of what
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, all. A huge thanks to those who came out to The Porch last night and said hello. It was fun to meet some of you. And due to
Palau Pictures & Weekly Distractions Pictures and distractions have returned to Stranger. I know you were all very very angry. I think 90% of you dropped me on Facebook. But then you came back because
FYI State of the Union This is sort of a state of the union post. Because I’ve now been in the United States of God Bless America for over two weeks and some of
Ridiculous Living in the Elevator I've now been back from the Land of Coconuts for about a week and I'm very unfortunately still engaging in the never-ending process of collecting all
Ridiculous The Child Who Hates Me One of the greatest parts about being back in the United States of God Bless America (the full legal name) is that I have been able to see all of
Ridiculous And That's How I Ended Up Completely Naked at the Airport This is going to be one of those posts that brings in tons of people who are searching for "naked men" or "nude" or, oddly, "rats eating wonder bras," because there are always a few weird ones like
Nostalgia Happy Trails, Palau The time has finally come for me to say farewell to the land of coconuts. I've wondered for weeks how to write this. And I can definitely say that what I will write is going to be so much different than what
Church Conversations with the Church Kids Throughout my year in Palau I have had many enlightening conversations with the Palauan teenagers at church. I've written them down as they've happened with the intention of sharing some of them with you one day. Below is a sampling
Daniel Russian Survivor On Saturday the court had an outing to the Rock Islands as sort of a farewell party for the three of us court counsel who will be leaving Palau over
Palau Pictures & Weekly Distractions One week remains in the Land of Coconuts. I'm slowly cleaning out my office, throwing away one packing peanut at a time in my apartment, and finding new
Palau Acts of Kindness I live on the top of a very very steep hill. So steep that the Stormtrooper sounds like a nuclear bomb every time I have to drive up into the extremely slanted parking lot. So steep that if there are more than three people
Ridiculous Man's Best Friend Since I'm living alone now I'm having to adjust to the quiet of my apartment. It's strange, and I don't like it much. I want my home to be full of life. I like feeling like
Ridiculous Shipping I decided to take the day off of work so I could ship all of my garbage to the United States of America. I’m ready to say that moving to another country is the most terrible thing a person can choose to do
Ridiculous You May Eat a Human I've taken to treadmill running recently. I go through phases every once in a while where running along the road somewhere seems about as fun as spending the
Ridiculous Pictures & Weekly Distractions Dear Strangers out there in Strangerville: happy Friday. Two weeks from today I'll be departing from the land of coconuts. With each passing day I become more excited
Ridiculous A Conversation About High School An Insightful Conversation on High School Island Life with Two Palauan Girls I Gave a Ride Home Last Night from a Church Youth Activity Palauan Girl 1: Brother Eli? Did you know that in Japan you have to be looking at the clock all