Ridiculous Coming Up for Air I know what you're thinking. Eli, you have been the flakiest person of all time this week! Also, you are the most attractive person we've ever seen and we know for a fact that Paul Simon wants to be your
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
Videos Shopping in Hong Kong Happy weekend, Strangers. I've been wandering across Asia for the past few days. I don't typically do my international traveling alone. This is because I don't see the point in traveling if I don't have someone
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
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
Daniel Happy Trails, Mr. Daniel Dear Mr. Daniel, I dropped you off at the airport just a few hours ago. You left a trail of personal belongings through the apartment and in the Stormtrooper. I
Bob and Cathie Twice Up the Barrel Asian Tour As the time in Palau winds down more and more, I'm finding that things are just sort of falling into place. There's still much to do. Every time I remember that I somehow need to find a place to live
Palau The Next Big Adventure I'm finally ready to share with you my big announcement of late. I'M PREGANT! I kid. I can't be pregnant. Because I had my tubes tied. I've talked a little bit this year about my anxiety
Ridiculous Daniel's Departure I wrote yesterday [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/06/a-huge-surprise.html] about how Daniel is now a week and a half into a three week trip to the U.S., leaving my poor pathetic self alone with Leotrix. He only had a couple of
The Siblings Journey Back to a Dot Last night I made it back to the land of coconuts. Daniel picked me up at the airport at 8:15, drenched completely in sweat, just like he was when he dropped me off at the same spot over two weeks ago. After 34
The Siblings Guatemala Video Happy Wednesday, all. I actually thought yesterday was Wednesday until about 3:00 PM when I met up with Jolyn and she informed me that it was Tuesday. So I'm feeling very confused today. Partly because I still don't really
FYI Back in the U.S. of A. I need to be quick today because I have spent 987 of the last 72 hours on planes and I am CRANKY. Ok, not really that cranky. Because I stopped sweating for the first time in 6 months. And how can you be cranky
Ridiculous Couchsurfer Emails III I told Daniel that I was making a trip the U.S. next month. Daniel: How long will you be gone. Eli: About 2 weeks. Daniel: Two whole weeks!? Eli:
Palau The Magical Mystery Tour As part of my duties with the Supreme Court of Palau, I handle recruiting for the next set of three court counsel to replace the three of us who are currently here until the end of the summer. As a result, large stacks of
Emails Couchsurfer Emails II My good friend and life coach Shea saw a new TMZ article asking readers to help identify a man in a blurry image with Britney Spears on Valentine's
Ridiculous Pictures from My Phone & Weekly Distractions Thanks for the great week, strangers. This morning I woke up to one new couchsurfer request on couchsurfing.org, with the following message: Hi Eli, I'm hoping that
Ridiculous If You Give a Mouse a Keks First thing's first: This weekend, my baby sister turned her body inside-out and emitted human life from her womb. She has sort of one-uped everyone on weekend news.
Palau Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions All day long on Friday (your Thursday) I got updates from Daniel about the status of our current German problem, which prompted me to share this on the Facebook page
Ridiculous German Couchsurfers I get couchsurfer requests relatively often in Palau. I have an account on couchsurfing.org [http://couchsurfing.org/], which is a site that exists so backpackers can find like-minded people in the cities they will be visiting and meet up with them or stay
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
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 Typhoon Aftermath Hello, strangers. First of all, in case you missed the word, I have decided to try what the kids are calling "Twitter." This is something that happens on
Ridiculous Stuck in Guam I’m stuck in the airport in Guam now because of the typhoon that was supposed to wipe Palau off the map today. Apparently Mr. Typhoon skipped on by and didn’t do much damage. Yet my flight was still delayed for 3 or
Church Tennis First item of business, welcome new strangers! Over the past few weeks we've seen an influx of new traffic to Stranger, which I understand is primarily due to
Ridiculous Scuba Alii from the south Pacific. "Alii" is a greeting in Palaun. I used that word so you would think I'm super cultured and practically a native
