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
The Siblings Solomon I'm working on something for the court now that has just about ripped my brain out of my head and thrown it into a blender. You're welcome for the visual. You all know that I have a job, right? I
Nostalgia Cure for Anxiety? I'm sitting in my office right now, full all the way to the top with anxiety. Eleventy million things to get done at work before the Twice Up the Barrel tour to the U.S., which starts in about two days. Also
Ironman While We're on the Topic of Embarrassing Stories Right before lunch today I got the mass text that "fresh" produce had graced the land of Palau. 12 seconds later I was walking down the street toward the grocery store at a brisk pace when the Stormtrooper zoomed by with Daniel
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
Palau Little Guy, Big Map Oh no, guys. Here comes another chapter in the Eli McCann Book of Learning. Learning is the worst. One of the most difficult things I'm experiencing right now is the unsurety of where my life is supposed to go from here. Guys,
Ridiculous Reality Check Nothing says "Happy New Year" like going back to work on January 2. I am so grateful to have a job. But guys, it isn't right what they do. The people who control the holidays. I would like to find
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
Palau Piranhas. Everywhere. Mere moments after I informed you of my China Air lost bag naked wanderer catastrophe of last week, I received a phone call informing me that my bag was found
Palau Greetings from Palau Hey strangers. The haggard and terrified Eli of one week ago reports to you now from the edge of the world, buried deep in the Pacific, one small breeze away from devastating hurricane. We arrived on Tuesday night in Palau, exactly 745 hours after
Ironman Sleep Talking Summerfest happened. And I served food. And got a lot of it on me. I lived the dream. The festival went on for exactly 12 million hours. And we were
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
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
Ridiculous The Public Library I am technically finishing up two jobs right now before I take the bar in July. One is at the Attorney General office and the other is with the professor I've worked with for a few years. She and I are desperately
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
Ridiculous Public Transportation Last September I had a new little addition come into my life: the regular use of the state's public transportation. I live in Provo and go to school full-time while trying to continue my job part-time in Salt Lake City, which entails
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
Law Victory! The Bears won, 16-0. http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Game-notes-BearsDolphins.html See previous post for context. ~It Just Gets Stranger
Law Eli Cares About the NFL? Let it be written--this is the first time in my life I have ever cared about an NFL game (and that includes the Superbowl). I haven't blog-announced this yet so I should give you an update before I explain my sudden interest
Law Shigella's To catch up a bit, the semester finally ended (much later than it was scheduled to go). The week after finals I was packed away in a tiny prison cell for five straight days frantically trying to bust out a nightmare of a paper
The Siblings Boston I really don't have time for this right now but if I let time keep passing without posting something, I'm going to have a nervous breakdown. My moot court partner Jenna and I just returned from a competition in Boston
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
Grandma 2009 It's that time of year again when I really start thinking about what's happened in the last 12 months. How have I changed? What has made this year different? Was this year my best yet, as it always should be?
Law Rejected? The most dreaded part of my day anymore is when it's time to get the mail. This is because every day I have one or two rejection letters from firms I've applied to telling me that they would just die
