And with that, I give you this week's pictures from my phone and weekly distractions.
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| My adorable niece (the one who hates me). Also, Bob looks like he might be having a stroke in the background. |
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| The Salt Lake Mormon Temple, a block from my apartment. |
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| Sunset view from my office window. |
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| Kurt: a new picture for you to drool over and make his ego explode. |
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| I texted this picture to my friend Sam to ask if he thought I could go out of the house like this. I don't remember his response, exactly, but it somehow used the word "circus." I was too lazy to change. |
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Stranger Picture of the Week
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| This comes from my friend Matt who snapped a shot of this couple's wedding picture. They were our couchsurfing hosts in Krakow Poland two years ago. |
Crap to distract you from whatever you're supposed to be doing:
Reminder in case you missed it: I'll be on The Porch next Thursday. Show starts at 8:30. You can find the FB event page here or go straight here to purchase tickets.
Ridiculous products for cat owners. Thanks, Sarah.
The Hit and Run obstacle course 5k in Salt Lake City is next week. Someone please do this and give us a full report. Thanks, Val.
Artist collaborates with her 4-year-old daughter. Thanks, Brianna.
Being a Google Autocompleter is hard work. Thanks, Brianna.
Pictures of terrified people. Thanks, Logan.
Stop what you're doing and look at this bear. Thanks, Ellica.
Meow that tune?! Thanks, Ann.
What if I want the thing the box advertises? Thanks, Jill.
~It Just Gets Stranger
Eli, is that second picture a hint? Because I don't know if I'm ready yet. I mean, one thing is to stalk you but to put the word "eternity" to all this? I'll think about it.
ReplyDeleteYou can't just put a picture of Kurtzers wearing glasses and with his hair all cute and stuff. I mean, my pulse just went up by 20 beats. I'm going to need soothing murse's hands to make it go back to normal. And ogmygosh is that Marta and Tomas? You have pictures climbing?
ReplyDeleteHa!! Look at the kid in the background of the picture with your neice! :D
ReplyDeleteAlso, the city is so ugly compared to Palau.
Maybe just a different kind of pretty?
DeleteCan we please, for the love of Kurt, see a picture of Axel?
ReplyDeleteI wish Kurt pulled an Axel and was attached to my arm so together we could make 5 million babies.
ReplyDeleteHey K-man, I need to practice my CNA skills... Can I shave you? ;)
ReplyDeletesh!t just got weird.
DeleteAgreed, but K-man looks better clean shaven. Just sayin'
DeleteI already ordered the prank pack blankeez. I put specific instructions for it to contain what the box advertises. Now the only thing that's left for us to do, Eli, is make 3 babies. I'll let you use Trixy as one of them if you wish. :-)
ReplyDeleteI use to enjoy the comment section of your blog, not any more. All these desperate women (or men) sound so pathetic when commenting about your boyfriend, Kurt. But I think you enjoy it since you seem to fuel them.
ReplyDeleteHoney, I think people are joking . . .
DeleteWell Jolyn admitted to me last night that about 90% of those comments are her just screwing with us. So today they're more entertaining to me.
DeleteDid you catch the part where anonymous commenter thinks Kurt is your boyfriend? I wonder if he/she thinks you dumped Daniel?
DeleteOK, so Eli your shoes are amazing! I love them. Also, Go Jolyn! What a trickster. And so what if Kurt is your BF! We love you no matter what
DeleteShoot. Kurt's my boyfriend now? I wonder if I can start getting him to pay for stuff!
DeleteMeow
DeleteYou can hardly get him to do your laundry. Isn't asking him to pay for stuff a bit overly ambitious?
DeleteSo THAT'S what Jolyn does in this blog! Finally my question has been answered. And the BF thing, it's just a matter of time. Some closets are harder to open than others. Just know that I will always love you (Whitney Houston's voice).
DeleteEli: the circus might be the next best move for you. That sock shoe combo is a sign.
ReplyDeleteI can't tell you how much joy that wedding picture brings me.
ReplyDeleteGreat distractions this week!
I love your niece's look of long-suffering tolerance. "Okay, I looked directly at you....ooooohhhkayyy, you can put that camera away, thankyou....:"
ReplyDeleteI done need to go see that Mormon temple of yours. That thing is bad ass.
ReplyDeletenot the kind the term you should use for a temple
DeleteI was there this weekend for a bi-annual conference that mormons hold, ya know, bi-annually. I would disagree with the responder. It is most definitely badass. Inside and out.
DeleteHopefully I can make it to Muse on Thursday for the Porch. I've always heard good things and I can't imagine a better time to go than when you're speaking.
ReplyDeleteThe Porch is awesome! Especially when Eli is featured!
DeleteI don't think your niece hates you, I think she is the ultimate player of this game of attention. The more she "acts" like she wants nothing to do with you the more you try to please her and make her like you- therefore she gets to monopolize your time and attention, and make your other nieces and nephews jealous in the efforts.
ReplyDeleteSounds about right. If she has no reason to hate you and you're always trying to get her to like you, she's probably doing it a bit for attention which is okay. My nephew does it too. I just forcefully grab him and kiss him. He hits me in the process, but I know deep inside he loves me.
DeleteMind Your Man-Nurse
ReplyDeletedid anyone else think that the two boys singing the meow song looked uncannily like they could be younger versions of Eli & Daniel? Just sayin'.
ReplyDelete"There are no coincidences."
Yes, yes I did.
DeleteThat temple is beautiful! It looks like a castle! I feel like people must roll up to it in horse drawn carriages....
ReplyDeleteKurt...(swoon)
ReplyDeleteI'm still waiting to hear why Kurt was clinging to the side of your apt building. Can't stop wondering. Maybe I need to a life.
ReplyDeleteI'm keeping my eyes open for you this weekend... You should make a sign and stand next to the protestors at conference! ;)
ReplyDeleteI heard that Eli is going to stand next to the protesters holding up a sign that will offer a free make out session with anyone that gives him a ticket to the conference. That's just what I heard.
DeleteAllison your comment just gave me the coolest idea ever!
DeletePS: Eli, I have extra conference tickets. Just throwing it out there.
How come no-one has commented on Bob's maladie! I mean, when your arm can form those angles and additionally is that skinny compared to the rest of his body (not to mention the color change), it has to be some sort of dangerous disease.
ReplyDeleteNice sock and shoe combo... Said no one ever:) jk
ReplyDeleteThat temple looks like a Disney castle... not the lame one in Disneyland (which severely disappointed me at 12 and still hasn't made it up to me) but a real one from the cartoons.
ReplyDeleteHypothetically if one converts to Mormon...ism... does this person then become a Disney princess? Hypothetically speaking of course.
Yes. Go walk around the byu campus if you need proof.
DeleteOh my gosh, hahahahahaha! How true is that????
DeleteI absolutely love this!!!
DeleteWell, Mormons believe that God is literally the Father of our spirits, and we call Him the Most High King, which does make us girls into princesses and the guys into princes.
DeletePerfect!! I already talk to birds and try to con mice into doing my housework. Maybe it'll finally work!!
DeleteBYU ROADTRIP 2013!
If Yellowstone doesn't reopen in time for Fall Break, I'm totally doing the Hit & Run with Bridgette. Seems like a suitable replacement for geysers and bubbling mud pots.
ReplyDeleteIf a non-mormon tries to say they are mormon to get into the temple they do ask questions and wont let the non-mormon in. Not saying I know this from experience but just that I do know.
ReplyDeleteNot exactly, anonymous. But there is something called a "temple recommend" that members of the church can get for making and keeping certain commitments. A person must present this at the reception desk at that temple to be allowed admittance. It's like a ticket of sorts. For Mormons, preparing oneself and actually going to the temple is a really special experience. Mormon meetinghouses, which are much more common, are open to all, Mormon or not.
DeleteThere are also "open houses" for after a new temple is built that anyone can go to and see what it looks like inside. Sometimes this also happens when a temple is renovated.
DeleteHa ha haha-- I thought the google video was serious for a second. 'Doh!
ReplyDeleteI was irked by the link labeled "22 Totally Ludicrous Products For Cat Owners," for THIS reason:
ReplyDeleteThe Litter Kwitter Cat Toilet Training System is THE BOMB and it works. I have trained two cats to use the potty and I don't have to deal with litter ANY MORE! The video shows quite a few cats "learning" to leave their waste in the toilet rather than in a box of dirt. The star of the video, Doogie, is an absolutely lovely Russian Blue. The only thing anyone may like to LINK with the Litter Kwitter system is http://www.poopourri.com/.
Beyond that, the rest of the list is spot on. But when people who DON'T have cats tell people who DO what they need or don't need, that's like me NOT smacking your kids in the grocery store! Or something...
I get it, Eli. You're feline-phobic and that's why you make fun of cat lovers. I believe this is another closet door that we're probably, as a community, going to have to rip open with crowbars and torches and such. Also, while I don't care for the socks, your hair is looking FABULOUS lately! The mainland is good for your complexion, too, although I'm concerned Axel's being mistreated.
Kurt, marry me.
ReplyDeleteYour niece looks like a gal with very little tolerance for shenanigans. Maybe that's the rif you feel. <3
ReplyDeleteUm... Whose arm is sticking out of your niece's head just above her ear? It kind of Creep-ed me out at first!
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