Friday, April 25, 2014

Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions

Good day, my children. One week from tomorrow I'll be racing the half Ironman in St. George. And when I say "racing" I mean "crying at." And when I say "St. George" I mean "Hell on Earth."

At least my hair will look super good. Maybe I shouldn't wear a helmet on the biking portion.

And now, your Pictures and Distractions.
My morning walk to the office.


My good friend Matt at art night at my house.

The Mormons!

Salt Lake City Main Street at night.

The Mormons again!

I made borsch.


Crap to distract you from whatever you're supposed to be doing:

Hysterical graphs that explain the world. Thanks, Francie.

Funny wet cats. Thanks, Francie.

The baby book of disasters. Not something Fortify would ever have to know about. Thanks, Jonelle.

21 things you've never seen before in your life. Thanks, Sherry.

Animals are jerks. Thanks, Kayla.

The worst music video in the whole world! I swear to you, I have watched this probably 59 times in the last week. Thanks, Brian.

7 ways to be insufferable on Facebook. Thanks, Sarah.

Conversation starters and stoppers. Thanks, Natalie.

Shocking or hilarious photos from the past. Thanks, Magan.

23 GIFs that will teach you something.  Thanks, Veronica.

If you would like to have something included in Pictures & Distractions, please email me at itjustgetsstranger@gmail.com.

~It Just Gets Stranger

19 comments:

  1. Thank you Eli. I needed this today.
    And you know we're all going to be drooling over Matt now... just sayin'.
    Good luck at SG!

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  2. Thank you Eli. I needed this today.
    And you know we're all going to be drooling over Matt now... just sayin'.
    Good luck at SG!

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  3. Um . . . so Matt is incredibly good looking.

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    1. Yes. I stalked him on Instagram (Eli posted this picture the other day there and tagged him). He is a beautiful man. An unbelievably beautiful man.

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    2. Hotty Instagram claim confirmed!

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  4. I think you're looking at the Iron Man the wrong way. Instead of thinking of "crying" and "Hell on Earth," think of the beauty of the course, being there with your friends, and about how prepared you are! Even if you don't make it I think it will still be a worthwhile experience. Imagine hearing the words "You are an Iron Man!!!" To me, at least, that would make it all worthwhile. And think about all the bragging you could do!

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    1. Oh, this post gave me a good idea (as in trying not to dwell on the negative). Pretend you're Iron Man. First, go and buy one of those Iron Man masks from Toys R Us. Then, when you start the race walk around telling everyone you're Tony Stark...playboy billionaire. And when the race starts make all these mechanical noises like your putting on your Iron Man suit, then stick the helmet on you got from the store and run the marathon saying stuff like "out of the way citizens...I am here to protect you" or something like "AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!!!". Cool things like that. It'll take your mind off of the race if you cosplay your way through it.

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    3. You know Utah was voted the geekiest place in the US, this probably would go over very well at the Ironman!

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  5. Oh my gosh, the Summertime video -- it's like Awkward Family Photos coming to life, singing, walking, dancing, swimming, right before your eyes! And the lyrics, oh my, how clever!!!

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  6. BTW, your pictures of Utah look quite beautiful right now. Please post more pictures, I love the landscape and all the greenery. I can't believe how green it is there already. We got another bout of snow last night. :( It's all melting already but it was nice to see your pictures of green grass and trees with leaves.

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  7. Someone once used a variation of one of the conversation starters on me, it went something like this "some people have really bad teeth, but you don't your teeth are just fine so don't let anyone ever tell you, you need braces." It was very confusing, but I suppose it sort of made conversation...

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  8. Even if your hair looks Ah-MAZE-ing (which it will, duh), please wear a helmet! We don't want your beautifully wacky brain being knocked into an ordinary, boring state!

    Also, if I ever come to Utah, can I please be your friend? Art night? So fun! (And so are going to owl seminars to make bad jokes, and hunting for Easter eggs, and being anywhere near the crazy things you and your friends do!)

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  9. Why are all your friends so attractive??

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  10. Seeing the borsh you made makes me proud! Since I am from Ukraine... :))

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  11. Brian, you are pure evil. I'm making my Facebook friends watch, too, but I only told them the name of the video and sent them to youtube without a link. Maybe I'm pure evil, too. But Francie, thank you for the graphs! LOL! ()

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  12. I could never thank you enough for the worst music video in the world!

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  13. You should probably auction off Matt for a date. You'd get a lot of bidders...haha

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  14. Oh my heck. I started watching the worst music video ever made, played it for a client because he earned YouTube time at the end of his session, and he plugged his ears and started rocking back and forth and moaning; I had to shut it off before we got a full minute in, because it was so distressing unto him. Of course, I had to watch the whole damn thing when he left; I ought not have finished. I should've just walked away and followed client's lead, because that. was. heinous. The sad thing is, the poor adolescents in the video don't realize how sad it is. Eesh. So...thanks (?) to Brian and Eli. I suppose ;)

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