Booklist!

I decided that I need to make a list of books I want to read, that way when I get a chance to read I'll be able to remember which ones I wanted to read!

My goal is to make it a list of 101, right now it's at 25...

So that's where you come in!

What are some good books you've read lately?

I know this is horrible but I'm really just not into the old classics.

I'm more into modern classics.

But I do want to know what your favorites are and what you think I should read!

What Color Are You?!

Misheel, one of my roommates, turned 22 last Thursday so on Sunday we had a birthday dinner for her over at Monica's house. After dinner Monica's friend Fetu came over with her four little boys. Lea wanted to color pictures so I got out the crayons and sat down on the floor with her and of course Fetu's boys wanted in on the fun (who doesn't want to color?!)! Now I should tell you that Fetu and her family are all Samoan. After coloring for a while one of the little boys looks at me and asks "What color are you?" I told him "I'm white." He looked at his white piece of paper and back at me and asked, "How do I draw you??" I gave him a peach colored crayon and told him that would work! It was cute!

Just Curious!

We did this activity the other day in my international communications class.

I just wanted to see everyone's opinions.

After you read the (short) story leave a comment ranking the characters in order of whose behavior you MOST approve to whose you LEAST approve.

The Parable

Rosemary is a young woman about 21 years old. For a long time she has been engaged to a young man named Hernando and she is coming from a great distance to meet him for their scheduled wedding. The problem she faces is that between her and her betrothed there lies a river. No ordinary rive mind you, but a deep, wide river infested with hungry crocodiles.

Rosemary ponders how she can cross the river. She thinks of a man who has a boat, whose name is Sven. She approaches Sven and asks him to take her across the river. He replies, "Yes, I'll take you across the river if you'll spend the night with me."

Shocked at his offer, she turns to another acquaintance, Lee Pai, and tells him her story. Lee Pai responds by saying, "Poor Rosemary, I understand your problem, but I don't see how I can help. It's really your problem, not mine."

Rosemary, in desperation, decides to return to Sven, and spends the night with him. In the morning Sven takes her across the river. She completes her journey and arrives in time.

Her reunion with Hernando is warm, but on the evening before they are to be married, Rosemary feels compelled to tell Hernando how she succeeded in getting across the river. Hernando responds by saying, "I can't believe you would do such a thing. I wouldn't marry you if you were the last woman on earth." And he banishes her as a soiled woman.

Finally at her wit's end, Rosemary turns to our last character, Seiichi, He listens to her story and says, "What a terrible thing to happen. Rosemary, I don't love you, but I will marry you." And that's all we know of the story.

What do you think?

Remember to rank them in order of the character you MOST approve, to that you LEAST approve.

Shout Out to Sis Stocking!

During my last semester at BYUI, I took a class from Sis. Stocking....so much fun! I mean what other college professor takes you to get frozen yogurt for your final?! She's definitely the first (okay, probably only) professor I'll visit next time I'm in Rexburg (which might be sooner that we all think)!

One day she wanted to show us a picture of her family, so she pulled up her blog and found one. Later that week I was supposed to be writing a paper, but of course I was procrastinating. I had read all of the recent posts on the blogs I follow so I decided to try and find...success!! The last week of school I finally admitted to her that I had been reading her blog all semester!

She recently gave me a shout out on her blog! So I thought I'd do the same.

Hi Sister Stocking! I do love it here in Hawaii! It's nice and warm (I had to throw that in there since it started snowing for you guys this week!). The classes are definitely different...a lot less rigorous!

No, I don't think it's weird that one of my old teachers is following my blog! Well, not any weirder than one of your old students following yours! I do miss you! You were definitely my favorite teacher at BYUI (and not just because all of the food that you brought us...although that was a plus!). Our class was the best! I doubt you'll have another class as good as ours! ;)

My original plan was to graduate from Hawaii, but I don't know anymore. I have a few different programs I'm looking into and yes one of them is back at BYUI. But we'll just have to see where life takes me! It's definitely been a blast down here though! It's been like a little study abroad...only cheaper! :)

I haven't met a Lindsay. But! On the first say of classes I ran into Zach, from our English class! He's married now! He married his girlfriend who had transferred here from Idaho earlier. She was actually in my French class back in Idaho, and I have a few classes with her here...it's a small (Mormon) world!

Anyways. It was good to hear from you! Have a good semester!

Love,

Danielle W.

Living Without a Plan

For those of you who know me, you know that I have to have a life plan.

Granted, my life plan typically only lasts a few months before I have to come up with a new one. But I have to know where my life is headed, and exactly how it is going to get there.

I stumbled across a blog post someone had written: "Sometimes, you don't need a plan." It really made me realize that it's okay if my life plan doesn't work out. Sometimes it's even okay if there is no plan.

So, here is to living without a plan!

Kahuka Football

On Friday night two of my roommates and I went to the local Kahuka High School football game.

It was actually a lot of fun! But oh dear am I white or what?!?

Everton, Me, and my roommate Raquel

Me and my roommate Vanessa

It was their homecoming game which was pretty cool! It brought back some fun memories! It actually kinda made me miss high school. Man! I never thought I'd say that!!

Not gonna lie though. My favorite part was probably this ref who wore his backpack on the field the entire game!

Rain

It's raining today and I love it!

It's cloudy, cold (ok it's 75 but I get to wear a sweatshirt, so we'll call it cold), and wet!

It reminds me of home.

Plus, I just love the smell of rain! Not a better smell in the world.