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Someone that I don't even know gave me a great compliment about my new hair (even earrings). That was quite flattering, and made my day. (and I was even thinking that my hair was getting a bit shaggy and not so cute)

Weekends are always too short.

This weekend consisted of some fun, with a lot of BORING. Friday night was good, it consisted of:

I LOVE Target.

A little over a year ago they opened one up on the opposite side of the island, but what I DIDN'T know until a few days ago, is that at the same time they also opened one up in Honolulu! So we just had to go visit it. Good thing I brought a list and stuck to it, I was proud of myself. I was also proud of Wolfgang for not letting me to to the swimming suit section.

Target just has such a nice, clean, happy atmosphere, compared to Wal-mart's nasty, dreary, frantic "I hate my job and all of you" atmosphere, it was pathetically refreshing.


We came back home just in time for the REBEL SOULJAHZ (for those of you that are not "cool," that's the cool way of spelling soldiers) concert on campus.

On our way over they stopped really fast right in front of us and said, "hi, um...we are suppose to be performing here in like 10 min...can you tell us where the stage is??"

They are a lot less intimidating than they look. Wolfgang and I have seen them before at various events and enjoy their music, AND we scored free tickets. They are a local Hawaiian band that plays very enjoyable hawaiian-style reggae music with their dreamy Polynesian voices.

As for Saturday,

BORING.
LAME.
LONELY.
...yet productive.

Wolfgang was gone literally all day, pretty much from 8am-2:30am the next morning, because of a stupid English test they made him take on campus, and also because of work. I was a total homebody and stayed home all day and just did homework. What can I say? Us newlyweds are clingy to our husbands and don't want to do things without them so I didn't bother trying to call anyone to do something, especially on Saturdays, and quite franky I don't want to be the 3rd wheel of a married couple anyway, that's just awkward. AND all my awesome single friends are gone, so it was just a really long and excruciating date with my homework. But hey! less homework to do today and tomorrow.

And that my friends, was my weekend. Now back to the grind of school...

Really?

Enough said.

Happy Birthday Mom!

To the woman who:

Tells "your mom" and "that's what she said" jokes
Wants the Rolling Stones music (or is it the Beattles?) playing at her funeral
Gave birth to two angels (the younger one surpassing the older)
Spoils her children when they are home
Shows endless compassion and patience for others
Can fall asleep instantly, anywhere
Has been known to say, "it's because you're a Cooper Girl"
Installs a new confidence upon those she gives advice to
Jams out to her children's music
Has never received a speeding ticket, or any ticket (knock on wood)
Has been seen in an apple costume or a large fruit hat, and made my childhood memory of lunch time quite memorable (complete with plenty of embarrassing moments), and showing "her secret sign" to me on the video taped "morning annoucements."

Yep, that's my mom, and she's the best mom EVAH (*austrian accent included)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

I love you very much and I can't wait for you to come visit in less than three months.

Love,
The Favorite.

Hello, October.

'Tis the season of pumpkin; an excuse to make one of my favorite cookies.

Listen

The 180th Semi-Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

That's what we've been up to this weekend, while simultaneously working on our attention spans.

Great speeches by great leaders who are able to help us redefine our lives and encourages us to make goals to better improve our lives and the lives of others. Click here to learn more or to listen/watch the talks given.

Those Europeans...

a couple of days ago in my Gender and Culture class, our student discussion leader somehow got on the subject of "Global Promiscuity" (courteous of the almighty Wikipedia, of course).

My favorite part was when the article said,

"Another study that looked at promiscuity based on total number of sex partners found that Austrian men were the most promiscuous males in the world with 29.3 sexual partners on average..."

(I chuckled out loud in class).

Looks like we'll be having a long talk tonight.