Week #9 (7/13/08)

July 13, 2008

Good evening 211^th ward;

Some of you may have noticed that the How You Doin’ Weekly has been passed out at different times the past two weeks. We have been trying to find the optimal time for it to be passed out. Hopefully soon we should have that figured out.

For those of you who have not been to a WDA (Ward Dating Activity) they have been a lot of fun! This past week was no exception. I can say with confidence that everyone had a great time and that everyone walked away knowing each other a little better. After all, that is what a date is all about getting to know each other and having fun, in that order.

I wise man once told me that when you are dating someone, you should try and do different activities. The main reason he said was so that you could see how people acted and reacted in different circumstances. That way you get to see all different sides of the people you date. That is one of the goals of the WDAs (Ward Dating Activities) and I would say that the one last week helped to see some good different sides of people.

What we did last week for the WDA is we got dinner and took it to a park to play a game. Dinner consisted of stopping by four fast food restaurants (McDonalds, Wendy’s, Taco Bell, and Carl’s Jr.) and ordering something that was a dollar or less from each of them. In case you come on our next WDA, we will probably replace Wendy’s with Berger King, and believe it or not there are items at Carl’s Jr. that is a dollar or less.

After getting all of our food, we took it to a local park and there played improv apples to apples. Although many of you have played apples to apples, there is one major difference in playing improv apples to apples. You each take a turn where one person draws a green apple and everyone has to place a red apple in a pile in the middle that describes the green apple. This is where the game differs. After everyone had places a red apple in the middle, the pile is mixed up and everyone who put an apple in the middle is dealt a red apple face down. It is important that no one looks at the red apple they are dealt. Once everyone has a red apple face down, starting at the dealers left, they flip over their red apple and try and convince everyone why the red apple in front of them fits the green apple the best.

This is a very entertaining way of playing. On Tuesday we all heard why the moon was fresh and how emotional the electric chair can be. Although I still can’t remember why Ninjas are revolutionary, I was surprised that the Men in Black were not fantastic. Like Steve pointed out, “who wouldn’t want one of those things to make people forget things? Having one of those would be fantastic.” But, my personal favorite for the night had to be when Jenna told us how morticians were glamorous. “Morticians make everything look beautiful and colorful and there are all of the flowers. It’s like a wedding…… but their dead.”

Ah, good times and great fun. So if you want to understand the inside jokes from our next WDA, sign up today. Talk to me, send me an e-mail, or send me a note today and I will get you signed up for our next WDA.

Before I end today, I have a question to pose to the guys and the girls. I received about 10 responses from the guys on the question I posted last week. I’m giving the guys another chance to respond to the question: what things have girls done on dates that have impressed you and not impressed you? To the girls this question was asked: would you consider dating a guy that was shorter then you?

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