Earthquake on the East Coast

Last night I was at work, sitting in the nurses' station working on some documentation when all of a sudden I felt an earthquake...the computer monitors were shaking a little. It was SMALL, compared to my usual California quakes! I immediately went to find some other people to talk to, thinking everyone was going to be freaking out because that was so unusual for this area, however most people either didn't even feel it or didn't really know what it was. I guess it was a 4.0 earthquake in Maine. It was quite a conversation topic for everyone last night - kinda a big deal for New England. Just thought I'd share this story with my fellow quake-experienced Californians. :)

Orange County

Today we were getting ready to leave Trader Joe's and as we were finishing bagging up our groceries the man behind us in line was beginning to check out. Since he was buying alcohol, the cashier checked his ID -California. The cashier then said that he just got back from there (CA) yesterday, so the customer asked where abouts in CA he was visiting, to which the cashier said Orange County. The customer then said "Oh, that's where I'm from" and I, grabbing my bag of groceries off the counter, said "Us too!" Small world! I, of course, immediately wanted to become friends with these people, but instead we went our separate ways. What a coincidence though!!

Random Interesting Findings

Brian and I recently bought these at Bed Bath & Beyond and they seem pretty cool. I couldn't really tell you if they work or not though, but they keep your toothbrush covered. I wish they made more colors, but for now I think this is it. They seem nice, but it says to replace them every 3 months, so it might be better to just invest in a good sterilizer instead.

Also, while we were shopping there we ran across this:
It is a Kapoosh Universal Knife block - slotless! You can use any knife and put it anywhere you want! You can arrange knives in a heart if you wanted to! haha. It is pretty neat - we had fun playing with the sample in the store. It would be really useful for someone who doesn't have a knife block set and just has a bunch of loose knives in a drawer. It's really inexpensive too! I think it's about $30!

My new love...

After trying this ice cream out last night I am absolutely in love with it!! It's become my new fav! :D

Sitting in Borders

A fun Saturday night sitting in the back corner of Borders. They had live music in the cafe area and, therefore, there were no seats. Anyway, I am sitting here and I notice this little girl, say 9 years old, come running back here, giggling, clearly hiding from someone. She waited...and waited...and waited. I just couldn't help but notice her face slowly turn from excitement into worry...did they stop looking for me, did something happen, where did they go? I remember that feeling when I was a kid playing that very same game - it can be quite depressing. Can you relate?

Also while sitting here, I can see the young adult section which is mostly filled with black and red-ish books. What's with all the vampire drama/fantasy books!!? Is that all young adults want to read about!? Just my observation.

Do you know who Mark Zuckerberg is!?

I was reading the Parade magazine from this past Sunday's newspaper and they had "What People Earn", showing all different jobs and annual salaries. What I found absolutely shocking was this: Taylor Swift makes $17.2 million, Jay Leno $32 mil, Ellen DeGeneres $35 mil, Stephanie Meyer (Twilight author) $50 mil, Tiger Woods $110 million....but Mark Zuckerberg...the CEO of Facebook, makes (are you ready?) $3 BILLION! OMG! Is your jaw as low to the ground as mine was!? I just can't even believe that. Oh, and I suppose I should note that Mr. Zuckerberg is age 25. WOW. Mark Zuckerberg, 25 - Celebrity Salaries | Parade.com