mindful

dude, i really should update more often. actually, i think about it all the time. i even compose my posts in my head. i just never write them down. so by the time i get to a computer i've already forgotten wat i wanted to say! =\

this weekend i played pool for like the third time ever wit some friends. will post pictures if ting sends me hers. mine suck (stupid slow shutter speed...). it was fun. daniel came up from sd (unfortunately tsai wasn't able to) and we caught up some. then went shopping wit my mom on sunday. oh! get this. so she had a $20 gift certificate from nordstrom which expired on the 30th. so we went sorta desperate to spend that $20 (she wasted it last year cause she forgot about it, so she really wanted to get to it this year). we went around but just didn't find anything we liked. well, no. there was a coat she liked. but it was $1000. i said she should buy it and use the $20. she was like 'that's wat they want me to do!' lol, anyway, so we go back downstairs to the cosmetics. i figured she could splurge and get a $25 lipstick. so we walk around and still, no luck. then i happen upon a lipstick set from clinique. i ask how much it is ($25) and if they have a free gift wit purchase (nope, starts on wednesday she says). we try on the colors and luckily, my mom likes two and i like all four, lol, but i'll get the two others. so we go to pay and the lady asks if we would like to get an advance on the gwp. so appt we can get a preorder on the free gift. so in the end my mom ended up paying a measly $7some for 4 lipsticks, a bag, a mirror, a mascara, a 3 eyeshadow palette, a lipgloss, a cleanser, a lotion, and two other products. can you believe that? holy crap! did you ever hear of such a thing?! preordering a free gift! seriously tho, i think it's only nordstrom which does they. they have legendary good customer service.

as of yet, have no plans for this weekend. altho appt russell peters is in town. have a couple of groups of friends going to that but i probably won't be going. while i find him funny, i think he recycles his stuff too much. =\ maybe i'll go watch a movie? i wanna watch 'marie antoinette' and also 'stranger than fiction'. anyone?

oh well, here's a list of the safety of 371 cities in america. irvine is number 7. :) 2nd safest in california (mission viejo is 1st in california. 3rd overall). some cities of interest: sunnyvale 38, fargo 47!, rancho cucamon 62 (but wat about ranch cucamonga?), fullerton 80, chino 88 (this is the city, which on the oc, is the ghetto...), buena park 103, anchorage 212, la 250, vegas 302, sacramento 322, compton 368 (least safe city in cali), and in last place is st. louis. it is a pretty interesting list. worth your time in going thru. lots of nearby and well known cities: norwalk, anaheim, pasadena, pomona, torrance, santa monica, oakland, berekely, escondido, sd, carlsbad, riverside... lol yeah, cali towns take up like half the list.

oh and i recently got into 43things. so if you're in too, look me up. oh, and i'm really really into 43places too.