Earthquake!

We just had an earthquake! It felt like my upstairs neighbor was running around for the first couple of seconds, but then it started getting stronger. It was a shaky/jolty/rolling motion. I felt like it was more up and down than side to side, so that was a bit strange. Jewel was between the diningroom and the living room when it hit. She looked a bit concerned at first, and when it got stronger she shot off like a bolt and hid under the coffee table -- the sturdiest table in the house! She peaked out from under to see what was going on, and it was adorable. She got some gooshyfood afterwards, and she's fine now. And now she's cuddling like a needy little fiend. *loves* Turns out, it was a magnitude 5.0 earthquake centered around the Hawthorne/Lenux area, which is about about 40 miles north/northwest  of here. Apparently there was a 3.1 aftershock about ten minutes after the initial quake, but I didn't feel it. 

Edit: It's been revised back down to 4.7 (the original estimate)

*stabbity death*

I've realized that I hate it when Pauline opens her mouth for any reason. I've already told you all about her absolutely awful eating habits (chews with her mouth open, smacks her lips loudly after every bite...). Just hearing her talk to one of her friends is driving me insane. a) She's really loud. I don't know why she talks so loud when her friend is sitting three feet away from her. b) Her voice literally grates on my nerves. It hurts my head, especially when I already have a headache. c) She like, doesn't like, know how to talk, like, ya' know? I swear every other word out of her mouth is "like" or "umm" or "uh." I can understand if you occasionally have to pause to talk, but that often? In a language you speak fluently? Let your brain catch up with your mouth before you open it and risk sounding ridiculous. She wasn't even talking about anything complicated or technical, just basic human interactions. The absolute best though is when she talks about medicine or health or anything related to biology. She literally knows NOTHING about it, but is completely comvinced that she has some sort of encyclopedic knowledge about these things, and it drives me crazy. Hello, biology major?? Yeah, I know when you're stupid. Now is a prime example. 

Ugh, I need to move out. ANYWHERE BUT HERE.