pennies, high school musical, and the right stuff

so it seems like i'm never quite in the right place at the right time. the other day, my sister and I were at the Mall of America, doing some wedding shoe shopping (no, not for me...in case you were unaware, that's already been taken care of. They were shoes for her.) and we happened upon a large crowd of screaming young teens, surrounding what appeared to be a giant yellow box. This caught our interest so we stopped to see what the fuss was all about. It turns out that Office Depot was doing some sort of promotion/event that had to do with two million pennies (apparently contained in the giant yellow box). This didn't seem all that exciting so we weren't sure what everyone was so jazzed about. As it happens, they weren't excited about pennies, they were excited about Vanessa Hudgens who was there to unveil the box and then sign autographs. That we saw.

What we (I) didn't see was a New Kids on the Block performance. I finished work at 4 and on my way out, saw a stage and what appeared to be all the trappings of a performance soon to be happening. So I waited for awhile, thinking it would be cool if it happened around 4:30 or so (the crowds seemed to indicate that it would be sooner, rather than later). However, I soon found out that they weren't going to appear until 5:30 and decided that I just couldn't wait that long. So I went home.

I guess it could be argued that missing the second happening was my own fault, since I chose to leave but I will say that I would much rather have stumbled upon NKOTB than Vanessa Hudgens (no offense to those of you who are rabid fans...).

However, it was the first time I saw a famous person at the Mall of America so it seems that my working there for the past month or so has become worth it after all.

or something like that...