Many of you know this but now it's official, this week I put in my official resignation to the chocolate factory and will be moving soon to an official capacity at my new employer the Emerald City to reunite with my friend Renee in all her crazy-Mexican glory. Yay! I can't wait to travel somewhere outside of California.

VESPA UPDATE

Well nothing has every created as much of a stir on maghanoy.com as the Vespa and I am excited to relate that despite everybody's dire warnings of fraud(Ahem, mommy) that I received a call yesterday, that yes and indeed my Vespa has arrived and could I Please go down to the dealership to register it! "Oh, with much pleasure, I am only too happy to register my Vespa".

What a great week! Not only was I on the news, but now my Vespa has arrived, my professional life seems to be taking an exciting turn and somebody asked me to be their child's godmother. Seriously though! Woo-hoo!

Yesterday I was eating lunch with my friend, for her identity protection I usually call her "linebacker". So we're eating our BLT on Croissants and this went down...

"Amelie, I think we should be on T.V." - Linebacker

"Totally! We are just as interesting as Rachael Ray! Probably more so because we're a bit more imbalanced and meaner." - Me

As we discussed possible avenues for becoming famous, a woman randomly approached and said "Can I take your picture?" My first reaction would have been, "No way, I don't want to end up on some local newspaper expose" but "Linebacker" turned to me with a maniacal smile and said "Oh my God Amelie! My time has come!"

Well if Wednesday was Linebacker's day, today was mine! I made my Spanish-language television debut on Univision 6:00 p.m. news! That's right, I am a Spanish-language expert on obesity prevention and chronic disease. The best part was watching Arnold gape in awe as he slowly came to the realization that voiceover he was listening to was none other than yours truely! And since Arnold has a not-so-secret crush on a good 1 out of 3 female newscasters, I think my news debut might be enough to keep him in my thrall forever!

Today was an exciting week for so very many reasons, but mostly because we are still on winter break... and each week that we don't go to school I wonder what demon possessed me to think that going to grad school would be fun. Seriously, sure grad school is fun, but so is watching t.v. and taking naps, activities which are a lot less costly and time intensive, but... it's too late to stop now, so in February hi-ho hi-ho it's back to school I go. Actually it's back to school we go, since Arnold is apprently possesed of the same mental illness that propelled me towards the lunacy of getting an M.A. in Spanish. I think I should've listened to my Mom who gave this announcement the moment she graduated from her M.A. Program. "I'm done with school, I'm never going back."

Amen.

P.S. Santa Emilia, Would you have been able to handle being so close to JT? I think I would've been concerned that we woul be hauled off by security after you rushed the stage. :)

Future Sex/Love Show - The recap

Anybody who works in an office knows that sometimes towards the end of the day one gets tired... this usually happens for me between 3 and 4 and that's when I tell my co-workers "Okay it's time for Justin" Bless their hearts, they are very tolerant of this arrangement. Well, my friends this investment in memorizing JT lyrics paid off at the concert last Friday during the 2 1/2 hour dance-off that was the JT concert!

First of all, even though the ticket I bought to go see my imaginary boyfriend was exorbitantly expensive, it was worth every penny because I was LOSING my mind with excitement through the whole thing. Seriously the dancing alone was worth the admission, plus our seats were AWESOME! Admittedly it is hard to get bad tickets in Arco Arena because it's not that big of a venue but still, we ended up sitting right next to the box seats! We could practically see his facial expressions! From our seats! Needless to say he is hot, and taller than one would expect.

Of course there were downsides to this arrangement such as the freakshow who spent the whole night telling my friend "You are so hot, Cameron Diaz has nothing on you." She was like, "Shut up your making me miss out on "Senorita". I don't blame him though, Sara is really hot and of course she was super-sauced out for the girlfest which is a JT concert.

I also had my friend Shenagle reporting from the floor where I am sure she spent the whole concert elbowing 12 year olds out of the way. Though honestly what kind of parent brings their not-even teenage daughters to a concert titled "FutureSex/Love Show"? I know JT used to be a N'Syncer and all, but still it was defenitely not something I would bring my young children too, if only because I would rather they be adults when they ruin their hearing. Not to mention I was seated next to a freakshow who alternated screaming "Justin take off your pants" and let's just call it "heavy petting" with her boyfriend. Weird. Arnold is rather tolerant of this whole JT infatuation but I doubt hearing me scream lewd things in public would inspire much of a positive reaction. Maybe I am just aging prematurely though, it's totally possible, by the time Sexyback started I was thinking, "My back hurts". I know, lame, but I blame it on Justin being awesome enough to give a 2 1/2 hour concert.

Also... and I can't believe I almost forgot this, Timbaland showed up at our concert! So in addition to getting to hear SexyBack the way one should, we also got a 15 minute intermission with Timbaland mixing all the people he produces, which is well, everybody. So there you go people, JT concert, five stars! I encourage you all to bust out your CDs and get your Sexy ON!

Sexy Back

One of my New Years "musings", (I am not disicplined enough for resolutions) was to enjoy life more without worrying so much about how much things cost ex. Let Arnold buy lattes without pointing out how much a weekly latte adds up to over the course of the year. Yes, I believe in fiscal responsiblity but anyone who really knows about my finances would know that I lean way more to the "a-retentive" side of fiscal policy. I mean seriously, I enjoy making deposit to my ROTH-IRA and all but I have like thirty years to go before then... So in the spirit of New Years "musings". Sara and I bought last minute tickets to go see JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE!!!! TONIGHT!!! I think I might die of excitement. Don't worry big sister Sage, I will tell you ALL ABOUT IT!

Also(confession) I ate sushi for lunch.... I am decadent like Marie Antoinette today.

Vacation Malaise

The downside about coming home from a winter Carribean vacation in which you literally spend two weeks having absolutely no idea what time it is and eating and sleeping at your leisure is that even the smallest task seems insurmountable when you return to your normal life of winter and work. As one of my co-workers said this morning "Even entering the passcode to turn on the computer is taxing" Praise be to God that school does not start for several more weeks.