It's been a minute

Life has been passing me by while I have been in a zone thes past couple of months. Since January 28th, 2008 to be exact. The New Kids On The Block are reuniting for a tour & a new album. The zone I have been in since January includes numbness, shock, and sleuthing. I've been trying to find every little detail I can muster up about my favorite band of all time and being content to just to be "in-the-know." Cmon, what am I gonna do with an address? I'm not gonna go over there and sit on the porch (as much as I'd LOVE to). I'm not gonna call endlessly without saying a word (as much as I'm tempted to). I'm not gonna bug every person who I know they're in contact with to get me a backstage pass (although I HAVE been bugging my friends who are even remotely in the business to get me some hookups but no such luck...yet).


Sigh...wow. New Kids on the Block. Reuniting after 20 years. My past & my present coming together. I never thought it would happen. I never imagined this chapter in my life would be reread. I'm dumbfounded by the fact that 20 years later, this band can still get me giddy, excited, and smiling from ear to ear. I can still remember being a 13 year old, with my cousin and a friend, staying up for 48 hours straight!! We were trying to create a dance routine to "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again." It was a lot of fun that summer. We had on our leggings, our New Kids shirt (I had on my Joe McIntyre shirt of course) and our tape player blasting the night away. My mother thought I had gone nuts! And I did. We studied their videos to learn their moves, we memorized the lyrics to every single song they ever sang, and we would talk about our fantasies, that which always involved all five of the New Kids (not just our fave-just to be fair). Lord, just now, I even remember writing a short story about my "Happily Ever After" with NKOTB. Sigh...those were the days when bills came in 1, 5, 10 or 20 instead of piles with the junkmail. Those were the days when my biggest worry in life was finishing a multiple choice take home test on time instead of finishing a deadline for a client or else you're fired. Those were the days when you thought houses were free to live in and you had no idea what the big deal was with leaving the lights on all night by accident.

For me, this reunion is not about reliving the past or drumming up som nostalgic feelings of happiness. It's not about making up for lost time or bringing back my childhood days of carefree living. And it certainly is not about me trying to feel young again and acting like a crazed teenager (although sometimes it may look that way.) No. This reunion, as Donnie said, will be my "redemption." Wahlberg explains. “I want it to be redemption for the fans. I want them to feel entertained, to feel treated to something special. And I want them to be so satisfied by what they get that they’ll realize they weren’t crazy all those years ago — that they put their heart into the right place back then and that it was worth the wait to come back again.”

Hmm. Something special? The fact that he said that already makes me feel special, as if they're doing this reunion just for the music, the love, and the fans. So, I'm NOT crazy for liking them all those years? No, I'm really not. And this new album will prove everyone wrong. And just like how the New Kids do it, right IN YO FACE. There will be no more games. Take it home, boys! Ooops, I mean, MEN. ;-) Muah!