Life is moving on and I'm stuck on the internet

Just realized today that I'm supposed to leave for Noo Yawk (NY) in exactly 2 miserable weeks. I'm starving right now but I can't seem to tear myself away from the ever forbidden internet. Although I have been following this whole New Kids reunion like a celebrity stalker, I still cannot shake off the fact that life is still moving forward and I still have responsibilities, which brings me to the disdainful realization that I have traffic school to attend and I still have not signed up. It isn't that I've been forgetting about this particular thorn in my side but rather, I've chosen to believe that perhaps, by fate, somehow I will accidentally slip through the cracks. Yes, I know. Ridiculous. If the government wants their money, they will surely find their ruthless way to get it.

On a lighter note, I have recently gotten some highlights in my hair and I don't what if I did it because I was adamantly bored, because I wanted to look a few years younger, or because it was only $30 for 8 foil highlights. Ding ding ding! Obviously, it was reason #4: all of the above. Isn't that always the case? A woman, who feels that her appearance that is rather drab and unattractive will somehow find a way to make themselves seemingly happier, more vibrant, and full of energy. On my short note, I don't feel any of these characteristics, as a matter of factly, I feel quite the opposite, and I feel like consoling myself right now with a couple of soft-boiled eggs. BRB...

My my, those embryos are satisfying when they're runny, aren't they? Speaking of children, everyone continually asks me if I plan on having my own family. Seeing as I'm 31 and single, they are getting unanimously worried that I may live my life as a spinster. Honestly, is that really such a horrible life to live? Who says that a woman's life is only fulfilled through the agonizing pain of childbirth? I could always adopt if I wanted to. I imagine that the only reason I'm thinking about children is through my recent viewing of the movie "Baby Mama" starring the very funny & amazingly talented Tina Fey & Amy Poehler. I really love seeing them perform together. The movie was insignificant in my mind but I still enjoyed my 90 minutes of overdue saturday night live humor.

Anyway, I need to return to my sleuthing. The information highway is going at maximum speed and I need to catch up.

Happy NKOTB Day!!

19 years ago, governor Michael Dukakis declared April 24, 1989 to be New Kid On The Block Day. To celebrate this day, I had to wish everyone on Myspace & Facebook a HAPPY NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK DAY!! I know it's strange for me to be celebrating but hey, it's worth my time because NKOTB made me who I am today. Nothing wrong with honoring my creator. haha! I'm sure you're all saying, "I thought that was God." Well, God gave me life but NKOTB gave me my iron clad will to resist peer pressure. I'm at my strongest point yet and I do my best never to let anyone knock me down. If I do, I'll get right back up.

Anyway, can't write much right now. Got a lot of work to do. I'll get back to you another day.

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!