I'm a closet NKOTB Fan

Ok, in middle school, not a closet fan. But when grunge moved into Seattle, I trashed my New Kids cd's and tapes (I AM that old - I had tapes). But, my first concert was New Kids in the fall of 1990 - 7th grade. I went with my best friend, Gina Buzzelle, and her cousin, and our moms. I had my mom scan and email me the picture of my original concert. I'm the one on the far left. Gina in the middle in the tie-dye get up, and Kristy on the right. Back in the day I thought I was HOT STUFF in my new penny loafers.
It was the best 1st concert experience EVER. The moms rented a limo and took us to Red Robin. At the time it was the fanciest restaurant I had ever been to. Being one of 3 naughty children we never went anywhere except Denny's or Pizza Hut. We got screamed at the entire drive to the concert - I guess other girls thought we were the New Kids in our fancy limo.

My friend Meredith called me up Monday afternoon and asked if she could get tickets if I would go with her. I said "of course!" So, at 6:30, we headed downtown for the concert.

Before the concert at my house. Meredith wasn't able to get tickets off Craigslist, so we just drove downtown and got them from a scalper. They were really good seats.
Us at the concert. I did not buy a concert t-shirt, and we had not saved our clothes from back in the day (like I would fit into anything I had in 6th or 7th grade!).So the purpose of this picture is not to showcase Meredith (but doesn't she look lovely?), but to sneakily get a picture of the mom-type lady int he middle of the picture. She came with HER daughter (in the blue farther down). Hysterical to me, since I went with my mom to my first concert, but I didn't need her for the 2nd. =)Here the boys pop out of the floor of the stage for their grand entrance. The concert was not sold out, but I think it was the loudest concert I have ever been to. Seriously. 30-year old ladies are loud. I hooted and hollered until I was hoarse. I sounded like a man on Tuesday morning.Here's my favorite New Kid: Danny Wood. I LOVED LOVED LOVED him. Random, I know. everyone else liked the other guys in the group. I still think he's good looking, but I would never trade Tyler for him. Tyler is my Richard Gere. Meredith's binoculars - given to her in high school by a boyfriend who took her to see "The Phantom of the Opera"! Awesomeness, I tell you.
Part of the concert the band came out to a platform pretty close to our seats. If I were still 12, I would've freaked out and possibly passed out being so close. Like I said, a lot of the ladies were going nuts.My camera was on it's last seconds of battery, so I didn't get a good shot. Blurry will have to do.
Going to the concert brought back a lot of emotions and memories:
-sitting in my parents bedroom frantically dialing Ticketmaster to get my tickets (Mom wouldn't let me stand in line in downtown Seattle, overnight, for some "odd" reason).
-singing every song over and over and over until I was blue in the face
-how much I loved my NKOTB stuff that I had (until they went out of style)
-thinking that I would actually get to meet them, and Danny Wood would fall in love with me IMMEDIATELY, and I would run away with him and we would live happily ever after (Pretty Woman had come out recently, and I SO thought that could happen in real life). Remember, I was TWELVE. I dreamed about marrying Danny Wood so often, it's ridiculous.
-swooning every time their videos were on MTV - back in the day when they actually played videos.

Anyway, those memories are fun and mortifying all at the same time. I was SUCH a silly girl at 12. Praise God He saved me from a life of being nothing more than a groupie. And that I have been blessed with a full life, a wondeful husband and child, a great house, I could go on and on... but I will leave you with one thought. Only New Kids fans (that have been to a new concert will understand) "Let's get this!"