Thursday, April 3, 2008

The Wait is Over

The teenie bopper within me is screaming with joy - I have waited 14 years for this very moment:

THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK ARE REUNITING!!! omg...this is so awesome...



Back in the day, my friends and I were retarded over this group. My walls were slathered with BOP! and Teen Beat magazine pictures from one end to the other. I had t-shirts, lapel pins on my jean jacket, a hat (which glowed in the dark), VHS tapes of their videos and concerts, their cassette tapes, and posters galore. I memorized dance moves by taping MTV and practicing over and over in the living room. We went and saw them perform at the Iowa State Fair with Tiffany and Tommy Page as the opening acts - I was GOING to marry Donny Wahlberg - oh, my heart is all a flutter just thinking about it all...ahhhhhh....

We had it planned out - Heidi was going to marry Jordan, I was going to marry Donny, Hilary was going to marry Jonathan, and Amy - well, we teased her about marrying Danny. Joey was 'too young' for us at the time, but he had potential...

I think about how obsessed I was with this group and how much money I pumped into them - along with every other young girl who was in love with them, too! They were soooo dreamy...

So in case you're wondering what to get me for my birthday in August, they do have a new album coming out :)

3 comments:

April said...

HOLY COW! I loved them like you loved them. Dude we should go to the concert together and scream our heads off. And I was actually going to marry Donnie Wahlberg. sorry.

Anonymous said...

This is so funny!!! I loved them too. I had the stage set with all the "Barbie" NKOTB dolls!!! Oh yes, microphone stands and ALL!! I also had a sheet set and made sure Jonathan's face was "shmushed" up to mine as I drifted off to sleep. That's right, I was a Jonathan girl. I never liked the bad boys!! You naughty Donnie lover you!!! My b-day is in October, ahem!! Oh-oh-o-oh-o, Oh-oh-o-o, Oh-oh-o-o-oh - the RIGHT STUFF!!! Yeah baby!! Love ya, Rebecca

vegasviaiowa said...

That is cool. I remember when Matty and I worked at Adventureland and they came to the park; Jordan was hitting on one of our coworkers and she was completely oblivious as to who he was. After he moved on, one of her friends told her and she passed out.

Tiffany was there that day too, because they were on tour. I must confess she didn't hit on me. Ahhhhh....those were the days.