29 Days to Go!

Twenty-nine more days until the New Kids concert! I can't wait! I might be heading down the night before to hang out with some of the ladies I met on nkotb.com. We are going to try to see if we can spot the guys. :-) I have my VIP so I am guarenteed that I will meet them the night of the concert but they have changed their meet and greet routine so we can't get individual pictures with the guys anymore and we also don't get an opportunity to mingle with the guys. :-( Since that has changed, I'd like to try to get an opportunity to get some individual pictures with one (or a few) of the guys... hence... hanging out around Broomfield Event Center (and the surrounding hotel bars) to see if we can see them and meet them on November 13th, the night before the concert. Well, we'll see. It sure would be cool if we got to meet them outside of an organized event.

New Kids on the Block Concert and Meet and Greet

I'm still waiting for my chance to see the guys live and meet them in person. :-( I still have over a month to go. I don't think that the show has changed much since the beginning but the meet and greet definitely has. Everyone who got their chance early on got to spend a bit more time mingling with the guys and they got to take individual pictures with the guys. This is changing. There is still the group picture with the guys and about 10 fans but they have decided to enforce the "no cameras" rule at the meet and greet. I think that the reason for this is so that the guys have enough time to get around to every table at the mingling before going on stage. This makes sense because taking extra pictures definitely takes extra time. It's a bummer though because a lot of us have waited 20 years to meet the guys and were really looking forward to being able to take some individual pictures with them. I know that the experience will still be incredible but I wish I could get some individual pictures too. Also, there has been some talk about eliminating the mingling as well. This would also really suck. Again, this takes extra time but it really is a special chance and it stinks that some people get to do it and some people may not. At this point, the Denver show is still not even half sold so I imagine that the meet and greet won't be very full either if more tickets for the concert aren't sold. I see this as a good thing. Maybe if the Denver meet and greet isn't very full (say 50-100 people) they will relax on those rules and give the guys more time to mingle and possibly take individual pictures with us. I guess that all I can do is wait and see. Hey, at least I get to meet them. I've read some great meet and greet stories. It sounds like some of the girls are really getting extra attention from the guys. How cool. I'd LOVE it if I got to be one of those people at the Denver meet and greet. Maybe a little harmless flirting? That would be fun (as long as it's "two-sided" flirting). Man, I sure can't wait! I'm so excited! I'm still planning on trying to get a hotel room for Friday night but I may not be able to due to finances. :-( That would stink because I don't really want to drive home after the concert and get home around 2 or 3 am. Maybe some money will become available to get a hotel room between now and then. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Well, the time is approaching! I still have about 6 weeks though. :-( Patience, Hilary... Patience. :-)

More on 90210

Okay, so I've watched the first episode of, "90210" thanks to YouTube. It really is the "next generation." On the original show, Kelly's mom and David's dad got together and they had a daughter. Her name is Erin Silver but she goes by Silver. In this new show, their daughter is a student at West Beverly Hills High and Kelly is a guidance counselor... sisters. Andrea Zuckerman was a member of the paper in the original and in this new one, there's a girl who is a part of the high school TV show who's middle name is Zuckerman. She is probably Andrea's daughter. There are a few other connections to the original cast as well. It's interesting. The first episode isn't so bad but I'm sure it will get more dramatic as time goes on... which will waive my interest. I don't see why there has to be so much drama in teen television. I mean, teenagers already deal with enough drama. Oh well, what can you do.

90210

Well, apparently there's a "new generation" of Beverly Hills, 90210 which simply goes by "90210." Honestly, I haven't seen this show yet. I thought it started tomorrow but apparently, it started a couple of weeks ago. I would like to see it... out of sheer curiosity. I was a big fan of the original show and I'd like to see how it compares. The "new generation" is clearly not geared towards the original fans (most of us are in our 30's now) but it definitely looks like the show itself is very much based on the original one... a family from the mid-west moves to Beverly Hills and has to adapt to life in this crazy, rich community. One of the kids from that family gets a job at "The Peach Pit" which, apparently is just called, "The Pit" now. Everything looks similar to the original except the cast is definitely younger. On the original show, the cast played teenagers but the only one who was actually a teenager at the time was Brian Austin Green. It looks like this new cast actually is a bunch of teenagers and they are dealing with common teenage issues of today (which are definitely more dramatic than they were when I was a teenager). I'm honestly not crazy about them re-doing this show. I wish that they would have done something that carried on from the original, with the original cast, in full, but I'm sure it's all about getting the attention of the new teenage audience. It is the CW, afterall. Well, I guess that I'll have to try to watch episodes online and see what the show is all about. I'm sure that there are tons of comparisons to the original.

The Anticipation is Building

Man, now that there have been 3 New Kids on the Block shows and I've seen pictures, heard stories and seen videos (thanks to the New Kids network on Ning), I am SO much more excited about their show in Denver. I mean, I was already ecstatic about finally being able to see them after 20 years but now it's even more so. It's great to hear everyone's stories about their experiences both at the concert and at the VIP events. I'm SO happy that I decided to invest in a VIP5* ticket/pass. This is definitely the opportunity of a lifetime for me and I can hardly contain myself. I just wish that I didn't have so long to wait.

It will be interesting to see how the shows and the VIP experiences evolve and change through the course of the tour. I definitely think that it will be different for me in 2 months than it is for the fans who are seeing shows now. I wonder if the concert set list will change? I wonder how the VIP experience will change? It's all very interesting and exciting.

I really can't believe that I actually have another opportunity to see the New Kids in concert and, even better yet, meet them. Twenty years ago, when they were HUGE and I was 11, I never got to see them. I'm not really sure why. I guess it was probably because my parents weren't interested enough in finding out about concerts in Michigan and then investing the time, effort and money in getting me a ticket, getting a hotel, etc. I wish I would have had the opportunity then but I think that it will almost be even more exciting now. For starters, I'm an adult and so are the guys. I think that both of us really understand how important it is to take in the experience and truly enjoy it. You can bet that I will enjoy every moment. I'm afraid that it will all go by too quickly though. I look forward to taking lots of pictures and being able to relive the experience for the rest of my life.

I wonder how I'll react once I get there? I bet that I'll just be smiling from ear to ear and overcome with happiness. I don't think that I'll be shaking or have a hard time finding my words. I think that I'm pretty level-headed. I'll probably be observing a lot... taking it all in. I probably won't say a lot... not because I can't get the words out but because I'll be absorbing everything. I just think that it will really be a surreal experience.

I REALLY can't wait!!! I hope that it's everything I expect and more.

Tonight at the Toronto Show

I really like this clip. I didn't go to this show but I saw this clip and I just love it. Enjoy.

New Kids article in Canadian paper

I like this article. One thing that was interesting though was the comment about the Spice Girls selling out several shows in Canada but then they ended up cancelling several US shows that followed due to lack of sales. Man... I hope that doesn't happen with the Denver concert. That would be devistating. I've waited 20 years for the chance to see the New Kids in concert and I'd be pretty pissed if the show I was planning on going to got cancelled. I sure hope it doesn't. Anway... check out the article.

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/501170