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Warning: Pathetic sob story ahead!

Yeah, I'm sad.

Again.

And of course...

it's because my fave five Beantown boys,

NKOTB,

are doing another awesome show

for their fans...

and I can't afford it!

Now, I have to back up for a second and say...

I don't regret the fact that I'm in graduate school.

I am pursuing my Master's in Secondary English Education.

Yes, I'm going to be a

high school English teacher.

And I couldn't be more excited about that!

I can't wait to

work with students and help them grow into

great readers, writers, and thinkers.

In fact, right now I'm student teaching!

I even taught my very first actual lesson yesterday!

It was amazing.

I can't wait to do more!

But... because I'm student teaching,

I have to really pinch pennies right now.

See, I don't get paid to student teach.

Besides that,

I have to student teach all day, every day...

So I had to quit my full-time job.

Again, I'm not trying to make you feel sorry for me.

Just venting!

And also, of course...

Trying to think of a creative way to get to NYC

on June 18, 2010

to see my boys play Radio City Music Hall!

Maybe another Jordan contest?!

Or maybe, finally, DANNY will do a contest!

(Yeah, that's me LAST JUNE in ATL with Danny!)

Or maybe Ellen will finally answer all my cries for help...

and maybe she won't only send me to see NKOTB...

Maybe she'll actually go with me!

So, this is me....

dancing in the aisles at Radio City...

with Ellen.

(Just imagine the music in the background is

Summertime or Dirty Dancing or something...

Or maybe even old school....

Hangin' Tough!)

Enjoy!

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I can't deny it... I still wish I could CRUISE!

Yes, it's true.

I'm not going on the NKOTB Cruise...

AGAIN.

Why? 

Well, for one, I've got about 

A MILLION AND A HALF 

things going on right now.

But on an even larger scale...

I have to be a responsible adult

(boo.... hiss...)

and save money right now!

See, I'm in grad school majoring in 

7-12 education.

As my final requirement to 

graduate and become certified,

I have to student teach.

For free.

For 18 weeks.

5 days a week. 8 hours a day.

Now, I'm not asking for pity.

I am excited about 

becoming a teacher,

and FINALLY 

starting my career.

But I was just hoping...

Using "The Secret,"

or "the power of positive thinking,"

or whatever you'd like to call it...

that somehow,

I'd end up on that cruise ship this year!

And what's worse,

Several of my fellow Blockhead friends 

are going!

So, not only am I missing a whole weekend 

with my favorite 5 bad boys from Beantown,

but also with several girlfriends

that I never get to see!

I wish Ellen would make me do some

stupid human trick,

like wear a sumo suit and 

hum my ABC's while 

eating peanut butter...

or something.

I'd even work for it!

I'll be the "special fan commentator" 

for Ellen!

Or, I can be the opening act...

I'll bring my middle school dance team!

I can even be the 

"official SS NKOTB onboard personal trainer."

Or teach group fitness classes to

Hangin' Tough!

I'd really do just about anything...

Sigh.

Ok, that's my sob story for the day.

Thanks for listening! 

Jordan is following ME!

Sorry.

This will be short but sweet.

But today, I got this notice in my e-mail inbox.

Hi, Christy80.

Jordan Knight (jordanknight) is now following your tweets on Twitter.

A little information about Jordan Knight:

55323 followers 1651 tweets following 97 people

Now, I must say... 

I've been trying to figure out how to get him to follow me for days.

I made up silly songs for him.

I dressed my dog in my Jordan Knight circa 1989 t-shirt

(and honestly, she really did like it)

I did a slew of other things

that are probably too embarrassing to mention.

But what finally did it...

Was asking Ellen DeGeneres to follow Jordan

and have him on her show!

So, in a roundabout way,

Ellen actually did help me get through to NKOTB,

like I've been asking her to do for so long!

SO....

I've got a renewed sense of HOPE and CONFIDENCE...

Ellen! 

Mrs. DeGeneres!

I am not giving up.

I still have faith that somehow, someway...

you are going to get my girl Leslie and I

on SS NKOTB

in 2010!

We'll be 30 this year.

A year of renewal...

rebirth.

What better way to celebrate than

with our childhood idols?!

The Block is Back in 2009.

And

You Can't STOP the Block

in 2010!

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Yee-Haw! Jordan Knight is coming to Nashville!

Jordan Knight

is heading up a talent scouting excursion

that he's calling

Jordan Idol.

So last night, I wasn't on Twitter...

because I was at the 

So You Think You Can Dance concert

in Atlanta!

(Yes, it was amazing!)

But several of my tweeps were 

buzzing about it,

and when I checked my phone, my girl Desiree

(Desir80s on Twitter)

had sent Jordan the following message:

@JordanKnight if you go to nashville..we are the girls u want! @DreaAngel @NerdyBrownie @Kristie1311 

@McRiddlahpants @christy80

(She's very thoughtful... she included me, even though I wasn't Tweeting!)

So of course, I'm like...

"What?! What's going on?!"

And apparently...

Jordan is bringing Jordan Idol

to The Grand Ole' Opry,

my very own state capitol of 

Nashville, Tennessee!

He even confirmed it himself:

@jordanknight: Yeah, Jordan Idol is going to Nashville!!! 

Who's gonna be around next week? I wanna hear you sing!!!

So this morning, when I finallygot wind of all of this...I sent the following to Mr. Knight himself:
christy80 Hey @jordanknight... I can't sing, so this Jordan Idol thing isn't for me. But I can help you judge. Or I could tryout to backup dance. Yes?

So Jordan... if you're reading this...(and I sure hope you are)this could be the shot to help my NKOTB Backup Dancing Dream come true!(Check out my facebook group for this, too.)
And in case you're curious, Jordan, JK, Mr. Knight, Knight Rider, the Dark Knight(or as I like to refer to you... Mr. Bringin' Sexy Back)...Here's a little sample of what I could bringto Jordan Idol! 
HOLLA!

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the 5 Star Experience (not mine... mind you, I'm still poor....)

Ok, this has become the 

LAND OF THE GUEST BLOGS! 

Haha!

What I'm trying to do is give you all the FULL SERVICE EXPERIENCE by sharing lots of different experiences with you! 

So, the following is from Kristie, the girl Desiree mentioned in the last blog... She and her cousin Andrea & friend Shelly did the whole 5 Star thing (which I would love to do, but frankly, as a grad student, just can't swing the price... $375/ticket)!

Even luckier for them... well I'll let you read to find out....

Here's Kristie! (Not to be confused with me, Christy!)

My name is Kristie (@Kristie1311) and I’m a Blockaholic…It’s ok, I admit it. My friends have threatened to throw me into rehab, but I’m not going. I’ve been to 2 meet and greets and I have 1 more to go. I also went to Atlanta the first time around without 5* and I’m going to Indy without 5*. It’s ok to enjoy ourselves while we can! This here is a little story about the first 5* of the Full Service Tour 2009, Atlanta GA! I went with my cousin, Andrea (@DreaAngel) and friend, Shelly (@Shellygirl75).

Once we got over to the venue, it was time to stand in line for 2 hrs!! There we met up with Mary Ann (@BellaTn) and some of her friends. When we finally got up to the front of the line and got our tickets, the first thing Shelly did was take a look at them. She said “What does Row A mean?” I said “Seriously?” Me and Mary Ann were both like “OMG!! THAT’S FRONT ROW!!!” Then she said section 102 row A. I looked it up and I was like “Y’ALL WE ARE SITTING FRONT ROW CENTER!!!!!!” We freaked out!

When we got into the Pre-show BBQ, aka standing in line to meet the guys, we were freaking out the entire time about the fact we had front row center seats. Calling and texting everyone we’ve ever met! Now if you ever do 5* I have a little tip…try to get to the front of the line in your group. You typically get to say hi to all the guys and you definitely get to talk to your guy!

So my goal on this 5* was to get up front because the last time 

1- I couldn’t speak 

and 

2- Jordan laid on the damn ground and I didn’t get to stand next to him! 

I stood next to Mary Ann while we were waiting to go in. She is a 5* professional, and I asked her for something to say. While trying to think of something…oh no it was time to go in! Well we walk into the room and there they were in all their glory! We got to stand and stare at their beautiful faces while the other group did their meet and greet. Well that just made me more nervous! I had already grabbed Mary Ann’s had and at this point I told her I didn’t think it was physically possible to let go! As we walked over I finally let go.

1^st up beautiful, sweet Jon…I was too nervous, I have no clue what I said so we’ll pretend it was something really witty and he told me I was the most beautiful girl he’s ever seen. Next was Danny…mmm….that’s really all that can be said. I met him the night before at the hotel, and he was nice enough to take a picture with us. I told him thank you for taking the picture and he said you’re welcome…so sweet! Then the moment I had been waiting for most of my life. Now I did meet him in Nashville in March, but I didn’t say anything except for hi so this was my opportunity to actually speak to the man of my dreams! 

The first words out of mouth “OH MY GOD!!!” I know…I’m a dork! He asked if I was excited for the show. I told him yes we had front row center so we were super excited. Then I told him the story of how my cousin and I fought over him our whole lives and she always won because she was older. Then it was time for our picture. The moment was so surreal. It was like it was just me and Jordan. We couldn’t fit in with the group so we had to move forward. His arm was around me for both pics. For the 2^nd pic he looked at me and I gave him this look that just made him die laughing, so in the second pic he’s laughing. Afterwards he said I was getting sassy in that pic. I said “You know it!” then I had to say goodbye. Then I saw Donnie told him I had to have a Donnie hug, saw Joe told him have a great show then off to enjoy Front Row Center Full Service!

The concert was amazing! The best so far! Front row was indescribable. One of the Jabbawockeez actually said the 3 of us were beautiful! Can you believe it?!?! He pointed right at us as he was leaving and said “y’all are beautiful!” 

OMG! Each one of the guys made eye contact and noticed each one of us all night. It was so special and so surreal! I know it’s a once in a lifetime experience that I still cannot believe happened to me! 

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NKOTB, Can You Hear Me?!

Good morning, 

fellow BLOCKHEADS! 

So, I started off my day with a quote by Dr. Wayne Dyer in my head...

"Anything you really want, you can attain, 

if you really go after it."

See, that's how I feel about this crazy quest to meet NKOTB...

And, I don't know about anyone else, 

but I didn't even go on the cruise 

and I feel like I've got a cruise hangover...

Thanks to all my TWEEPS for hooking us up with videos & pictures!

Anyway...

So, my two new Blockhead pals, M&M

(check out their blog at http://insearchofnkotb.blogspot.com/)

were kind enough to let my crazy self 

mail them a gift for the guys to take on the CRUISE!

(Like Dr. Dyer said... 

"really go after it!" Right?)

And they delivered!

So my question is for the guys of NKOTB...

Hey guys!

Did you get my gift!?! 

Did you like it?!

Here's what I sent.

First, I made some new & improved NKOTB trading cards....
Then, I made an envelope to hold them...
(Yeah, that's right...

"NKOTB Trading Cards, Version 2.0: The Grown Man Series!)

Then, I put it all together with a folder full of 

excerpts from this blog!
So, look...

I understand that I am by no means the one and only

creative Blockhead 

out there...

I know we all love the guys and want to meet them 

and thank them in person for 

ending our 15-year NKOTB drought....

But I also know that Blockheads support each other!

We want the best for one another!

(Just like my girls M&M, when they took my 

crazy home-made gift aboard S.S. NKOTB with them!)

So... if ya feel me, 

and you wanna try to help these GROWN MEN notice...

Danny

Donnie

Joey

Jon

Jordan

are all on Twitter! 

Click the links above and hit 'em up to 

check out this blog!

And leave a comment on here, too! 

They'll see your words of love at the same time!

Thanks to all!

And NKOTB... 

see ya in ATL 6/4!

(In case you didn't see... here is where I'll be....

Section 103, Row T!)
(Yes, in red it says...

We Want FACETIME!)



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Happy Birthday to Jordan!

So, even though I've more recently been boarding

the Danny Train,

I still hold a special place in my heart for my

first true love (haha!),

Mr. Jordan Knight!

(Hence my nkotb.com screenname.)

So, let's take a moment to celebrate 

the birth of this sexy man

on May 17, 1970!

Happy Birthday, Jordan!

We know you're livin' it up on the 

S.S. NKOTB

with thousands of crazed fans, 

so we know you'll have a great party!

But for those of us that 

weren't lucky enough to go cruisin',

(it's ok, Ellen, I ain't mad atcha... 

but I'm still hoping you can help us in some way... hint, hint)

let's all take a moment to 

give Mr. Knight some birthday love!

You guys did great with the comments for Danny,

(and I hope some of you took the time to give to Komen in his honor)

so how about we do the same for Jordan?!

So, please leave your birthday comments for Jordan 

on this blog!

Happy Birthday, Jordan! 

P.S. To Jordan, or any of the other Grown Men on the Block 

that might be reading this right now, 

my friend Leslie and I are planning on being 

at the Hotlanta show on June 4, 

and though we can't afford 5 star, are DYING for some Face Time in '09! 

See below to help you find us in the crowd. 

Thank you! :)
(In case you can't see, that says "We want FACE TIME!" 

Right where our seats are located. 

And in case you can't tell exactly where THAT is...

Section 103, Row T. 

Look for us, boys!)



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