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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O-O-O-O-O! A-ha!

So, I've almost been

TOO BUSY

lately to remember that 

Leslie and I are 

missing another NKOTB cruise 

in a few months!

(Sadness.)

And today I remembered.

Even more sadness.

And then...

I had an

A-ha moment!

You see,

we tried reaching out to

all sorts of people....

We wrote lots of e-mails & blogs, 

and even sent 

videos and mail to

Ellen DeGeneres.

We wrote to

Ryan Seacrest.

We e-mailed & Tweeted the ladies of The View

(Sherri Shepherd even Tweeted me back...

but didn't send us cruisin'.)

And of course we hit up

Regis and Kelly!

But we should've known all along...

That we should also hit up OPRAH!

(Not that we hadn't thought of it...

I just don't think we thought of

going for the gusto!

But alas... no mountain is too small!)

I mean, the guys 

(NKOTB... Danny, Donnie, Joey, Jon, & Jordan, that is)

say "O-O-O" in half their songs... 

IT'S A SIGN!!!!

Think about it....

"O-o-o-o-o, Hangin' Tough!"

and

"O-o, o-o-o... The Right Stuff!"

O-O-O... OPRAH!

So, today I sent an e-mail to Oprah Winfrey

(who, by the way, just sent two women on a 

Rose Tours cruise with Rick Springfield...

yet another sign)...

and now...

I will dance with her.

And hope she sees it, loves it, and says,

"I simply MUST meet this girl!"

(And of course... since we're both Tennessee girls...

we will dance a hoedown!)

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Ellen... Can you hear me?

Dear Ellen... Mrs. DeGeneres, if you prefer. 

I never heard from you the last time, 

so this time I'm starting REALLY early.

Persistent? 

Yes.

Obsessive? 

Maybe.

A little bit CRAZY? 

Quite possibly.

So, if you don't know to what I am referring...

Let's take a little trip back in time.

A time when this blog was just a baby.

A fledgling little compendium of my 

random thoughts, feelings, opinions...

that would soon turn into something 

much, much bigger 

than even I could've ever imagined.

See, Ellen, back on January 14, 2009,

we first made our plea to you on this blog

to help us get aboard the cruise with NKOTB.

(Click here to read that first blog.)

In the next days, weeks, and months that followed...

we didn't let up.

From the sweet e-mails our families and friends sent to you on our behalf

(click here to read)

Our own fabricated breakdances starring YOU and us...

(click)

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And even trying to get through to Jimmy Fallon and

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to help YOU help US...

We never heard anything!

Now, since we believe in

the power of positive thinking...

We are quite certain that you 

didn't deliberately snub us.

But maybe...

That we just started our campaign too late in the game!

So this time around, we are being more proactive about things.

The 2010 cruise isn't even officially announced yet!

(But, it has been confirmed that www.rosetours.com is in talks of 

putting it on again this go around... Just sayin'.)

Now, I did send you a package in the mail as well...

Containing the "greatest hits" of this blog.

And I even danced for you in "my favorite pair of boxers" 

(a line from NKOTB's Two in the Morning)

... a pair of Ellen boxers purchased specifically for 

the making of said video.

So, as you can see...

there are no lengths we won't travel

to reach for what we want...

to cruise with NKOTB!

We are thinking it would be a great segment for your show, too.

Lots of NKOTB fans are also Ellen fans.

We would do GREAT commentary aboard the ship!

And now, we are hoping...

with the help of all of our 

FELLOW BLOCKHEADS 

that we've met on these crazy adventures of ours, like 

EJ, who gave us tips on cruise etiquette in

this guest spot (click)...

and Desiree, who wrote about our adventures

(and, I might add, how persistence and positive thinking CAN pay off...

we got to meet a few of the boys in Atlanta!)

in this guest blog (click)...

our new friend Kristie, who also 

wrote about her ATL adventures...

(click)...

our good friends over at their own blog,

the In Search of NKOTB girls (Holly & Kerry),

who have been to over 16 shows this tour! 

And let's also not forget the power of 

Twitter. 

Which recently helped yours truly have a little 

tête à tête

with the one and only Joey McIntyre himself!

(click)

All I'm sayin' is...

It's on, Ellen.

Remember George Watch '08?

That ain't got nothin' on

The Block Don't Stop in 2010!

(aka Operation Let's Get this, Part Deux)



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A word from the girl who has been to the Promised Land....

So, if you've been following this blog at all, 

you know that it really started picking up speed with our

campaign to get Ellen to 

send us on the NKOTB Cruise in May

(Otherwise known as...

Operation Let's Get This!)

If you're still reading the blog, you know that didn't quite work out for us.

But one of my girls,

1/3 of the NKOTB Super Sleuths (aka D-Dub's Angels)

did get to go on that fabulous cruise!

And since there are lots of rumors goin' round that 

there will be an SS NKOTB in 2010, 

(please let it be so... please!)

Miss EJ herself

has put together a special

guest blog for us

to give it to us STRAIGHT UP....

So, (drumroll, please)...

Here's EJ!

(Yeah, that's us posing with Danny's Bawls!

Curious? 

You'll have to wait for Desiree's blog!)

But first, a little bit about our friend EJ....

"It's ya girl EJ!  

I'm sure no one really gives a damn about my background but I will say this....

I'm a straight up city girl who tells it like it is.  

I don't candycoat anything for anyone and never will!  

I've had the time of my life over the past year since New Kids reunited and I'm looking forward to more memories to keep with me for a lifetime in the near future! 

Follow me on Twitter for updates on my summer adventures!! 

It's poppin' off! Maybe I'll see some of ya'll at a few shows. ;)"

Tips for the New Kids on the Block Cruise 2010 

(pending it actually happens)

 1. Check your hater ass at the door!

Easy enough right? WRONG! Females, please, lets get this clear….EVERYONE is on that boat for the same damn reason.No one paid bookoo money to float around in the ocean for a weekend on THAT boat when they could have done it for a fraction of the price sans NKOTB.  With that being said, check the hateration at the damn door. ENJOY yourself.  Because you know what? Once you dock back in the states it is back to reality….Do you want to remember your weekend giving stank face to every female on the boat or do you want to remember the weekend of a lifetime? Think about it!

2. Dress appropriately

I’m ignorant so I can say this…….if you are shaped like an apple...do not wear a bikini.  If you've got cellulite that resembles cottage cheese on every inch or your body……don’t wear lingerie to the pajama party.  If you've got rolls poppin’ out of every possible part of your body…….PLEASE do not roll around in a bikini trying to look sexy in the hot tub in front of a New Kid…..if they are like any other male, I doubt they are impressed.  You CAN look fly at any size…but dammit have respect for yourself ladies!! Don’t be known as that busted b*tch on the boat! 

3. Leave the groupie sh*t at home

This is self explanatory.  Stop f*cking and sucking to get to NKOTB. It’s not going to work. The ONLY thing you are going to secure is a nasty ass reputation and a ton of people looking at you sideways for being a triflin’ ass female and putting yourself on blast the entire weekend! Keep your ass under control and if you ARE a freak…..keep it behind closed doors. The general public appreciates it!

 4. Have common sense

If you run into one of the guys and they are with their family or if they just look like they don’t want to be bothered, or even better…..if they TELL you they don’t want to be bothered…….then dammit, LEAVE THEM ALONE.  It’s not rocket science ladies! What more do you need them to do? Body slam your ass into the pool? Throw your camera overboard?  Let’s be serious here.  Don’t initiate yourself into the psycho fan group because you can’t take no for an answer. 

5. Drunk Sailing

This is the ONLY thing I will admit to being guilty of. I was getting it IN on that boat from the moment I got in my bunk.  I was drinking all day, all night, & not sleeping. And you know what? By Monday morning I was a damn zombie.  All zoned the hell out, didn’t know what the hell was going on. I was so tired I damn near started to cry for no reason. I was a hot mess, and on top of that………sea sick.  So yes, this is a vacation, you should enjoy yourself…….but damn… the aftermath is NO JOKE. It took me a week to get myself back together!

6. ENJOY YOURSELF

YES, the caps are necessary!  Because you know what? When you get 2000 females on a boat and 5 guys that everyone is trying to get near/with/whatever…….you get an overabundance of f*ckery.  Drama, drama, drama.  Ladies, who cares?  First and foremost, EVERYONE got a meet & greet. So regardless of if you got into VIP that weekend, you got to meet them.  You got a concert. You got events to watch them. (Some of you even had a chance to participate.) What more do you want? This is a vacation!  Enjoy it! People do go on cruises every other year nowadays. This is something you worked hard and saved up for. Don’t flush it down the drain because you wanted to walk around mean mugging and giving people your best stank face all weekend. ENJOY YOURSELF! 

So....

Have fun this summer! 

Keep your mean muggin’ to a minimum, 

enjoy the concerts, 

and above all ENJOY life!  

The last year has been absolutely bananas but like all good things, its going to come to an end at some point. Enjoy it while its here, everyone! 

Cherish it! THESE are the memories that will stay with you forever!

~EJ :)

 Stay tuned... 

for more adventures, stories, and anecdotes from the 

NKOTB Super Sleuths, 

including an intro and recap of the ATL experience from our other girl,

Desiree!

Until then, please follow us all on Twitter!

 www.twitter.com/christy80

www.twitter.com/Desir80s

www.twitter.com/NKCruiseGrl

(And don't forget my girl Leslie, either!)

www.twitter.com/lstcinthabldg

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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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