STOP! LET ME TAKE A MENTAL SHOT OF THIS MOMENT...OOOH BABY, DROP EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW AND JUST HOLD IT!...CLICK...CLICK..CLICK...POSE FOR ME...POSE FOR ME...MY CAMERA LOVES YOU!
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MANY THINGS GO THROUGH MY MIND ALL AT ONCE. I HAVE MANY GREAT MEMORIES IN MY LIFE AS I LISTENED TO THE "NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK" ALBUMS, READ THE MAGAZINES, COLLECTED THE POSTERS, WATCHED THE VIDEOS AND CARTOONS ON TV, DANCED TO THE STEPS, SANG THE SONGS AND WORE THE T-SHIRTS AND PINS. I REMEMBER WANTING A FEDORA MORE THAN ANYTHING! I ALWAYS PERFORMED TO NKOTB SONGS AT THE TALENT SHOWS. I TALKED TO MY FRIENDS ABOUT THEM AND MADE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW I WAS A FAN. AT PARTIES I WOULD BRING MY NKOTB CASSETTES AND PLAYED THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THERE ARE SO MANY FANS, ME INCLUDED, WHO HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS DREAM AND NEVER GAVE UP ON BELIEVING THIS REUNION COULD HAPPEN ONE DAY. I BELEIVE THAT ENERGY HAS CREATED A SHIFT AND SO IT FEELS GREAT TO BE CONNECTED WITH FANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. I'VE MADE WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIPS AS I EXCHANGE MESSAGES WITH OTHER PEOPLE. MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED AND YET THE FANS AND NKOTB CONNECTED LIKE IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED IN BETWEEN THAT LONG GAP, WE FEEL MORE OF A CONNCETION NOW. FOR MANY YEARS THE GUYS ENTERTAINED US WITH BEAUTIFUL SONGS AND DANCE STEPS WE TREASURE SO PROFOUNDLY. EVERY VIDEO THAT COMES UP AND EVERY NEW INFO THAT POPS OUT CREATES HAPPINESS AND EXCITMENT AMONG ALL OF US FANS. THESE FIVE BEANTOWN GUYS MEAN SO MUCH TO ME. I REMEMBER CLEARLY THE VERY FIRST TIME I SAW THEM ON TV AND HOW MY LIFE CHANGED ON THAT DAY . I SAY THIS BECAUSE I SAW AND FELT THE ENERGY THEY GAVE THROUGH THEIR MUSIC. I EXPERIENCED VERY DIFFICULT TIMES AND AFTER SEEING THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME ON TV WITHOUT KNOWING WHO THEY WERE OR WHERE THEY WERE COMING FROM I STARTED FEELING THERE WAS SOMETHING FOR ME TO HOLD ON WHICH BROUGHT EXCITMENT AND HOPE AT THE SAME TIME. I WAS GLAD THAT EVENTHOUGH THE MEDIA CONSTATNLY CRITICIZED THEM THEY STILL HAD "THE RIGHT STUFF" AND CONTINUED DOING WHAT THEY KNEW HOW TO DO BEST. EVERYDAY AFTER SCHOOL I RAN HOME SO THAT I COULD HOPEFULLY CATCH SOMETHING ABOUT THEM ON TV. THEY WERE SPOKESPERON FOR SAYING NO TO DRUGS. THEY INSPIRED ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW EASY IT WAS IN MY AGE TO GET EASILY WRAPPED UP WITH DRUGS. I CHOSE TO STAY AWAY FROM IT BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY SAID. NOW THAT TECHNOLOGY IS EASILY AVAILABLE TO US, WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE OF A DIRECT CONNECTION TO NKOTB AND HEAR IT DIRECTLY FROM THEM AND NOT FROM THE MEDIA WHICH MORE THAN FREQUENTLY CHANGES THE STORYLINE. I HAVE BEEN A FAN SINCE 1988 AND THIS WAS AFTER THAT SATURDAY MORNING I SAW "THE RIGHT STUFF" VIDEO FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. GOING TO A LIVE CONCERT AND SEEING JON, DANNY, JOE, DANNY AND JORDAN ON STAGE HAS BEEN A DREAM OF MINE FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES. ON THAT DAY A VERY MEANINGFUL EVENT IN MY LIFE WILL COME TO A FULL CIRLCE! I'M SO GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN. I'M A BLOCKHEAD AND VERY PROUD OF BEING ONE AND SO AS ALL OF THIS UNWRAPS I WILL ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF IT BECAUSE I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS A VERY LONG, LONG TIME...
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