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pretty shiny things.

How cool does that brushed platnium look?

purty…

are some of the designs weve picked out! pretty pretty.

yes it is Feb 14th. Yes im only getting around to this NOW.  sorry. my (rather really) late review of sheffield.

Well I got there about 4.30pm due to sudden Tuesday afternoon traffic that came from nowhere in sheffield.  I met some girls from the States (actually I would say about 85% of the people there werent from the UK) who let me sit with them. though it took me some time to find somewhere to sit and suddenly got a flashback to being back in hs trying to find an empty table to sit at during lunch. made me really regretting not pre-arranging a group before hand through nkotb.com. I did try but it all feel apart. *sigh* anyways about 5pm or so the guys were ready for us, though a little subdued (they drove up from londontown to sheffield..) I was in group E with the only guy there in the group.. Im thinking he was someones very good natured bf..

So I go in between the CURTAIN and aim for Joe.. MY Joe. 20 years in waiting Joe. *sigh* As I go in (i think running – oops) for Joe Jordan looks at me and smiles. I sheepishly smile back and go for Joe. I am then outstepped by two girls who say thier English is limited and flew all the way from Poland to meet them. I cant fight with that. Anyways Mr Jonathan Knight is there. God is he gorgeous (but hes still not going to steal another Joe girl away!!) and is so nice. All I could manage to spew out was ‘My sister is really jealous of me right now’ . Ugh no explination how I was different and that I actually lived there nadda.  A few moments later and its picture time! I can feel Jon pull me in slightly to me and Joe is touching my back! OMG Heaven! then, then, then some bitch comes outta nowhere between Joe n I and sneaks in. COW!!! Anyways, It doesnt matter if I was next to him or not because I can feel his hand on the small of my back and thats all I need.  I need to also add, as I was leaving I gave Danny a casual nod and he smiled back.

Then the show.. Sooo soo good. Meet a lovely blockhead from Leeds sitting next to me and had a great time! Donnie even pointed out to her in the crowd and talked to her for a few minutes. Soo soo jealous!! Show was everything I imagined it to be (sans Joe almost ripped off the stage) and such a shame it didnt sell out. No advertising will do that you know? Even still it was half filled. I had such a GREAT time. they played some new hits and loads of old ones. Guys came out in either England kits and Joey had on an arsnal one and donnie in his liverpool.

The guys better come back (according to Danny in Cardiff they are just waiting on some dates to be finalised) and Im hitting up Manchester and London. Hopefully Ill be able to go with some of my NK girls and we can be one large group together. I know Im doing at least one show 5*. Even though we only had like 5 minutes with the guys, Id so do it again.  Completly worth not standing outside St Pauls hotel in the winter cold!

didnt i?

Oh yes you did Jordan. As well as with your brother, Donnie, Danny and JOE. OMG Still need to settle down from the night before (though this post has a date of 29/01 – oops) as theres been a lot of crazy shit happening today…. Just some quick pics and links to full images and videos… BTW I didnt get to talk to Joe (though he touched my SHOULDER!) I did get to be really awkward with Jon, haha, which was fine by me. Love them all.

Love You, Joey.

Gravity defying blow job? The Knights using Donnie as weapon of mass destruction and Joe running from it? Or the actual size of Dannys manhood?

The rest can be found here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9198597@N07/sets/72157613045993375/

Dirty Dancing

2 In the Mornin’

Discussion of Jons Pants-Gate from Hammersmith on Saturday night and deciding that was the worst Click x 3 moment of the entire tour. YaY! Go Sheffield!

EDIT: BTW this made YouTubes Top 5 fastest watched videos on 29/01/2009! Thank you fellow blockheads!

Its not very big but thats me and Jon Knight!! wooooo!!!

whenever i give up in the faith in humanity (and my fellow bus rider) i always get renewed in hope.

i left my precious hoodie that i made for my 5* on the bus friday night. i sat and cried about it and did a little freaking out because i couldnt believe i lost something THAT important to me. anyways, i called first this morning asking if anyone had turned it in. describing it to a t. the lady on the phone said ‘i dunno luv but we do have a black hoodie in a grey bag at the depot’

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i asked mike to stop by on his way home as our friend who he walks home with from time to time lives right around the corner from there and i was working until 5.30 and there would be no way id get there by 6pm.

yayayaya

i left my awesome custom made hoodie on the god damn 85 bus tonight. Now some chav is probably running around wearing it or gave it to their dog to shit on.

The front says NKOTB 2009. I was really surprised by the quality and the printing came out amazing! just like i designed to a T. if you ever need some custom tshirt printing done, i can totally recomend streetshirts.co.uk I even got free shipping that was next day delivery. woo.

Mike said if I (FirstBus, Sheffield Forums) cant find it then hell buy me a new one. He thinks ill get it back because of the uniqueness of it, but I dont think so.  Or if I do it will be torn to shreds I hope so. im a sad panda without it.

though in happy news, the guys are currently on stage at this VERY moment performing to thousands of ladies in manchester! woo!! Though in lesser news Sheffield has been reduced to half house seating stupid nottingham. grrr.

the room is finally finished!! i can not believe its taken since MARCH to get this bad boy done.

It went from looking like this:

And now AFTER! we replastered the walls, changes the lights and sockets:

Just need a few finishing touches like new door for the closet and some art work for the bedroom (maybe a mirro?) and a TV will finish it all off.

you never know how much something means to you until its almost taken away. ive been sitting here stressed beyond belief over this (though other personal circumstances havent helped much either) as ive been waiting 19 god damn years for this moment for some bald headed fuckwit to try to take it away from me.

ive been balling my eyes out because i didnt even know how much this meant to me until today because its almost out of my grasp. its almost like im not meant to meet them ever. whats worse is that i might be out of my £118 as well…

ive got my upgrade and my 3rd row tickets to see the guys in just over 3 weeks time. ive been excited about the concert since i bought the tickets in september and all i thought i had was block 101. ive found out the meet and greet starts roughly about 4pm and guess who gets out of work at 4? me.

i was on originally from 12-8 and because i knew my cock of a manager wouldnt give me time off, i did a shift swap. i got hell for that and the fact i need the next day off (oh hey im going to have no voice from screaming my head off the night before! but yes lets put her on the phone for hours at a time talking to one person and let her become completely useless!) because you know im not doing whats best for the business. of course not! im doing whats best for me. just because this shit job is YOUR life doesnt mean its mine. im only there to collect the paycheck.

i said to him i found out over the break that the meet and greet is earlier than i thought and i might need to leave a little earlier than expected. i said was it possible to work through my lunch and leave an hour earlier. he said no because then it will set precident for others on the team. eh? wtf? i said if its not earlier than expected i can always cancel this request, cause you know its better to be prepared early than wait to last minute.  i said ill know more once i get my confirmation email and he just gave me hell.

i really hate this place and i need out. we spent over £3 million quid on a new ad campaign staring celebrities who changed their names to something more exciting and saying ‘if i was this would i have been this?’ all because the company is rebranding to its international parent name. wtf? £3 million could have given pretty much every lower level employee a pay raise this year and I wouldnt have had to wait from 07/08 to 12/08 to get a damn raise!!! i just wish this market wasnt shit. i just spent the last 2 hours searching and nothing. i hatehatehatehatehate my job.

ugh on monday im going to pitch it to him to take my lunch between 2-3 so i can go home shower and then come back for the last hour of my shift.  then im still getting my damned dinner break. it will just cost me a fortune in cabs. i should bill it to them, if i knew their account number. fuck work.

i was VERY spoiled this christmas.. loads of cards and too much cash given by family members (though some of it helped fulfill a long life dream, so I cant complain!) i also received the following:

- A Dell 530 Inspiron with 20″ wide screen monitor – Mike pimped it out.. 500gig Raid’d drive, 4 gigs of memory, came with both Vista Business and XP Pro (which he installed) and a ton more. Mike said its more powerful than his iMac! :shock

- a pair of Etyomic ER-6i headphones for my iPod since my sonys were dying a slow and painful death

- Sleeping Beauty on DVD

Wooo!!! Im spoiled!! My Dad sent me too much money and I really should let it sit in my account or deposit into my savings, but it would be nice to have a nice shiny new nano in pink, of course, just to make everything nice n new… wooo.

So did you get anything exciting?

i know this is early, but im getting into the christmas spirit (finally) and enjoying this time of the year (shame it goes by so quickly, eh?). as things are going to be hectic in my life for the next few days (well i hope they will be) i decided to pass along some early cheer

Funky, Funky Christmas

Is it sad I remember watching this when it aired and being so excited, I had to stiffle my screams (squeels??) into my pillow?? I can remember this evening like it was yesterday. I would have chosen Jordans version of The Christmas Song, but theres no decent copies out there. *sigh*

Merry Christmas to the Guys (if youre reading it), Merry Christmas to my fellow blockheads, Merry Christmas to my fellow ex-pats and Merry Christmas to all.

i know the guys are like bazillionaires (okay maybe not THAT rich, but you know what I mean) and all but its still nice to know they can keep it ‘real’ and remember what its really all about

joey posted a new blog about faith and what this whole season is about…

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 – A ‘Faithful’ Blog from Joe

I just finished my mad hunt for a Christmas tree…
It makes me wanna go back to New England, cut my own down
and drive it back to LA. You never know how long they’ve been standing there.
A week, two weeks? They look good and healthy in the lot, then
ya get ‘em home and set it up right over the heating vent and they are brown
in a week.

I have an affection for the folks working the lots. I’m pissed that I’m paying that much for a tree, so I start right in with the “highway robbery” jokes, thinking maybe they’ll know I’m on to them and give me a break. I’m not sure if that ever works, but its good for a few laughs and makes it easier when I fork over the money. Now, you must be thinking, you cheap bastard! But its not the money, its just the idea that I’m paying almost $200 (welcome to Hollywood) for something that’s gonna be dead in 2 weeks, plus break my back getting it in the house (I ain’t paying for delivery) and then the thing better look good or I’ll be furious the whole Christmas season looking at it. (Not as mad as my wife is when she is stringing the popcorn and cranberries- she loves how it looks, hates doing it).

But all these guys at the tree lots seem pretty honest. I believe them when they give ya the whole schpiel. And I know they work hard for that dough… standing in the cold all night, luggin’ trees on their back, standing them up for you so you can see it better, listening to you trying to talk them down in price.

Maybe I’m a little biased… My dad used to sell Christmas trees, when he was a laid-off bricklayer. He’d come home after long nights with the money frozen in his hand- my mother would have to pry his hand open. And then he’d fall asleep in the tub, he was so tired. He did what he had to do with 6, 7, 8 kids. What a schmuck I am to worry about anything at all. The question to him is always, “wow, how did ya do it with 9 kids?” And his answer is and always was, “Faith.”

May your tree be green. May your ass be warm. May your faith be strong.

A Safe, Peaceful and Very Merry Christmas, from my family to yours.
-jm

I wish I could have a real tree. Stupid pollen allergies and asthma trying to kill me.  Hah.

Its nice to know that Joe wanted to take home his own tree as well as that everyone goes through hard times and the you gotta do what you need to do to feed your family. (My mom never threw out unused spaghetti – though not covered in sauce or anything – and would reheat it, even though spaghetti cost like 30¢ a bag or something stupid like that) Having a little faith – regardless if youre religious or not – is what keeps us all going.  before i met mike, having faith in each day is what kept me going (and why im still here) its the belief in knowing tomorrow will be a bigger and brighter day and what that could bring is motivation enough.

anyways thanks joe for reminding us what its all about. ill end this post with a blurry picture of my (fake) tree and some fairy lights.

There are pressies under my tree now! wooo!! (you can also see the obnoxious stereo tuner mike bought for himself..) and my tree looks really stubby in that photo but it actually stands about 5ft tall.