*The Ariail View*: **Old Skool**

Back in 1988, 1989 &1990, I was living in Gwinnett, Ga~ The only 3 years of my life when I lived outside of North Carolina. There was the all young boy band which all young girls loved "New Kids On The Block"~ Yes, I was one of those crazy little girls who was totally IN LOVE with NKOTB!! However, in my defense, I did not have all the crazy paraphernalia! All I had was a Jordan Knight t-shirt, stickers and many posters!! Although, I had friends who had the whole 9 yards~ the sheets, the buttons, ALL the t-shirts, and I can't even remember what else!!

All I EVER wanted when I was 9 years old was to be able to go to one of their concerts!! I made a deal with my parents that if I EVER got straight A's, they'd have to take me!! My sister was in high school at the time, and she was allowed to go to one of their concerts with a few of her friends!

Anyway, I NEVER made straight A's in my life~ BUT, I did FINALLY make it to an NKOTB concert a few years ago!! Yes, a few years ago! The dream I had when i was 9 years old had FINALLY COME TRUE!! My cousin A'me and I had bought tickets up in the nosebleed section!!

A'mes roommates had front row side stage tickets and some way, they worked their girlie magic on this guy ~ and they invited us down to their seats!

NKOTB Oct '08

This is one of my favorite pictures because Jordan looks like he is looking right at me while I am snapping away!!

My friend Jen & me

Once again, I got to see my most favorite childhood band last week!! This lady's hubby, got her tickets to NKOTB for her birthday!! They were pretty close up tickets!! She knew I was a fan so she invited me to make the trip up to Greensboro with her to see them!! We had a blast and I am just going to post the pictures for you to see~ There is a video below; and it is of Joey (from NKOTB) coming up into the stands, 3 rows in front and across from us! I know we are probably in the minority of really liking NKOTB, however, it was still exciting 23 years later!