Okay, here's a second by second analysis of my FACE TIME with NKOTB last night. I have to give it second by second because it only lasted about four minutes and that's two and a half minutes more than the other nine girls in my group. Why? Because Joe's the freakin' MAN!!
Okay, so the group before ours goes in and I look at my watch. A minute and a half later, it's our turn. I'm like damn, I'm gonna have to work fast. I had something I wanted to say to each of them. So I was the third person in the door and the first of the Click Click Click girls (me, Nicki, and Jen.) As soon as I walk in I hear Joe say "oh, look, it's the click girls." I say "hi Jordan" and walk by him because he just wasn't a priority for me. I'd heard all kinds of things online about him being shy and standoffish and he looked like he was getting off his cell phone when I walked in.
I went up to Danny first and said "Hi Danny, I'm a Dannie, too." and he said "Hi Dannie 2, it's nice to meet you" in that hot ass Boston accent I love. Danny hugs rock. He is rock solid, all muscles and just grabs you so tight. sigh. My faith in Danny has multiplied ten times on this tour. Then I moved on to Joe.
I have to pause to talk about Joe's St. Patty's day outfit. He's my little Leprechaun (with Shamrock balls-I'll get to that later.) He had on a little old man beanie and the softest green, angora sweater (like I needed any excuse to want to rub him.) and he had on a white tie with little shamrocks on it. So cute. So I said, "hi Joe, I'm Dannie welcome to Greenville" and he said something I didn't hear because I was already moving on to Donnie. I've met Joe four times now, so I wanted to spend my time with the guys I hadn't met or hadn't spent much time with.
Before we went into the room we all talked about who we wanted to stand by in the picture and of course four of the ten of us wanted Donnie. By the time I got to him, the two girls who had gotten in before me had already staked their claim on him. So I walk up and I'm like "geez, you guys are already posing for the picture? can I at least get a little face time?" Half way through my mini-rant Donnie dropped his arms off them and came to give me a hug. I was underwhelmed, to be honest. And what was worse he smelled a little like he had been celebrating St. Patty's day with something green (I'm not the only person who thought this and given that I've been counseling drug users for close to a decade now, I'm not just making this comment offhanded.) also, he had his damn sunglasses on and a hat (not that THAT is anything new). I don't remember if I said anything to him, I was a little annoyed by the fact that he was obviously out of it, and he mumbled something back but it wasn't anything memorable or at least I don't remember it. Twenty years it took him to break my heart...sigh...
So then I moved on to Jonathan. He's so beautiful up close, I sometimes forget how much I've love him. I had a lot I wanted to say to him as a fellow person living with an Anxiety Disorder, but that all went out the window the minute he hugged me.
This all happened in like half a minute and then it was time to take the picture. So I was happy to be by Jon in the picture, he was my backup plan and became my first choice when Donnie was being...less Donnie-like than I expected. Jonathan spent the time while everyone was posing talking about how he hated Biloxi and the stage was too small for the dancers or something like that. (They had just finished a show in Biloxi on Saturday.)
While they're taking the picture everyone is talking to the people they're standing next to except for Joe who keeps saying "balls" and then when they go to take the second picture says "shamrock balls" which is why I'm laughing in the picture.
Immediately after the ILAA people started saying it was time to go. So I grabbed Jon for another hug and it was AWESOME. I told him I was sad to go so soon because I'd wanted to talk to him and he did his awesome Jon laugh and hugged me really tight and rocked us back and forth like we were eighth grade dancing.
So I started to go back down the line, got another hug from Donnie. I think I asked him how he was and he said "I'm alright, baby" or something like that. I was already moving on in my mind. I didn't want him to kill my Jon buzz. Someone else was hugging Joe so I went back to Danny and said "bye Danny" and he said "bye Dannie 2" and I laughed. I completely forgot to mention that I'd left some Komen Charlotte stuff for him with security which I'm sure he will never see.
Now here's the best part:
I went to hug Joe again and he asks me "so which one are you, click one, click two, or click three?" and I say "well I guess I'm click one since I made the shirts." He laughs and gives me a big hug and I said "this sucks, we don't even get a chance to talk to you and I wanted to ask you about something. So as we are coming out of the hug, he holds my arms and says "then don't go, stay and talk to me instead." Inside I'm freaking out at this point so I start to try to tell him what I had wanted to say and he's got the most soothing, JFK type Boston accent, so I'm able to stop and breathe. And I told him about when I was like twelve or something I wrote this novel about them and sent it to his dad's house and he signed for it. All the time I'm telling him this he's like "a novel about us? wow. thirteen? wow?" just repeating what I said probably trying to keep me from freaking out. I asked if he remembered and he said "kind of" or something that probably wasn't true, but then he gives me that perfect smile and says "I actually sold it and published it and made a bunch of money" so I laughed.
At this point I feel someone's arm around my shoulders and I think it's the body guard trying to get me to leave, so I start to let go of Joe but he just keeps holding me, (we were hugging this whole time) and I turn to look and I realize it's Jordan who I basically ignored the whole time. (oops, sorry J!) So I'm still hugging Joe and he says "well, keep writing" and I told him "I have been, I'm published now" and he said "wow" again. So at this point the body guard really does come over and tell me to move on and I turn around and realize I'm the last girl from my group in the room and everyone else is gone.
My girls I was with (aka the Click Click Click girls) were like standing outside and Jen kept walking and Nicki was like "wait, Danielle's still in with the guys!" I was gonna get my facetime while I could damn it!
It was ridiculously short. Probably a total of four minutes (including the two I spent with my Joey-Joe). But I made the most of it, which I think is what you have to do. The ILAA people were late getting things set up and we had no time, which really isn't fair given that I know a couple girls from Ft. Myers had like five minutes with them. BUT I thought it was fabulous and I will absolutely do it again if they tour this summer. It's pretty obvious the ILAA folks just don't get it.
We had third row seats which were awesome. My camera died about three songs in (I didn't really charge it completely after Orlando-hard lesson learned) but I was having too much fun making eye contact with the guys anyway. Joe blew me a kiss and Donnie pointed toward us (I think he was pointing at Nicki, actually) But it was the best concert I've been to even though Donnie kept calling it Greensville and ignored Joe's hints that he was saying the damn city wrong. I never want to sit further back than third row again. You get to hear all their little side conversations and funny reactions to each other and it was just great.
So there you have it. FACE TIME, it's not just about Donnie anymore. I'm now a part of the LET'S GET THIS movement!!
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8:09
By Joey McIntyre
Release date: 2004-04-27
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