#Dead 7 and Dancing with the Stars

Hi fellow BSB fans! Hope everyone is enjoying their summer. Feels like it's almost over, which makes me incredibly sad because it's my favorite season, but I'm trying to squeeze so many summer-type activities in as I can.

BSB news has been pretty slow lately with the exception of Nick's movie Dead 7 being filmed in Montana. It would be awesome and a dream come true to be an extra in Nick's movie, but a trip to Butte doesn't seem to be in my future. Can't wait to see this zombie/western film Nick directed because it looks like there will be some humor in it and getting to see Nick as a cowboy is just winning right there lol.

Handsome!

Ride em' Cowboy!

Nick's sexiest picture from #Dead7 so far!

Howie! and Joey Fatone

Looking sexy!

AJ!

 

 

BSB are supposed to announce something tomorrow and my guess is that it will be that Nick is going to be on next season's Dancing with the Stars! It will be nice to see Nick on TV every week and I'll definitely be watching even though I'm not really a fan of the show. I can see him winning the whole thing because he's a good dancer as it is. It'll be fun seeing all the different types of dancing he does, the costumes, and the songs that are picked. A BSB song has to be chosen for sure! Wouldn't it be incredibly fun to see Nick do a bollywood dance? lol We are all going to want to be his dance partner at the end of this one. Too bad I just pretty much do club dancing. He'll be great at this and should do even better than Aaron haha! I just can't help but think that he's working his ass off too much though. Hope he gets his downtime in there too.

A couple of weeks ago, AJ was an audience member in Big Brother. I've watched every season and love this show and have my favorite cast members like Evil Dick and some others but I haven't been able to get into this season. Not too much time to watch and I would rather watch Bachelor in Paradise, which is shown at the same time. Anyway, I did watch this episode when I heard AJ was in the audience. Forget the show, just keep showing AJ lol!

AJ with Host Julie Chen.

I've attended a few concerts since my last post. I seen Motley Crue and Alice Cooper for Motley Crue's Final Tour in Chicago. They put on a great show and I just went to see Tommy Lee play the drums on his rollercoaster upside down drums. Alice Cooper had some cool effects with a giant Frankenstein for his song by the same name and getting his head cut off lol. I went with my brother and his friends. Before we went to the show, we ate at Toby Keith's bar and the food was really good and just a cool atmosphere. Of course my phone died on me so I couldn't take too many pictures.

Me making it look like I had VIP lol.

Alice Cooper's backdrop.

A google picture of Toby Keith's bar in the shape of a guitar.

Just last Saturday I seen Candlebox and Filter at a local bar. I didn't take any pictures, but video. It was cool to hear "Far Behind Me" and "You" live. Filter sang "Take A Picture" too. These songs bring back 90's memories. :) I will say Candlebox put on a better show than Filter and the lead singer of Filter gets too political on stage. Just there for the music, pal.

My 32nd birthday will be next week and I'm looking for ways to celebrate. I'll probably go out to dinner with some friends. This weekend I'll be seeing some hot air balloons that will be shown locally. Might go to an outdoor showing of the new Jurassic Park movie to benefit a local animal shelter. Then the weekend of my birthday, I'll probably see Sebastian Bach sing at another local bar. Some fun stuff planned for the near future and hopefully with BSB too!

Enjoy the rest of the summer!

My BSB Filled Weekend In Chicago!

Last weekend, I was fortunate enough to see Nick, Howie, and AJ in Chicago for two events. It definitely made my weekend, but as always I had the usual anxiety jitters that things wouldn't work out. Overall, it was awesome!

Friday night was the nightclub event at Tunnel. My date and I arrived somewhat early and had appetizers in the restaurant below before we went upstairs to wait for BSB. Because we did this, we did end up being really far back...but at least we were there and I'm a "Backstreet" Girl so of course I'm in the back lol. The club was really crowded and it was very hard to see when the guys finally came out. Of course they were on Backstreet time so it did take forever for them to come out, but I felt such excitement to finally see them!

Nick, Howie, and AJ ended up singing about three BSB hit songs and doing the nineties medley from Nick & Knight. I could hardly see, but I just felt glad to be there considering I bought a ticket from someone online that could have easily sold the same e-ticket to others. He also gave me a really great price because others were asking for $150 for one ticket when I only paid $42 from the club and $64 to the guy online.

The dj was pretty good and I liked the lighting but of course I was only there for BSB lol. I had to tip the person in the restroom, but didn't mind because I took a poster off of one of the stalls with BSB on it lol.

At the end of their performance, I was able to run up to the side where the guys were walking off of the stage and was really close to getting a picture with Nick, but he was pretty quick leaving the scene and must have just taken about two pictures with fans. I later heard that they came back out a little later, but we had left because we knew we'd have to wake up early the next day for the next event.

Overall, I am happy that I was able to be there but I overthought it in my head thinking that it would be Nick djing until the club closed at 2 a.m. with Howie and AJ singing along, kind of like the BSB after parties and it wasn't like that at all.

The Volleywood performance the next day was a lot better. Both events were due to Lashnow, but the beach was a better venue to put on a show.

I'm wondering if Chicago will have more appearances in the near future with the three boys because of their endorsement with Lashnow. It would be great to see them more often, but it can get really expensive. What bothers me more than that is that I want to see the whole group and see a regular show and do a regular soundcheck and then an after party. That would be more ideal than these smaller events with no Kentucky cousins :( Don't get me wrong though, I always love seeing the guys no matter what the circumstances are.

We ended up taking the train downtown and then a cab to North Avenue Beach where Volleywood was being held. We hardly had time to look at the beach or the volleyball players and headed straight to VIP. VIP was $60 and was well worth it in my opinion. Granted, I did hear that general admission people easily snuck in, but I'm still glad we did VIP. I was able to be in the center and only a few others in front of me.

It was nice talking to a few fellow BSB fans. I did have a short, verbal fight with a drunk girl in front of me who wouldn't move her towels. Everyone was starting to move up and there was no way her towels were going to save a large gapped space behind her. She ended up moving them after coming to her senses. People were cutting in front of me even when the towels were moved and we were all bunched together so I don't know what she was thinking. It wasn't a concert in the park type event lol.

After waiting so long (would have been great to know the exact time of the performance since the event was from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.) and getting rained on and not even thinking to bring a beach towel (my mind was strictly focused on Nick and the guys lol) BSB finally came on!

The stage was great for the guys and they ended up pretty much doing the same set as at the club except adding a few more BSB songs. I enjoyed hearing them sing and seeing their performance up close. They sang "Pony" and that was my highlight just because I just got off a Magic Mike fix and it reminds me of Nick & Knight. That, and it was great to see AJ and Howie's sexy moves too and seeing all three perform the song together!

AJ getting the crowd hyped up!

Howie!

Howie, Nick, and AJ!

Nick giving it his all!

At the end of the show, they came out wearing Blackhawks jerseys and sang Larger Than Life! AJ and Howie kept their jerseys, but Nick caused some trouble by throwing his out into the audience lol. It landed right behind me and I almost got knocked over backwards. I could have joined the fight, but I'm over that childish bullshit. Plus I kept myself calm by saying I got a kiss from Nick on the cheek and cherish that much more than if I were to get a jersey from him lol. I just love the short moments I get to share with him over memorabilia. Too bad these moments can't be longer!

We ended up leaving to get on our way home and they were still fighting over it when we left.

As far as my date, it was nice to have a date to two BSB events just in the sense that I always was a bit jealous of girls who had a boyfriend or husband with, but I ended up breaking up with him. It was really nice he went to both events, but I think he just went because he thought he was going to get something in return. I still wouldn't be opposed to having another BSB related date, but maybe wait until the relationship is more solid. I also could have been a lot closer in the nightclub if I went by myself but the guy was hungry so what could I do lol?

It was awesome to see Nick, Howie, and AJ last weekend and I'm already having withdrawals. Because I've been having so many other things going on, I feel like last weekend has already happened a month ago, which is a shame. I'll continue to hold onto my favorite moment from the whole weekend...when BSB performed Larger than Life representing Chicago!

Volleywood Beach Bash Featuring BSB!

Hope everyone is having a great start to their summer. I know I am! I’ve been able to be more active than usual and it’s fun to have more fun stuff to do on the weekend and I got a lot of stuff planned for this summer. It’s been hectic, but still nice to have other things to do besides work and pay bills lol.

The Color Run I participated in to raise money for children who have cancer took place last weekend. It was a blast! I went with two friends of mine and it was so much fun to have paint thrown on us and have dance music blasting at the end! I would definitely do another again, but hopefully a blacklight run next.

Covered in paint and loving it! #luminouslibrarian

Another cool thing is since I didn't have a pet in awhile, I bought a betta fish. I named him Fire and Ice, but Fifi for short lol. Thanks to the bro for the fish tank.

Introducing Fire and Ice...or Fifi.

Of course the most exciting thing I have planned this summer involves BSB! Once again BSB are coming back to Chicago for the Volleywood Beach Bash at North Avenue Beach on Saturday, July 11^th! I already got my two vip tickets, which includes access to the stage, so I’m hoping I’ll get to talk with the guys for a bit. I’m not getting my hopes up on that just yet since I don’t know what to expect. The vip tickets weren’t that bad in price anyway and I figured this might be the last time I get to see the guys in a while so I just went ahead and got vip. Rob, the guy I’ve been dating, has agreed to come along so it’ll be a fun time for sure! It’ll be my first time having a date for a BSB show. (I’m going to his Say Anything concert so he has to go to my event lol.) It sounds like all the BSB will be there to perform so I’m excited to see them all and with the volleyball tournaments and djs it should make for a fun day. I felt bad because I was supposed to go to another concert that night with my brother so he can see another guy from KISS perform, but BSB comes first lol.

Another fun thing coming up tomorrow is that I’ll be seeing a Weird Al show with a good friend. We will probably have something to eat downtown and look at the shops too so we can make a day out of it. Maybe he’ll sing this song since it’s based off of BSB’s I Want It That Way...yes, at least one thing must be related to BSB each day or else I’ll explode lol.

Wishing everyone a great Independence Day! Can't believe that's next week! I love watching the fireworks but hate the loud booms lol. 

BSB Cruise 2016

I thought it would be a good time for a blog post since it’s been awhile. Truthfully, I haven’t been keeping up with BSB news that good lately. Just been really busy with work and dating. Anyway, the big news that was announced that I’m sure everyone heard of by now is the 2016 BSB European Cruise that visits Barcelona, Cannes, and Florence.

I always, always wanted to go to Italy and was very excited about the news until I found out how much it would cost for me to fly to Barcelona to board the ship. It would be about as much as the cruise itself. I couldn’t justify spending that much just to get on the ship so I won’t be participating this year.

Beautiful Florence, Italy

I also didn’t like the idea of just being able to spend one day in Italy. I guess one day in Italy would have been better than no day in Italy but I’m hoping to take a separate trip there someday where I could really have the time to focus on the culture and history of that beautiful country. There just wouldn’t be enough time to thoroughly explore Florence and BSB. It really sucks that I can’t be there, but I wish everyone so much fun. 

I’m trying to focus on the positives of not going on the cruise lol. Like not having to deal with crazy fans, not having to endure  two 12-hour flights, having money to spend on other things, and not having the stress of worrying about everything that leads up to it. I definitely plan on attending any and all BSB related events that happen to be in Illinois anytime soon. Seriously, Nick needs to come back to Illinois so I don’t lose my sanity haha. 

I’m also trying to distract myself from the realization that I’m not going on the cruise by looking forward to this summer. I’m so excited for the warm weather and all the great things that come along with summer like swimming, concerts, and fireworks. I don’t have too many concerts lined up so far, but I’m hoping that will change. Right now I’m going to see two rock festivals with my brother and Weird Al with a friend, but I need to find something to do that was my idea. I did sign up to do a color run with a friend from work and that’s coming up in two weeks. It’ll be fun and it’s something I always wanted to do!

Can't wait to get covered in paint!

I do want to keep dating during the summer and as of right now, I’ve had about ten dates so far. Every date has wanted to see me again so I’m glad it seems I am a good date. Of course I’ve turned a few down for compatibility reasons, but there’s still potential and I’m learning more and more of what I want and don’t want in a man. I realize that not one guy will be perfect, but I’m looking for perfect for me and there’s certain deal breakers for me as I’m sure there are for them. It’s been fun and exciting. It’s also been nice that my weekends are being filled up with meeting fun, new people. The ultimate goal is to find a wonderful man to marry, but I realize that takes time so right now I’m just going with the flow and having fun until it gets to a point where I would want to be exclusive with someone and see where that leads. 

Work has been going well. We just kicked off our summer reading club and we’ve been busy with that. My youth creative writing club is staying strong. I’ve been having to work every Saturday for five weeks and this Saturday will be my last for a while. I’m so looking forward to having a full weekend and want my Saturdays free for dates lol. Although, I have been squeezing in dates after work…even though I’m exhausted.

Our summer reading club theme.

My personal life has been alright. I’m having trouble sleeping because I keep having nightmares about my mother’s passing. Also, I ended up having to go to the hospital for an extreme case of vertigo, which I never experienced before. I’m sure this is all stress related and I’m trying to deal with it the best I can. It doesn’t help that my life feels so fast-paced right now, but I don’t want the life of a 90-year-old granny lol. I want to experience everything life has to offer and don’t want to slow down so my life consists of work, gym time, dating, and trying new things. I’m excited to see how this summer will turn out and if I’ll have a special someone to watch the fireworks with in July or to be with on my birthday in September. Only time will tell. 

Wishing everyone a great summer filled with nice memories and maybe a few of them with BSB ;) 

P.S. Nick just posted a picture of his new haircut! I love it! So sexy! He looks like a military man. Needs to wear some camo lol. 

Damn! lol