Reliving 1990

Last Saturday night was spent in the past, musically: New Kids on the Block concert. I was on the older cusp of their crowd during their hey day of late 80's - 1993 but of all the merchandise that they had out, I did purchase their bedsheets for my dorm bed sophomore year. Because they weren't bunk beds, I felt better knowing that having these sheets guaranteed that people stayed off of it. I also bought the Donnie Wahlberg doll which did get stolen from my dorm room only to have parts of his clothing sent to me via campus mail and ransom notes. I never did get him back. Oh well. Judging from how I treated my earlier dolls, I'm sure nowadays Donnie would just be nekid and missing a limb.

I went with four other girls who had either once been big fans or just went along because they sensed fun and didn't mind paying the $48 cheap tickets in the nosebleed section (we were second from the last row in the building. The photo below is courtesy of another friend that paid $100 for 10th row seats) to partake in this fun. And let's not forget the $15 to park. I was really surprised that parking was this much and it upset my sweet little friend Mia that she actually got bold after we paid the money to yell out the window that $15 was a rip off.

The other surprise: the amount of time two of the girls that went with us spent on the phone calling home in between opening acts. If you left your 2 and 4 year old with your husband or your mother, wouldn't you feel secure that they were in good hands and get off the dang cell phone and enjoy the night?! I'm really starting to hate those things but despite that and having Michigan State beat Michigan in football, it was a great night and it has reignited my love for New Kids on the Block much to Big A's "enjoyment".