TORONTO
First things first - GIRL TIME!!! We always knew Toronto would be awesome because Renee and Amy were flying in for the show to hang out! I drove to Toronto on Saturday morning, January 16. When I got there, Renee and I went and got manis and pedis at an awesome spa! It was wonderful! On the way to the spa, we believe we saw Joshua Jackson! Yep! PACEY from Dawson's Creek! Unfortunately, all of our nerves are saved up for NKOTB and we didn't say hi or anything. After the wonderful spa, we went back to the hotel and ordered Pizza Pizza, an Ontario original. It was so yummy! We then sat around the hotel room and chilled out while we watched stuff on the computer and on TV. It was so fun to just hang out!
The next morning, Sunday, January 17, Amy arrived! Unfortunately, Renee and I both had working phones but neither of us answered them when Amy called. SORRY AMY! We had to save up on sleep for the nights ahead! ;) Thank you for being a friend. So, we got some coffee then hung out in our hotel lobby for a bit... hoping some recognizable people would walk in. ;) They never did. In fact, right after we went upstairs after our lobby time, we found out they had been tweeting that they were sti
ll in NYC. Darn!
We took our time getting ready, then headed out to the Hard Rock Cafe in Dumbass... I mean Dundas Square for a dinner with Blockheads! It was so much fun! We had an awesome waiter, named Denis, who just happened to be cute too! We played NKOTB Jeopardy with cool prizes and had some yummy cake! Crystal also made us all adorable treat bags!
Amy, Renee and I went back to our hotel room and played our own personal NKOTB Jeaopardy with some special questions (e.g. "The owner of this nipple.") We also did some tweeting, laughed at some I Got It party pics (OBVIOUSLY not mine since I DON'T HAVE MINE YET JOHNNY!) ;) then headed to bed to rest up for our big day on Monday.
Monday, January 18, we woke up bright and early to head to CHUM FM where Joe was doing an interview. While we were getting ready, Renee looked out the window and saw a bus! A BUS! I literally ran to the elevators and got downstairs and confirmed it was Joe's bus!!! I stood around for just a bit waiting for Renee and Amy. While I was down there, Ethan walked in. I said hi but he was busy talking to another fan. Renee and Amy headed downstairs and Johnny walked in. He was taken away by other fans too, so we left and went to CHUM FM.
We got there and there was a very small group of girls waiting. Two of the girls were girls that were kissed at HOB! Starbucksapron who MADE OUT with Jon and Mac_Steph w
ho got kisses from Joe! Lucky girls! We all stood outside and could see Joe wrapping things up upstairs. He looked out and waved at us once. We expected him to walk out the door closest to where we were since that is where his car was waiting, but after about a half hour or more, the car started creeping forward. I turned and looked and saw Joe had come around the side of the building. I ran over and showed him my MacPac bag and gave him a hug. I didn't say much at all because he looked so tired. I MIGHT have said "Thanks"and that was it. So we just turned towards Renee who eventually caught up (I said I ran) and took our picture. People were rather shy going in for pictures but eventually everyone did. Renee and Amy got some great ones with him! Then Joe got in his car and headed off to his next gig at MTV Canada. We headed back to the hotel to get ready to see Joe on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulus (I had to carefully copy that last name from Google), a Canadian late-night talk show.
When we got back to the hotel, I was yelling for JOHNNY to GIVE ME MY FACETIME PIC!!! We saw Sherry (@JoesGutterGirl) and @Claby and said hi and chatted for a bit. Johnny came out of the bus. I'm pret
ty sure we said hi and I immediately went up and asked where my Chicago FT pic was. He barely believed me that it was still missing, but he explained it had been a mess. I SETTLED for a pic with Johnny instead. ;) Too bad he had to point his damn finger. He explained he started that finger pointing after seeing the Uncle Sam poster that says "I Want You". Renee and Amy talked to him about how they had hung out with him a bit at the HOB after party. They admitted they took a pic of his butt. He looked cutely flattered. Amy
tried to remind Johnny he needed to follow her after she found him and Donnie in Cali. Then we got some great pics of Amy & Renee with Johnny! We headed inside and decided to eat some breakfast at the hotel. We went and had a nice breakfast... well, they did. I woke up earlier than the West Coast girls and ate breakfast on my own earlier. Johnny was also there with another one of Joe's crew. We let them eat in peace. They finished before us and walked by and Johnny said "Enjoy your breakfast, ladies" It was so cute! (Johnny started growing on me at this point)
We got ready and went to The Hour. It was kind of 'first come, first served' and we ended up sitting in the 2nd row of a back section behind Michele, who was the girl who told us about the talk show. She was also one of the girls from the video! She's awesome! The Hour was very cool! I have been to the David Letterman Show before and this was totally different. At 'The Hour', you can kinda do whatever you want in terms of cheering and such "as long as you don't end up on stage, then you're all good." They even said holding up signs was ok! So, OF COURSE I pulled out my signs! George taped some segments without any guests and we squealed whenever he mentioned Joe's name. Then George went to change and came back ready to bring out Joe. Joe came out in an awesome suit looking HOT (as always). The interview was awesome. George asked some very cool questions and Joe, while seeming a little nervous, did a great job and was very honest and funny. At one point when Joe was talking about the old days, I started to get a little choked up. It suddenly hit me that this man, who I had adored when I was 14 and who was and incredibly untouchable super star back in the day, was now sitting several feet in front of me. Not only that... this man KNEW ME! It made me so appreicative of everything. I ALMOST cried, but I'm sure Joe cracked a joke and got me out of THAT mood! ;)
During a commercial break, Joe was relaxed and was looking around. I had my @RocksicleLover sign and held it up quickly. He saw it, smiled big and winked. I smiled back and Eeeeek'd a little. Amy and Renee were hilarious. I think one of them said "Oh my." And the other one said "He wasn't even looking at me and I'm still all excited!" I did feel very special after that look. Those looks are amazing gifts! :) Joe and George finished up the interview and Joe left. Then we had to sit through 2 more interviews! Not only that, right after Joe we had to sit through the new associate bishop for the Tornto diocese!!!! WHAT??? That was one of the biggest mental shifts I've ever had to make! He also interviewed Rosanne Cash, Johnny Cash's daughter. She was very interesting and talked about her new album "The List" that is songs from a list her father made of the best songs.
After 'The Hour' was done, we headed straight to The Mod Club, where the Joe Show was going to be. We met up with Tinkerbell (aka, Suzanne) in line and stood with her. Yota came over to say hi. She was running an awesome donation for a local shelter. She handed us some yummy Starbucks coffee for our donations and we chatted as we waited. Diane and Stacy also joined us and Crystal also stopped by to say hi. Eventually our toes were freezing and they finally let us in. We got a spot about halfway into the venue. We were also smack in the middle. We knew we wouldn't be up front because we were late to get in line after The Hour, but I think it was worth it! Plus, I realized our spot was awesome later. We stood around listening to the DJ play. As we stood there, it got warmer, and warmer, and warmer. By the time the concert started, we were all sweating. But as soon as I saw Joe, WHO CARES how sweaty I was?!?!? Joe came out and started with Here We Go Again. It was AWESOME! Of course that song holds a special place in my heart and I cannot help but get extremely excited when I hear it! It started the show off JUST RIGHT! Joe ROCKED it!!! Seriously! I was floored at how amazing he sounded. He did several of his songs from the new EP right at the start. I held up my @RocksicleLover sign and he saw me during the second song. But I have to admit.... I can't remember what he did. :( Smile? Wink? Po
int? I can't remember. But I KNOW he saw me! :) I also said earlier we were in an awesome spot? WE WERE! He sang to the middle of the venue all night. It LOOKED like he was looking at me ALL NIGHT LONG! I know he wasn't, but WOW. It STILL was very cool! The show went on and we got to "I'm Waiting". I had heard one rumor about the song, but had no idea what I was in for. IT WAS A STRIP TEASE! My jaw was on the floor. THE. WHOLE. SONG. I think it HELPED that he was sweating so much. Made it even more sexy than any other show that I saw after. My response to that song is in the picture to the left. ;) The show continued and I continued to be impressed. I laughed a lot too.
The show ended an
d it was time to go to the after party at the C-Lounge. We got there, I changed into my clubier clothes and we headed to our table. We had originally turned down sitting at a table with bottle service, but one of the cool girls we met in Boston had a table and had extra room there. She told us we could sit with them and pay less if we didn't want to drink (which was what we decided to do). We sat and recapped the evening. The club started getting more crowded and we could clearly see there was a roped-off VIP area off to the left. Official looking people started heading into the VIP area and it seemed like Joe might be coming soon. Then Johnny came in, a sure sign Joe wasn't far behind.... Then, JOE! He was wearing a black v-neck t-shirt with a scarf. He kinda just stood around in VIP not doing anything for a while. But then it looked like Johnny was letting in people who had MacPac cards. I HAD ONE!!! I ran over to the area where Johnny was. I apologize to any girl who I pushed aside or elbowed, but I HAD A MACPAC CARD! ;) I eventually made my way up and they let me in. I waited my turn and asked Johnny again "Where's my FT pic?" (he heard this a lot from me over the week) I also asked him if he was hot in his vest and why didn't he take it off? He said all of his junk was in the pockets so he couldn't! lol! Then it was my turn. I had my sign with me so I walked
up holding the sign up. Joe looked at me and said "I know who you are, sweetie." and reached out and gave me a big hug. I said "Sorry. I just never know." I told him thank you for everything he did and that the show was great. (The pic to the right was taken by Samantha while I was w/ Joe. I love it cuz of the way he's looking at me. The way I look... not so great. But oh well.) I also told him I was going to be pooped because I was going to Detroit and Chicago over the next two days. He said "Oh really? Aww, I'm sorry" and I said "Oh no, its a good tired." The whole time I stood there talking to him, he was rubbing my back. This seems sweet, doesn't it? It would have been, if I hadn't been wearing Spanx that ended right where he was rubbing! All I could think about at that moment was "HE'S FEELING MY BACK FAT!" I tried to inch away from his hand but he just kept rubbing. I considered grabbing his hand and holding it, but I figured he'd expect me to say something poigniant if I did that, and I had nothing. So I let him continue. I might have given him another hug (I was too distracted by the back rubbing to remember) and then I left.
I headed back to the table and everyone came over and wanted to hear what happened. No one else had their MacPac cards yet because the intertnational orders were taking longer and we were outside of the US. For some reason Amy didn't have hers either but she had the bag???? Amy? WTF? So I lended out my card. First to Amy & Renee who got some great hugs. Then to a few others. I saw Renee talking to Joe when she was up there and had to quiz her on what they said! It looked so cute! She had told him she came all the way from Calgary which I think my have gotten her an "Aww" and maybe another hug. I quizzed her on what else she said. Then she told me she said she was "friends with RocksicleLover and I want to thank you for making her so happy. When she is happy, it make me happy." Joe said "She makes me happy too." WHAT?????????? *thud* Seriously. I'm dead. WHAT?????? Even now writing this, I can't believe it. Renee? Are you telling the truth? That is the exact thing I asked her that night and I STILL don't believe it. Ugh. Dead. Dead. Dead.
Alex, Donald and Ethan started walking around the club. We stood up and said hi to them all. We asked Alex if his amp was tired (ha ha). We introduced ourselves to Donald. And we told Ethan how happy we were to see him again. At one point, Renee was talking to Ethan and somehow spilled his drink on him. It wasn't a big deal, but she felt SO BAD! She offered to buy him more drinks, tried to apologize, just did everything she could to make up for it. He just kept smilng huge and laughing and telling her it was ok. I chatted with Donald for a little bit and found out he was an incredibly nice guy! Really!
After we all got our hugs and the band walked away, we figured we should probably head back to the hotel since Amy & Renee had early flights. We went back, giggled some, and went to sleep. When I woke up, my lovely girls were gone. :(
FERNDALEI got to Ferndale, Michigan at about 2:00pm on Tuesday, January 19th. I met up with Karie and Vicki who were bundled up but seemed to be having fun. We sat in line and were fairly close to the front. Just next to us was BadHolly too! So glad to meet her in person finally! We sat around and chatted and tried to stay warm. I also started working on some new signs for the evening. Julie and Stephanie eventually joined us too along with several other awesome Michigan Blockheads!
Eventually a big white bus drove by. THEIR bus! I recognized it from Toronto and RAN to follow it. The crew got off and started carring stuff into the venue. They told us Joe was not on the bus. We pretty much knew that since we knew he was at a local radio station, but we were hopeful anyway. We went back to the line and Alex eventually came out and walked by a few times. I said hi, asked hi if his amp was tired and gave him a hug.
Like I said, Joe was on a local radio station for a while, but since we were in line, we unfortunately could not hear it. Grr. I got a couple of calls/texts from Dawn who was at the radio station! She got some great pics of Joe that day! After he was done, Dawn called and said he left the station in a black limo. We were on watch! The limo showed up and we again ran to the parking lot. We saw Joe pop out and run into the bus while on the phone. That was it. We hung around the bus just in case he felt like coming out to say hi. Apparently he didn't. Boo. But we did get some fun pics in front of the bus and I got to get ready in my warm car!
The band eventually came out of teh bus and I got to talk to Donald, Alex and Rob. I reminded Donald I had talked to hi in Toronto at the bar and I think he KINDA remembered. He is super sweet. I also talked to Rob and told him I was friends with Renee who was teh one with breakfast for kids charity idea. He lit up and said "Oh yeah, yeah, yeah!" I told him that Renee had wanted to go to his brunch in Toronto but she was being a loyal friend to me and was doing something else that I had wanted to do. He said "That's cool." I told him that Renee had really wanted to see him and get a pic with him. He said "Give her my love!" Then he also said "Tell her to email me. I want to start talking to her about the breakfast plan and get it started!" I told him I would tell her and that Renee would definitely be excited to start working on it. He the again told me "send her my love". And gave me a hug.
We we
nt and got in line again and were let in. We were in the 4th row right behind Holly. It was again and amazing show. Joe saw my sign during Forget About It. He kinda just looked at the sign, read it and nodded. The eye sex I got then was pathetic. LOL! But then he redeemed himself with some great eye sex during Outta Nothing At All, which got captured on video by two people! He saw me, smiled nice and big, and sang a line to me (as I sang back). I found the picture to the left which appears to be the moment he was singing to me! Later in the show, we held up our Michigan signs that Karie and Julie made and did an excellent job on. "MI BH?" he asked. "Michigan Blockheads!" was the reply. He said they were great but he couldnt' tell what shape the signs were. I thought he said it looked like a pork chop or something. But then we explained it was the state of Michigan. He also said we won for the best/most signs at the show. JBlock (Jason), the guy who sang with NKOTB on the cruise was at the show and Joe started talking to him. When Joe realized who he was, he invited him up on stage. Jason did the Games rap for us!
After the show, we went straight to the buses, but Joe was already on board. The band came out and said hi to everyone and mingled around. We stood around and waited. And waited. And waited. And waited some more. We were freezing! But it gave us all time to talk to a lot of friends! I talked to and met @Brandi1123, @brebaby143, @joesguttergirl and many many more! I made my way over to the bus at one point and was right near the door when Johnny came out. He started yelling "Listen up!" EEEEEEEEEPPP! He explained he was going to let people with MacPac cards on the bus first. WHA???? We were going to go in groups of twos. We were told to line up against the bus to get our turns. I rushed up and was 3rd in line. I knew teh girl in front of me too so I wished her luck. She went in. About a mintue or two later, she cae back out and was thrilled. My turn ALREADY!! I had NO time to figure out what I wanted to say or what I was going to do. I just had to do it. I walked up the stairs of the bus and saw Joe. I said "HEY!" He looked at me and said "Hey!" Then he got a better look at me, recognized e and said "Oh, HEY!!!!" I gave him a big hug with my coat on and I said "I'm so sorry I'm so cold!" and he said something along the lines of "Wow, you ARE!". I asked him if we could do pictures with him and he said yes. I gave my camera to the girl who came in behind me and told Joe that I wanted to do something different for this picture because I have so many other pictures of us j
ust posing normally. He kinda looked confused, but then held out both arms to engulf me in a great hug! I went in to hug him close and put my face up to his and looked at the camera and saw that my stupid blue coat hood was in my face! I said "NOOOOO! My hood!" and backed up and started to take off my bag and my coat. I said "I'm sorry. I'm stripping on your bus!" I set my bag and coat on the couch and went back in for the cozy hug and pressed my face up against his warm soft cheek. He was so warm, I couldn't help but say AGAIN, "I'm so sorry I'm so cold!" After the pic, I said thank you and Joe pointed to Rob and said "Have you met Rob Lewis yet?" Rob was sitting on the
opposite couch without a hat or sunglasses on and was eating Doritos (hence the reason the ENTIRE bus smelled like Doritios!). I barely recognized him even AFTER Joe pointed him out! I shook Rob's hand and said hi (he didn't remember me from earlier). I told him I didn't have a picture with him yet and he said "You don't? Let's get one." and he called over Dave (one of the guys who sets up the stage) and asked him to take the pic. I went to sit down on the couch and hat to move the empty Doritos bag. LOL! I think Rob felt bad so he said "No, we can stand up to do this!" and he put his arm around me and we got a cute pic together!
I turned around and Joe asked e if I'd take a pic of him with the other girl. I took the camera (which was the exact same one I had... so WHY was the pic SHE took so blurry???) and I took a GREAT photo of them. VERY CLEAR! After I did, Joe turned around and picked up my blue marshmallow coat. I ran over and took it from him and said "Thanks" and grabbed my MacPac. I started to get ready to walk out and he said "PUT your coat on BEFORE you go outside." Yes Dad. I apologized and said I was just trying to hurry up. So I put my bag back down and put on my coat and gathered my bag again. I told him and Rob I'd see the tomorrow and Joe's eyes got big and he said "Oh really? Ok!" and he put his hand on my big poofy back and said "See ya. Travel safe honey!" (HONEY! As if I'm his wife! LOL!)
I then went back t the line to talk to Stephanie and the other Michigan girls while they waited for their turn. Johnny yelled to us and said "Let's chant something!" I said "Let's Get This!" He said "OK, when they open the door, let's chant "Let's Get This!" So the door opens and everyone chants. He started to do this for every time someone new went in or came out "Let's chant....." It was so funny! I appeared to be his partner in crime. If he couldn't think of something, Id suggest something. When he came up with something new, I'd pass it on to the back of the line. Very fun! He was also asked about the stupid finger in the photos and he started explaining the poster badly so I yelled "I WANT YOU!" He looked at me stunned and said "YEAH!!!" as if someone finally understood. Yeah... I still don't get it Johnny. ;) Then he started complaining about how cold it was. He yelled "FAHK, IT'S COLD!" and he looked at the line and said "Seriously! Go staht your cahs! Get the heat goin!" He said it over and over too! "Get in your cahs!" I was just cracking up at his accent!
Stephanie got on the bus and while in there her camera died!!! She had to have someone else take her picture but it turned out great!!! Karie and Julie also got on the bus. They took FOREVER! To the point that Johnny was like "What the hell? What are they doing in there?" They finally came out and were freaking out. They had a great chat with Joe including some recognition on his part and some great pics. Karie is a very funny and.... umm.... honest(?) girl! ;) It sounds like they had some fun on that bus! Karie also said that at some point she thanked Joe for making Julie and "RocksicleLover" so happy. ;) So thoughtful. Tricki got on the bus and FINALLY got her MacPac picture signed. Joe couldn't believe that it wasn't, but she showed him and he made up for it by signing it TO HER. Emily got on the bus and had such a moving time that when she came off the bus she was crying! So sweet! When Megan got on the bus, she called Cheyenne, a Michigan Blockhead who now lives in Texas, and Cheyenne even got in on the fun! So thoughtful! After the excitement and hearing about everyone's experience on the bus we headed home. Wednesday was going to be another long day and we needed our rest.
CHICAGOA bunch of us Michigan Blockheads took the train from East Lansing, Michigan to Chicago. It was a pretty fun train, but we were all pretty tired from the night before. We all tried to sleep at some point. Jessie (4everBraveheart) also got on the bus in Kalamazoo and joined us. We got to Chicago around noonish and took it easy. We stayed at the Days Inn on Diversey which is literally about 2-3 blocks from where I used to live on Diversey! It was my old 'hood! Stephanie, Jessie and I went for some crepes at La Creperie. YUM! Then we headed back, relaxed and then started getting ready. While we were getting ready, Jen, who I knew from the video, stopped by with her husband, Bob! We were going to have a mini-video mates reunion! Shannon, Jen, Gina and I were all going to be at the show and we had matching shirts! Shannon made the shirts and they looked GREAT! She even made one for Joe! We finished getting ready and headed to Lincoln Ave. Shannon had arranged for us to have dinner at the venue, Lincoln Hall, prior to the show. With this pre-dinner, we were able to also not have to wait in line and were the first ones in the venue. It was awesome! The dinner was very yummy! Mac & Cheese! I also got to enjoy my favorite drink from living in Chicago - Black Cherry Effen & 7! YUM! The area we were in was a bar-liek area, separate form the actual room with the stage. We could hear Joe on stage doing sound check.
We got in line and of course Shannon was first. Once the doors open and we all ran in, we ended up right behind Shannon who was front row, DEAD CENTER. We had to stand there for a while before the show began. That gave me just enough time to freak out about how close we were. It was different than a regular NKOTB show! It was JUST HIM. He didn't really move from the center, unlike at a group show where they switch positions. And there was no space between the crowd and the stage. It was just him, right there. When he came out, it was even more insane. It was like he was standing on top of us!!! I COULD HAVE DIED! I have never been closer. NEVER. And those of us who know Joe, know how he likes to spit. I like it when he spits too. ;)
I decided not to hold up my sign. I decided to trust the man who says he knows me. Yeah. I never got the same eye sex that I have gotten in the past. Sure, he looked at me. He even smiled at me. But it was never that sudden wonderful recognition I have gotten in the past. I missed it. But the show was STILL amazing. "I'm Waiting" was almost unbareable that close. And what was really funny was that if we yelled or something, Joe could actually hear us! We almost had to watch what we said! Being where I was and being as tall as I am caused me to be the bearer of gifts. Right before Joe started the sweet song 'The Difference', people started passing up Traveling Jon (TJ) for us to hand to Joe. I passed him up to Shannon. She tried to get his attention
but he was already starting his song. After the song, he turned to her and said "What is it that couldn't wait?" She handed over TJ and he checked him out. Jessie had Flat Joe Mac with her and was trying to pass him up but her arms weren't long enough for Joe to see him. I took him and held him up and Joe took FJM from me. He said "What is this called when you do this?" And everyone yelled "Flat Joe Mac"! We were VERY excited he finally met FJM! It was all thanks to Jessie! He handed everything back to me. Then Shannon gave him the t-shirt she made for him. He read it and talked about the video. He said "Didn't I teach you guys timing at the video?" since Shannon had tried to give him TJ right before he stared the slow song. He read the shirt (which had our names on it) and thanked us. Then a can of popcorn got passed to me. I handed it over. Joe is lucky I did considering how much I LOVE Garrett's popcorn!!! Later, the whole crowd started holding up their signs. Before we had gone in, someone had given me a towel that said "Let's Joe Show This". I held it up and he took it right out of my hands.... and NEVER gave it back! lol! Shannon showed Joe her "I heart EG" sign. He asked her about it and she told him it meant Evil Genius. They had an adorable convo about it! It was so cool! Gina also had some great moments with Joe! She tends to cry during slow songs. Joe saw her crying during two different songs and looked RIGHT AT HER, smiled and sang to her! Sweet (but evil). Joe finished up the amazing show and we were left giddy as school girls!
Afterwards, Jessie, Stephanie and I darted over to The Underground where there was an after party. It ws raining and it sucked, but because we had a table, we got escorted in right away. The doorman took us to a table that was just up the stairs to the right. There was only one table between us and the VIP roped off area and NO ONE EVER SAT THERE! It was basically ours! WE WERE RIGHT NEXT TO VIP! I LOVE the staff there for hooking us up with that table! We went and got changed into our club clothes, Gina joined us, and then we had some drinks and waitd. When Joe came, I stood on the seat against the post that was kind of the line that separated our area from VIP. He stood on the ledge and sang some songs and danced. He was RIGHT in front of us. :) At one point, Joe asl came over while he was in VIP and gave hugs. I got a nice soft hug with his lovely cashmere sweater. GOD it was soft! But I don't think he actually recognized me when he hugged me. Eventually, they took down the extra stage/table Joe had stood on in the beginning and expanded the ever-growing VIP area. There was no longer anything blocking me from just stepping down off of the seat into VIP. So I did it! I stood near the seat for a bit before just running in, but the Underground guy really didn't seem to mind me being there, so I just walked right in! Shortly after I got in VIP, Joe actually did a round around the bar and hugged people. I missed that part! Who knew VIP could be bad?? During that time, Jessie was able to get her pic with Joe which was AWESOME! When they came back, I talked to Johnny a little bit (of course asking for my FT pic) and got my pic w/ him and a pic of him w/ Ethan. I chatted with Donald some more and met his friend and talked with him a while too. There was a girl sitting up next to Joe (w/ one guy in between her and Joe). She recognized me from Twitter and tried to get me up there with her, but the security guy said no. I was still very thankful to her for trying! She really didn't have to do it at all! I love Blockheads!!! Later,
Stephanie gave me her phone to take a picture of Joe with. Johnny saw me trying to take Joe's picture and grabbed Joe and pointed at the camera. But hte camera would work!!! UGH. I got my camera out instead and stood right in front of Joe and got a pretty pic of him smiling. Again, I really dont think he recognized me. He was wearing sunglasses. I bet it was hard to recognize anyone in the dark club. I talked to Joe's other crew guys including Dave and Nate too. Joe got up on the ledge for one more song and to say thank you, then said good night and disappeared seconds later. The bar started getting ready to shut down but the band and the crew stuck around. Julie and I kept talking to Dave and Nate a little bit more. Ethan gave me two INSANELY tight hugs! To the point that I thought he was going to break me! LOVE HIS HUGS! Nate was still around so I shared some champagne with im since we weren't drinking it fast enough. We eventually all headed outside and I saw Alex and said hi. He said he saw me in the front earlier having fun. Of course! :) We all chatted a little bit more then headed back to the hotel. I was pooped and fell asleep very quickly. We took the train back the next day, all VERY tired but with WONDERFUL memories.
One last thing... a few days later, Joe was on Twitter. I tweeted: So, I didn't hold up my sign in Chicago. Did you recognize me? I still doubt your memory and recognition skills. He responded: JM: I'm insulted.
Ok ok. So MAYBE he MIGHT recognize me a little bit. Or maybe he's just a cutie who likes to flirt and tease! ;) Either way is fine with me!
ok a taxi to our hotel, the Loews Regency, which was the same location as the show (which was held at Feinsteins at the Regency). We dropped our stuff off and went to get last minute things done before the show. The other two girls, Emmie and Sherry, were already in NYC and were shopping. After our shopping, we all got ready and headed down to the threatre at 6:00pm. There was a long line that went all the way outside. We decided to just sit and wait in the warm lobby. We saw some people we knew an took some pictures then headed inside. We were seated against a back wall, but the theatre was so sma
ll we were actually pretty close! The pic to the left shows our view. The blue stuff on the left is where the stage was. Before dinner I sent a Twitpic of me hold a breadstick in my mouth and said "I'm waiting @joeymcintyre!" ha ha! For dinner I had the Pumpkin Ravioli and a nice pretty blue drink called a La Mystique. Yummy!
ok a taxi to our hotel, the Loews Regency, which was the same location as the show (which was held at Feinsteins at the Regency). We dropped our stuff off and went to get last minute things done before the show. The other two girls, Emmie and Sherry, were already in NYC and were shopping. After our shopping, we all got ready and headed down to the threatre at 6:00pm. There was a long line that went all the way outside. We decided to just sit and wait in the warm lobby. We saw some people we knew an took some pictures then headed inside. We were seated against a back wall, but the theatre was so sma
ll we were actually pretty close! The pic to the left shows our view. The blue stuff on the left is where the stage was. Before dinner I sent a Twitpic of me hold a breadstick in my mouth and said "I'm waiting @joeymcintyre!" ha ha! For dinner I had the Pumpkin Ravioli and a nice pretty blue drink called a La Mystique. Yummy!
castmates from Tick Tick Boom, and they sang 'Louder Than Words'. That was HANDS DOWN my favorite song of the night. Gave me chills and made me want to weep from its beauty. Basically turned me into a sap. Then he sang 'As Long As You Love Me' fro Wicked with Natacia. He also sang an awesome verson of Wyclef Jean's 'Grateful' which he tweaked to be about him. It was so cool! Joe is just so creative and amazing! He ended with 'Give My Regards to Broadway'. GREAT show!!! I love Joe's pop career, but after seeing him at the Cabaret it made me realize that he was MADE for Broadway. He's so much better able to show off his voice! He is capable of belting out notes! I never knew that before! With the pop songs he sings, he never gets the opportunity to do that, but he sure does with Broadway tunes. Whether it be 'As Long As Your Mine' or 'Gary, Indiana', that man's voice gave me CHILLS!
castmates from Tick Tick Boom, and they sang 'Louder Than Words'. That was HANDS DOWN my favorite song of the night. Gave me chills and made me want to weep from its beauty. Basically turned me into a sap. Then he sang 'As Long As You Love Me' fro Wicked with Natacia. He also sang an awesome verson of Wyclef Jean's 'Grateful' which he tweaked to be about him. It was so cool! Joe is just so creative and amazing! He ended with 'Give My Regards to Broadway'. GREAT show!!! I love Joe's pop career, but after seeing him at the Cabaret it made me realize that he was MADE for Broadway. He's so much better able to show off his voice! He is capable of belting out notes! I never knew that before! With the pop songs he sings, he never gets the opportunity to do that, but he sure does with Broadway tunes. Whether it be 'As Long As Your Mine' or 'Gary, Indiana', that man's voice gave me CHILLS!
d him the MSU book I had for Griffin and Rhys and said "I meant to give you this in Michigan." He looked at it and said "Hey! Michigan?!?! Sutton knows about that!" I turned and looked at Sutton and asked if she was from MI and she said yes. I asked where from and she said "Troy". Then Joe said "Troy? That's why he's a Trojan" and he pointed to Sparty on the MSU book. "It all fits together." Ummmm... ok. I said, "Uhh, Trojan? He's a SPARTAN! And MSU is not in Troy, its in East Lansing." Ah, Joe. At least you're pretty. ;) I went over and chatted with Sutton. I told her how amazing she was the first show and she said "You're going to the second show too? WOW!" I had to ask her how old she was and she said "34". "What? Really? I would have NEVER guessed that! You look so much younger! Like 20!" She laughed and looked at Joe and said "I really like her!" LOL! We all got together and took a couple of group photos. On our way out, we saw Sherry standing in line still and realized she had somehow missed being in our group! We decided to stay with her and take pictures of just her and Joe since she missed out with us. She got some great pics with him! :)
d him the MSU book I had for Griffin and Rhys and said "I meant to give you this in Michigan." He looked at it and said "Hey! Michigan?!?! Sutton knows about that!" I turned and looked at Sutton and asked if she was from MI and she said yes. I asked where from and she said "Troy". Then Joe said "Troy? That's why he's a Trojan" and he pointed to Sparty on the MSU book. "It all fits together." Ummmm... ok. I said, "Uhh, Trojan? He's a SPARTAN! And MSU is not in Troy, its in East Lansing." Ah, Joe. At least you're pretty. ;) I went over and chatted with Sutton. I told her how amazing she was the first show and she said "You're going to the second show too? WOW!" I had to ask her how old she was and she said "34". "What? Really? I would have NEVER guessed that! You look so much younger! Like 20!" She laughed and looked at Joe and said "I really like her!" LOL! We all got together and took a couple of group photos. On our way out, we saw Sherry standing in line still and realized she had somehow missed being in our group! We decided to stay with her and take pictures of just her and Joe since she missed out with us. She got some great pics with him! :)
to get in the back of the line since we had already talked to him once. But we definitely wanted some one-on-one pics with him before we left. By the time we got up there, it was 12:30am and I think everyone was getting a little bit more tired. I went over, stood next to him and realized I could see the top of his head. As we posed I said "Oh my God, I'm taller than you right now." He said "No, that's GOOD" and I said "Ugh. I'm mammoth tall." I took Emmie's camera then and TRIED REALLY HARD to take their picture but the flash wouldn't go off. I'm sorry Emmie! Joe finished up with his pics with everyone then said goodbye at about 1:15am. We headed upstairs and went to bed... in the same hotel that Joey Mac MIGHT have been sleeping naked in.... ;)
to get in the back of the line since we had already talked to him once. But we definitely wanted some one-on-one pics with him before we left. By the time we got up there, it was 12:30am and I think everyone was getting a little bit more tired. I went over, stood next to him and realized I could see the top of his head. As we posed I said "Oh my God, I'm taller than you right now." He said "No, that's GOOD" and I said "Ugh. I'm mammoth tall." I took Emmie's camera then and TRIED REALLY HARD to take their picture but the flash wouldn't go off. I'm sorry Emmie! Joe finished up with his pics with everyone then said goodbye at about 1:15am. We headed upstairs and went to bed... in the same hotel that Joey Mac MIGHT have been sleeping naked in.... ;)
