Its a LONG Tweet.. @DonnieWahlberg @joeymcintyre @jordanknight @Jonathanrknight @DannyWood @JennyMcCarthy
As an awesome first half of summer comes to an end & everyone says their thank you's, I wanted to say mine as well. It is not very often in life that events or people come along outside of your family that you feel connected to or that effect you in a great way. Well, in my life I actually have been fortunate enough to experience this but, not really until recently. Like most girls back in the mid 80s through the 90s I was totally taken by a group of 5 guys known to world as the New Kids on the Block. My fandom went back all the way to the first cassette I ever received with Popsicle on it (yea, I am oldie Blockhead lol) I had so much NKOTB stuff that I would have probably needed my own storage facility to pack it all into. Now, back then I was pretty young so, I LOVED every New Kid but one, lol...I was not a Donnie fan and NOT for a bad reason but, come on D, you were the bad boy and being as young as I was, it just totally wasn't my thing (at least I am honest right?)
Well of course as time went on and everyone grew up, I NEVER lost my NKOTB love, I defended them at any insult or joke cracked and would even yell at the TV when jokes were cracked regarding them but, it wasn't as hardcore as it had been before, the Blockhead in me was there but, she got buried. Then a few years ago I just happened to be cruising through my TV and happened to see that "hey look, a show with the Wahlbergs hmm, I want to watch that" the connection started right when that show came on. I started watching and seeing a totally different side to one of these New Kids and it wasn't a fan love that grew, it was respect. Watching a man from a family that is just so real, loving, humble and have the biggest hearts I have ever seen I totally grew into a Donnie Girl. Its not a love thing in the romantic sense at all (I am happily engaged and love the Mrs, that's her man) its like I described before, its a respect, a connection. It is seeing someone that if I met them and nobody knew who he was, I would still want to be friends with him. The people you surround yourself with help to define you and who you are and who you want to influence your life and not only Donnie is that type of person but so is his wife and his entire family (which includes Nacho and Drama fucking amazing dudes).
So, also in watching this and learning more about this man and his family I was able to be introduced to someone whom I have been a fan of since I was younger, the Mrs, Jenny. This woman is just simply amazing with the same big heart, same humble attitude, grateful, kick ass sense of humor and an advocate for her child. I got to learn more about her as well through the Wahlburgers show and then this year she and Donnie got their own show!! Which or course, made me super excited to be able to see more of them together. I think that my connection to Jenny grew in one moment in that show. There is something that Donnie and Jenny always do and its called "I love you more than....." well, they do it at the end of each of their shows and I had seen a lot of people saying "oh thats just for the show, thats for how people look at them" but no, it wasn't. Jenny showed Donnie of she and a young Evan sitting on a porch swing and out of Jenny's mouth came "I love you more than..." right there, that moment. That moment showed me that Jenny took something intimate between herself and her son and she brought Donnie into that she made that a family thing for the 3 of them and nothing but mad respect and a new fan-girl of course came out of me.
Now, lets talk about where everything just boiled over. I heard about the Main Event tour and bought tickets instantly the moment they went on sale. Unfortunately I was not in a position to afford any VIP stuff so I was not able to meet any of them and I never have, never been close enough to even make eye contact...lol. But that concert took and brought that 7 year old NKOTB fagirl right back out of me and it was one of the most fun nights I have had since I can remember. From that moment on yes, I am a Blockhead and a Donnie Girl (even though I love all of my boys).
I recently started to use twitter, even though I made an account in 2011 I never used it, I started to see that this is where everyone is now, Facebook is the past and twitter is now so, here I am. I have found a way to connect with my fellow Blockhead sisters and share so much with us all sharing this common love. But, that isn't all I have noticed while on here. I have seen " Blockheads" (I use quotes because they are not good Blockheads to me personally) arguing, fighting, name calling, attempting to see who can win ANY type of attention from these boys just acting like they are in third grade and not caring what they say or who they hurt in the process and it is really sad to see.
These men are here for us, because of us and because we are supposed to be in this together, to come together and share the joy that they bring to us, not tearing each other to shreds. I have never met one of them, never sat on the floor or at the stage and I am totally ok with that. I myself am just grateful that because of us fans, they keep going for us and that I am able to go and attend concerts when they come my way.
So, from this Blockhead to Donne, Joey, Jordan, Jon and Danny I say thank you. Thank you for your love of us, the devotion to keep going and providing things such as tours and cruises for the fans to be able to enjoy everything you bring 110% for. I AM grateful that you are here and grateful for finding a piece of me that was lost and locked away for a long time. Thank you all again and just keep doing what you do and being you, no matter what.
p.s. Donnie - Go look at my profile you will see a youtube link there, click it...I "wrote" a song and sang it, its for you..well, its for all of us! But, I would like you to see it :-)
As an awesome first half of summer comes to an end & everyone says their thank you's, I wanted to say mine as well. It is not very often in life that events or people come along outside of your family that you feel connected to or that effect you in a great way. Well, in my life I actually have been fortunate enough to experience this but, not really until recently. Like most girls back in the mid 80s through the 90s I was totally taken by a group of 5 guys known to world as the New Kids on the Block. My fandom went back all the way to the first cassette I ever received with Popsicle on it (yea, I am oldie Blockhead lol) I had so much NKOTB stuff that I would have probably needed my own storage facility to pack it all into. Now, back then I was pretty young so, I LOVED every New Kid but one, lol...I was not a Donnie fan and NOT for a bad reason but, come on D, you were the bad boy and being as young as I was, it just totally wasn't my thing (at least I am honest right?)
Well of course as time went on and everyone grew up, I NEVER lost my NKOTB love, I defended them at any insult or joke cracked and would even yell at the TV when jokes were cracked regarding them but, it wasn't as hardcore as it had been before, the Blockhead in me was there but, she got buried. Then a few years ago I just happened to be cruising through my TV and happened to see that "hey look, a show with the Wahlbergs hmm, I want to watch that" the connection started right when that show came on. I started watching and seeing a totally different side to one of these New Kids and it wasn't a fan love that grew, it was respect. Watching a man from a family that is just so real, loving, humble and have the biggest hearts I have ever seen I totally grew into a Donnie Girl. Its not a love thing in the romantic sense at all (I am happily engaged and love the Mrs, that's her man) its like I described before, its a respect, a connection. It is seeing someone that if I met them and nobody knew who he was, I would still want to be friends with him. The people you surround yourself with help to define you and who you are and who you want to influence your life and not only Donnie is that type of person but so is his wife and his entire family (which includes Nacho and Drama fucking amazing dudes).
So, also in watching this and learning more about this man and his family I was able to be introduced to someone whom I have been a fan of since I was younger, the Mrs, Jenny. This woman is just simply amazing with the same big heart, same humble attitude, grateful, kick ass sense of humor and an advocate for her child. I got to learn more about her as well through the Wahlburgers show and then this year she and Donnie got their own show!! Which or course, made me super excited to be able to see more of them together. I think that my connection to Jenny grew in one moment in that show. There is something that Donnie and Jenny always do and its called "I love you more than....." well, they do it at the end of each of their shows and I had seen a lot of people saying "oh thats just for the show, thats for how people look at them" but no, it wasn't. Jenny showed Donnie of she and a young Evan sitting on a porch swing and out of Jenny's mouth came "I love you more than..." right there, that moment. That moment showed me that Jenny took something intimate between herself and her son and she brought Donnie into that she made that a family thing for the 3 of them and nothing but mad respect and a new fan-girl of course came out of me.
Now, lets talk about where everything just boiled over. I heard about the Main Event tour and bought tickets instantly the moment they went on sale. Unfortunately I was not in a position to afford any VIP stuff so I was not able to meet any of them and I never have, never been close enough to even make eye contact...lol. But that concert took and brought that 7 year old NKOTB fagirl right back out of me and it was one of the most fun nights I have had since I can remember. From that moment on yes, I am a Blockhead and a Donnie Girl (even though I love all of my boys).
I recently started to use twitter, even though I made an account in 2011 I never used it, I started to see that this is where everyone is now, Facebook is the past and twitter is now so, here I am. I have found a way to connect with my fellow Blockhead sisters and share so much with us all sharing this common love. But, that isn't all I have noticed while on here. I have seen " Blockheads" (I use quotes because they are not good Blockheads to me personally) arguing, fighting, name calling, attempting to see who can win ANY type of attention from these boys just acting like they are in third grade and not caring what they say or who they hurt in the process and it is really sad to see.
These men are here for us, because of us and because we are supposed to be in this together, to come together and share the joy that they bring to us, not tearing each other to shreds. I have never met one of them, never sat on the floor or at the stage and I am totally ok with that. I myself am just grateful that because of us fans, they keep going for us and that I am able to go and attend concerts when they come my way.
So, from this Blockhead to Donne, Joey, Jordan, Jon and Danny I say thank you. Thank you for your love of us, the devotion to keep going and providing things such as tours and cruises for the fans to be able to enjoy everything you bring 110% for. I AM grateful that you are here and grateful for finding a piece of me that was lost and locked away for a long time. Thank you all again and just keep doing what you do and being you, no matter what.
p.s. Donnie - Go look at my profile you will see a youtube link there, click it...I "wrote" a song and sang it, its for you..well, its for all of us! But, I would like you to see it :-)