La-la-la-la-la-la JonKnight- The Boat edition

Remember when we said, no,I won't go,
and how we won't even be home for booking fever ,
we thought last year was fun enough, & the money will go to other  stuff,
didn't we, girls, ooh, didn't we, girls, aah?

Well, we realized it's a brand new boat after all
so we almost gave Rose Tours a call,
coz we can't stay home when the NK sail,
no matter how much it costs, we will pay the fares.
 With JonKnight, JonKnight.

Remember when we sold stuff on ebay all over the world,
we almost sold our organs, and pets,
coz we are going on that boat - so get ready for next May,
didn't it, girls, ooh, didn't we, girls, aah?

Well, I guess...

(Spoken:) Sounds good, hey BH's, let's sail it, here we go.
La-la-la-la-la-la JonKnight, la-la-la-la-la-la JonKnigh)

Close to cruise baby

La,la,la,la... La,la,la,la... Oh... yeah...

You know that it's hard (you know that it's hard)
To decide to book (To decide to bookl)
To not be standing, next May on the boat

I know it's hard when I'm far away
But I promise you when I get paid,
I'll sail (I'll sail)...

[Chorus:]
Sail with your fans, sail with my friends
  Sail in that cabin that barely fits for one bed
Sail with those chicks, sail with my peeps
Sail coz staying home, no I can't  resist
Sail with the crowd, with 2000 of us
Having the great time that I deserve
Sail with you, baby, from the other side of the  world, sail with you

La,la,la,la... La,la,la,la... Hey... Mmm

Baby, hope the site won't crash (site won't crash)
and that I'll make the presale (make the presale)
You know I'm weak to it (So weak)
And you're making me sail

I just made up my mind, i can't stay here ( decision making is over!)
I'm gonna sail this like I did before,
Gonna do it again, it's  clear, when I'm...

[Chorus]

Now I'm counting down the days,

There's a huge amount transfered from my bank account

Before you know it, May will be there
Coming all the way, to sail  and together leave land
Close to cruise baby

I'll always be..

CLOSE TO CRUISE......

Yup.... just like that

Things that can only happen in NK-land

This is a list of things that have happened to me or to people around me during my trip to NK-land.. If you have any to add, please feel free to add them as comments :-)

1- You attend a show & then out of no-where the girl standing before you recognizes your face from Twitter& you realize you two have been following each other

2- The language we all communicate in is English but it has so many different accents that it sounds more like Esperanto

3- If you see a huge scary man walking in front of you at night  but you hear he has a Boston accent, you stare at him with a "I'm inlove"look instead of running for your life

4- Marhsmallows, Twixes, Bananas and Tractors are never ever just fruits or objects. They have a Life of their own

5- You start the night walking in Dorchester just to see where the guys used to hang out and you end up talking with guys from the Funky Bunch

6- An Indonesian gets a ticket for a concert in USA for someone from Israel

7- Every time you see someone waving their hands you go "ohhh ohhh ohhh hanging tough"

8- You think baseball is probably the most boring sport of them all but you are a huge "Red-sox"fan

9-You tell the guy at the counter at the airport (the one that is trying to charge you 150$ overweight) that if he didn't  have such a cute Bostonian accent.. you would really tell him what you think about his flying company policy

10-You are willing to burn your skin and get Skin cancer but DAMMMNN you are gonna take that picture with Donnie!

11- You walk by the Fillmore at 2 am the night before the concert & are really disappointed that no one is standing in-line

12- You can't walk more than 10 meters in Boston without having a NK reminder

13- A male friend of yours who has no clue who the New Kids are , calls you just to let you know that they mentioned Donnie and Mark Wahlberg during a Celtics game

14- Riding one car: two Denish girls, One Indonesian, One Israel and One American.. & all have the same passions

15- You see a girl eating ketchup on her eggs and you think that is completely reasonable

16- You truly believe that if you had to choose between death in awful pain and the batteries of your camera dying during a concert- you rather die for sure

17- You ride an elevator with a girl you recognize from twitter but since you have no clue what her REAL name is, you don't even say hi

18- You are seriously thinking about taking a second job and calling it "NK's fund"

19- Every time you see a Starbucks you have a reflex to go in and get coffee.. (even if you are already holding one)

20- Meeting people you have never met before and feeling like they are good old friends

21- Asking people you never met to please keep your turn in line while you go do some stuff and knowing that they will actually do it for you

22- Actually considering staying two hours at the airport with all your bags coz you know Jon and Jordan are landing in two hours

23- Not doing it and feeling guilty

24- Paying 395$ for standing in a long line, saying hi to the guys for 2 minutes and getting crappy seats and still feel like you've done the best deal of your life

25- Start the night alone and end it with 10 girls from all over the world ( not in a kinky way you dirty minded people!!)

26- Sit with a friend in your room at the hotel and tweet each other coz that's the way you two are used to communicate with each other

27- otah, tractah, Bawwston, tah

28- You gave up ages ago on trying to make people that don't get it to get it...you know they will forever be lost in the valley of ignorance

29- You can't remember who sang "we will rock you"or "sweet dreams"but you sure think that the NK's versions of them are way better than the original

30- When you hear Maxwells "This womans work"you have a suspicious grin on your face

31- You might be going crazy but you are starting to think that Cholo socks are kindda cool

32- No matter where you are in the world, you ALWAYS knwo what's the time in Boston and L.A.

33- You are 31 and you just bought jelly bracelets. And yes.. you think that is completely normal 

34- You spent 5K$ on a two weeks trip and you are completely sure that that was the best way to spend that money

35- You will do it all over again, as soon as you get the chance ( or the money)

I was on tah mottah fuckah boat - part I

I still can't believe that after all the preparations and all the waiting and the countdowns and all- well it's all over now. But boy- what a journey this has been!! 

So let's go back to the beginning- the embarkation day- a huge room packed with BH recognizing each other from twitter and waiting inline. Now srsrly, dear Carnival people: we are embarking a freakin boat with NKOTB, what about playing some NKOTB music while we wait , instead of that horrible so called latino elevator music you were playing!?! Anyways, we got the orange wrist band (the one that marks you as the poor girls on the block that could hardly pay for the trip) and we were good to go.

Once we got into the boat it took us quite a long time to find our cabin since the boat is HUGE. The good thing: our cabin was bigger than I expected.... the bad thing: it was really far from everything.

And then there was the sail away party!!!! The Lido deck was packed with all of us dancing and singing and drinking, lots of fun!!! The guys decided to go up to the stage passing some of the girls, which was a great thing. Seriously, I think they tried their best to give as many people as much facetime as possible, I can't remember anyone telling me that they wanted facetime and where refused. Well once the party begun - we knew this was going to be a weekend to remember. the guys looked so happy and so comfortable on stage, and all of us did too. Well.. kind of comfortable cos Kathy and me were caring a huge cupcake that needed to be handed to JK as a b-day present from all his girls worldwide. So we made a sign and took the damn thing with us to the party. Jon saw it and he actually asked us to give it to him, so we did .. he left it somewhere and came back to say it's  ok. Thats the part where Kathy &me where at the top of the world. Not only we got on the boat, not only we got to deliver our present but also Jon, the love of my 13 year old self, saw it and helped us.

Once the party was over we realized the cupcake was left on stage, from this time on.. it will become "our thing" After all we had a responsibility to all our worldwide friends to deliver it . Ok... back to the story.. Donnie (btw, I'm a 100% Donverted woman) walked around people and took pics, shook hands, gave kisses. I know thats probably the businessman in him but he really wanted to get to as many people as possible and he took the time to at least say a few words to each. When it was my turn he took my cam to take a picture of us but the freakin thing went out of  batteries. So I told him we will have to do it later and the cutest guy ever said " no, let me work it out" and he actually made it work and took a picture. Yes, thats how I knew he is god- he has powers to fix things...  

For me that was it.. I felt like a really lucky lady, less than 2 hrs. on tah boat and already got what I wanted!!!!

Since we were in group B- our game show went first. .Donnie baptized the game as " kind of like jeopardy" coz he was complaining that we didn't get the rules right.. so funny!!!The show wasn't half as interesting and the stupid things the guys did during it to make us laugh.. they were all over the place being funny and cynical and giving us a great time. 

The ga,e included some crowd hunt- which means the guys ere going in the crowd to find items (yup, they looked at ppls bras to find a pink leopard bra), some video trivia (Dear Jared: if you put Never Let You Go on screen, please don't expect anyone to be able to concentrate on your questions).

Game was over, then it was time for dinner, we decided to have it in the formal- too fancy for a BH dinning room..

At night it was Casino Royale night and the guys were all wearing TUX. Phewww as if it wasn't haawt enough on that boat they had to go wearing that!!! They seemed very cool, relaxed and having fun. they even tried to walk around the crowd for a bit but most time they spend doing a sort of show and spending time at the VIP area. We had the cupcake with us and a sign saying "we have your cupcake- again" Jon saw it and said that he took it and we told him that it was left on the stage so he did a cute face and so did we. I even think he tried to get his kid bro to see it/ Later that night he actually saw i6t and made a sign with his hands that can mean 2 things "later" or "tomorrow" although I think it can say "fuck you" as well... lol

Of course we danced to all the songs while the guys where goofing around having fun and trying they're best to give us a great time..

We had a great time during the whole experience, if you ask me- meeting all my twitter friends from all over the globe was as exciting as meeting the guys. Really, so many faces that became familiar to me but I've never met before. So many accents, so many people... It was just an amazing experience.. and yes.. there's still 2 more days to go so stay tuned for updates numbah 2 and 3

Miami baby!!! Miami

Ok.. Let's start the updates with the most important things I've discovered in this trip so far:

 1- It's hard to find a sturbucks in Miami.. but if you must know... there's one very close to the Intercontinental Hotel.... hmmm.... very interesting

2- I hate humid weather

3- British MALE flying attendants are def. the hottest flying attendants I have ever seen.. Good bless the Queen!!!

4- The weather hates me ( it has been cloudy all day)

5- There's a bus that takes you from the airport to the Dolphin mall (10 mins. ride) but it takes over an hour

Now to NKOTB related stuff

Woke up really early due to mottah fuckah Jetlag, had crappy coffee (well 2 crappy coffees) and headed to Lincoln av.- thats supposed to be the place were all the cool kids hang around... I got into a store and BOOM- see what I found? (Well Jenny found it but this is MY blog so I'm gonna say I found it)

While walking  in  downtown Miami I spotted at least 10 potential blockheads.. you know how it is.. we are like dogs- we smell each ottah. It could have been nice to know if they were actually BH's or not

After taking the longest bus in the history of human kind- I finally got to the mall... and whats the 1st store I get to see? yup you are right- EPIC... now If thats not destiny.... I dunno what that is....

So two nkotb related thing sin 1day?- I call this day a total success!!! and what's even bettah- I just found out that the Filmore is about 10 mins walking from my hotel

Miami- get ready... blockheads are gonna  have some serious fun!!!

I'm leaving on a Jetplane......and then ona boat and then another plane

Don't you know that the time has arrived?!?!?!?

OHHH yesss!!! i know!!!

So after months of waiting, packing, unpacking, shopping fests, saving money,spending money, spending more money and then a bit more.... IT'S TIME!!!

I'm leaving tonight for Miami, so this blog turns into a "read my daily stalking adventures".

What can you expect from today till I'm back? 

I will be updating here as much as I can from the Miami show, the Cruise and both Foxwoods shows..

I know, It's not as good as being there but it's bettah than nothing, right?

I'm on a mission to get my Knight Sandwich with marshmallow on top!!!

Am I really THAT crazy?

OK OK FINE!! Now you can stop screaming "YES"to your screen!!!
Do you know those moments in life when you sit down and think if things you are doing are really what you need to be doing, if things you want are really what you NEED?
Well, I have been having some of those moments lately, and you got it right.. it's NKOTB related.
A few months ago I was happily jumping up and down because I manged to get myself on the cruise (and only god knows how). I had it all figured out, some savings I had, some money I will save during the year and I won't get into any kind of debt. I thought I HAVE to be on the cruise, the thought of sitting home while another cruise sails off terrified me, so despite of the things people around me told me, despite the fact that my friends think i have finally lost it and instead of brain now I have a picture of Ddub in my head- I DID IT.. I got a spot on the boat. I know that was the right decision to make, and I don't regret it at all. I wanted to do it- I had the money to do it- I'm gonna do it.
But then the mini tour thingy arrived....
Hmmm..... will I actually fly all the way to the USA for only one week knowing that a few days later there are going to be concerts!? Do I really NEED to go see more concerts? Can I afford that?
My number #1 rule was (still is) "if you have to get yourself in debt for it- don't do it!". That's when I started looking for old lost accounts, money some old jobs owed me, another saving I had and I found the money ( at least I hope I did coz now I'm all booked)
So it all looks great but then I started asking myself if thats the right way to spend THAT money.. Sure I'm dyeing to see an NKOTB concert (again) and I don't know what the future holds for me... I know today I can go, I have no responsibilities, no kids to take care of, my boss is fine with me taking those days off, I know I'm going to have the time of my life, not just because of the NK'S but also because I'm going to finally meet so many people I call friends and still... something bothers me.
Call it early midlife (hey hey!! I'm only 31) crisis, call it a reality call, call it what you want baby- I still call it love, but today I found myself thinking about all the things I could do with that money. I could finally study and take my driving license exam (in Israel it's mandatory to take around 30 lessons.. all together is 1000 usd) and buy an used car ( probably less than 3000 usd) I could buy a mac (not THE mac) I could study design, could save the money, hell!! I could travel for over 4 months in South America or India with that kind of money.. I could do so many things, things that will be useful for me and for people I know..
So yes, i find myself wondering and thinking this whole thing, have I lost my mind? Am I that childish? Don't I have any sense of responsibility? maybe I should wake up from this NKOTB world and start doing other things with my money..
What really makes me worry is the fact that I always come to the same answer: SHUT THE FUCK UP AND SPEND THE MONEY ON WHAT YOU WANT!. I find myself feeling that the cruise+concerts are the right thing to do, maybe not the most responsible, maybe not the most mature- but the most ME. I keep on remembering that none of us has any guarantees on what tomorrow will bring, I keep telling myself that I have food on my plate (and fridge), that I pay my rent on time, that I work and pay my bills and I never get into debt so why not?
But still.. why is it that i feel that guilt thing for doing something fun for myself? Why is it that I find myself thinking what I could do with that money if... why is it that I can't just tell myself to SHUT UP AND ENJOY?
I always lived by the simple rule that says: I rather live than die rich. So why is it that I find myself thinking so much about this money?
Am I going completely nuts!? Is spending around 5000 usd on a two week trip normal? Should I be locked and put away? And if I should.... could I please be interrogated by Detective Joel Stevens?

OPERATION BOOM.BANG.2010. HERE WE GOOOOOO

Hmmmm. took me a while to post this but you will have to excuse me, because i have been busy with university stuff and besides I'M ON THAT BOAT SO I DON'T FREAKING CARE IF YOU DON'T EXCUSE ME!!!
So since the dates of the cruise and the sale and pre-sale were published i have been trying to decide if i should go or not. Lists of pro and cons have been written, hundreds of tweets have been tweeted, long night chats have been chatted and i still couldn't make my mind.
I wanted to go- thats no secret, but I also wanted to be smart so it was like this: I wont have money for both cruise and tour, and since Jon showed no signs of wanting to marry me and take me with him and his little bro on that boat -I had to choose.
Then i realized my 2 guttah friends and possible roomies were not going....thats when i decided that i wont go and i will keep the money for a few concerts coz hey, we all know that one cruise can buy at least 4 VIP concerts.. see? I can even do basic math.
Then a friend asked me if i was going coz she was looking for a roomie and BOOM!!! YES YES YES!!! IM GOING!!!!! FREAKIN YES!!!! the only condition we had was: we are going ONLY if the cabins of less than 1000 usd are available. the way i saw it .. if god wants me there there will be a cabin for me and if there isn't then well. it wasn't meant to be
Thats when the fun begun...........
The day of the sale got here... and since I've heard from past cruisers that it took them hours to book on pre-sale i got myself prepared.. oh yeah!!! nothing was gonna stand between me and seasickness!
Sale starts at 18:00 Israeli time so ..
17:45-I made myself a huge iced-coffee, took some comfort food, my phone, my cellphone, my roomie's info.. and waited.... and waited .. and then waited a bit more
17:50- I remind myself that I'm gonna stay calm and thats all out of my hands, i will do my best to get us on that boat but its not up to me really
18:01- I got in the site.... found THE CHEAPEST CABIN... entered out info and .. surprise surprise... got kicked out the server...
18:02- im in the site.. no cabins available
18:03 - got kicked out
18:04- found a cabin
18:05 kicked out....
18:06- no cabins available
18:07- consider suicide by hanging myself with the laptop cable
18:10- cant enter the site
18:11- all cabins available
18:12- kicked out
18:13 trying to throw my laptop out the window
18:15- some cabins left
18:16- our info
18:1677- kicked out
18:20- Only expensive cabins
18:21- 18:45 the site is busy
18:46- a few cabins available
19:00- our info
19:01 kicked out
19:02- People have confirmations and posting the numbers on ning.. which makes me more nervous...It's not that i'm jealous..I'm worried all those BH got MY spot....lol
19:03- Other friends having the same problem as me
19:05- no cabins available
19:06- no SITE available
19:07- hmm i wonder what could happen if i banged my head on the wall
19:08-breath.. inhale.... exhale.... inhale..... I WANT TO BE ON THAT BOAT
19:10- in the site.... theres a medium priced cabin and it has my name all over it
19:11- trying to contact my roomie to see if its OK with her
19:15- im gonna book it anyways
19:16- KICKED OUT
19:17 no cabins
You know how it goes from here so to make a long story short... so
somewhere around 21:00 (THREE hours after i got in the site) I managed to put our names on a cheap cabin.. then when i went to the payment page... surprise surprise..... got kicked out
20:05 - my roomie and I decide that screw our mature math and thinking... we are booking whatever is available
20:50 I found a medium priced cabin.. I even put our payment info.. and of course i never get the confirmation page... so smart ass me clicks back and again and again.. Then i realized that i might be double booking but well... You know...... I WANNA BE ON THAT BOAT!!!
23:00- (yes.. FIVE hours later) I get an email confirmation- WE ARE ON THAT BOAT!!!
But the surprise is that god-knows-how it booked us on the CHEAP cabin.. the first one i picked and got kicked out of it.... Thats when i realized GOD EXISTS AND SHE IS A BLOCKHEAD!!!
So of course Rose Tours had a huge mess and almost charged me twice but although I've heard some horror stories about them, they have been nothing but nice to me, they fixed the problem immediately and the big surprise is that They are gonna have Kosher food for me on board.. i didn't even requested it.. i just asked if it was available.. See? god is a blockhead!!!!!
A few days later me and another BH booked an hotel so we can spend a few days in Miami since we are coming from far away (Israel and Australia) and then i even found a great deal on a flight .. so you know what i think about god and her music tendencies- right!?
So the bad thing about this is that theres only around 2000 of us on that boat and lot so friends and people I know where not lucky enough to be able to book... lots of them had worse problems during booking, than i did. and other just gave up. And others decided to save the money for future tours.
Me? As Ddub says... I live only once, I don't know where am I gonna be when they launch a new tour ( probably home, eating my guts for not going) but I do know that NOW i have the possibility to go to that cruise, NOW I have the chance to go spend 3 days with a bunch of crazy BH.
So I hope Jon and Jordan are getting ready coz......
OPERATION BOOM.BANG.2010. IS SSOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ON!!!!!

And for those of you saving for the cruise... here, have some inspiration: