nicksparty

here it is. I went to Nick Carters 21st Birthday Bash in tampa at FUN (a club in Ybor
city, tampa, Florida). The seats were VIP and unless you "knew" someone, or paid a high price,
you were not getting them. Personally, I just paid a high price because I really wanted to meet
the Backstreet Boys. What I got was a learning experience. For everyone who holds BSB on a
pedestal, stop reading. I look back now and wish i had not gone to the party. I am such a huge
BSB fan, and I also respect them as people. But after last night, I really saw how "normal" they
were and it ruined the illusion of celebritydome.
Let me describe the room I was in...It was a small room, with glass walls around it so people
could see in, but couldnt get in. It had a full bar, a cigar room, and there were blue couches
lining the walls. There was one couch reserved for the BSB party, one reserved for *Nsync, and
Bad Boy Entertainment was supposed to arrive, in which case I didnt think us "normal" people
would be allowed to sit at all if they got there! I realized Nick was going to arrive when I noticed
his band, "Born into Kaos", get there with several girls in tow. For those of you who are
wondering, yes, they were kissing the girls. Not soon after I looked over and roughly 10 feet
away Nick was sitting, wearing a black turtle neck and black pant suit, with a silver cross around
his neck. Sitting all over him was a blond girl with medium length hair and a silver and black
dress on. Coincidently, there was another girl walking around with the SAME dress on.
Everytime I glanced in his direction, they were touching and kissing on each other. I got the
impression that it was his girlfriend.
Next I noticed Kevins wife, Kristen, off to my left. She was wearing a white tshirt that said
Hollywood Cowgirl and looked very pretty. I would have to say that she is extremly attractive and
seemed very friendly and approachable. THen I saw Kevin. He looked like 'kevin' but he seemed
skinnier in person. My heart skipped a beat because THERE HE WAS....KEVIN. I mean, until
this moment, i had only DREAMED about this moment. I was really nervous because i wasnt
really with anyone and I really wanted to meet someone! I was in one of those situations where
you dont want to bother anyone, but at the same time you will kick yourself in your ass if you
don't take the oppurtunity. Espiecally for the money I paid to get in!
So I sat there on the reserved *Nsync couch and pondered about what to do. Nick wasnt
approachable with a girl all over him, Kevin was involved in a conversation with 4 other men, and
Howie was talking to an attractive brown haired girl. Soon after, Nicks band went downstairs to
perform on the stage and us VIP members leaned over the railing to watch the band in action.
They sounded really good. Standing next to me was Howie. Our arms were touching....and I
felt....NOTHING!!! I really thought in this situation I would be so overwhelmed, but I felt pretty
relaxed. His hair was messed up and tickeling my arm. He looked a bit tired, worn down, very
"scruffy" to say the least. I was going to say hi because he seemed really nice, but a girl reached
around me and tapped him on his arm and he called her over to talk with him. I suppose I should
have been more aggressive, but I just couldnt bring myself to interrupt or to butt in when I didnt
really know him.
When NIcks cake came out (which was in the shape of a naked womens body, minus head/legs),
they shoved his face in it. The owner of the club, a very nice woman, saw me and went to try and
introduce me to him, but he was standing on the couch waving cake in everyone face, while he
was covered in the icing. She had a cupcake in her hand and he bent down and bit off the icing
(they were in the shape of boobs). She realized he was very rambunctious and we were not
going to be able to get his attention, so she handed me the cupcake he bit off of and told me to
keep it....lol....i brought it home...i was going to give it to my sister, but how I am I going to ship it
to her??? So here is sits at my house...Nick carters DNA..maybe I should make two of him???
So, I decided to leave. I felt out of place, and although everyone was nice, the champagne was
free, and Nicks friends kept my glass full, I was not having the "time of my life." So, i left the
velvet rope area and waited for the elevator. Then off gets *Nsync and I thought to myself, I dont
really want to leave now!! I turned around and cut them off (by accident) and went back into the
room. I did another walk by Kevin and decided to say something to him.
I tapped him on his shoulder (more then once, and he is very tall, btw) and introduced myself to
him. I felt really stupid and he leaned down and introduced himself to me. He honestly said "HI,
Im kevin" like i didnt know who he was....HAAA. But it was very polite. I did not really have
anything else to say. I wanted to tell him that I ran his website and could I do anything to help out
his charity, but the words never came. I seriously got the vibe that he did not want to talk to me.
He seemed skinnier in person and very to himself.
Then I left the party. It was probably just getting jumping, but I had had enough of watching Nick
suck face with that girl, and Kevin being hard to talk to, and Howie had long dissapeared, so I left
and went home.
Lesson learned? Dont meet your idol, it ruins the fantasy. (for those of you who are wondering,
AJ and Brian were not there when i was, i do not know if they came) Oh, and I never though Nick
was that good looking, but he was pretty hot last night. Like really hot.
I am also going to say to save your emails writing me and giving me lessons on "how they are
normal people." No crap. That was the POINT to this whole story. I didnt say that i stopped
listening to thier music, that I was going to shut the site down, or that I now hated them. It
amazes me that ignorant people continue to write me emails about my personal feelings. I did
say at the beginning of this story not to read it if you hold them on a pedestal, so dont come
whining back to me if you continued. This was how I percieved the party and how i felt when i
was there, someone else might have felt or acted differently, but out of respect for Nick and his
party, i didnt harrass him at it. So dont take it out on me if you dont like what I have to say. I
guess thats the privledge of owning this site and saying what i want.
Thank you.
Added on March 2, 2001
I just heard that a story similar to mine appeared in a magazine. If anyone has a copy of that
article, i would be interested in reading it because if i found out that someone plagerized me, i
am going to be very mad! I do realize that the stories will be similar if we were at the same party,
but I mean if someone copied my story word for word, I want to know about it. If you have been
here before, you know that my story has been up since the day after Nicks party and there is no
way that I could copy from some recent story. I also have just scanned and added the invite that
the club put out at the top.