| PLAIN OLD MINDY Part 1 I had always been just plain. Nobody ever paid much, if any, attention to me. I was a ten-year-old girl looking for some kind of adventure. Making up story's that were so fake, and had so many flaws, but were so real to me. I would read books and place myself as the main character. I would pretend that those things were actually happening to me, and that I could be anyone else, like one of those characters in a book. But that was the mind of a naive 10-year-old. To me, it seems ages ago, but when I was ten, my father decided to get dial-up Internet. We used AOL because we got a free trial of it (like most AOL users had). I didn�t think much of it at the time, because I was impatient, and it took forever to run. But then the Backstreet Boys happened. It was the end of sixth grade and I was 11. They just took over� and invaded my mind. Now, as I have said, I had always been the invisible girl at school. You know the type: quiet, shy, and a loner, yet completely nice to everyone? The girl who you could talk to if your friends wouldn�t listen, the girl you could hang out with when you had gotten in a fight with them, the girl you always used and made fun of because she was different. Yea, that was me. Nobody ever had any reason to pay attention to me unless they needed something. And of course I was always there to give it to them. I would never say no if someone needed my help with something. That�s just not the kind of girl I was. I was completely content living in my na�ve little world. That is until I heard it. �I Want It That Way� was playing on the radio one day. I was coming home from visiting my mother and I was mesmerized. The next day I went with my dad to Wal-Mart and begged him until he bought me the CD. Wow, I thought, I finally owned a CD. And it was the Backstreet Boys too! Millennium my very first CD ever, Millennium. Amazing. That has to be my favorite of any I�ve ever heard. I don�t know why, but I love that disk. It brings back so many happy times in my life. Well after that, my loving the music turned into an obsession. I had found a use for my dad�s AOL and was using it like mad. I first stopped at the official website, like any good fan should do. Then I got introduced to backstreet.net. That was the most important thing in my life for a good while. That website not only shaped my view�s on media (I didn�t like them at first� they wrote mean things about my Nick) but on other more important things. Such as my favorite color� well easy, green because that�s Nicks, my favorite food� pizza and macaroni and cheese� duh! And other such things. I was addicted I tell you. And the fan fiction� wow. Visuals were something I had no clue about. At first I didn�t like even reading things like that because my dad would get mad if he found out. But as time went by, I began to read them with even more interest. I hadn�t a clue on what sex was. My parents had been divorced a good few years. I didn�t feel comfortable around my mom at all. No way was I asking her anything about sex. To my knowledge, she still thinks I don�t know anything. I do thank my boy�s fans though. They helped me out of many situations that would have been uncomfortable. For all of you people you think that children shouldn�t be exposed to sexual things because it will make them want it more or something� I don�t understand you. I learned at 11 because of these wonderful stories. I am more knowledgeable because of it, and it really has made me a better person. But anyway, I�m getting ahead of myself. I can�t have that happen now can I? I think not. So it�s summer. August to be exact. I was visiting my mother and watching the much popular TRL for the very first time. Then there they were. �I Want It That Way� was playing. I was elated. I mean after all� Nick looked soooooooooooo cute! Then right after they got finished playing the video, and I was getting ready to turn the TV off, Carson Daly said something about a tour. The Backstreet tour. Now forgive me, but in my na�ve state I didn�t have a clue as to what it was. I mean of course I had seen �tour dates� posted on the many websites I had visited. But I never bothered to click the links. I mean, what was the point. I didn�t know what it was and wasn�t going to take the energy to look at something that didn�t say Backstreet right next to it. But Carson had said the magic words. AND he explained what it meant. Initial reaction: Wow, the BSB� in my town. OMG OMG OMG!!!!!! I need to go see them. Wait, when are the tickets going on sale? August 14???? No way! Not on my birthday?! Wow� just wow. I needed to beg. MOM! Mom, please� please!� I really need these. But moooom!! You don�t understand, I LOVE THEM!!!! Fine, I�ll ask dad. At least he�ll give his daughter a decent birthday present!!!! Yes, that was the reaction. One, which I am ashamed of now, but happened none the less. So I called my father, did a lot more begging, and even threw in some tears. I mean, I already knew what didn�t work, why not try something new, right? Well, something new worked, and on August 14, 1999 I was in line at Piggly Wiggly waiting for my Backstreet tickets. Anyway, it�s late and my dad just drove up the driveway, I�ll tell you more tomorrow. It really is worth listening to. Goodnight all! I_Lobbles_You has logged out of Backstreet chat 9 there are now 15 members here Crazy4nick37685: shes crazy Crazy4nick37685: if she thinks im coming back into this room to hear more about this stupid story she must be kidding Howieslatinlova: shes not crazy just because she is a good storyteller and ur not doesn�t mean that u have to be mean Crazy4nick37685: whatever. ur not a real bsb fan Howieslatinlova: if shes so crazy then why did you stay quiet for the whole thing?????? Nickaarongirl: would you guys please stop it?? this is a bsb chat and ur supposed to be supportive of other bsb fans not fighting with them! Crazy4nick37685: you shut up. if i don�t want to listen to her stupid ass story im not going to Nickaarongirl: a/s/l lova? Howieslatinlova: 17/f/miami Howieslatinlova: crazy, i think that u need to leave because im not going to fight with someone as immature as u about something as stupid as this Crazy4nick37685: im not leaving�.. YOU leave if you don�t like what im saying. Im not keeping you here am i? Howieslatinlova: im going to do just that�. im not staying anywhere that there is a person like you. Goodnight nickaaron. Nickaarongirl: night lova Howieslatinlova has logged out of Backstreet chat 9 there are now 14 members here |