JustxBeingxMe

Backstreet Boys

Never Gone Tour

Kansas City, MO

August 21st 2005

I met Karol, Elsey and Karol’s daughter Amanda at McDonald’s at 7am we drove to KC and got there about 5pm. We checked into the hotel and then we went to Target and met up with Tina and Gretchi (we had a hard time following them due to have TWO Target’s in a matter of distance apart) When we they finally arrived and we all went to dinner at I-Hop *Yummy* we had tons of laughs that at some point Karol started having tears out of her eyes and me choking *laughs* it was a great time. We finally drove back and I rode with Tina and I saw two hot guys next to us and one even showed me his nipple *glares* LOL it was a priceless moment though, it was great to see Tina and Gretchi again and when it comes to the three of us beware we never sleep *laughs*

The next morning we all woke up and still in our PJ’s we just walked around then after a certain time we did get changed and go get some breakfast which we had to go out for instead after we went back to the hotel and Karol dropped me off and her, Elsey and Amanda went to get another fan at a bus station. Gretchi and Tina were at Walgreen’s and I got a text message from Karol saying she found the boys busses at a hotel so eventually Tina and Gretchi came back and we headed over there and met up with the rest of the crew. I saw Marcus and the bus driver’s but no sign of the boys. We met up with two girls from the fan club and one of them made a shirt for me *hugs* then after awhile Tina, Gretchi and I decided to go back to the hotel so we could get ready and meet the crew at the venue.

While Tina and Gretchi got ready, and I was about 95% ready so I got onto Tina’s laptop and started browsing on Live Daily. I happened to come across a thread about the KC show and that front row seats were up to buy on Ticketmaster, but I thought and was saying to myself “Like I’ll ever get seats like that but ten minutes later I decided to go for it and went into the thread to get the direct link and I did pull up two front row seats so I tried again with three people but no luck there so I hurried back and changed it to two and got the seats again so then I ran over to Tina in the bathroom she came out and brought them and we offered Gretchi our seats but she wanted to stay with her friend’s

Tina and I both were in shock, we could not believe it and this was a huge dream for me I always wanted to see the boys from front row, and it was finally happening but of course it didn’t feel real until we would get those tickets in our hands. About thirty minutes or so it was time for all of us to start our evening, everyone was ready and looking good so we headed to the venue to meet with our crew. As we arrived other fans were signing the sheets, hanging out and chatting waiting for sound-check as we signed the sheet’s as well Tina went to will call to get our tickets and I just couldn’t believe it was real, and just a few days ago I was saying my next wish/dream was to get front row just amazing!

Sound-check and the BBQ was going to start so everyone got into line so I told Tina to have a great time and to possibly maybe give a small note to Nick ha-ha. During this time I met some people from the fan club and Live Daily, I also had a hard time with the security and a bodyguard and so I had to go change my shirt which sucked so I went to the car and changed. It seemed forever until the door’s opened up and due to the heat I was just getting sick to my stomach but tried to hold it out. When the doors finally was opening it was time to do it, I have my ticket, my sign and my note it’s time to do this.

I saw the merchandise booth and I wanted to get a lot of stuff but I couldn’t, I had to save my only 25.00 left for the trip back so I just got a pass for my collection, even though I told myself I wouldn’t get anything *laughs* Tina and I went to go find our seats and we couldn’t believe what we were seeing, I was nearly shaking. A lady came over ask to see our tickets and then put a pink wristband on us. Minutes later I went over and talked to Kris and Kim and then I got my sign taken away from a security guard *glares* he said he heard about me from earlier and I just roll my eyes said “yeah I‘m famous“ lol, I was in no threat at all to anyone or anything so I thought it was pretty stupid but anyways so I went over to Karol and Amanda and told them what happened and Amanda made me a new sign and this time it said “Kiss Me Nick” since my last one said “Nick Will You Lick Me” *snorts* and then I went back to my seat and Gretchi came over and asked me to go stand in line with her for the merchandise and Tina came along I had to leave the line for a little bit and I came back Gretchi told me that I missed Kristin and I was like “now way” I walked right by her and didn’t even know *laughs* so we went over and she was on the phone talking so we waited when she got off we called her name and she turned around and smiled at us, I told that “I just wanted to tell you that you’re very pretty and I’ve always wanted to meet you” she replied “thank you ”like she was very honored. She was with her family and introduced us to them and we all said hello very quickly and she said she had to go but to look for her later and we asked if she was going to it and e watch the show and she said yes but she had no idea where her seats were so she showed them to Gretchi and I looked over and we both told her where it was and she thanked us for helping her. We went back to the march line and Tina was kind enough to buy me the tour book *hugs* then we went back to our seats and got ready for the show.

I did enjoy Seminole County the music is what I like and for Kaci Brown, I was mostly just watching her dancer *wink* He and I were throwing smiles at each other during the 2nd performance, it was awesome! *smiles* Tina and I were both pumped for the boys, we couldn’t wait anymore, we screamed, laughed and shared our fun. It was amazing to see the boys in the front row nothing to block your view expect the guards but no hands, no signs, no nothing!

You all know how the concert is almost the same at every show so I won’t go into details of that although I nearly died when Kevin told Kristin to the crowd that it was on tonight. *laughs* I held my sign for Nick and he saw it and he started walking back to the other direction teasing me and he just smirked a bit and looked at me and blew me a kiss with a peace sign and a little tongue *winks* I was like SCORE! Brian and I teased each other I guess during Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely I believe I was screaming and during a slow song, I was just cheering them on and Brian looks at me, shakes his finger aback and forth and gives me this look *laughs*he was great he did it a few times to me that night. Kevin sang to me during I Want It That Way *those eyes* AJ looked at us a lot throughout the night especially during Incomplete, Nick gave me eye contact at times which made me happy. Towards the end of the show I wrote “Came from Colorado 4 BSB” on the other side of my sign and three of them read it and Nick saw it but couldn’t make it out, Howie saw it and he winked and smiled, Kevin pointed and gave me a thumbs up, AJ smiled and said thank you. AJ came down to give a fan a hug which was nice of him. AJ also sang a part of Just Want You To Know right by us *smiles* I threw the “We Still Love BSB” sheet up during I Still first we was trying to get AJ’s attention but couldn’t so I just threw it and hoped for the best it landed right by AJ’s foot and he picked it up and had it upside down and then showed it to the boys and the crowd and wore it as a cape and sang with it for the most of the performance. *smiles* Nick and AJ kept sharing at us I first thought maybe I had something on my face *laughs* so I asked Tina ha-ha.

Someone threw a stuff animal of a fox and didn’t make it o the stage so I reached over and almost fell over the railing to get it but I threw it on stage and it landed by Brian and he picked it up and made some odd faces and act like the fox was going to hurt him and he was playing around with it, it was good entertainment. After the show was over, we saw Kristin and towards the back and we went to talk to her but we had to climb a few row’s and she was trying to try and come down but she was wearing a skirt and we told her we’ll be up there shortly *laughs(* I saw some security guy walking towards us so I asked Kristin if it was okay and she said it was and the security left us alone for a little bit. We talked bout the show and bout Kevin and of course many other things, and at one point Gretchi was trying to tell me to get up there to take a photo and I was like “what Gretchi, do what” and Kristin goes “Hey no fighting” and we all laughed. I went and got my picture taken and I think it was really cute how she joked with Tina bout making her take one with her *laughs* we told her thanks and she gave us hugs or cook our hands and told it was nice meeting us and we all said good bye. (She is such a sweetheart and really pretty)

After the show we all waited for the crew to meet up again, Karol and them took the fan back to the bus station and met with us later on, and later that night we couldn’t get to sleep until many hours later after stopping by Wendy’s to get some food, the next morning was very hard to say goodbye but we must had to depart, and thank you for everyone, the trip was a blast!!

Backstreet Boys

Never Gone

Loveland, Colorado

August 22nd 2005

Where do I start? Besides being tired and sore from the KS show, I’ll start from Monday night, I was driving around downtown and the person I was with we and after giving up I turned onto a street that I thought was a wrong street but it ended up being the right one since on the corner I saw five tour busses right next to the hotel. I went and parked right by the hotel and went over and waited and Kevin was not there though so my guess was he was flying in from KC.

I won’t go into much details so I’ll skip to the lobby part *ahem*while I was waiting in the lobby about twenty minutes later AJ comes out of the elevator and he says hello to me and I asked if I could get a picture so I stood by him and got my picture then I asked if I could another picture of me kissing him, and I felt his facial hair on my cheek and it felt weird lol, ha-ha but because the person I was with doesn’t know how to use a camera the picture’s came out really dark *shrugs* as AJ walked out I went over to my purse and I saw that I had a photo of AJ that I wanted to give him so I walked out and I said “sorry AJ but I forgot to give you this, it’s a photo of us from the HHC event, so I handed him the picture and he said thank you with a smile and he said he was going to put it on his bus right now. Well after a while I was told we had to go outside and wait which I was fine with and about twenty minutes later I saw two people getting off the elevator and I saw really long blonde hair and as they got closer I noticed it was Leighanne and Brian and they came out and I asked if it was okay to get a picture and Brian said yes and Leighanne was asking if I would like for her to take the photo and the person I was with was telling me to hand my camera to her and it was confusing but I should have had Leighanne take it, at least she knows how to take picture’s, LOL! So the person took the photo and as I looked at it, I was like gee thanks you chopped off his head and it was all due to her freaking and annoying, but Brian heard me so he came back to do a retake and he said “don’t you know how to use a camera” and was telling her how to take the photo I just kept laughing inside ha-ha but after we got our picture I thanked him again. I told Leighanne I had that I had letter’s for her and I forgot them and she had a sad look on her face and I told her, I’ll probability try and give them it at SC the next day and she replied

“that’s good” with a smile on her face, ha-ha. We took a photo together and I told her thank you and I also told her ha-ha and then I told her the photo of us was forgotten at home :\ but I did ask her if she could give one of Brian and I for me and she replied “sure” with a smile I saw her give it to him and he looked at it and smiled I did not take any picture of them since this was their time I had to leave for a little bit due to the person I was with not bringing her ticket for the show so we head to her house and came back.

AJ was standing outside and Howie came out and I gave him a birthday card and told him happy birthday and he thanked me and I asked for a picture and he rubbed my back right after we took it and I told him thank you, and Leigh introduced herself to me and we talked a bit and at one point we got into some conversation bout Howie’s butt and she went and pinched it and he turned and looked at me I was like it wasn’t me, it was her” then we also took a picture she was so friendly y and sweet! I asked her if she could grab AJ’s attention for me because my photo earlier didn’t come out and AJ came over and I told bout how they didn’t come out and if I could get another and he’s all “it seems my picture’s never come out” I said “yeah, I noticed”! LOL He was very nice bout doing a retake so that was awesome but what pissed me off was that the person I was with had to suddenly take another for no reason *eye roll* Brian and Leighanne came back out but I just let them be but Leighanne smiled at me as they were walking and they were cuddling and talking down the street it was adorable and bean, Nick’s friend was outside talking to someone bout how Nick was inside his room and watching TV and didn’t want to come out. So I left and went home to get some much needed sleep.

I went back to try and meet Nick and I met up with my friend Autumn and Melissa and finally after many hours of waiting, Nick walked out bout 12:45pm and he was talking to someone in the front and told us he’ll be back and gave a huge smile, Nick came back about a hour and half later and he looked at me and smiled and told me to hold on, he was on the phone and went inside, Brian, Leighanne and Baylee came out and they went to the bus, Brian turned around and waved to us. Someone that was with the Littrell’s I asked her nicely if she could give a letter to Leighanne and Brian for me and she said it was no problem. AJ came out and Autumn went to get a picture with him then he looks at me and says “good morning” and I go “isn’t it good afternoon” and he goes “no it’s morning for me” and we all laughed. I asked if I could possibly get another picture he said it was no problem and I told him I had something for him and I showed him it and I asked if he likes it and he said he loves it and told me thank you and he heads off to his bus.

Howie comes out and we all took a picture with him as I walked to Howie for mine Howie looks and my shirt and goes “that’s a cute shirt” I told him thank you and I laughed and friend was having a hard time with my camera so I kept telling Howie I’m sorry and he was being so nice and said no problem. Finally after many hours of waiting and all the busses had left, Nick’s bus pulled up to the door of the hotel and Nick came out, I asked Nick if I could get a picture and as I stood in front of him I asked him if he liked my shirt as he was looking at it and he said

“oh yeah” and as I walking to stand Nick to him he goes “Nick P. Wrinkle” I said yes, P is for penis and he goes, “oh ha-ha okay” and we posed for the picture then I was like talking to him and I was like “you know in the Just Want You To Know Video and at the end where you lick the girl, can you do that to me? And me friend just started giggling and Nick laughs and goes “not right here baby, maybe later” *laughs again* and he just pulls me in and hugs me tight then I asked well “is a kiss okay” and he goes “oh yeah” so he bends down puts his cheek by me and we both give kisses on the cheek and /I told him thank you and watched him go into the bus.

Now off to the venue for the sound check party, I arrived bout 3:50pm and I met up with Karol and a few other people I’ve seen at past show’s. We went and got our SC passes when they opened they were also giving out extra’s, and bout 5 minutes before they were going to let us in trouble started for no reason at all. Raul {bodyguard} asked me how I got the SC pass, I told him that I won it and he didn’t believe me so he kept me to point out the person so he was telling me I wasn’t going in into SC and here I am really upset so I went by a corner and started crying because I have two people being rude to me and then my friend’s came over to try and clam me down and wipe my make up off and the doors opened up so I went in even though I wasn’t suppose too. I walk in and towards the front and this nice lady told me to go to the front and I had this girl behind me pushing me for no reason and I just was trying to stop crying and wipe my tears away and some of the boys looked at me puzzled and AJ saw me and he said “hello, thank you for the shirt” I replied “you’re welcome” and I smiled. As I took my seat I noticed that I was on Nick’s side *smiles* I watched the show took some picture’s and video’s and I even got to ask a question. The question I had in my mind was totally was gone and when the guy came to me to ask I saw the boys just staring at me I just went blanked I was told to tell my name and I replied with “Shannon” and Brian goes “Hi Shannon twice because I kept repeating my name *laughs* and so my friend’s was tying to tell me to just asking so I asked “what do you see yourself in the next 5 years” and I said especially to Kevin bout family wise to be honest I forgot the whole answer and he told me from what I do remember they are enjoying the tour, Kevin said they will have a family soon and then I asked if they might have a 2nd leg tour and Kevin said he doesn’t know, but it was nice to see Kevin looking at me directly answering my question.

This really puzzled me when another person asked a question I saw Brian and Kevin talking and they were talking bout me because I saw Kevin pointing at me *gives a odd look* but Brian was being goofy and it made me laugh and smile non stop but I was watching Nick most of the time it was just truly amazing to be there watch them answer question’s sing three songs (weird World, Incomplete and Just Want You To Know) they also sang a little part of Get Another Boyfriend due to a fan asking which was awesome. Because I love the song it was funny to see how AJ forgot the words at first. Nick also came down to give a girl a hug and that’s when I thought best time to give my letter and photo so I said “Nick” and he looked at me and did a little like “what’s up nod and I handed him my letter and photo from when we first met in March 2003 and he looks at it and his eyes go a little big and goes “wow” and I’m like “Yeah that’s was in 2003”

After the SC was over, AJ came down to sign some autograph’s and I wanted to just ask if the shirt I got him was okay and will fit so I went over very quickly and he looked at me and goes “thank you for the shirt sweetheart” and I said no problem, will it fit you” I wasn’t sure if it would and he said yes it will and then some girl had to take over so that when I deiced to go ahead and leave, as I was leaving I saw this lady who I thought that might be able to help me with the problem I had earlier and I explained to her bout what went on and she said she will take care of it and see what she can do, she did feel bad but she told me to just go ahead and still enjoy my night and then I asked if I can use the bathroom before I go outside so she too me upstairs and we talked a little bit and then she walked outside and I thanked her for the time and hw told me to her name but she was very nice.

It was couple of hours before the doors would open up so we all went to Target and we stared the BSB Sheet and asked fans to sign the sheet which was a good turn out and I was also interviewed for the sheet so that meant I was going to be on Japanese TV as I was told but I was nervous ha-ha! The door’s opened up and we was told the sheet wasn’t allowed so my friend and I went and hid the sheet behind my shirt which made me look like have a big butt for it worked LOL! I got something to eat and drink while I watched Seminole County and Kaci Brown. I was having a hard time walking some lady asked me if I was okay or if I needed to go to First Aid but I didn’t.

The show was starting and I was ready to go it was amazing to see the boys again due to the fact that I had a tall girl in front of me but still a great view most of the time hands up in the air sort of bothered me. I really love the set of the performances, the video’s and how they interacted with the audience even though the amount of dancing they did was amazing as usual. I had contact with each guy but made a lot of eye contact with Nick throughout the show which brought me smiling all night!

During Climbing The Walls and Just Want You To Know he looked at me non stop *grins* Nick put the pick in his mouth Howie saw it and was making a ew face lol, it was funny. Brian was just making me laugh way to hard, Kevin sang to me during Climbing The Walls and Shape Of My Heart. Nothing really did happen with Howie and AJ, I was to busy watching Nick most of the time *laughs( I do remember smiling at AJ during the show and same with Howie and they smiled back. I got to say I was laughing a lot because of Brian and Nick and him playing the guitar and going into Climbing The Wall *snorts*. During Quit Playin’ Games I knew something was going to happen because I saw Nick speaking to Brian in his ear and from me reading lips far away I did read something about the fans and how he pointed to the left side*glares* and AJ came down to the front, Brian went off to the side to the stair’s Nick came down to the right side and Kevin went onto a speaker on the left side and he was also telling girls to shake their ass ha-ha it was crazy. Some girls that were behind me which happened to have no seats wanted to climb over to get to AJ and Kevin and I said “don’t even think about it” I also loved Nick playing the guitar I couldn’t keep my eyes off of him. I had help from a guy next to me to throw the BSB sheet up during I Still and it landed right by Nick’s foot and he looked at it but went onto singing and then Brian went over and grabbed it and started looking at it and showed it to the crowd and started doing sad faces like he was touched it was so cute, I also love the part of AJ and Nick and saying that each was single etc, ha-ha, the show was just amazing my seat was awesome, I had 3rd row sort of the left side and it was the side Nick was on most of the time, I couldn’t of asked for anything better, w00t!