NKOTB!!

I'm still trying to decide on a good story to tell the winners of the Obfuscation contest... I had something yesterday and now I've forgotten what it is. So, in the meantime, here is an entry I'm sure you just never ever expected.

This morning, I was minding my own business watching VH1's "Best Week Ever" where I learned such valuable things as what "krumping" is, (which officially and totally ends the phenomenon as cool if a white chick in Texas can learn about it on VH1 while eating breakfast and drinking a latte) and that Paris Hilton's dog Tinkerbell was found safe. Whew! Things that were important to my well-being. I can sleep at night again.

Then, right after the show, on the channel that features "music for the slightly older MTV crowd" there was this strange thing. Music videos! Where were my TV shows? Surreal Life? A to Z? What is this "Music video?"

And then, there it was. New Kids On the Block's "The Right Stuff" video. Those young boys were just so dreamy. Now wait-- that came out wrong--it's not nearly as "coo coo ca choo Mrs. Robinson" as it sounds. Especially since all the NKOTB are now OKOTB.* I was almost their age back when the NKOTB were hot and burning up the concert venues. Now, I watch the video and feel very old. What is it with those outfits? Ragamuffin chic was apparently the thing. And Donnie-- his hair was long and sort of stringy. With a Molly Ringwald circa 1985 hat. And then there's that little scissor leg dance they did. To Die For. I'm totally serious. Donnie is undoubtedly my favorite. Mark Wahlberg's brother. What a sexy DNA chain that family has.

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*Old Kids... you know.
(This entry was written by my inner child. Official age of my inner child has been established as 16. So it's not nearly as creepy as you think.)