For a Pessimist, I am Pretty Optimistic

Living close to NYC all my life, I feel like I’m a seasoned city girl. After all, practically every job I’ve had in the past ten years has been located in Manhattan. So when I hear people say that New Yorkers don’t appreciate the city fully, I completely agree with them. I’ve lost almost all the initial awe I had for the tall buildings, the zillions of restaurants, the chaos of the public transportation system, etc.

Since I take these things for granted, it’s very rare that I’ll do something as simple as looking up when I’m in the city. To me, there’s nothing to really see; just another tall building, just another flashing sign, just another large advertisement with some guy or girl in their underwear. It’s a shame too since as a teenager I loved to take pictures of different signs (such as one that said “Superman Knows What’s Happening” – I have no idea what the ad was for!)

But yesterday while waiting at the corner for the light to change, I happened to glance up above at the Madison Square Garden screens and that’s when I saw it: an ad for the October concert of New Kids on the Block. Laughing to myself (which prompted a guy with a pink Mohawk to glance at me like I was insane) I quickly had to pass the news to my friends. The last I knew, there was a show on VH1 a few years ago that tried to get the band to reunite, but to no avail.

The fact that NKOTB is having a reunion concert makes me more aware of my increasing age. Though I was just a couple of years too young to really understand why everyone insisted on screaming while in their presence, I still owned a Joey doll along with a few cassette singles that I had forgotten to return to the library. Aw man, even thinking about cassettes makes me realize that I’m not necessarily a spring chicken anymore.

I almost want to get tickets to see just what it’ll be like. Will there be hoards of screaming 30 year olds? How does Jonathan Knight look after all these years (he’s been out of the spotlight since they split up)? And will someone get injured attempting those dance moves?

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