Always Anna

I was in the car with Nicole last night, when “Tonight” came blaring through the speakers. I suppose that there are a lot of you who don’t immediately recognize that title - it took me a while to place the song when listening to it - so I’ll elaborate. “Tonight.” By New Kids On The Block.

I immediately began dancing in my seat and screeching along (if you haven’t had the opportunity to hear me sing, you’re very, very, lucky). So when Alexis mentioned Jordan Knight today, I knew… the New Kids are making a comeback in my life.

I’ve owned their Greatest Hits for a few years now, and listen to it sporadically - mostly when I’m cleaning the apartment by myself. I loaned the CD to Nicole last week - hence the presence of “Tonight” on her iPod - and need it back ASAP so that I can burn that CD into my iTunes.

I need to jam to “Hangin’ Tough,” and dance to “Step by Step.” I need to use my hairbrush as a microphone as I sing “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)” into the mirror. I need to attempt to do the signature NKOTB dance, which I never mastered, while “You Got It (The Right Stuff)” plays.

I’ll be wishing that I still had my NKOTB comic books, concert videos, and cartoons - and reliving the pain of learning that my uncle “accidentally” threw them out. I’ll be calling my mom to complain about the fact that she wouldn’t let me go see them in concert.