Today’s a big day. New Kids On The Block LIVE on The Today Show. Fans swooning while Meredith, Matt and Ann awkwardly (implied) dance. Brings back fond and funny memories from my childhood:
My older sister and I are 4 years apart and shared a room. Two twin beds, clip lights, walls and doors plastered with NKOTB and 90210 posters, and militant rules to abide by for the younger sibling. I was forced to be a fan of NKOTB with the décor of our room and also conned into making her bed daily for 5 pennies. I was offered either $1 dollar or 5 pennies. I chose the latter. They were really shiny pennies and it seemed like a great deal at the time. If I knew then, what I know now, I might have gone "Emily Valentine" on her and threatened to light her mattress on fire with our 100 watt bulb clip lights. But at the time I was just happy to be included and wasn’t exchanging eggs to get into clubs. I was riding my bike to King’s Spa and smoking dusty candy cigarettes on my swingset.
I loved that swingset. My parents never skimped on backyard fun and this swingset was no joke. Until one day when the swingset won. I used to love twisting myself up in the swing, letting go and spinning super fast. It’s a great time until you’re dangling by your hair caught in said swing, yelling for help to aloof neighbors, then hoisting yourself up to unleash the swing. Not many kids can say they’ve run into their house with a swing still attached to their head. My mother had a good laugh as she tore the swing out of my hair. I’m sure with the stress of that ordeal I was craving a candy cigarette BAD…3 days of bed making and luckily I could get my fix. I showed my sister though. When my parents confronted me about who had carved their name in the window sill, I placed the blame on her. I was framed OBVIOUSLY.
Sidenote: I was/am a huge Dylan McKay fan and throroughly enjoyed the life size poster on the back of our door. The Christian Laettner shrine, however, was questionable.
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