02/18/2000- The Night Before The Big Day
Melinda had Arin over for the night.. Melinda's Concert was tommorrow and Arin wished that she could go with all of her heart.. Melinda'as dad came home and heard Arin and Melinda talking about how they both wished Arin could go.. Mel's Dad had a ticket.. (why am I talking 3rd person? Oh well.. ).. just so happens he planned to give it to her anyway.. here's the convo:
Dad-"How much would you give me for a ticket?"
AJ(nickname)-" Forty dollars by the first and that's guarranteed!"
Dad-" Forget about money. Do you want to go to the concert?"
AJ-"HELL YEAH!"
Dad-"Well, there's a ticket up there with your name on it , I don't like the backstreet boys anyway.Go call your uncle and see if you can go"
AJ-(HYSTERICALLY)- "AHHHHHH!!THANK YOU! THANK YOU *SO* MUCH!!! AHH!! OMG GOTTA CALL UNCLE JOHN!! AHHH!! CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT! THANK YOU GUYS~!
Well , she called her uncle and was able to go!
02/19/2000- THE BIG DAY
8:45- Wake up... Arin goes home to get clothes
10:35- Mel gets in the shower and gets hyped up as the realization hits her.. she's going to see her favorite people.. live!
12:00- Mel's dad's friend shows up..
1:30- Lunch
4:00- Depart for Atlanta!!!
6:00- Arrive at Georgia Dome, the tension mounts!
6:15- Go our seperate ways to our seats! This is it baby!! We have arrived, and the backstreet boys are in the building somewhere!
6:45- Let's go shopping! I got the Backstreet Project, A bsb concert tee, a bsb fishing hat and a program..total .. $90.00 w/ $22.50 to spare!
7:30- Jungle Brothers Preform
8:00- Chants for "Back Street Boys" begins.. People in the stadium wave for 5 minutes on end.. every seat is packed.
9:32- Backstreet Boys arrive.. on their surfboards.only the catch is that their surfboards are connected as they enter the georgia dome!
9:32- ? -Screams of joy and the concert begins!!
11:15- Concerts over! Greatest time of our lives!
11:45- I (Mel) Manage to push through the crowd.. and i mean knock over old people to get out!!
Here's what happened to Arin!!
11:45- Trying to find me, she re-entered the building..this old guy with glasses and a grey sweater was in Arin's way, she almost knocked the crap out of him to get by...
He said :Shaky Voice: "'Scuse me, I'll get outta yo way, just dont hurt me."
Arin replyed : "Sorry..proceeded to shove through the crowd.. "
Arin then gave up and went outside where she found mel..
Arin, Mel & Crew walked back to her grandfathers old Caprice Classic where Mel and Arin proceeded to pass out from exhaustion..they slept until 1:45 ..
It took Mel's dad 1 hour and 30 minutes to get outta Georgia Dome Traffic.. we arrived at a Quik Mart (or something) and got stuff to drink and made rest stops.. we were in pine mountain.. 1 hour from home..
Mel and Arin again slept peacefully until they pulled into Mel's driveway where they proceeded to unload the car and go to sleep.. the concert was phenominal..
In Nick's Words : "HOTLANTA KNOWS HOW TO PARTY!! WE WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR MAKING THIS SELL-OUT CROWD AT THE GEORGIA DOME , THE BIGGEST CROWD OF PEOPLE EVER TO VIEW A CONCERT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! WE'RE GOING TO GUINNESS!"
We found out we were also going to Pay-Per-View!
HiGhLiGhTs (AnD wE doN'T mEaN a.j.'s hAiR!)
* The Backstreet Project was released.
** We were gonna be on Pay-Per-View!! Yay!
*** Someone took their bra off and threw it at A.J.!! A.J. Later threw it back into the audience.
**** Nick said " Do You notice anything different?" then scratched his head and replyed "oh, yea, i got a haircut! does Hotlanta like it?" ( I thought.. Ya Ditz!! Duh, NiCk-AY.. )
**** At the end A.J. picked up brian and then brian picked up A.J.
***** The Light effects were through the roof!
Well, that all for the Concert Connection for now! We'll keep you posted on upcoming events and cool concerts!