Arrival: Ever wonder why people say they hate Los Angeles? Maybe because it takes them TWO FREAKIN HOURS to go a distance that only should take 20-30 mins. My dad picked me up from the dorms two hours before the show started, and I swear, I was going to cry because I thought we were gonna be late (which i shouldn't have worried about, you'll see why later..). Oh yeah, and ever wonder why it seemed NO fans were actually going to the show? That's because 75% of the tickets were in the hands of scalpers! Everyone was out alongside the road hawking tickets.. I think I even saw my Grandma out there...

Opening Act: The opening act for this show was... ::drumroll please:: EYC. Can you say EW? I'm sorry, but I am NOT an EYC fan, I just can't stand them. I've seen them several times before, and I wasn't impressed. So after rushing to get in there so we wouldn't be late, I was greeted by them. What did I do? Walked right back outside, and stayed there until they were finished. (I'm a brat, ok?) They performed for about half an hour and boy was I glad when it was over.

The interlude: Maybe it's just me, but I thought the point of an opening act is to warm the crowd up for the main performer. Not so in BSB-land. EYC comes out, does their thing and the crowd is ready for some *real* singing. What happens? We sit and wait for 45 mins for Backstreet to come out. Interesting tactic. :P

BSB (finally!): My, oh my. There's so much to comment on! Let me see, I'll narrow it down to the highlights:

• The Star Wars intro... must we always copy Nsync?
  
• Flying during "Quit Playin Games"...see above.
  
• Kevin got stuck during "Quit Playin Games"... they left him there for a few minutes before lowering him into the audience. Wish I was sitting there!
  
• AJ actually hit the ending note on "Larger Than Life"... now I owe my sister a dollar.
  
• Throwing stuffed animals into the audience... cute!
  
• The dancers...EW? I could get out there and shake my stuff better!
  
• Howard (I refuse to call him HOWIE)...Just.. *NO*..
  
• Nick doing pelvic thrusts... Dude, you're my friend and all, but STOP THAT! I'm scarred for life now..
  
• BAD PACING! who's idea was it to do all the good fast songs in one big medley? I thought I was gonna nod off during all the slow songs...
  
• They sang "Spanish Eyes." Need I say more?
  
• Sex Poles during "Don't Want You Back." Interesting. Thank God Nick wasn't in front of me.
  
• Costuming... It sucked. Whoever did that is in desperate need of taste. Pink suits? What were they thinking?
  
• My dad's trip to the men's room.. where he heard the comment "Thank God they let Howie sing so we can go pee."
  
• Kevin played piano for "The Way Back to your Heart"... that was awesome!
  
• Nick's ass...People say it's big. I kind of think its cute...