TOP 60+ SIGNS YOU’VE BEEN TO TOO MANY BSB ‘INTO THE MILLENNIUM’ CONCERTS

(1) You can’t listen to DWYB without doing the “shark attack” and having vivid visions of ladders.
(2) You can recite all their introductions and small talk.
(3) You notice when Nick stops saying “the Millennium”.
(4) You remember the concerts by whose ‘side’ you were sitting on.
(5) You laugh at all the people who leave after SMTMOBL or IGBY because you know there’s more to come.
(6) You think that the album version of IWITW is missing something at the end.
(7) You could pick their moms out of a lineup if you had to.
(8) Ticketmaster and eBay both try to load simultaneously and your computer crashes.
(9) You’ve met tons of the crew and they consider you friends.
(10) You get invited, on numerous occasions, to stay in the Boys’ hotel or travel with the crew.
(11) You, on numerous occasions, end up by accident at the same hotel as the Boys.
(12) You can tell their tour busses apart. (BSB –Kevin’s vs. Nick’s vs. AJ/Howie/Brian’s- vs. Band vs. Dancers)
(13) Guido has been elevated to Elvis status.
(14) You have a favorite opening act.
(15) You know the opening act’s dancers’ names.
(16) The opening act remembers you.
(17) You hope AJ will get you wet just once.
(18) You can tell when AJ gets a new tattoo.
(19) You Wanna-Be-A-Rapper.
(20) You give Nick the Booty Call TWICE and he appreciates the effort.
(21) You and Kevin exchange kisses.
(22) You get questioned about the location of your parents, even though you’re in your 20’s, drinking alcohol, and are obviously from out-of-state (aka no accent).
(23) You are the envy of pajama-clad fans when your friend on the crew claims you as his girlfriend so you can get back into the after-show party.
(24) You are blinded by the spotlight when it gets shone on you at three concerts.
(25) You get carded walking into a bar while carrying a beer.
(26) You finally understand their on-stage antics (i.e., ballet, MCD, etc.)
(27) You realize the difference between MCD and MCFreakyD.
(28) Pink suits vs. Gray suits.
(29) You want to feel the softer side of Sears even more than ever.
(30) You turn out the lights during NOECC.
(31) You point on “you”s during INBYH.
(32) You scavenge the city at 1am in PJs looking for newspapers. (Lexington has a 1 newspaper per 4 block radius.)
(33) You have memberships in so many online travel websites, you kinda go crazy.
(34) You are thinking of starting up your own Backstreet Frequent Flyer Membership Program.
(35) You are an expert on airports, hotels, venues, and time zone changes due to traveling so much.
(36) You’re like the mail carrier: “Not sleet, nor hail…”
(37) The guy who develops your pictures can reorganize your pictures if they get scrambled.
(38) The guy who develops your pictures only needs to see your concert stub as proof of ID to pick up your pictures.
(39) You have more photos of the Boys than of your friends or family.
(40) You know when to get the best pictures and manage your remaining shots accordingly during the concert.
(41) You learn the art of networking.
(42) You have the choreography for Nick and AJ’s dance during QPG memorized.
(43) You noticed when they added a third move to that dance.
(44) The guy who develops your film has become a BSB covert.
(45) The guy who develops your film can pick all the Boys out of a lineup.
(46) The guy who develops your film now knows the difference between the BSB and all those other boy bands.
(47) While watching Star Wars, you feel depressed when you see a guy come out in a black suit, rather than five guys come out of a black box.
(48) Roro recognizes you. By name.
(49) Every two weeks, your co-workers want to know where you’re going next.
(50) You’ve learned to acknowledge the teenybopper within.
(51) You’ve learned that occasionally, that inner teenybopper needs to come out and play.
(52) You critique all the decorated cars.
(53) You’ve decided that AJ fans are screamers.
(54) You’ve decided that Wisconsin loves Brian.
(55) You critique all the decorated fans.
(56) You’ve been on the receiving end of Howie’s winks.
(57) You’ve decided that there is a fire under Nick’s chair during NOECC.
(58) You find the exact same Mardi Gras mask that Kevin wore in New Orleans just down the block from your hotel.
(59) You OWN a Guido.
(60) You make signs for the band.
(61) You have a Dennis Gallo/BSB guitar pick.
(62) You talk to and make friends with other fans while: in line, before the show, during costume changes, and after the show.
(63) During “downtime”, you and your friends discuss updates to fanfics/webpages/etc.
(64) You go to a different state each month (sometimes two!) and think nothing of it.
(65) You willing sold your Backstreet Project comic book to another fan because you knew you could get another one in a few days.
(66) You’ve given the Boys basketballs.
(67) You know that Howie’s bodyguard is really nice and smells GOOD.
(68) You call friends in another state on your cell phone just so they can hear the intro to LTL.
(69) You realize that it doesn’t matter where some people sit – apparently decent clothing is optional.
(70) You sit during the slow songs to rest because you know you won’t miss anything thanks to JumboTron.
(71) You convince everyone sitting around you to sit during the slow songs too.
(72) You get a crick in your neck from watching larger than life versions of the Boys on the JumboTron.
(73) You spot other celebrities at the concerts.
(74) You know it’s a clown-free zone cause AJ, Dennis (and JQ) don’t like ‘em.
(75) You’ve inhaled so much glitter you sneeze sparkles for weeks after.
(76) You spent so much money on concert tickets, plane tickets, gas, hotel rooms, Target purchases, food, etc. that you could have paid off your new car by now.
(77) You hear the words “Show me somethin!” and “Backstreet Boys” in the same day.
(78) You thanked the stars that AJ did the Johnny NoName tour right away so you could put off your concert withdrawal just a bit longer.
(79) You know that wearing a BSB’s name on your ass won’t get you any closer to where he is after the show.
(80) You start getting stalked by fans who sleep in the hotel lobby.
(81) Other FANS start to recognize you.
(82) You develop a thing for bus drivers.
(83) Seeing any tour bus has now produced a Pavlovian tendency to salivate.
(84) You’ve changed all your former opinions about Nick simply because of DWYB.
(85) Mindi Abair is now your favorite female vocalist and you have ALL three (yes, three) of her CDs.
(86) You’ve seen the Boys so much that when you actually run into them, you don’t react because it’s like nothing special.
(87) You try to convince others sitting around you that you’re psychic and can predict the next song.
(88) You read magazine articles now about the Millennium tour and you realize that you were at just about every concert they talked about.
(89) You can tell when the concert is late starting by how many songs they play from the Millennium Disco CD over the PA.
(90) You get frustrated with the Millennium album because “it’s not in the right order”.
(91) You’ve forgotten what going to an end-stage concert is like.
(92) You know that while every seat is a good seat, closer is better, 100-levels are awesome, but running and grapping distance is preferable.
(93) You feel like you accomplished something when Howie puts on the hat you threw onstage for Nick.
(94) You feel like you’re living a fanfic.
(95) You start to write fanfics based on your own real-life experiences.
(96) You have as many Beanie Babies as Nick’s been hit with onstage.
(97) You spend an entire day in your hotel room before a concert working on fanfics (and watching basketball games) only to find your cars covered in snow. Which you promptly write BSB-related words in the four inches of snow on the windshield and hood.
(98) You were thrilled when the Burger King video came out because you finally got to see what it looks like under the stage.
(99) You are thinking of making a career change: off-stage dresser to the BSB.
(100) You feel the need to brag, so you make a top 100 list.