Petra G. Yocum

A day after concert, a lot of emotions going through right now. I am still disappointed that NKOTB isn’t in Portland tonight, but at least I got to see them after all these years.

On top of it all, I just found some videos that were filmed of us in the morning, while waiting for the boys outside the Dome before the concert on YouTube. And guess what? I am in it! I look horrible thanks to my bad hair day. Not the best way to represent

So far I have uploaded my pictures to flickr and some videos. I will write up more later about my experience as I get a chance.

Watch and enjoy…

See me showing off my scrap book of New Kids from back in the day…

I am too busy to take pictures of the buses that just pulled in. (29 seconds in)

Donnie coming out of his bus to greet us, but not for very long…

One of my favorite songs - Dirty Dancing

My Videos

Guys walking by back on the main stage during song “Tonight”

Donnie singing Cover Girl, shaking his booty, and some more

Find more videos like this on New Kids on the Block

I got my mind right, got my head screwed on straight and I am ready to get this! I am ready for face time with my boy from Boston, Mr. Donnie Wahlberg!!!!

I can’t believe that tomorrow is the day that I have been waiting for all this time. Didn’t even think that there would be a chance for the guys to get back together, but they did and now I got the chance to be in their presence, to be in the same room for few hours!!!! People might think I am obsessed, but do I care what everyone might be thinking at this point? NO! It is not like I am the only going through the same feelings… people should read some of the stories and comments at NKTOB’s official forum. Once again, I am just part of group of grown women who wanted to feel like in their teens all over again, and we got the chance!!! It is amazing how the guys have this amazing gift to bring joy to all of our lives just by coming back and making us feel special.

I didn’t even get to see them yet, but I feel fantastic, There is nothing in the world that will ever take this excitement away from me. I haven’t been so giddy in a long time and I am loving it!!! On top of it all, I am meeting new friends across the country, or even the world. It seems like we all have been in the closet all this time and now we proudly are coming out!!! I mean, I am finding out that quite a few of my friends have been their fans, and I had no idea!

I can’t wait for tomorrow in hopes that I will have some great stories to share with everyone who is interested in reading them, have tons of pictures and possibly videos as well!!!

So, once again, as my boy would say: “Get your mind right, and let’s get this!”

With the latest Portland show cancelation due to scheduling conflict, which turned out to be NKOTB attending AMA’s, it seems like my chances of getting my turn of face time with Donnie got pretty slim

Not only I lost my chances to meet them backstage, but even to see them live in concert from anywhere within first 10 rows. I’ve been hurt, heartbroken, crushed, devastated and who knows what else…

While waiting and hoping whether the guys will come with an official announcement that they will reschedule, I was getting worried whether this was my only chance to see them one more time. Therefore, I ended up biting the bullet and buying two tickets on eBay for Tacoma/Seattle show, which is scheduled on November 22. The same day when my dearly missed brother would have turned 28 years old I miss him STILL so so so very much. And now, every time I see Danny, he makes me think of him as my Kuko always wanted to have a body like his.

So, now I’ve spent additional $700 bucks for row 8, but with no VIP’s. It looks like though I might be able to sell one of them to get portion of the money back at least. But will I get some face time with Donnie like he is asking for,and like some of my fellow Donnie’s girls got already? I will have to wait and see. Keep your fingers crossed for me on November 22, 2008!!!!!

Well, finally I found some time to sit down and write up a little update on what is new with and in my life. In my last post I mentioned about a career change. After almost a year of working for Providence, I made the difficult choice of moving on to work for a local agency downtown Portland.

After the last two weeks with Providence, I got to work at ISITE for three days before Paul and I took for a week-long getaway to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. We’ve had great time, did some fun activities, did a little sightseeing and got to meet some people. We stayed at RIU Palace, which was an all inclusive resort. It was gorgeous place with amazing views and many places to relax.

On Monday we decided to get out and do some of the activities that were available in the area, so we went for ATV’s. Since I was too afraid, we rented a double, so I wouldn’t have to ride one all by myself. It was more fun than I expected, and I even got to ride it for a bit, but I must say that only flat surfaces were my friend. We drove it through some hills, on uneven surfaces and ended up on a beautiful beach where we had about an 90 minutes to go off on our own. We rocked the outfits pretty good, like some bandits
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I am back, after one week with more news and updates. I must say that I have had last few months, but mostly weeks pretty emotional and spiced up with various good or bad events that I was faced with.

…and one of those was concerning my job. After a lot of thinking and going back and forth, I’ve decided to resign at my current job and accept another offer from ISITE Design in downtown Portland. I’ve heard great things about them, which makes me anxious to get started and show what I can offer as well as have some fun along the way. At the same time, it is sad to leave Providence, since I’ve had made some great friends there.

Now I just need focus on what is ahead of me and look forward to it, which I am.