
When Hanson first came out with their chart topping single "Mmmbop," Andrea and I were sucked into their music just like the rest of the little girls. All throughout eighth and ninth grade (1997 and 1998) it was all about Hanson. I was embarrassingly obsessed! I say that I was embarrassingly obsessed because…..…well…..…I was literally embarrassingly obsessed! Together, Andrea and I traded posters, listened to their music, and secretly admired this trio of blonde boys. It was the best time of our lives. Although we could never afford to buy tickets to a concert nor did we dare ask our broke mothers to do such a thing, we admired them from a distance. We were secretly in love and only told our closest friends. To relatives, it came easy to find out how much we loved the group due to the massive posters decorating our bedroom walls. But as we got older and their music slowly faded, we beg

Throughout the entire time I've known Andrea, no matter what we have been through, whatever fight


I had purchased the tickets about two months early and the anticipation was unnerving. The moment I clicked on "purchase tickets" the sudden child-like excitement went through me just as if I was still in eighth grade! When the day finally came (11/16/2008), we were so excited that we listened to their CD, that I still had from 1997, all the way to San Diego. When they finally started playing on stage, I kept telling Andrea "They are right there! They are righ

After the concert was over, we waited outside the House of Blues building by the tour bus to see if they would come out and sign autographs. I took out my camera to get it ready to take pictures, but with the luck that I have…….IT DIED! And I did not have extra batteries. I couldn't believe that my pinchi camera died! Disclaimer: for those of you who don't know "pinchi" is a bad word in Spanish. I apologize if I offend you. Anyway, of all the times I've had it, it had to die at this very moment when I needed it the most. Luckily I had my iphone camera as a last resort. So, the first one to come out was the youngest one named Zac. While all the girls, and some boys, rushed to get in line to get his autograph and picture, I quickly cut in front of a lot of people and wasn't too far back from him. What? Hold your judgement! A girl's gotta get her picture! So once I got up to Zac, he was nice enough to sign his autograph on my ticket, take a couple pictures, and record a message on my iphone for my sister Vanessa who was a fan as well. As we waited for the other two Hanson brothers to come out, it was getting really late and we were feeling really tired. We were thinking about leaving, especially since it was 12am on a Sunday night and we had to work the next day.
Right when we were about to leave and give up on the other two, I heard one of the guys who was loading the cargo say "that's the last of it." I knew they were about to come out since they finished packing……..AND THEY DID! I quickly followed Isaac (the oldest one) to wherever he was going but he went straight to the bus as well as Taylor (the middle one). All the other girls started crowding around the bus and I was surrounded by the other fans. About a couple minutes later, they both come out and began signing autographs. I kept pushing and pushing my way in trying to grab A


After I took a picture of Andrea and Taylor, a sense of accomplishment came through me. I had been l

Up next? Who knows…..maybe Andrea and I will go to a Backstreet Boys concert when they go on tour! Thanks for reading!