I know I usually do my random thoughts in blue, but I was feeling particularly inspired by JC's recent adoration for pink, so that's what color I'll be using today.

TWO STEP! I really felt I should put that somewhere in this article.

If you are Jay Leno or a member of his writing staff, HIYA! :) If you are a member of *NSYNC or anyone related to them, you may not like what I have to say, but don't take it personally. I have some pretty high-strung opinions, and when I get fired up, I tend to use *NJEF as my outlet. I often say things without thinking about them first.

Jay Leno (or his team of writers) stole our idea. My dad and I were watching the Tonight Show last November, the day after Britney's HBO special. He had this humor skit mocking her, involving a Britney doll and a stringless Justin marionette dressed in Ken clothes. I wasn't sure if I should have been flattered or upset...but it was hella funny.

I had a lot to say about their appearances, award shows and concert specials, but I had separate reviews for those stashed away. I know they should've been posted a LONG time ago, but it's part of a bigger site project that we will be unveiling soon enough.

I luff the bobbleheads. They're a lot of fun to play with...though I really have been cutting down on the merchandise. In fact, I'm about to have the biggest sale to get rid of some of my *NSYNC and other pop culture memorabilia from my collection. I need to clear out some space [in my closet and my psyche], and I could use the money to help pay for next semester.

Hard core Stars Wars fans were bitching and moaning over the prospect of the guys making an appearance in the next prequel. Oh, boo hoo. Even if they do make the final cut, it's not like they'd be noticeable. According to msn.com, Lucasfilm spokeswoman Lynn Hale wouldn't confirm whether they will appear in the final cut or not. "It's just too early to make that decision. The 'N Sync guys were shot as extras, and whether they're in or out won't be determined until the final edit."

I read the article further and found another funny fact: "Not all the 'N Sync-ers nabbed the nonspeaking, noncredited parts; Bass said 'there was only room for four guys'--Justin Timberlake couldn't make the December shoot and Bass had a scheduling conflict, so 'I gave the scene to Steve, Joey's brother,' he said. 'It broke my heart.'"

Surprise, surprise. Steve Fatone picking up the scraps. lol Tabz was so kind enough as to send me this Foxtrot comic strip. I remember how hard I laughed when I had seen it in my local newspaper.

The other thing I'd like to give a big "boo hoo" to, are the people who got their feathers all ruffled up when Lance was chosen to carry the Olympic torch. Obviously, some people thought that he wasn't worthy of running the relay several blocks in Newport Beach, California. SHADDUP! He was chosen by relay organizers for his work with Challenge for the Children.

Speaking of the Olympics, you guys are well aware that they will be performing at the Olympics Medals Plaza on February 23, as well as the Closing Ceremonies. If there are any *NJEF-ers that'll be there and would like to do a special correspondent report, please drop me a line. It would be greatly appreciated. As always, I will have a commentary in the future.

As most of you New Yorkers know, Chris unveiled his FuManskeeto line at the Girls Rule! fashion show. I'm really lucky that the ONLY Nordstrom store in the state of Michigan is in my hometown. But it SUCKS that they haven't been carrying Fumanskeeto in like, a year. COME ON YOU MICHIGANDERS! The reason they don't carry it here, is because they don't have the demand for it. What's up with that? I don't mind shopping online, but when it comes to clothes, I usually prefer to try them on first. So I'm asking you nicely my fellow Michiganders, please call or write Nordstrom and tell them you wanna see Fuman in the store.

I can't talk about Chris without saying GO LITTLEFOOT!®

Did you know that *NSYNC were nominated for a Soul Train Award? They're really breaking into the different music genres, and that's awesome. They're up for Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo for "Gone." Their competition in that category include Destiny's Child - "Survivor," Isley Brothers featuring Ron Isley - "Contagious," and Jagged Edge with Nelly - "Where the Party At." You can be sure I'll have a report on the show which takes place March 20.

Warning: What you are about to read next may anger you. If you are a teeny or an avid Justin fan, I suggest you either skip over this next part or leave now. You have been forewarned.

I have a special message to Justin Timberlake: THERE IS NO MF "I" IN *NSYNC!

I'm having some major issues regarding Fro Boy. While I give him props for growing back the hair, I am utterly disgusted with the onslaught of Justin. I'm not denying that he played a pretty convincing Elton John in the video for "This Train Don't Stop Here Anymore." Nor, am I denying that he looked good in his photoshoots for In Style and Cosmopolitan, but then came the covers of YM and Twist. Hello? Did we forget that he's only 1/5 of the group?

Apparently, the media regards him as the ONLY member of the group. The prime example is an article I read [which I wish I had kept the link to] that said, "Justin Timberlake is nominated for three Grammys." No...I believe the correct statement should be: *NSYNC is nominated for two Grammys and Brian McKnight FEATURING Justin Timberlake is nominated for another.

If that isn't enough, an article posted on mtv.com indirectly foreshadowed a Timberlake solo project. The article dated 01.16.02 in which Angie Stone was quoted to say: "Justin [Timberlake] and I hit it off," she said, smiling. "Justin loves the Mahogany Soul album. While we were doing the Billboard Music Awards, he was singing 'More Than a Woman' and 'Pissed Off' during the soundcheck. He's going, 'Your CD's in my car right now, you have to work on my solo project.' I saw him in the studio today."

I guess that answers me and Lux's request for him to "Go Solo Already!"

A lot of you are gonna hate me for saying it, and I'm not the only one who shares this view, but I strongly believe that if the group ever broke up, it would be directly or indirectly because of Justin. That's just my opinion...I challenge the guys, particularly Mr. Ego to prove me wrong.

Justin is the bottom of my favorites ladder right now. From now on I will be referring to the group as *_SYNC.

I hate to say it, but it made me happy to know that he was voted off in Cosmogirl's Survival of the Sexiest. Lance even lasted longer than Fro Boy. Actually, JC is the only one left in contention...and at the moment, he's in third place behind NICK CARTER of all people! Have you all been voting? Don't tell me you have, because I know you're LYING! C'mon...even Aaron Carter admitted that he likes *_SYNC better, and called Justin the "big brother" he never had. (Note to Aaron: Why JUSTIN? Argh.) Anyway homeskillets, I want you guys to get off yer ghetto bootays and vote for JC! You can vote up to 100 times a day...so be patriotic and exercise that right. As Jay Leno would say, if you don't vote, "the terrorists have won."

YAY BUDDY!® [Just had to throw that in here]

Speaking of the Grammys, it's no big secret that the special "surprise guest" that they're performing with is Nelly. I mean, don't release the remix to radio or anything and still have the website refer to their performance with a "surprise guest." lol

If you haven't heard it, what boulder fell on your head? It's hot..."So tell your man [bye bye] and tell him you're long [gone] and he ain't love you, thought you were another [HO!]" That gets me fracken giddy everytime! [insert giddy squeal and think of video] I just think it's great the way that they sing "HO!" in perfect harmony. :)

I was surfing through msn on my laptop, and MSN music's experts made bold predictions about the Grammys, picking the winners and revealing their favorites. Of course, the paragraph that stood out was the one where they actually thought *NSYNC should win Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal:

"This has to go to *NSYNC, for 'Gone.' No matter how much you may love or hate Justin Timberlake and crew, they were one of the only groups within adult and teen pop to embrace any sort of innovation. (Although *NSYNC loses points for choosing to do those horribly cheesy Chili's restaurant commercials; what were they thinking? As if they needed any more press or dough.) The other groups nominated -- Five For Fighting, R.E.M., U2 and Backstreet Boys -- represent your standard alt. rock / adult contemporary boredom, if you ask me."

So you wanna know how the guys fared in the other categories? You can read further, by going to msn.com or clicking here.

Contrary to what the MSN critic said, I'm totally digging those Chili's commercials. I do have a lot to say on them, as well as the hilarious behind the scenes footage as shown on TRL, but I did a separate article on that, so I'll move right along.

I scored hot floor tickets to their spring Celebrity Tour! YAY BUDDY!® :) Allison and I are trying to work something out, so that she can come and visit. But it's posing quite a problem because the Auburn Hills [Detroit] show is the day after Easter...Monday, April 1. HA! *_SYNC is already playing a cruel April Fool's joke on us! LOL

You see, Alli's parents really want her to be home for Easter. Unlike the rest of you, our spring break doesn't fall around Easter because it's close to the end of the semester, so we do have school the day after. Anyway, the only way Alli will be able to get out here is if she flies out...but there's this little issue called MONEY. I'd help her out, but I'm still recovering from my PopOdyssey summer.

So this is where you (the readers) come in. Remember how I said that I was gonna be selling some of my memorabilia? I decided that I would use some of the money to help fund Alli's plane ticket. I have a box of 250-300 *NSYNC/WNBA promo posters sitting here. I'm selling them for the base price of $10 each (which includes packaging and shipping), and a portion of the proceeds will help fund Alli's trip to Detroit WHAT?! I'll be posting this sale through Yahoo Auctions, but if you'd like to go ahead and order, PLEASE (begs Alli) email me at NsyncJadedOJC@aol.com

Getting back to the tour, I'm really stoked about it. Their opening acts will include Ginuwine, Smash Mouth, and P. Diddy...and I know for a fact that Tony Lucca will be here. Alli and I are totally ecstatic about Tony opening up. Afterall, he's a hometown boy...and he's fine! :) As an added bonus, I also scored hot floor tickets to the Grand Rapids show on April 2. Double the pleasure! Whoo!

I'm having a ball with the *_SYNC Celebrity piano book. My sightreading isn't all that great anymore, but I'm a happy camper. I honestly thought that "Up Against the Wall" would be one of the more difficult songs to play, but it was in the key of C. All in all, I'm diggin' it.

I was watching that Most Expensive Videos 4 show...and "Pop" cost $1.8 million to make. If you saw Making the Video, you knew that already. But I did wanna point out a couple of things they said about the video: 1) Choreography by Wade Robson: very expensive. 2) Bubble gum: 75 cents. 3) Boyband [I really HATE that term] strip tease: priceless. Damn those Master Card commercials. lol

I'm sure if you were watching TRL last Wednesday, you undoubtedly heard about Lance's possible exploit into space. [Insert Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon" here] My initial reaction was "Huh?" Then after I was able to process the information, my reaction was "Oh my God!" Quite honestly, I had mixed feelings about the whole ordeal. Lance becoming a real space cowboy?

On the one hand, it's been his dream. I mean, he passed the entrance exam to NASA before he struck gold with *_SYNC. On the other hand, I couldn't comprehend how he could be at the height of his success and just get up and go. Then they'd be like Destiny's "We're Not Breaking Up" Child. Granted, Chris would be able to devote time to Fumanskeeto, JC to writing/producing, Joey...hmmm..., and Justin would be allowed to do that blasted solo project. But what it all boils down to is that no matter what we all think, it's his decision.

Or is it? I received my daily update from Rolling Stone Online on Friday, and one of the major headlines was BASS DENIED TRIP 'N SPACE: "'N SYNC's LANCE BASS' attempt to travel on a Russian rocket on a mission into space this October was rejected yesterday by Rosaviakosmos, the Russian space agency. Earlier this week, Bass, who attended Space Camp as a child, expressed his desire to follow two other civilians who financed their own visit to the International Space Station last year. A spokesperson for Rosaviakosmos said that Bass' interest in the program was 'an advertising stunt.'"

It's amazing how feelings can change after reading that. I really felt for Lance. Isn't it amazing how politics plays into all of this? My dad shared information he'd read in the newspaper about this, and he said the major reason Russia denied him was probably influenced by the politics and complaining that was going on regarding the Olympics, and Russia's sentiment that the games favored North America. But that's a whole other story, as well as a touchy one, so I won't go there.

I'm tired of defending my *_SYNC hobby, and the rights of Bonzai Buddy and His Merry Men. I'm not gonna complain too much about this, I just needed to say it while I'm on the subject of *_SYNC.

Finally, I wanna give shoutouts to Jaclyn [for still coming to the site and not being too scared of my devotion for *_SYNC]; ©s [for pluggin *NJEF on his site, Monkeys R Us]; and Ter and Em at GU&GD [who totally inspire and understand me...plus Ter is a homegirl. lol]

This bitch session is over! Peace.