When I started listening to *NSYNC, I was, in fact, that girl who thought that if I was lucky enough, (and had good enough seats), JC would look out at the crowd, and sing "Digital Getdown" to me. Oh, how I longed to be the stage in the HBO concert. I lost myself in *NSYNC, as for most young girls, high school is a trying time, and the transition from high school to college, especially if you are moving away from home, is even harder. I brought my friends with me, Justin, JC, Chris, Lance, and Joey. They were there with me when high school problems became college problems. When friend problems became roommate problems and sorority problems. *NSYNC, like a good friend who I could never offend with my late hours or binge drinking was always by my side.

Life takes many turns, and sometimes you don't end up where you thought you would. I ended up back at home, and soon after *NSYNC ended up defunkt. I, however, learned something very important from *NSYNC, yet again. That no matter what you envisioned for yourself, it might not happen, but make the best of what you have. Justin has a thriving solo career and a budding movie career, JC's new CD was just released, Lance, well, he didn't get to go to the moon, but his aspirations are high, Joey's movie career started off with a bang, but I'm sure he's thriving, and well, Chris fell off the face of the earth, but that's okay, too. From all their success, I learned too that when I'm 21 I'm not going to be sharing a 13 room mansion with JC, but what I do have is something much more valuable than that. I learned that life's twists and turns are what makes life worth living, and although I'm on a completely different path than that of which I started, that's okay and I'll make the most of it. And I started out with wanting to be a record producer, and now I'm on the road to a career in politics, who would have ever guessed?

Now, although all of the guys in the band were at my side through all of this, there is an even more important group of people who were also with me. You call them, Liv, Bex, Tabz, Mel, Jules, and *Lucky. I call them my sisters. And it is hard to believe that such a tight bond can be formed from such a wacky idea as a humour site, but these girls have always been there for me and I have a feeling that they will always be there for me. *NSYNC is more than a boyband, it used to be a way of life for some, it used to the biggest thing since sliced bread, and now, it will be my fondest memory and the reason that I have some of the best friends that a girl could ever ask for.