Damn Nickolas Gene Carter!
The first time I ever laid eyes on him was four years ago when he bounded on stage to sing an especially corny rendition of Anywhere For You. I took one look at that baby face, blue eyes and stupid hair and thought "Nuh huh." Nope, Brian was the one my eyes kept being drawn to. And that was the way it stayed over the last 4 years. If Brian was looking rough (as we all know he can...cowboy trousers anybody?!) then AJ would usually do....but then again that boy can make serious fashion mistakes.. But hey, there was always tall dark sexy Kevin to whimper at. Hell, I even went through a Howie stage a year ago....you may laugh but I found a VERY sexy pic of him which is now hanging on my wall...just can't take that down. But NEVER ONCE did I ever look at Nick in a way other than the annoying-lil-bruvver way.
But now...*sigh* the guy's finally getting his revenge on me by wheedling his way into my affections. First, there's a VERY hot Nick moment in the I Want It That Way (I can call on at least 6 people to back me up here). Plus, he does look kinda nice in the video for As Long As You Love Me. And the lines he sings in All I Have To Give are by far the most swoonsome in the whole damn song...except maybe lil Bri's. And then some idiot goes and points out his sudden acquirance of maturity in the A Night With.. video...check out his solo if you don't believe me. Since when has an annoying lil bruvver carried off a suit with such panache...with such seduction...with...oooh, I must stop lingering on that image. And I open up my favourite web-site of Nick, usually good for a giggle over his BMX/clingfilm/lil bruvver look and what stares back at me? Yep, a sexy pic of Nick! And finally, the guy makes me laugh. And that ain't bad. Who can carry off the dragged-through-a-hedgerow-backwards-tousled-hair look with that all-important element of self-irony? Nickolas Gene Carter that's who.
I am still resisting the Nickitis bug....I refuse to take down that Brian poster, no matter how hard Nick may implore me with those eyes. No, Nickolas dammit!
Anyone know where I can get innoculated?
Argh, is nobody safe from the dreaded Nickitis?! My former fellow webmistress (jeez, sounds like some kinda weird dominatrix thing don't it?!) Sandy fell with a loud thud on the floor before Nick. I'll let her explain...
"I, like Amanda here, didn't really pay much attention to Nick when they first hit the scene. I was all about Brian, believe it or not. Something about those chiselled good looks and eyes just made me fall in love with Brian. Don't know what it was... But dayum! {Amanda fans Sandy, "calm down girl!"}
"Anyways... I always remember Nick as the young one. Just too damn young for me. I didn't care that he was a mere 2 years younger than me... He looked REALLY young and I didn't much care for that at all. Not to say Brian looked his age or anything but yano... He was damn fyne. {Amanda hands over the smelling salts}
"Well that all changed on Februrary 13 2001 in Chicago. How do I know the date? Easy! That was the date of the Black and Blue tour stop in my state. Well they were here for 2 days but I had tix for the day BEFORE Valentine's day! How sweet. But anyways... I was walking through the masses of teenies and moms and dads with their kids with my friend. I came up to the table that sold the 8x10s and was looking for AJ. Yeah back in the day when they came out, I had the hots for Brian but I wanted the pic of AJ cause I hold this sort of respect for him and wanted the pic. But anyways, I quickly scanned the photos with my mission of finding AJ. When my eyes landed on Nickolas Gene Carter I actually wondered out loud... "Dayum who let the boy get all fyne like that?" Needless to say, my friend hid like she didn't know me. But I thought "good gawd!" That night Nick looked fyne. Gone was the innocense from QPG and born into my eyes was the mean face that was staring back at me. (Btw...the pic in question is the picture of him in January in the Nick Carter 2002 calendar) I was awestruck. Right there it hit me that he had grown up right before my eyes. Me being the faithful AJ fan I am, bought the AJ shot (where you'd swear he was supposed to be Johnny)... and went to my seat.
"From time to time during the show my eyes would wander from AJ and settle on Nick. Don't get me wrong... I'm not sexually attracted to the guy AT ALL. But he just looked so cute and in that pic on the stand. I had a tendency to watch him and see what the little blonde kid had grown into. Come on... The most touching moment for ME during the entire show was actually a Nick moment. They came across the bridge from the mini stage and strolled back to the main stage. I had my camera fixed and ready for a sweet shot of AJ. I look over and, as Answer To Our Lives wrapped up, the footage of the whale coming out of the water flashed on the jumbotron. I watched Nick get down on one knee to pay respect. It was really touching. Not cause the blonde kid was being cute or anything but cause here he was showing respect to the ocean and the whales. Two things I'm REALLY passionate about.
"I missed that AJ pic... But do I regret not getting a close up of AJ, my hero for all the right reasons? Not at all... Cause I took the Nick picture instead."