JC Takes Out the Trash

Source: Denise
November 2001

It was on November 1st of last year when the guys were on the second
leg of the NSA tour.  That night, they were performing at the TD Waterhouse
Centre in Orlando (how convenient).  Anyway, Jenn, Margie, and I were all
involved in the marching band here called Marching Chiefs.  We have practice
M-F from 4-6pm.  Before practice started, we kept saying "Man, we should just
skip this and go to Orlando and try to get into the concert."  We wound up
staying for practice though, complaining the entire time how much we wanted to
go to Orlando.  So, after practice, which ended early that day (5:30), we
put some thought into going anyway.  Ultimately, we decided that we could all
go home, shower, and be on the road by 6 or 6:30pm.  We left around 6:30, and
made it there in record time (3 hours...don't try it.  It's frightening). 
Even though we were gonna miss the concert, we were gonna try and find some
after parties to hit. 

We got to Orlando before the concert ended, and
drove around looking for the venue.  We wanted to catch a glimpse of the
guys loading the busses, so we tried to find the venue for like a half
hour.  Margie (she was driving...Jenn drove down to Orlando, and we pulled a
Chinese fire drill when we got to downtown O-town to let Margie drive) was
getting us lost, and we never got to it.  lol.  We could see it from the car, but
never found the entrance.  All of a sudden, we saw a limo, and a bus in the
street coming our direction.  We decided it was probably a dummy bus to keep people
distracted from the guys, and ignored it.  Turns out the guys left in their
own cars anyway...not in a bus.  I called up my friend Nicole to see
if she knew how to get us to the venue, or if she had any advice.  Nicole was
the person who got me to like NSYNC in the first place, so she gets props
from me.  Plus, we were friends before that.  Anyway, Jenn got this tip
from her friend that JC was having a party at his house in Orlando after the
concert. I mentioned it to Nicole, not knowing she knew how to get to his
house, and she offered directions.  I figured her cousin told her about going to
his house, but didn't tell her how to get there.  I tried my best to remain calm, and not sound too excited.  I luckily had a piece of paper and a pen in my glove compartment, so it was all good.  I wrote them down, and what kind of cars would be in the driveway (she didn't have the house number at the time).

We got on I-4, went the wrong direction and got a bit lost.  Stopped
at a gas station and asked for directions to the Bee Line.  Ditching the
idea to see the guys at the venue, we just headed over to see the house.  So,
we finally get there, and cars lined the sides of his street.  It was
CRAZY!  There were SO many people in front of his house and in the streets,
and IN his house (well, the old house).  Like I said, we didn't have a house
number, so we were looking for the specific cars Nicole told us would be in
the driveway, and she said it was like the 3rd or 4th one.  But, the
street curves, so we didn't know which house she considered the first, and we
lost count.  lol.  *smacks head*  We completely drove by it, and didn't see
it because we were so busy counting, we didn't check for the cars.  Dumb,
I know.  So, we got to the end of the street, went around the block, and
drove by again.  This time, we looked for the specific cars, and drove a bit
slower.  Margie calmly says "Um, that is definitely JC taking out his
trash."  I looked in the wrong direction, and saw someone else.  I was like,
"Where?  That's not him."  All of a sudden, I turn my head, and he's staring at us
with this big ass grin on his face.  Now, I'm not sure if I smiled, or if my
jaw was on the floor.  But, I was in total shock that the man was standing 5
feet from my car.  Margie tried to keep breathing and continued driving.

When she sees famous people, she can cover her excitement really well.  From
the outside, you would never know that she was freaking out on the inside.  Which, thank goodness she was driving.  Jenn or I would've probably driven us into a tree.  lol.  He had on a white shirt, and black pants that looked like the pants from "NSA."    But, I don't know why he'd wear those.  Anyway, he looked good...wait, let me rephrase that...he looked REALLY good!  Not fair...the man looks hot taking out his trash.  *sigh*  He was carrying the bag in his left hand by the way.  It's humbling to see celebrities doing normal everyday things like that.  You really start to realize that they're just normal people.  So, that was cool.  Just for kicks, we came back later that night to drive by again, and Bobbi was in the driveway...yuck!  She had her "I hate the world" look on her face (what else is new?).  Joey was there (his car was at his parent's house across the street), but we didn't see him...just his car.  So, that's the story.  It's long, and I do apologize.

Oh, and how did we know that Joey's parents lived there?  JC had said
once that he used to go across the street to Joey's all the time for
dinner. Also, while I was browsing online for my friends' phone number (she
used to live in Orlando, but moved recently), I came across Joey's parent's
phone number and address.  Why it was listed, I don't know.  I know that I
definitely will NOT be calling them...heck, I didn't even write it
down! It's just wrong to do that to people.  We saw an SUV of teenies drive
by JC's house and actually got out of the car and sat in his driveway!  I felt SO
bad for him.  a) I would never get out of the car.  b)  I would never step
foot on his property.  c)  I felt guilty enough driving by!!!  I mean, they
stopped the SUV right in front of his house, and took pictures, got out of the car...it was just insane.  Personally, I don't think that's cool at all.  I wouldn't want anyone doing that to me.  It was smart of him to move in with Justin.  Speaking of which, if those two live in the same house...man would I love to live there.  Wow...that's one HOT house.  Whew!  I've spoken enough, I'm done.