Okay I lied. I didn't write anything down from Total Finale Live. However, I have a few things to say:

1) JC looked DAMN GOOD and for the first time in a long time, I found him attractive.

2) Seeing Justin and JC together again. *hearts* JC is the smart one! I KNOW BECAUSE JUSTIN TOLD ME. And Justin telling JC, "You look exactly the same!" (as he did during their first performance). I miss them already. *sniffs*

3) BACKSTREEEET!!! That was probably my favorite moment. Even though I knew it was pre-taped. Just seeing the crowd singing along, and even the people watching the clip outside in Times Square and in the studio... I was smiling the whole time, I'm not going to lie.

4) Howie looked fucking HOT AS FUCK OMG. How does he DO that? Sometimes he's just Howie, and kind of dorky and whatever. And then sometimes he's HOT HOWIE and I'm just all... *grabby hands*

5) Nick however... needs to gain weight? Weird! But true! He's looking a little too thin. They have such a great vibe together performing. And they sounded AMAZING and why didn't they come to Texas?? DAMN THEM. Not really. I heart them. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

6) BITSY. OMG BITSY. I kept watching after TRL ended because they started this thing about Britney and I am a sucker for anything Britney-related. Seriously, I don't know what it is about her. I've loved her since 1999. Since 'Sometimes.' I remember my sophmore year of college, I made dazifudo watch Britney Live from Hawaii with me and we had to keep messing with the antenna to get the picture to come in. And I didn't even LIKE pop music. I liked Nirvana and NIN. But I loved Britney. And I STILL love Britney.

7) I'm sure other stuff happened but those were the important parts for me. *sniffs* It's all over, folks. And I still can't believe they couldn't get Lance and Joey and Chris out there. I WANT MY BOYBAND BACK.

JuJu La Timberlake sez:



"...don't hate me because I'm beautiful, sign up for Make the Yuletide Gay and torture me fictionally instead!"

Only two days left to sign up! If you don't know whether you're allowed to or not because you jumped ship last year, just ask me. We're not going to eat your babies if you want to sign up again! We might say no... but we won't eat your babies. Or your pets.

Look, I'm sick, I'm allowed to not make sense.

I'm actually feeling better today, but I am getting a cough. *sadface* I am so over being sick. At lunch today I will go to the pharmacy and buy some cough medicine, but I really am done being sick. You hear that, body? WE'RE DONE.

BSB on TRL was a big disappointment yesterday. Bah! It would've been a million times better if they had actually hosted and not just come on for two seconds at the end to say they were going to be on the finale. And yes, I still want NSYNC to come as well. And Britney and Xtina. But the likelihood that anyone can drag JC out of his cave is really small, and they wouldn't sing and it would just be awkward and sad. Instead we will get a fully reunited BSB, and for that, I am grateful. YAY KEVIN! And that's all the enthusiasm I can muster at the moment.

bittybang first draft due very soon. I have my word count. Don't have a title. Summary is going to be a bitch. But! ART!! So excited about art.

Okay, coffee time!

So last weekend we tested out the Make the Yuletide Gay website with a little mini-exchange of our own, and this was the result.

No Mer About It

Fandom: Popslash
Pairing: AJ/Nick
Comments: Written for ephemera_pop with the prompt: AJ/Nick or Chris/Joey, "mermaids! Or, you know, mermen. Please?" So I tried. And um, it's crack. In case you doubted it.

Further comments: My favorite movie as a 10-12 year-old girl was The Little Mermaid and it was also the movie that made me realize that I'm bisexual, because I had such a huge crush on my best friend and we used to take turns playing the Prince statue/Ariel. We'd play the tape of Ariel singing "Part of Your World" while we were in the pool and um, yeah. Anyway, enough about my childhood lesbian shennanigans.

( Now that King Lou-tron had destroyed the only thing worth living in AJ's life, his Prince Nick porn statue, AJ thought it couldn't possibly matter how horrible and mean and bitchy JCsilla was. JCsilla could make him into a proper maid, no mer about it, and if AJ had legs and an ass, maybe Prince Nick would be interested in him and stuff. )

I just thought all of you would like to know that what most people remember about TRL is the Backstreet Boys. And sometimes Britney, and a few times NSYNC, but mostly BACKSTREET OMG.

♥

If only they knew that BSB is still just as awesome.

trumpeterofdoom, did you see this??

FRIDAY, JULY 11
· Saw KEVIN RICHARDSON from the Backstreet Boys at Lucky Devils on Hollywood Blvd on Friday night with three blonds and another guy. While eating, AJ from BSB spotted him from the street and came in to say hello. What are the odds? Kevin looked the exact same, AJ was much more bearded than I remember.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16
· Spotted JC CHASEZ at the Grove movie theatre, accompanied by a shorter, Filipino-looking woman, and a little boy who appeared to be her son. JC was sporting a black baseball cap and black shorts, and interacted with the boy in a cute, fun uncle way. He was squatting down so they could chat, and I overheard him telling the kid in a "hey, did you know" type voice, that his friend so-and-so choreographed the dance for (insert nameless piece of children's entertainment that may or may not have impressed the boy). Identity = confirmed. Bonus points for friendly interaction with children.

That is all. I am done posting tonight, I swear.

puszysty posted a bunch of awesome youtube vids from the same guy who did the boyband battles thing, and you should all go watch them. This is the guy that has the random posters on his ceiling that talk? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. Anyway, because I can't not, here is my favorite, which is about Lancers, of COURSE:



Lance is so amazing, even in stop animation form.

And then one more, because this one is HILARIOUS:



That Christian Bale is always making everything more interesting, but really, I think AJ poses the most important question of all: Nick, when you gonna come out da closet??

In other news, I need a theme for today's picspam. Unless one of you wants to volunteer to do it?

I can't remember who was asking about the photoshopped picture of the girl holding the baby with Nick Carter's face on? Well, I found the link!

Um. Click it if you dare.

Last night I had a dream that Nsync was doing a show sort of like The Search for the Next Pussycat Whore, only they were trying to replace Justin. And it made me really happy and excited! So when I woke up and realized how depressing that is that I'm so desperate for JC to fucking DO something that I'm dreaming about how exciting it would be for Nsync to have a reality TV show, well. That's SAD, you guys. And it's all JC's fault.

For the past month, I've really tried to put a moratorium on JCness. And it's been pretty easy not to read about him because there's nothing to read. He's hiding like he does; he's disappeared and we probably won't see him again until MTV is like, "Yo, stupidface, go do some promo for this show." And y'all know I love Dance Crew, but I could give a shit less about JC being on it, aside from getting to see what ridiculous outfit he's wearing each week.

*sadface* I am resigned to the idea that JC is never releasing his album. I will never see him perform live. He's just going to fade away into obscurity until we all forget about his awesomeness completely. And this is why Lance is now my favorite.

On the other hand, I GET TO SEE BACKSTREET IN AUGUST OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!! I need a fabulous Backstreet icon. Because yes!

And the Card Attached Would Say

Fandom: popslash
Pairing: Nick/Everyone
Summary: Nick falls in love. A lot.
Comments: Written for turps33's amazing Awesome April challenge! Many thanks especially to justhitstatic for all the footage and answering my ten million traumatizing questions about Nick. And to boomingvoice who is an amazing cheerleader and beta and helped me so much with my characterization. This is my first BSB fic. So be gentle, dear readers.

And Also: Because I am super lame, I also made a soundtrack. You can download it right here.

Warnings: recreational drug use, Jane Carter.

( The first time Nick falls in love is the first time he ever thinks, you're such an idiot, you're so fucking stupid. )

Another very fabulous Awesome April fic: don't tell me i'll learn by the fabulously talented kira_j. It's a Backstreet fic, Nick/Brian, but I think even Nsync-only folks will really love this. She has a way of writing that's just, I don't know. MAGIC. Her word2urmomma fic was one of my favorites because her writing is just that good, and this is no exception. Her Nick is complicated and needy and random and such a BOY, and the relationship with Brian is believable and a little painful, too.

Everyone go read it now, please.

(EEEP, I need to get writing!)

From Out.com, we get the story of the Backdoor Boys, a Drag King boyband of epic proportions:

Once described by pop culture commentator Judith Halberstam as "quite simply the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and George Michael all rolled up into one rather large, cumbersome and bulging package," the Backdoor Boys played around the world, from Miami to Malaysia. But they became too big at too young an age and eventually crumbled under the weight of their own triumphs.

When the Backdoor Boys broke up in 2001, T-Rok never expected to get a second chance at success -- let alone become a best-selling author and be preparing for a massive solo tour.

The diminutive lead singer recently talked to Out.com about hitting bottom, the sex stories too hot to be included in his memoir, and how his former best friends shunned his offer to guest on his new album.

( At a certain point, I ran out of memorabilia to auction on eBay. I ended up asking Lou Pearlman for more, but I sold that too. So the low point was probably selling handjobs on Santa Monica Boulevard. I will also admit that I did graduate to blowjobs. But only for a certain price. )

*

And then from Popnography:

The Backdoor Boys owe their existence to T's crappy job at Teen People magazine: "I had to to fact-check the lyrics of hit songs -- so readers could learn them. I was on the phone with the publicist, fact-checking the lyrics to 'I Want it That Way.' And it was back and forth and back and forth and it was so awful. I was like, this song makes no sense. And then I thought -- I know what this song is about. This song is about anal sex. There's all this push and pull and I want it but I don't want it and I never want to hear you say it... So I decided that was what it's about. I decided there had to be a performance."

> When I was busy going to, ahem, several 'N Sync concerts in my day, T was doing time at Backstreet Boys shows. "I had 4th row tickets to one," he told me. "And I tossed a pair of our Backdoor Boys underwear on stage. Brian actually caught them and opened them up -- he thought it was a t-shirt or something. Turned out to be male tighty-whities, and he turned bright red, wadded them up, and then threw them at AJ McLean, who then tossed them at their band's drummer, who wore them on his head for a few minutes until they transitioned into the "save the environment" song, and everybody had to get real serious for a moment."

> Speaking of serious moments: "I was dressed like an 18-year-old boyband member," T said, on how the drag king performing impacted his own transition. "On the way to gigs, I would walk or take a taxi or a train. It was my first time passing all the time as male. It was kind of liberating for that. I don't think I saw it at the time as that, but I could feel, oh, I'm comfortable like this."

FOR THE FUCKING WIN. Brian caught the underwear. BRIAN. And then he threw them at AJ. \0/ Words cannot express my delight.

So, fast forward to 7:30, and listen to the argument they have between JC and Justin and which one is better. This is some random (sort of horrible) new boyband called NLT. And apparently, they have the same exact arguments about Justin-JC that we do. HA.

And then rikes wanted to know my top five:

( sparkly music videos )

( movie quotes )

( fics with Lynn in them )

( JC songs )

I'm sorry, I know this is my ten millionth post today, but OMG I LOVE GOOGLE ALERTS:



I can't even describe this. Backstreet and Nsync BATTLE. And it is the fucking funniest thing I have ever seen. OMG.

JC SHUT UP!

ETA: There's a sequel. Oh dear LORD. In which Lance gives Angry Eyebrows! You have to scroll on this. It's going to try to give you the first video first, the second one will be below it... it refuses to let me post ONLY the second video.

I still have no BSB icons, but we're having a picspam, damnit!! This is going to rely heavily on the Internets because I'm at home and do not have access to my (albeit limited) Backstreet pictures collection. Still, the Internets are fun! There are tubes through which dump trucks drive to pour pictures of pretty boys all over us. YAY!

(But that being the case, let me know if any of these don't work for you so I can upload them to photobucket instead.)


Nicky loves dolphins! Maybe Nicky loves chubby!Jensen dolphin, but it's really too bad for him because Jared is the official dolphin tamer and their love issopure. Erm. Yes. And let us not to be mentioning that Nick is way too young in this picture. *blinders...engage!*

( I SO want it that way. )

Someone please tell me that this post by Perez is false and without merit:

Sources tell us that following to flop albums in a row, the Backstreet Boys are thisclose to being dropped by their record label, Jive.

Sad.

YouTube Tina will be crushed!

I mean, on the one hand, it's JIVE, so it's not like they are fucktardy enough to do something like that even though BSB is the best-selling pop group of all time. You'd think since record sales suck in general across the board, JIVE would be more interested in renegotiating a contract that would give them a lesser share of record sales and a greater share of touring/merch revenue. But they are complete idiots, so.

*sadface* JC getting away from them was fabulous, but I really don't want BSB losing their contract. And what will that mean for AJ's solo album? Does anyone know what label he's planning to put that out on?

EEEEEP.

From the Idolator's review of Z100s Jingle Ball at MSG:

The grownups and the survivors, Alicia Keys and the warmly recieved Backstreet Boys (side note: when did AJ start looking like the emo Dave Attell?), unsurprisingly proved to be the only performers who had the biz-honed ability to command a crowd that size, but even with Timbaland interminably padding out three songs with the kind of between-song rambling that you'd expect from a pop genius with an entitlement complex bigger than his neck rolls, Jingle Ball still intermittently offered the rally-esque rush you get from the arena-sized pop show. During the hits, everyone sang. During the songs yet (or never) to be hits, everyone tapped out mash notes to the Jonas Brothers on their phones.

As a side note, am I the only person who doesn't like Alicia Keys's new song? Her voice is way too loud on the mix or something, I can barely listen to it. And it's not that it's a bad song. It's not anything new or different, but it's not BAD. It's just the vocals are SO LOUD.

Also, I agree about Timbaland. Guy is gonna get in trouble with Her Madgesty if he continues to pull stunts like that. Her last album might not have sold that well, but NEITHER DID HIS, and at least she actually sang on all her tracks. Also, she's Madonna.

I am very nearly done with SeSa. wendy and madame_d? Expect something in your inboxes very shortly. I am TERRIFIED. It is either brilliant or terrible. It's either the best form of irony, or I'm like JC jerking himself off while listening to Some Girls as the soundtrack to Dominatrix Waitrix.

Because it gives me things like this awesomeness:

Let us bring you back to 1999, when Britney Spears could still claim innocence, Lou Pearlman was flying high amassing a fortune off the sweat of barely legals, and Backstreet Boys (sales leaders at the time, and moving millions) and ’N Sync were sworn mortal enemies. My, how things have changed in less than a decade: An incarcerated Pearlman is facing fraud charges, and Spears seems endlessly in and out of rehab, family court, and sometimes, it would appear, an actual recording studio. As for the former boy band rivals, they have actually come together. On BSB's Unbreakable, out today, you'll find "Treat Me Right," the first ever Backstreet Boys track co-written by an 'N Syncer.

So how did this historic moment come to be? "AJ [McLean] and I had coffee," says JC Chasez. "It's funny, we never got to spend any time together. We would see each other at parties or awards shows, but everybody always put us against each other. Then one day, we were like, 'We should talk music. Let's goof off and write a tune.'" McLean and Chasez went into a Los Angeles studio to tinker, then took the unfinished song back to the boys. "The next thing you know, we're all at the studio and I'm working out the parts," he continues. "It was totally bizarre to me because I had all these preconceived notions but never knew who sang what. So I'd be going, 'Oh, you're the high guy, he's the low guy, now I get it.' So that was weird, but at the same time, great. They're amazing singers and really hard workers. I can't say enough good things about them."

They had COFFEE. To "talk" about "music". Someday they're going to actually make my head explode. Just saying.

Also, I noticed in the liner notes that JC did the vocal arrangements and production for 'Treat Me Right.' He's been doing a lot of that lately. Vocal arrangement stuff. And he's pretty good at it! Okay okay, I'm done. Time to watch Heroes.