...the right stuff

In the battle of the concerts between NKOTBSB and Britney Spears, NKOTBSB won it hands freaking down. They out danced, performed and sang circles around her - it was such a good show. While I swore I managed my expectations when we were going to see her this time around after Circus, I still wasn't wowed. Ok - I know she doesn't sing, I get that but there were enough lasers and kick ass background dancers to hide the fact that she doesn't do a whole lot besides walking and hair flips.

But that still didn't stop me from singing along to every song......

view from our seats

Slavvveeee for youuuuu

I saw them in 2008 when my friends and I surprised a friend with tickets for her birthday and I'm sooooo glad I didn't miss out on it again this year with Michelle, Suzanne and Jess. We all sang our hearts out to both groups and who knew I would remember so many of the Backstreet Boys songs. They sang all their hits and pulled girls up on stage to one song where one of them was excited to be up there and the others looked like deers in headlights. I'm talking nervous shaking and no smiling! If only we would've been on the floor...... but we were lucky enough to get upgraded to a lower section - woo hoo!

Opening sequence

all together again

yeah nick carter

Jordan is still my favorite

hangin' tough in sparkly jerseys

Finale - what a freaking blast!

Reliving my teen years part 2

Ok, Ok, Ok, everyone has been asking how the concert was?

Did she look good?
Did she sing live?
Were your seats good?



First off, the girl never sings live - EVER. Did I mention she was chomping on gum during Womanizer? I guess you can't go to her concerts ever thinking you are going to get live vocals because you will be thoroughly disappointed.

Me: I don't understand why the Pussycat Dolls can dance their behinds off and sing live. Why can't she at least try and do that?



My friend Maureen put it best. "Allison, you are missing one key point. She can't sing and never really could. She can only dance."

Britney didn't even count to 10 live when her dancers did push ups for her. Why can you not count to 10 live? How hard is that?

And my other pet peeve was the fact that she didn't engage with the audience until after 5 or 6 songs, said hello Pittsburgh and she was going to slow things down and sing Everytime. Look, can you not talk to the audience at all? We all know you aren't singing so could you at least yell something random like Merry Christmas again or Happy New Year? Ugh.

What was entertaining were all the outfits at the concert. Clearly, it was overflowing with girls and gay men of all ages - girls dressed as Britney from the Toxic video, wearing short pink wigs and big sunglasses, dressed like hookers and then girls like us who were rocking homemade Britney t-shirts.

Overall, we all had a really great time reliving our teen years and singing along to her songs like ...Baby One More Time, Toxic and Slave For You. We had amazing seats, 6 rows from the floor and could really see her and her dancers, circus performers and the Pussycat Dolls up close.



The after party was the best part of the whole trip. After hitting a few bars and seeing some of the grossest make out sessions of our lives, we ended the trip with a cab ride home. No big deal, right? WRONG, when your cabby has a keyboard in the front seat.

If you think texting and driving is bad, you've never witnessed playing the keyboard and driving.



We asked him to play Britney Spears. He didn't know who she was. We asked him to play "Ain't too proud to beg" and he burst into the strangest version of it we've ever heard. (Truthfully, I don't even think he was playing Ain't too proud to beg, but we were laughing so hard we didn't care at that point.) A keyboard? In the front seat?

Only in Pittsburgh I guess.

No, I'm not too old to sing and dance in my room

Spring is in the air. Can you feel it Cleveland? Can you? Can you?

After convincing myself that I would take today off and head downtown to the St. Patty's Day parade, I cannot join my dear friend Alexa and run wild in this close to 60 degree weather. No, no, I can't, but I get to eat corned beef hash with my coworkers and maybe even pull out the corn hole bags for a game.

But, what I can do next Friday is head with my fellow Britney-lovin' friends to her concert in Pittsburgh!!! Wahoo!!! Can you sense the girlish excitement? Why yes I paid $100-something to watch her shake her stuff, lipsynch and prance around on the stage, knowing full well she may or might not make it until next weekend. So far, it looks like she's going strong though.

All six of my girlfriends have been counting down the months, then weeks and now days to see Ms. Spears.

Hello Pittsburgh in 10 days!

baby one more time

Dear Britney,

I am absolutely thrilled that you will make your live performance debut on GMA on your birthday. (Although I'd be even more thrilled if it were on the Today Show- I'm a loyal viewer.) Anywho, I'd like to give you a few pointers on your upcoming appearance -

1) Try to sing live. Or, at least a part of it.

2) If you are going to give an interview, don't talk in that weird, high-pitched Paris Hilton-esque voice. It's annoying and we all know you don't talk in that voice. You know, the voice you use below.

3) It will be pretty cold so hopefully if it's an outside performance, you will dress appropriately.

Friday Fodder

In nine hours and counting, something exciting is going to happen. No, the economic crisis won't be solved, the drinking age won't be lowered and we won't find out who Gossip Girl really is.

This will launch. That's right people. Good ol' Britney Spears is making her return to the online community by unveiling a new site.

I'll admit it. I'm still a fan and not a closet fan either. Hell, I loved her ever since I saw the Crazy video on TRL when it first started. Plus, who didn't want to wear a sequined skin-colored outfit? OK, well maybe it was just me.

Not only is she releasing a new site today, she's also decided to premiere her latest video on 20/20 tonight. That makes perfect sense to release your video among serious dramatic headlines like "Maybe you shouldn't vote" and "Wrongfully convicted man dies in accident."

Set your DVRs ladies.