I do. In fact, Cristela cares a lot.

I woke up this morning and turned it to Comedy Central. They were announcing the season premiere of Mind of Mencia for Wednesday, May 21st. I look down to see what I'm wearing.  It's my New Kids on the Block shirt. I change it to NBC and wait to see them in their first concert in 15 years. 

There were some people that waited in line for 48 hours to see them. I didn't. I feel like I failed them as a fan.

But I'm really excited about their reunion.  It's not only because they're the best boy band ever, but they also represent a childhood dream for me. I wanted to see them in concert so bad but never got to because there wasn't any money.  Now I can.  Now I'm an adult with a job (though you can't really call what I do a job) and have the money to go see them.  I tell everyone that will listen about how happy I am and that's when it hit me.

It's kinda like Mencia. Mencia spends a big part of the year touring, going from city to city performing for sold-out crowds.  I travel with him.  I see how some fans are so excited to see him and sometimes I don't get it. But it's because I see him all the time.  And really, I take it for granted.  Because to me, he's just a friend.  The are so many people that go and see him and are so overwhelmed because they feel like they had a dream come true.  It's like me with the New Kids on the Block. They represent something from my past that existed before student loans, credit card bills, adulthood overall.  They represent a second chance for my childhood dream to come true.  Mencia, like NKOTB, reach their fans in a different way.  That's what makes these people fans. They connect with them for some reason, whatever reason it may be.  And I feel like I lose sight of that on a regular basis.

So yeah, New Kids on the Block are back...and you should care...because it represents something bigger.  It shows that if you sometimes, dreams don't have an expiration date...they're just put aside for a while. And sometimes, you have to wait 15+ years to make your childhood dream...an adult reality.  Which I will make come true this fall, when I go and see their show donning my big buttons and possibly wearing a Hyper-color t-shirt.