Reality is a lot of different things. Reality is what
goes on in everyday life. It's what's going on in the
world.
But if you think about it...who's world are we talking
about? Mine? Your's? Our views of reality are probably
very different. Different because of the ways we were
brought up, the experiences we've been through and the
ones we're going through right now. One person's
reality might be very monotonous, very
routine-oriented. Another's reality might be just the
opposite, living life by the seat of their pants. A
person who grew up in a life of poverty probably has a
very different world perspective than that of a person
who grew up in a life of wealth.
What's my point? My point is that because of our
different lifestyles, our different realities, not one
person could tell the other what's logical and what's
illogical. What doesn't make sense to you could make
perfect sense to someone else.
In the December 14, 2000 issue of Rolling Stone, Nick
said, "But another thing is, I've been in this
business so much and seen so much stuff that it's
almost like my feelings are kind of numb. It takes a
lot for me to cry. I don't cry. You know what I'm
saying? The things that I've gone through, some
of them are surreal, so things don't seem real to me.
. . I just have dried-up, dried-up tears, I guess you
could say."
I think it's safe to say that our view of reality is
very different from that of people who are in the
music business. Can you even imagine what life as a
Backstreet Boy must be like? I mean, really?
What I'm saying here is that unless you know the
Backstreet Boys personally (and by personally, I mean
as a family member/best friend/girlfriend/etc), you
don't know what reality is like for them. And neither
do I.
So please don't email me with things like
"Nick/Brian/AJ/Howie/Kevin would never do that."
Because no one (including myself) really knows.
