JAGnik Addiction signs
All truly dedicated JAGniks as a group are somewhat mentally ill. From mailing lists to fan clubs, to posting boards, to the numerous sites available JAGniks share with each other their ideas, opinions and creativity. Here are several signs of addiction that are shared by all the patients and staff of this fine institution.
1- You address your relatives as Sir or Ma'am.
2- Instead of family photos on your desk, you have a picture of
the JAG cast.
3- Every morning at work you stand at attention until your boss
asks what is wrong with you.
4- Instead of saying TGIF you tell everyone TGIT.
5- Instead of reading the newspaper, you check your e-mail and
Maeve's Posting Board for the latest news.
6- You hum the JAG theme while working out.
7- Your birthday cake is decorated with the JAG logo. 
8- Your computer's password is JAG.
9- Instead of renting videos at the local store, you watch your
own tapes of seas. 1-2-3 episodes.
10- Your night out starts with a visit to a Karaoke bar where
you do a rendition of 'Delilah'. It ends with your friends
at a bar singing 'What Becomes of the Brokenhearted'.
11- All of the names in your address book are for other JAGniks.
12- You spend more quality time with your computer reading JAG
related things (i.e. stories and message boards) than you
spend with your family on any given day of the week.
13- Instead of reading books you start reading fanfics in your
spare time.
14- You make your magazine selections based on if there is an
article about JAG or one of the cast in the magazine.
15- You look for tapes or CD's of the songs you hear on JAG.
16- You read the news looking for possible JAG episodes.
17- You check your e-mail 3 or 4 times a day to make sure you
don't miss the latest from the lists & fanfics.
18- You find a JAG officer and begin a pen pals, torturing him for
all of the info you can about his job.
19- You spend more time writing fanfic than you do term papers
for college.
20- You have a countdown that starts when you wake up and goes
off 30 minutes to showtime--to make sure you don't miss
anything.
21- Instead of giving an oral report on Shakespeare's plays, you
recite part of a JAG script instead.
22- You try to name your kids so that their intials are J.A.G.
23- You spend your mornings on your recruiter's doorstep begging
him to lie about your age.
24- Your computer wallpaper is either pictures of CB from
BizTraveler, the JAG logo, or any other JAG photos downloaded
from various sites.
25- You have loaded these photos into EZ Photo to use as wallpaper.
26- At various times the sound card uses JAG sounds to cue you to
the computer's functions.
27- Instead of going to the mall on weekends you visit the Navy/
Army Surplus store. (Hey! They have neat stuff there)
28- When your mom visits, she looks at the TV and can
immediately identify which episode you are watching this
time.
29- Your answering machine has the JAG theme in the background.
30- Instead of wearing a pretty necklace to a party you wear
military tags.
31- Your computer is at the office--your lunch hour gets longer
as you try to keep up with the Message Boards and new fanfic.
32- Feeling the need to salute everyone that walks by you.
33- Deciding it will no longer be necessary to go to the book
store, when all the best writer's are here at fanfic.
34- While on holiday, telling your friends it will not be
complete or perfect until you can get a picture of an
aircraft carrier--or at least see the Naval Base.
35- You get ready to go out to walk your dog & you turn and tell
the dog to stick to your six--as if the dog would understand!
36- You have memorized the military alphabet. Alpha, Bravo,
Charlie, Delta etc.
37- You apply to become a student at Cyber Institute of JAGology
and graduate.
38- You come up with the Cyber Institute of JAGology to certify
JAGniks.
39- You make your bed so tight you can 'bounce a quarter' on it.
40- You believe that Tuesdays ought to be declared holdiays.
41- Your parents catch you talking about JAG in your sleep.
42- While testing your company's computer product, it asks you
for names. All the names you put in are call the names from
JAG, character names and actors.
43- Your mother (who doesn't really watch JAG, but knows you are
addicted to it) calls you in the middle of the day (off of
school) and tells you the spoiler for JAG.
44- Everytime I think of the season premiere, I start finger
spelling J-A-G like crazy.
45- Instead of getting songs OUT of your head, you try to get the
JAG theme IN your head.
46- Your JAG tapes are melting from being played so much.
47- You can recite the names of every episode in order, but can't
remember your family birthdays, phone numbers, etc.
48- Your parrot can 'sing' the JAG theme song and quote parts of
episodes.
49- Your video library consists solely of JAG tapes.
50- You sort thru your tapes & find you have 3 copies of a single
episode.
