These are from Jamie:
1. When your mom tells you to come downstairs, instead of saying "in a minute", you say "in an mmmbop". (When I did this, my mom gave me that "you really need help" look.)
2. When you see a car drive passed you in town, and in the passenger seat there is a person with a blond ponytail and a red Taylor shirt (you know the one), you start running after the car (despite being in public), convinced that it was Tay. (Yes, this did happen)
3. When you purposely don't go for school pictures so that in your yearbook, under your name it will say "picture unavailable". (I'm pathetic....I know)
4. When you are visiting your aunt and you drive passed a store called "Jordyn Taylor Woman", you demand that she stop the car so you can get out and take a picture of the store. . .and then go inside and yell at the manager for putting the words Jordyn Taylor and Woman in the same phrase. (I did take a picture of the store, but I wasn't allowed to go inside to yell at the manager :(
5. When you don't think there's anything weird with all the previous obsession signs.
These are from Zoe:
6. when someone can say a word, any word, and you can relate it to Hanson one way or another (My friend and I do that all the time.)
7.You don't like Pop Tarts but you buy the big box of 12 because that's the only one with Hanson's picture on it.
Here are some from Liz, who is 14 and from Iowa:
8. Your dad tells you it's time for dinner and you say you're not hungry(even if you are) just so you can stay on the Internet and look at Hanson pages. (yes, I have actually done this)
9. You decide to stay home from the school dance because you just bought TTMON and you want to watch it. (I've done this too)
10. You almost skip your best friend's birthday party because Hanson's going to be on TV and you're not sure you can trust your family to tape it. (this happened to me, but my brother convinced me that he would tape it and if he didn't I could hurt him)
11. You used to go to the mall to buy clothes, now you go to the mall to buy magazines with Hanson in them.
12. You have so many Hanson pictures on your walls that you're starting to get the feeling that they're watching you.
13. You pretend to be sick so you can stay home from school to watch TTMON (again)
14. People walk into your bedroom and say "Where did you get Hanson wallpaper?"
15. You've run out of room in your bedroom, so you start hanging Hanson pictures in your bathroom instead.
16. You feel guilty if you forgot to vote for Hanson on Total Request (even if they're #1, you feel guilty anyway)
17. You hate anybody and everybody who says bad things about Hanson.
18. Your Hanson CD is your most prized possession.
19. Whenever you hear Hanson on the radio or see them on TV, you immediatley stop what you're doing so you can listen or watch.
These are from Juliet:
20. After accidently leaving a tape recording ALL night long you're numb and in utter shock when you realise that you taped over the Oprah special (still haven't gotten over that)
21. After about a year, you still beat yourself up over EVERY single Hanson appearance that you missed...especially if you caught the very end when they walked out (twice!)
22. Everytime you sit down to watch TV, you have your finger on the "record" button with a tape all set up just in case there's a 2-second shot of hansn on...or more!
23. After getting a new pet, you decide to name it after them (in my case, my cat is named Tayles) and you're friend is the one who made all the suggestions!
24. Your grades drop because all you have on your mind is hanson...hanson...hanson..... and all your spare time is sued to listening and watching hanson, and looking up hanson websites! (which will probably be changing for me this semester....*sobs*)
25. when greeting people, you say "mmmbop" instead of hi.
26. You decide to skip school just so you can be the first person to buy TT&MON or a cd in the entire shopping centre!
Here are some from Golden 127:
27. You have programmed your telephone to ring MMMBop (My daddy did it for me!:o)
28. You hear Taylor like's Brunettes, so you beg your Mom to let you dye your hair
29. But then you decided against it cause your hair color is the same as Zac's!
30. You have convinced the kids you babysit for that you are dating one of the Hansons. ( A this point, I am dating Zac. :o)
31. They have bunkbeds too, so you play, "Hanson family!"
32. You have written over 35 stories of hanson fan fiction, and your friends come to you when they need a story of them and Taylor to be happy.
33. You are upset when u forget to capitalize Hanson's name.
34. You feel you are priveledged because you are as hyper and odd as Zac.
35. Your friends now write to you as, Mrs. so and so Hanson.
36. You applause your Dad and give him a standing ovation when he says people are jealous of Hanson, that is why they make fun of them.
37. You want your cheerleading dance to go to MMMBop. And u finally get your way, after chanting the song again and again.
38. You sit in the middle of sam Goody and protest until they play a Hanson song over the store.
39. You squeal in delight when your friend tells you u look like a Lucy.
These are from a 16 year old from NYC:
40. You know you've played Mmmbop one two many times when your niece's first word is (you guessed it) Mmmbop!
41. You braid your best friends little sister's hair because she looks exactly like Zac. No joke she really does look like Zac.
42. Take a risk and blast your Hanson CD knowing full well that if your 17 year old Hanson Hating brother walks in he will kill you.
43. Blast your Hanson CD while you drive to school even though 99% of people in your school HATE the guys. Luckily after school you see that nobody has slashed your tires.
44. In some odd way have convinced your 17 year old Hanson Hating brother to go and buy you a teeny bopper magazine when you had the flu. We really do get along except when it comes to Hanson. :- )
These are from Kelly, 12 in Connecticut:
45. Your diet consists of red jelly beans, root beer, Dr. Pepper, chunky peanut butter, and green jello. After a week of this you wonder why you've gained 10 pounds and you have 14 cavities.
46. If someone says "Hanson Sucks" or anything implying that, you scream, kick, eventually end up having a seizure and fainting.
This one is from Abby:
47.You rub the N off all of your Nikes, so they say IKE!
Here's some from Heather:
48.you hold out on dating because you're positive you and Taylor are meant to be
49.you know the exact number of posters you have up in your room (only 48 right now)
50.you've commited to memory the names of Hanson's bodygaurd (Jason), tour manager (Patricia), friends (Josh and Ashley) and family (Walker, Diane, Jessica, Avery, Mackenzie and Zoe)
51.you actually consider moving to Tulsa with your mother (who is also an obsesser)....perhaps Glenpool or Bixby will have some nice homes for sale
52.all of your email pals are Hanson fans, too
53.you get your grandmother to tape Hanson appearances for you on cable and cut out any articles in the paper on them (yes, my grandma does this for me)
Thanks Katie for these (and these all really happened to her!):
54.You yell at your english teacher when your supposed to write a max. of 2 pages report on anything you want and you write 7 pages on Hansons life, and he takes off 10 points.
55.every day your english teacher says "have a pleasant and prosperous day" as you leave the class..on Hanson day he looks directly at you and says "have a pleasant and prosperous Hanson day" (I swear i don't know how he found out)
56.your eye doctor asks how the Hanson concert was
57.your whole family knows the names of ALL the Hanson siblings
58.your mom is trained to record anything Hanson if your not home
59.your record button on your VCR remote control becomes your best friend
60.you dont say good bye to your mother whos leaving for a month long business trip because you just got your first MOE and youre too busy reading it
61.everytime either of your parents do something you dont like, you say "Walker and Diana wouldn't do that..."
62.your grandma calls you to tell you Hanson is on the news
63.the clerk at Walden Books knows you by name and everytime you walk in the store, he imediatly says "no, we dont have any new Hanson stuff...why are you in here again?"
64.you get kicked out of the mall because at Musicland you hear a kid comment on how Hanson sucks, so you started a fight with him
65.in the cafetaria at lunch, a kid walks in with a "Hanson sucks" shirt on and all the tables surrounding you become quite and they all stare at you wondering what youre gonna do
66.You make a big poster that says "HAPPY HANSON DAY" and hang it in the hall so its the first thing your family sees when they walk downstairs on May 6th
67.youre on the school bus, going on a school trip when you pass a truck that says "Taylor Rental" and you exclaim "WOW!!! you can actually rent Taylor?!!?!?!"
These obsessions are from a girl in California:
68. u spend all night calling KISS FM 102.7--in Calif. to get hanson tickets ---even though u have a history final the next day--and then cry when u dont get tickets--ALL NIGHT!!--i got a C on the final--i still got the highest A on the class
69. when your (male) english teacher puts three hanson posters in his room!!
70. He refers to u as "hansonette" and says things like "i bet one day they'll find a link between hanson music and good grades"--"you'll be the first person to marry three people " or "dont worry about them not winning the grammy---its all fixed!!!" --and MUCH MUCH MORE!!!---all of this happened to me
These are from Lauren who is 13!
71. u go insane every time hanson is on the radio or tv. (I do this and once I sprung my ankle from jumping up and down.)
72. Have trouble saying ABC's because u say abcdefghanson... (this actually happened to me. I was in a cd store looking for Hanson in the imports and i was trying to figure on where n came in the alphabet and I was like abcdefghanson..no no non...abcdefghanson...it took me forever to figure it out.)
73. u r reading this
These are from Reema, 13
74. You hate red but you hear it's Tay's favorite color so you miraculously start liking red (wow, it happened to me!)
75. You punish yourself for going to sleep before the Hanson Leno appearence, even though you didn't know Hanson was going to be on.
76. You have taped and watched the Hanson FANatic and Regis & KathyLee over 17 times (I lost track)
These are from Laura in California
77. You start to like shopping with your brother so you can check out what would look good on Taylor, Isaac or Zac.
78. You start taking guitar lessons so you can learn how to play mmmbop!!!
From Sarah who is 17...
80. You buy your sick sister teeny bopper magazines "to cheer her up" but in actuality they are full of Hanson stuff(and she isn't a big Hanson fan). Then when you want to pay, the cashier happens to be the cutest guy you have ever set your eyes on (except for Hanson of course!) and you just want to die!(The guy gave me a small grin when he saw the covers. That was the fastest I have ever paid for anything in my entire life!)
81.If your sister buys the magazines and you just rip out the Hanson articles (she wants to charge me now cause she is really fed up about it :)
82.You strongly believe that you are going to get a good grade in your AP Chem class becuause you see the Hanson milk ad on someone's project in the classroom. (I hope it's a good omen!)
83. You sit right at the front (even though your friends are at the back) just to be closer to that picture. (yup, yup, yup, doing that too!)
84. You see the JTT milk ad next to it has been ripped and you pray to God that that won't happen to the Hanson one.
85. You spend hours trying to figure out how to steal that poster without anyone looking. (I'm going to try at the end of the school year)
86.You want to slap the guy who said that the Moffatts were better than Hanson (oooo, if only I could have. There were too many people around)
87. You buy the Eggo waffles even though you have never ever tried them before in your life, they are really expensive and the t-shirt promo is not valid in you country, only in the US. (mum wouldn't let me :(
88). You sit here typing in obsession signs when you're suppposed to be doing a 4000 word essay that you have had half a year to work on and is due in a week and you've only just started. (arg! I'd better do something about that stupid essay!)
89. You frantically search the internet, and send emails to anybody asking for Chris Sabec's email address so you can beg him to bring Hanson to Asia.(does anyone know it?)
Here are a few from Meredith in Philadelphia, Pa who is 13:
90. I deliberately missed my school's Christmas concert, which we had been practicing for about 2 months, because my dad told me he'd take me out to buy Tulsa, Toyko, and the Middle of Nowhere. It was worth it!!
91. When I found out that my family was going to Seattle in July, I immediately went to Hansonline to see when the Seattle concert was (the week before we left!) and bugged my mom to change our trip. She didn't though.
92. While I was in Seattle, I learned about the two concerts here in Philly and got very upset that I wasn't there to buy tickets. ( I did go to Hershey though which leads me to the next one. )
93. At the post office when my mom was stopping our mail for vacation, I asked her to tell the mail people to handle our mail very carefully because my Hanson concert tickets would be coming in the mail.
94. When I get home from school, I don't even say hello to my mom. I ask right away, 'Did I get MOE yet?". ( I still haven't gotten it. It better come soon!)
Here are some from Sarah:
95. You have a gut feeling to turn on the radio and 'mmmbop' is on!(Just happened to me. Itz been soooo long since i've heard it on the radio!)
96. You subconsiously by red, blue, green things. (Did that with my socks. I didn't even realize until I got home!)
97.During a test you think "I wonder what the Hansons would put...."
98. You almost kill anybody who says something bad about Hanson. (hey, gotta do something don't I?)
99. You start getting depressed when you realise that you will probably never see Hanson live cause you live in a small musically-insignificant country such as Malaysia where nobody ever comes. (only annoying boybands)
100. Then you realize that uni is just a few months away and the uni is in England!!! There's a lot of Hanson there :)
101. You now write Ike instead of Like, and say Otay instead of Okay(and when ppl ask, just say that it's from the Little Rascals!)
102. Everytime your parents pay your internet bill you make a promise not to waste it on too much surfing on the internet for Hanson sites.......but that's hard!!!!
103.Your sister now knows all the lyrics to all the Hanson songs just from hearing you play it. (She's never actually sat down and listened to it in her room. It's kinda scary!)
104.The Hanson milk ad poster that you had in you AP Chem class has been taken down but you are certain that one semester of Hanson being there brings good luck for the rest of the year. (The teacher took the ad down! I don't know what happened to it! I hope the Hanson luck is still in the room!)
105. You saw on one web page an idea for a t-shirt that said "Hanson is life, the rest are just details" "Eat, Sleep, sing mmmbop" (they have those for sports) and now you're dying to get it printed onto a shirt! (I really want to do that :)
To have your obsessions posted place teen on the subject line and email Michelle at... Fick@CROS.net.