~THE SAGA CONTINUES~

1. You know you are obsessed when you are waiting for someone to come back on line to chat and whil3 you wait you start singing mmmbop and typing it along until they come back(makes my cousin crazY!).

2. Also when you send all your non Hanson friends (are there such things?) a Hanson post card evermoment with music just so they HAVE to go to the HANSON site to retrieve it TEEHEE (maybe then they will get it---hooked I mean)

These came all the way from Oz...Shell welcome to our wacky family

3. Your hubby gives you a trip to New Zealand as a gift and you tell him you'd rather go to the USA 'cause you might run into Hanson.

4. You know your hubby is way at the back of the Hanson closet when he says " oh, ok, no problem, cool".

5. When your friends point out that you seem to be saying "that's cool" and "weird" and awful lot these days.

6. When you cancel your sons school enrollment and decide to homeschool.

7. The most quoted person in your home is Tay.

8. You actually change your whole USA trip itinerary so you can catch a Hanson concert while your there.

9. You spend more time talking to your friends kids then your friends because they like Hanson too.

10. You let your boys bedroom look like a bomb hit it because ITZ's supposedly does too.

11. You used to complain about your husband organizing Paintball weekends away, now you want to come along.

12. After your husbands last bike accident you forbid him to ever own a motorcycle again, now your encouraging him to get another one, so you can get your bike license too.

13. You read under Hansonology "Us Obsessed?" about having the Hanson logo tattooed on your body and you actually seriously consider it.

14. People ask you what other music you like and you can't remember what other CD's you own cause you only ever play Hanson.

15. You turn your stereo up full boar so you can hear whatever Hanson CD your listening too while your pegging out your laundry.

16. You redo your budget and there is a column for Hanson expenses.

These are from Becky

17.Your sister-in-law tells you, "Taylor Hanson is your midlife crisis."

18. You get your own internet account so you can have unlimited access to all things Hanson and have email conversations with fellow junkies.

19. Your daughter runs out of room for her Hanson posters in her room and puts one up in your room. Not only do you not get angry, you eventually end up paying her for the poster because it's your favorite one.

These are more from Becky

20. Here's another sign of obsession: you carry a satchel to work every day, and in it you now have a Hanson magazine calendar. The excuse is you need a calendar just in case, but the real reason is you have a few extra minutes and need a smile, you can look at sweet Tay's face.

21. Your daughter makes you a homemade mother's day card. On the outside, Happy Mother's Day, on the inside, a cutout of one of your favorite Taylor pics, where he is smiling like the happiest angel, and underneath it she writes, "smile". She knows what make mom happy.

22. You have a stash of Very Cherry jelly bellies in your room; it makes you very happy to enjoy something you know Taylor enjoys.

23. You haven't eaten a candy bar in years. When you hear Tay's favorite is Nutrageous, and you've never tried one, you get one, decide they're wonderful, and now buy them in packs. 24. You go through a brief poptart buying phase just to help the guys out financially.

Nicole...who lives in New York City and is 21

25. I spent an entire day figuring out how to budget a trip to DC for the Albertane tour. Finally did it, and even though I only have lawn seats, it is the highlight of my summer. I just heard they may perform in New York, and instead of being disappointed that I spent all that money to go to DC, I thought, "Wow, I'll get to see them twice!"

This is from Sandy...a new addition to the Hansonology Family

26. You know you're a little overboard when your boyfriend comes home from work at 2:00 a.m. and there you are downloading Hanson stuff for you daughter, [sure you are!] and MON is blasting in the CD player on the computer. Then he asks if you're the worlds oldest teenager! Very funny! Hey, I never said he has to listen to it, there's always the bedroom to go to.

There are from Andrea...

27. When using the "Butt Blaster" at the gym, its the little letters "Made in Hanson, MA" facing me on the machines' label that keeps me doing those leg lifts!

28. I knew I had a problem when I lied about buying a Hanson shirt at Toys R Us "for my daughter" (Who doesn't exist!)

29. Here is Obsession: Racing home from work each day and running to the mail box to see if my Eggo Hanson shirt has arrived yet, and continuing to do this for THREE MONTHS (still haven't gotten it!) and keeping a pair of matching boxers I bought to complete my soon-to-be Hanson PJs lying by my bed waiting for the glorious day IT arrives!

30. Targeting my plan of losing 10 pounds to be completed by November 17th just in case a certain LEGAL Hanson happens to be lingering nearby...

31. Making my Mom watch cute clips of the Hanson boys saying cute things just like I did 10 years ago only it was BonJovi back then..(As if they could compare!)

32. The fact that Hanson made a song about the one-legged soldier, which happened to be one of my favorite story books when I was little, which MUST be some kind of personal message to me..what are the chances? :-)

33.Making my boyfriend come home to a huge framed black and white poster of Hanson to greet him everyday (good thing he's very tolerant!)

Here are some more from Becky...

34. You go get fitted for contac lenses for the first time in 20 years, in case you're caught on video at a Hanson concert. You want to look your best.

35. Another reason you need those contacs is that you've taken up rollerblading because it looked like so much fun when Hanson did it on TTMON. And when you backwards skate, you have to strain your neck around when wearing glasses. You've practiced your backwards skating so much that when they say at the rink," it's time for beginners and backward skating", you keep your seat. You're now ready for primetime when they call out for intermediate and advanced to take the floor.

Victoria sent in some obsessions too...

36. You know your obsessed when you meet someone with the last name Hanson and you ask if their any relation to the Hanson guys.

37. You know your obsessed when your the oldest person chatting in hansonhitz and you don't care; you tell them your age anyways! ( I'm in there everyday!)

38. When you ask every Hanson fan you know if they have seen the pic on Taylor in his swimsuit and ask if anyone else has a different pic of him in his swimsuit. (If you know of any other please let me know!)

Here are a few from Regina...

39. Rearranging & cutting short your anniversary vacation when a Hanson buddy comes up with DC tickets!!

40. Going with your Hanson buddy to the DC concert...on the day of your 15th anniversary. (Thank you God for an understanding husband).

Here are Vicki's (age 23) obsession signs...

41. You know when you are obsessed when you can't wait to get home from working at the hospital just to call your best friend to see if she has found anymore awesome Hanson internet sights.

42. You blow a fuse when someone is on the internet and you can't get on it to look up Hanson stuff

43. You know you are totally obsessed when you tell yourself to get a life, but it is so much fun staring at Hanson, especially Ike.

Here is a new one from Wendy...

44. You know you're obsessed with Hanson, when you seriously consider asking your older brother, if he would swap birthdays with you, because his is on May 6th (Hanson Day). (now that is just too funny...Kim).

An obsession from the Detroit area...

45. You know you are obsessed when you take 1/2 hour to read all the obsessions that everyone else submitted.

Karen's sign...

46. You are an obsessed adult when you buy teen mags that you didn't care about when you were a teen and you intend to give them to your grandson but keep them instead because " The boys " are on the front and posters are inside and there are stories about them and.....

Lisa's sign...

47. You know your obsessed when your appointment calendar has only Hanson appearances and birthdays, and no actual appointments.

From Martha in Dallas - who is 38 years old and thrilled to find that there are other Moms out there that are equally obsessed!

48. You know you are an obsessed adult Hanson fan when you come to work on a Saturday morning at 8:00AM to use the 10 line phone so you will have a better chance to get a line into the ticket company selling tickets to the July 8th Tulsa concert.

49. When you are willing to fly from Dallas to Tulsa for the concert.

50. When you have tried every connection possible to get tickets to this concert (still unsuccessful) all in the name of being a "super Mom" for your daughter who really wouldn't care if you got to go or not!

51. You know you have gone over the edge into Hansondome when you listen to the Christmas Album over and over in June!

52. You know you are an obsessed Hanson fan when if you ask your 3 year old daughter who she is going to marry and she says - I'm going to marry Zac, Mommy is going to marry Tay Tay and Maggie (the 7 year old) is going to marry Issac - Daddy is going to marry the Fairy Godmother from Cinderella!

53. You know you are an obsessed adult Hanson fan when you have every TV appearance taped on one big VCR tape and you are dubbing it off for your 7 year old daughter's friends.

54. You know you are an obsessed Hanson fan when you have their calendar up on the wall in the exercise room so that you have a motivation to continue that last 10 minutes on the treadmill.

Here is one from Candy

55. You start making sure you make their favorite foods for meals, because you know they will show up for them.

Here are a few from Kat

56. When you send a $612 money order to a ticket broker for 4 tickets when you only needed 3 (Guido the ticket man would only sell 4).

57. When you fly from El Paso to Houston to St. Louis to Chicago to Cleveland (the Southwest up and down route) and ride to Detroit for a Hanson concert. On the way back I flew from Cleveland to Chicago to Kansas City to Tulsa (cool!) to Houston!

Marsha H also sent in some obsessions

58. 1. When I help and encourage my kids and there friends to put up 1,238 posters that cover 2 bedrooms & a hallway going downstairs (we call it the Hanson rooms!!)

59. When you make a cake for your daughters b-day (its in October 2 weeks before Zacs) and you put Happy Birthday with her and Zacs names and make the Hanson sign on it (We had a Hanson Blast!! Everyone had to wear a Hanson shirt and we has red,green and blue balloons and streamers!!!)

60. When you pay $300.00 of your house payment for lawn seats to the Detroit concert!!(It was well worth it and yes it did get paid!!)

61. When you only buy Flex shampoo and conditioner because its Tays Favorite!!

62. When you get excited when the dentist tells you your daughter needs braces just like Ike!!

63. When you buy a Maroon Nike hat with Oklahoma on the bill and wear it everywhere even though you live in Michigan!!

64. When you can't wait for your kids to go visit their Dad for the weekend so you can do nothing but surf the Hanson sites!! (I've spent 6 hours straight today alone!!)

65. When you call off sick at work to take your kids to see Hanson at a local radio station at 4:00am in the morning and you are more excited than they are!!

66. When you get upset because VH-1 only played the MMMBop video on their A-Z count down and you got excited because you thought you would get all their videos together on one tape!!(they played more than one video of other artists which ps me off!!)

67. When you buy 2 of the same magazines because there is a great picture of Tay on the back of Zac or Ike on the back of Tay and so on!!!

These are from Cindy...we actually met her at the Pine Knob concert!

68. I have stolen most of my daughter's Hanson stuff - framed it - and told her she must have misplaced it.

69. I have re-named my dogs and cat already, but they don't respond yet!

70. If I hear Hanson on the radio or tv - our whole world stops - even when my husband threatens divorce!

71. I've wasted hundreds of dollars on magazines - just hoping to get a new glimpse of Hanson - but hey - they might be worth something one day???

72. I've actually done Lynna's obsession number 16!!!!

73. It's scary that I don't wonder if anything's wrong with me because I cannot wait to see them in concert or anywhere else! I think of myself as "normal", while my family believes I'm psychotic!!

74. I get very upset with other people who are not fans of Hanson - I insist the others share my opinion or else!!

75. I'm sitting here right now, writing my obsessions down instead of doing my motherly duties. It's Sunday afternoon - 1:53 p.m. - our pool has turned green (who cares), our fridge is empty (who cares), our house needs a good cleaning (I'll hire it done), cause I'm too busy with Hanson!!!

76. All of the music shops in my town know me by face & name!!!

77. I make sure I have every CD of Hanson, along with my daughter, and if she dares to get one and not for me - then I steal hers!

78. When I go to the store - I hide all the Hanson stuff, so I can buy it later if I can't afford to now!

These are from Tina...age 25

79. You seriously consider calling off your wedding in four weeks because you don't think it's fair to Taylor to get married before he's had the chance to meet and fall in love with you. (The thought has crossed my mind...don't tell my fiance!)

80. You'd really like to start your own web site to honour Hanson, but you're way too busy keeping up with the updates on all the other Hanson sites you frequent.

81. You've devoted over 300 megs of your hard drive to Hanson sound bites, video clips, and pictures.

82. You almost hope that one of the boys will come down with vocal nodules or some other voice problem so you can be called in as their private speech-language pathologist. (Not really - it would be terrible for their singing - but wouldn't it be cool?!?)

83. You make a tape of all your favourite Hanson songs (all of the, except Look At You - what WERE they thinking??) and loop it continuously in your car - no matter who you are driving around. (I drove home from a canoe trip last weekend and listened to the tape for four and a half hours straight, over and over and over...and when I got home I popped in a CD and listened some more!!)

84. You spend all your time trying to convert your friends to Hanson - when they are held captive in the car with you and can't get away!!

These are from Kim...age 23

85. You know your obessessed when your Dad buys TTMON eventhough you didn't ask for it and then realize he figured you would enjoy it because Hanson was all you discussed with them the first three days of your Winter Break.

86. You consider for an MMMbop breaking off your engagement because you were entranced in those beautiful eyes....Oh those eyes.

87. You begin using MMMbop as a standard unit of measurement.

88. While learing through your corse of study in Voice Disorders proper "vocal hygeine", your pulse increases thinking you could be just the right speech pathologist for that job.

89. You realize halfway through your most difficult class you have written the words to IWC2U and Taylor's name.

90. You can only come halfway out of the Hanson closet for fear if you fully reveal yourself, your clinic supervisor will not let you work with clients under the same age as myself.

More obsessions from Michelle in KY:

91. You drive 8 hours one way to attend the DC concert to see the Divine Taylor and his magnificent brothers, and receive the one and only speeding ticket you ever got in your whole 20 years of driving experience getting there. Was it worth it? YOU KNOW IT!!!!!!

92. After the concert, you try telling your sad story to the security guards (that heartless bunch), hoping to get backstage, and when that doesn't work, you try bribing 3 different guards with $50. Later your child tells you she was afraid you would get put in jail for the bribery attempt.

93. Before you leave for the concert you inform your husband that if you don't come back, this means you have decided to become a groupie and follow the guys across the U.S. Your husband tells you to at least become a roadie so you can get paid and send him a check.... But, who needs money if you have ITZ???

Here are some more from Wendy

94. You know you're obsessed, when, without thinking, you put your 3 year old niece's last name as Hanson. I think I must have high hopes for her and Zac.

95. You are on the train, and notice a street named Taylor Avenue, and feel a little annoyed at yourself because you haven't notice it before. Then you feel even more annoyed and disappointed, because the next two streets aren't named Isaac and Zac.

Ummm...I think we could all use a little eye rest about now!

On with the obsessions!

Here are a few more from Wendy

96. You know you're obsessed, when you keep apologizing to the guys everytime you have to turn their cd off, because either you want to watch something or you have to go out.

97. You also know that you're obsessed when you are about to ask one of the owners of the Hansonology where you get one of Zac's megaphones.......So ah, Kim, where do you get one of Zac's megaphones. I mean, it's not for me. No really....Oh, alright it's for me. I confess. (I wish I knew...Kim)

Here is an embarrasing (almost an obsession) moment from Jeanine

98. I had set up my computer at work so that with one click of the mouse it would play a clip from the MMMBop video. I had just clicked it on when my boss came towards me out of nowhere. I quickly clicked into another software program, and my boss started giving me an assignment. For reasons unknown to me, the sound from the video suddenly started to play ANYWAY, so there's a presentation or something on my screen but the song is playing. My boss was looking all around like, where is that coming from. I just stared off into space with no expression and tried desperately not to laugh until my boss resumed speaking. (He and I were not especially friendly.)

Here are a few from Beth age 33 99. Today I cut out the milk mustache ad, wrote "Drink Your Milk" under it, laminated it, and stuck it on the refrigerator to encourage our kids to drink their milk! :D

100. You know you're obsessed when you order 5 Hanson books from amazon.com and then hide them strategically in your bookshelves so your husband won't notice them.

101. You know you're obsessed when you actually consider going to a psychologist to figure out why you're so obsessed. Then you think, "Nah, why spoil the fun?"

102. You know you're obsessed when you start thinking that because you homeschool, too, your kids have a better chance to be famous someday, too.

103. You know you're obsessed when you buy a flavor of Pop-Tarts you never buy because they have Hanson on them and the others don't.

104. You know you're obsessed when you tell your kids you're going to be doing laundry upstairs all day, when in reality, you're surfing Hanson sites on the Web while simultaneously flipping back and forth between MTV and VH-1 to try to catch the "Weird" or "IWC2U" videos, which are the only ones you haven't seen/taped yet. (Pre-Hanson, you hadn't watched any MTV or much VH-1 for about 10 years. Now you watch them so much that you know as much about the current artists as the teenagers do.)

Here is a new one from Albopmom

105. You know FOR SURE that you are an Adult Obsessed Hanson Fan when you find yourself searching the Web for that "Just Right Isaac Hanson Fix"at 3:30ish in the morning........FOR SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are some more from Wendy

106. You know that you are obsessed when you are already worrying about what to get Zac for his birthday.

107. You know you're obsessed, when you've already work out where the whole Hanson family are going to sleep, if they ever come to stay with you, at your parents house (my place is too small). So here are the following sleeping arrangements: The parents sleep in the double bed in the spare room, with Zoe and Mackie in the same room. Zoe in the cot (or crib, whatever you call it) and Mackie on a matress on the floor. Avie and Jessie would share a room with me. Ike would sleep on a folding bed in a small room, just adjacent to the office area, and Taylor and Zac would sleep on mattresses on the living room floor. Zac and Tay would also be excited, because the living room is where the television is. Okay, so now that I've work out the sleeping arrangements, I think it's only logical that I now work out shower arrangements.

Here are some new ones from Mo

108. You make keychains with ceramic beads spelling out ZAC, TAY, and IKE with picture beads representing each name Z=sunshine, T=heart, I=peace.

109. You buy more and more t-shirt transfers for you can make more hanson t's for you and your kids....your daughter asks for a zac pillowcase...hmmmmmm.

110. You relive in your mind the Hanson concert so much, you find you've put the salt shaker in the refridgerator, and you can't figure out why the unplugged coffee pot won't brew.

111. You adore Zac soo much.....Kimmy (love ya) has nicknamed you "sunshine girl." (note to Kim=is this okay to put here???) Note to Mo...sure!

112. You light scented candles and turn out the lights to read "More Than Anything" on Hansonology. No mood music is needed, cuz Ike is always singing in your mind.

113. Tay wearing a messy ponytail with a loose strand tucked behind his ear mesmerizes you beyond belief. HOW does he look so good being so casual...can you explain this to me Tay???

Here are some from Em

114. You're dying to start your family of 9 (pops, mom, and the seven little ones), but you decide to put it off until after your dreams of meeting the Hansons have come true!

115. You are married and your 14 year old sister begs you not to get pregnant within the next year because she's afraid your pregnancy will prohibit your attending the Hanson concert in your area. . . and then you seriously consider her request!

116. You start wondering if you should grow your hair as long as the Hansons' mother or are you happy with your "Taylor-length" hair-do?

117. You daydream about what it'd be like if one of the Hansons married one of your younger sisters or your daughter. Would you want Zac, Taylor, or/and Isaac to be your brothers-in-law or your sons-in-law?

118. You have to remind yourself that God has a plan for your life. . . you don't exactly know what He has planned. You get depressed when you think that God hasn't included meeting Hanson in His plans for you. . . but you feel better when you think that you when you die, you'll probably see them in Heaven anyways!!!! (This one could be controversial to some. . . don't mind if you leave it out. But I admit, I think this way sometimes!)

119. You spend time making Hanson stationery and sending little notes to all your friends. . . (especially the ones that think you are nuts anyway)!!!

120. When you're driving down the road on vacation, work, or wherever, you are constantly looking for and wishing to see Hanson's tour bus drive up next to you!

121. When you stay in architecture just because Taylor Hanson says that he might like to be an architect if the music thing doesn't pan out.

These are from Valerie

122. I couldn't resist. My 15-year-old daughter and I just got back from Auburn Hills, Michigan where we actually found the blue buses in the parking lot of Hilton Suites Hotel on Monday afternoon. Of course, we switched hotels as soon as we could, camped out in the lobby for hours and became known as "fairly level-headed fans" by the Hanson entourage. We met Isaac as they were leaving the hotel on Tuesday afternoon (he is ssssssssssssssoooooooooooooooooooo sweet!!!!) and got lots of pictures of all three of them.

123. We had lousy tickets for the Detroit concert (way, way up high) but we are going to our THIRD Hanson concert in two months (Toronto in June, Detroit in July and Philadelphia in August) and managed to get really good seats this time!!! We saw them in Toronto last August so this will be our fourth concert in a year and two days.

124. I play Hanson CD's at work all day (I'm an accountant in public practice in Niagara Falls, Ontario) and love to go into my daughter's room for a Hanson fix. (Know what I mean????)

Obsessions from Phyllis too

125. When you spent 3 months and 100's hrs making a Hanson crossword puzzle for your daughters 13 th birthday present. (Not to mention the graphics and photos on its 22x29 in. size AND framed)

126. When the only e-mail your send your daughters are Hanson web pages or Hanson photos - you think they may not have found yet

127. When you call 20 bakery's to find one that air brushes a photo of your choice (Hanson ) on your daughters birthday cake - drive 1 hr each way to pick it up. (Of course only the edges of the cake were enjoyed at the party cause your daughter has the part with their faces and upper body specially saved in a contaner )

128. When you have no problem with decorating your van with shoe polish, posters etc. when going to a Hanson concert - infact it was your idea.

These are from Gini in PA.

129. You tell your daughter that you aren't listening to her becaue you are reading the new issue of MOE.

130. You've bought a total of 22 tickets to Hanson concerts this summer. (Washington, Hershey, and Philadelphia). (It's made me the 'coolest' mom winner.)

131. You've called the Hanson Hotline six times in two weeks trying to talk on the voice mail. (it's ALWAYS full!!) How about more numbers, guys? At least you get to hear Ike each time.

132. You're older then Walker and Diana!!

Here are some obsession signs from Kathy age 27 in Texas

133. You have downloaded the Got Milk ad and hung it on your frig in place of your children's artwork to remind you to drink those 3 glasses everyday.

134. You hide your TTMON tape from your daughter(who is four and is a Zac fan) so you can watch it while you are working out.

135. Your buy magazines that have any thing about Hanson in them, and hide these from your daughter as well so she doesn't get her little grubby fingerprints all over them.

136. You also allow you daughter to dream of marring Zac in the hopes that it happens so you can meet Taylor.

137. You talk your husband who can't stand Hanson into making a 10 hour drive to Tulsa just to see them in concert.

These are from Ccmerola

138. Every piece of clothing you purchased in the last 6 months has been green.

139. You can't go 15 minutes without looking at a picture to get an Isaac fix. *Oh, that sofa picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

140. On a family trip to London, you take your children to Sega World so that you can touch every "Gunrunner" video game to be sure that you touch the one they used in TTMON. (I thought I would pass out when I saw that escalator!)

141. While in London, you drag your kids up 5 flights of stairs in the Dr. Martin store to see the yellow Docs they signed ( and get yelled at for taking a picture of the shoes). Later, you have the photo enlarged to an 8 X 10, frame it and hang it in your office.

142. You drive 2 hours to New York City from Connecticut at 6 p.m., leaving dinner half-cooked on the stove, to get the last 2 tickets for "Live at the 10 spot". (Thank you Leroy for holding them for me!)

143. After buying "The Poster" at a concert, you pay $65. to have it laminated, an hang it in your office.

144. You travel to Boston, New York and Washington D.C. to see them on tour 7 times!! I honestly cannot get enough of that show (psst me either...Kim)

These are from Tanya in Australia:

145. Your parents tell you they are taking you to Disneyland and you ask to go to Oklahoma instead.

146. You double check your birth date and time just to make sure the hospital didn't make a mistake and that you were actually born on the 17th of November 1980. [Unfortunately I was born on the 16th of November 1980 :-( ]

147. You then ask your Mum why she couldn't hang on for another hour and 45 minutes!

148. You look forward to going to bed early every night just so you can have more time to dream about Hanson.

149. You finish every letter you write with "Hanson Rocks".

150. You are blamed for turning your close family friends children into "Hanson Freaks".

151. You realize that you know nothing about the Hanson Fan you met over the net and have been talking to for over a year, except, of course who is their favourite Hanson, which is their favourite interview, etc. [Sorry Bethan!!]

152. When you finally meet that same fan in person, you spend the entire 3 hours you have together talking non-stop about Hanson.

153. Your online friend send you a rock from Tulsa and you are SO excited cause you have a "Hanson Rock".

154. You teach the little blonde boy you babysit, who just happens to be named Zac, to say "MMMBop".

Mail your obsession clues to... itzkim@gyral.com...and put the word obsessed in the subject line.