TEEN OBSESSIONS

2. In school the teacher asks you "Who's the president of the U.S.A." and you yell "Taylor Hanson."

3. The only present you want for your birthday is more memory on the computer so you can collect more things about Hanson.

4. In the first three nights of Total Request on MTV, you email MTV and request "Weird" a total 255 times ( Thanks to Jessica at "Everything Hanson", her link is on our links page).

These are from Michelle in North Carolina (15 years old)

5.You cry your eyes out 'cause your stupid VCR didn't record the Leno appearance.

6.You often stare at your sister for several minutes 'cause you realize she resembles Zac.

7.Your room is a sanctuary in the religion of Hansonism.

8.You just know you'll marry a Hanson or you just won't get married at all.

9.You pray God won't let the world come to an end before you marry Taylor.

10.You have a baby pic of Tay on your keychain and when people ask who it is, you tell 'em it's your baby brother. Isn't he adorable?!!

These are from Sarah, She is 14 and lives in NC:

11) You set your watch and at least your clock in your room on "Tulsa time"

12)You have every Hanson shirt and wear one everyday.

13)When saying "OK" you finish with "lahoma", spelling "Oklahoma"

14)You say "Otay" because of the "tay" part

15)Your favorite president is Zachary Taylor

16)You send them cards for every possible holilday

17)You hate Paula Cole, Shawn Colvin and Jamiriqoue (or how ever you spell it) b/c they beat Hanson at the Grammys

These were sent from Shannon:

18)You know you are obsessed when everynight before going to bed you say goodnight to each and everyone of your Ike posters!

19)When your teacher asks you "Where was Jesus born?" You say without thinking "Tulsa, Oklahoma"

20)You think about Ike every hour of every day!

21)When you lose your MON album you cry for days and your Dad buys you it just to make you shut up!

This one is from Tovah, she is 17:

22)You sit at your computer for four hours straight looking up Hanson sites, refusing to get up, even though you haven't eaten in 8 hours, and you desperately have to go to the bathroom (and it's only 5 feet away), just because you're afraid "you might miss something." (I just recently experienced this, but did eventually manage to get to the bathroom. *sigh* Still haven't eaten though. *grin*

These are from Jaime:

23. you don't let your boyfriend see your room because your ceiling is wallpapered with pictures of a certain band. (i feel kinda guilty about that!)

24. you realize that you know more about hanson than you do about your boyfriend. (wow, i feel REALLY guilty about that!!! don't worry, we haven't been dating that long!)

25. when you're shopping, you spot a 5'9" guy with a blond ponytail, and follow him around the store just so you can get a thrill from pretending that you're looking at taylor from the back!

26. when you hear anything hanson on the radio, you stop what you're doing and pay your respects to the radio until the song is over. if you're in the car and anyone makes an attempt to change the station, they can walk from here on.

27. your thumbnails are permanently damaged from prying staples out of teeny-bopper mags so you won't damage the posters.

28. your english teacher wants to meet the wonderful guys you always mention in your creative writing samples.

29. you can't remember the capital of oklahoma for your states and capitals test in U.S. geography because the only city you can think of in oklahoma is tulsa. (i swear it took me half an hour to come up with oklahoma city....)

30. in pictures of hanson, you can tell what city they were in by the clothes they were wearing in the picture. (like, duh! everyone knows that tay wore that blue silk shirt in new york!)

31. you spot the camouflage shirt that tay wore in austrailia at J.C. Penney's and hand over the fifteen dollars without even thinking about it.

32. it just took you three tries to type the word "hand" because your fingers know that "s" always follows "han".

33. you realize with the money you spent on hanson shirts, magazines, and CDs, you could have come close to paying for your first semester in college. (woah, sad but true. that's one thing you don't tell the parents!)

34. instead of thinking "what would Jesus do?" you think "what would hanson do?" (yes, i really caught myself doing that!)

35. you try to be nice to your siblings because you know hanson is nice to theirs.

36. you know EVERY word to EVERY song, including where they breathe, where their voices crack, and where there's a tiny mistake. (doesn't everyone?.....)

37. your 15-year-old brother can score a perfect on the hanson trivia, and he HATES hanson!

38. you actually managed to convert at least one hanson hater. (it's some kind of miracle, but i converted the aforementioned brother. all i can say is.....wow.)

39. you no longer speak to ex-hanson obsessives.

40. you realize that taylor is the ONLY thing that could make you wish to be a high school freshman again. scary.

41. you realize that your only reason to go on-line is to read about hanson, write about hanson, or buy more hanson CDs.

42. when the obsessions come to you this easily!!!!

These are from Becca from Ohio

43. You turn in homework but don't get any credit for it because there is doodleing in all of the margins and the teacher wants to know what they say. You think " what would they say besides Hanson???"

44. You go to an accessories store and see a star of David choker, you think who cares what it costs it's mine now.

These are from Sarah:

45. cancel going to see 'Titanic' (again) with your boyfriend to stay at home and watch Hanson on T.V.

46. fall in love with 2 little boys at your church because they look like COMPLETE clones of Ike and Taylor when they were 7 and 4! (I know where I'm going to church if I'm ever over that way!-Michelle)

This is from Ami-Jo

47. I was unable to remember my brothers birthday until I found out it was the same day as Zac's, now I have no problem remembering it.

These are from Martina, she is 15 and from New Zealand!

48. You take up rollerblading so you can have more in common with them.

49. When people ask you questions, all you can do is quote pieces of Hanson songs.

50. You think MMMBop is a real word.

51. You kiss Taylors pictures everynight before you go to bed (even though you have more than 200)

52. You've tattooed"HANSON" all over your body.

53. You have picture of hanson on the background on your computer

54. You've started buying buckets of legos.

55. When you go clothes shopping, you dont think "I wonder if I'll look good in this", you think "I wonder if Hanson would like this..."

56. When you argue with people, insted of having your own opinion, you'll start a sentence by saying "No, but Zac says...."

57. You start saying "I love you man!"

58. You neglect personal hygiene and sleep to read one more Hanson website. (Who hasn't experienced this?)

59. You can describe a pair of Taylor's boxers. (I wish)

60. You force yourself to shop at Gap and Pacific Sunwear.

61. You start jumping into pools with all your clothes on.

62. You start biting your finger nails to be more like them.

63. You tap on everything to be more like Tay.

64. You only wear Green,Blue, and Red clothes because those are their fav. colors.

65. You start growing a rats tail

66. You scan the t.v guide everyday to see when hanson will be on tv next.

67. When your parents come banging on your door to turn off MMMbop.

68. You get kicked out of school because you try to beat up a Hanson Hater.

69. When you start saying you are married or going out with one of them and you,ve convinced yourself (and some family) of that.

70. You suddenly start to use the words 'awesome', 'screwy' or 'weird' in every sentence to be more like Taylor.

71. You buy a magazine for a single picture of Hanson. (Hey what's obsessive about that?)

72. You take up playing the keyboard, guitar or drums. (No comment)

73. You say that you get on with your brothers and sisters, (even if you have none.)

74. You watch all of Hansons video clips in slow motion, then rewind it cuz you missed the part where Taylor blinked.

75. You convince yourself that you and (Either one of the Hanson boys) are a match made in heaven, and that one day he will just happen to fall into a trance radiated by your beauty.

76. You dye your hair blond, put on blue contact lens, barge into your brothers and start drinking 8 litres of milk a day!! 77. You rip apart magazines keep the Hanson stuff and give the rest to your friends. (No I SELL the rest to my friends) ,p . 78. You keep a notebook full of articles and pictures of Hanson.

79. You have Ike, Tay, or Zac as your imaginary friend.

80. You've named your pets or stuffed animals after them.

81. You planned to camp out in there front yard.

82. If all the websites you have bookmarked are Hanson websites. 83. You make up stories that include Hanson and yourself.

84. If you make these obsessive questions up about Hanson.

85. You call yourself Taylor, Zac, or Ike.

86. You start saying "For the love of pete" until it's beyond your control.

87. Every time someone says anything that could even remotely be associated with Hanson, you interrupt with, "Hey, you know what? Taylor ..." even though nobody cares.

88. You search the internet, on a thirst for more Hanson facts. Of course you never get tired of reading the same ones over and over.

89. Your friends start "HA" ( Hansonholics Anonymous ) just for your sake.

90. when one of your siblings knows all the words to "Middle of Nowhere" just from listening to you

91. playing it 24/7 at the highest possible volume.

92. You watch mtv 24/7 just to see mmmbop, I will come to you, Weird or

where's the love. 93. you watch mtv news just to see the ending when they are hanging from the tree.

94. You only wake up in the morning just cause you think you might have the chance to meet hanson. (Well, that is the only reason to live)

95. You have started saving up your money to go to Tulsa Oklahoma.

96. You start to call your friends Isaac, Taylor or Zac by acident.

97. You're huming mmmbop in your sleep.

98. Your family dump you because your care more about hanson than them.

99. You talk to your posters. (But they talk back! Really!...)

100. Your phone bill is $100,000 from trying to call them (1-918-446-3979)

101. Everything you own has i love hanson neatly printed on it

102. It takes you 7 hours to get to sleep cause you keep on thinking about what you will do if you meet hanson.

103. Your neighbours start to complain about full pelt music.

104. You'll only do your maths homework because its Zac's fave subject.

105. Your ink catridge has run out from printing all the hanson pages there is.

106. You now have offically have 100 hanson movies.

107. You celebrate Isaac, Taylors and Zac's birthdays.

108. You invite hanson to your birthday party, and are shocked when they don't turn up. (I certainly was)

109. You jump out of your skin when you hear the word Hanson on the T.V.

110. You have decided to name your children Isaac, taylor and Zac.

111. You eat only green jello.

112. You beg your parents to put a halfpipe in your backyard.

113. You'd jump at the chance to do thier chores for them.

114. people mistake you for one of the Hnason bros 'cuz you look, talk and act just like them.

115. You ask your family if they can harmionize 'amen' at the dinner table.

116. You go hysterical when they do a concert or even say a word.

117. You suddenly find your self at an action movie wondering if they have seen it before.

118. You reject a date with this guy you've had a crush on for AGES because "he doesn't like Hanson..."

119. you constantly wonder what they would do if they knocked on your front door.

120. You think 'I wonder if Hanson had to take the garbage out?'

121. you drink only rootbeer and Dr.Pepper.

122. you have every picture of hanson there is and your locker is covered with thier faces.

123. you watch every interview they do and tape the ones you can't see.

124. you get a toothbrush to match thiers.

125. you have braces and want to keep them on until Ike get's His off and then get them on again when Zac get's his and then you can't wait to get a retainer.

126. you invite a Hanson hater to your house just to show them this site or maybe even your room. (I did that once, do you know what happened? My anti-Hanson boyfriend saw my room and he threw up. *True story!* I'm not going out with him anymore...)

127. you want yo get platform shoes even though you are the tallest in your grade.

128. you only eat red, green, and blue M&M'S.

129. you start eating strawberry ice cream 'cuz Tay loves it.

130. You cut the letters H A N S O and N out of all your magazines. (It took forever)

131. you start wearing your watch on your right wrist.

132. you start drawing on the walls of your room.

133. you have parties with yourself and siblings when Hanson does something really awesome.

134. you're walls are so coverd with Hanson pictures that you start on your ceiling. (Where do i go from the ceiling? Any suggestions? Please? I ran out of room.)

135. you have to be dragged away from your computer and bribed to get of the internet 'cuz you're always at Hanson websites.

136. you pack your lunch according to Hanson's fav foods.

137. you wonder what Hanson's having for dinner.

138. you make a webpage to warn other people of the symptoms.

This is from Caitlin:

139. you have to admit that you are guilty of all the obsessions on this page.

This is from Keeley who is 15 years old...

140. Your VCR tears up, because you wore it out from recording and watching Hanson tapes so much.

141. Then when your VCR tears up, you go to your friend's house to tape a Hanson appearance, and the stupid VCR eats the tape (tears it apart), and you cry for days because that was your best Hanson tape with all your favorite appearances on it..Regis & Kathie Lee...Live at the 10 Spot...Meet Hanson...Grammys...everything! So everytime you think about Hanson, you cry because you feel like you lost them. (This really happened to me yesterday, and I'm crying now just thinking about it! =( )

142. You see a guy at Blockbuster, with long blond hair (just like Tay's), and your heart starts to skip a beat because you think, that's what Taylor looks like from behind! So you ask him if you can take a picture of the back of his head, and show it to your "Hansonized" friends.

143. You use your boyfriend to tape Hanson appearances. (Hey, it worked..)

144. When you talk to your boyfriend on the phone for 2 hours, an hour and a half is used talking about Hanson. (Happens everytime)

145. You want your boyfriend to come to your house, just so you can show off your "Hanson Gallery" in your room.

146. On Taylor's birthday, you tape Taylor's picture to a chair and pretend it's really him. Sit him at the table. Serve red cake, Dr.Pepper, and Strawberry Ice Cream. (my friend really did this, and I was over there to witness it!)

147. You are conviced you're the one girl in the world for Isaac, and he's going to meet you at a concert and fall in love with you instantly. (Hey, it could happen...)

148. You are conviced Hanson will meet you, and ask you to be a back-up singer for them. (Hey, also could happen...)

These are from Shayla...

149.You pay $150 for each ticket to the Washington, D.C. concert and the seats require you to bring binoculars. (ok, me! I did this! ahh!, but, who cares? we're devoted fans right?)

150.Instead of hearing the old 'goodbye.wav' , you replace it with Taylor's beautiful voice saying goodbye on 'Cried'. (true also)

151.You have over 100 HANSON pages bookmarked because, hey, you don't want to miss the latest gossip. (not quite true but I am getting there)

152.Your best friend buys you a birthday present and wraps it in Hanson because she know their your favorite. (Ok, yes, I'm talking from personal experience, and it is still not opened because it will put a crease in Taylor's forehead)

To have your obsessions posted place teen on the subject line and email Michelle at... Fick@CROS.net.