Signs That You are Obsessed II
Signs That You are Obsessed II
Signs That You are Obsessed
- Thou art writting or are planning on writting a book on the movie
entitled: Romeo + Juliet: The Obsessors Know-All.
- Even though illegal, you dubbed the movie because you were broke
from rental late fees & you couldn't wait til it comes out.
- Thou asks your parents to change your last name to Capulet/Montague
- You've started a R+J newspaper or magazine (I should do this).
- Thou hast taken a poster of Leo + Claire together, put a mirror
over one of their faces then look in it to see your face with them
- Your name is "(fill in your name here)"
- When announcing you name for student of the month, they added that you were
having a Romeo and Juliet party that day over the loudspeaker for the
entire school to hear.
- Your buddy has been cast as Romeo in the skits they're
doing in drama (and gets to act out the balcony scene because the teacher
knows it's his fave).
- Thou hast memorized the poetry that Romeo says in the beginning of
"Introduction to Romeo" on the second album and recite it with him
i.e.
"Why then O brawling love, O loving hate?" you know you do it.
- Thou knowest the exact time you can see Leo's
butt in the movie.
- Thou plan a trip to Verona just to see Verona's wall and act out the
balcony scene (someone's friend that is actually doing this).
- Thou kept and cherish your movie ticket from R + J.
- Thou cannot wait until Pay-per-view shows R + J on May 11th.
- Thou art planning on watching R + J on Pay-per-view even with the squigly lines through the picture (that’s always fun).
- On Wednesday May 21st you will be counting down the hours until B Waltters Young Hollywood special is on (too bad-Tiger Woods was on instead).
- Thou hangs onto any reports of the Titanic's release date. You desperately want the movie to come out in July (Oh well-got to wait to Dec. 19th).
- When you get your TV or Cable guide you look to see if any movies starring Leo or Claire will be on. Such searches are for "Basketball Diaries" and/or "Little Women."
- You watched Pay-per-view for a half hour waiting for a preview of R + J to come on. (B did that on 5/28/97)
- When your parents tell you to do something you don't want to do, you
get some water and you color it blue and drink it!
- You plan on naming your kid's first name Juliet or Romeo and their
middle names, Capulet or Montague!
- You make your mother watch the movie with you (my mom saw it with me).
- Your parents now call you Romeo or Juliet because they're afraid your
goinng to start yellinng at them if they don't!
- Your friends have your teacher take your real name out of the
gradebook and put Romeo or Juliet.
- You start taking voice lessons so you can sing like Quindon Tarver.
- You want to have your basketball team changed to the Montague Panthers
or the Capulet Cats.
- The whole town knows about your obsession.
- Forget Nikes or Rebooks, you want a pair or Montagues or Capulets.
- You make your 4 yr. old brother learn the the part of Tybalt.
- You have your computer desktop wallpapered with pictures
from R&J.
- All things listed under FAVORITES or BOOKMARKS have to do
with R&j, Leo or
Claire.
- Thou makes a Magic Eye Romeo and Juliet book. (that would be cool and have images of Leo or Claire pop up towards you)
- Thou wants to create a R + J calendar to hand up and keep track when Leo or Claire movies are on.
- For Halloween, you want to buy a R + J mask (I wished at they would make one).
- Thou plays the R + J CD-ROM all the time.
- Thou automatically, when you boot up your computer your mouse goes to the “Fox” folder.
- Thy home page is your home screen.
- Thou art excited when you get a message from the Net-u-mind when my site is updated.
- Thou cannot wait until Tracy sends out her newsletter called “Leo’s newsletter” ever night.
- Thou hast printed out every picture that I have (I only wish I had the time to do that).
- You make your boyfriend watch Romeo and Juliet.
- When you stay in a hotel with a balcony you stand on it hoping to see your
Romeo climbing up it.
- When you watch Romeo and Juliet with your friends, they have to tell you to shut
up, or sometimes put their hands over you mouth, cause you know almost every
line in the movie and you say them.
- Everytime you walk into the movie rental place they have to yell that they won't
sell you Romeo and Juliet.
- You start every letter with "Good Morrow" and then end it with "parting is such
sweet sorrow, That I shall say ...".
- You've been known to hang out at pool halls in search of......none
other than Leo!
- Can't help but press the repeat button when listening to either
soundtrack so that you can hear the songs over and over and over.....
- Use good 'morrow as a greeting regularily (without even realizing it!).
- swear to yourself and all your friends that from this day forth every
party you throw will be a costume party.....but only you can dress as an
angel!
- Cry a minimum of 3 times while watching the video.
- Have grown fond of doves, angels, candles, Hawaiian apparel, journal
writing and Mexico city.
- You are now always willing to go to church.....in hopes to see your
Romeo or maybe even Leo himself.
- You wonder why no one cut Romeo out into little stars when he died.
- You decorate your room with porcelain angels.
- You set out fireworks every time there's a party you're going to.
- Swimming has become your favorite sport.
- You buy your boyfriend bright Hawaiian shirts for his birthday.
- You follow a cute guy into the elevator.
- You try your best to stay away from glass.
- When you get grounded, you say, "Be merciful, say death."
- You hate Federal Express.
- You have a Montague crosse tattoed on your back.
- You have a burning heart tattoed on your chest.
- You substitute "dagger, longsword", etc. for gun.
- When something goes wrong, you say "Aye me."
- When your boyfriend beats someone up, you say, "Aye me, what fray was
here..."
- You sit on your balcony every night waiting for Leonardo DiCaprio to come.
(He never does, trust me.)
- You have memorized more than the play, and write lines from it all
over your notebooks.
- When you are caught cheating, you grab the nearest person and scream,
"Tempt not a desperate man!!"
- You buy the biggest fish tank there is in hopes of meeting your Romeo or
Juliet.
- You're only happy when it rains, cuz maybe Leo will come to your window.
- You draw hearts w/ arrows through them onto small pills, and say "Thy
drugs are quick."
- You plant Sycamores in your backyard so you can call it Sycamore Grove.
- Your make your car look like the ones in R&J.
- You search every flea market, retro shop, and thrift shop for a luau
shirt like Leo's.
- Thou beggest John Henson to give you the William Shakespeare bust Erika
Estrada carved on Talk Soup.
- Your parents won't let you rent R&J because they
know you'll go crazy once you see Leo. (that's what they did but I (Karen)
finally rented it) .
- When you get hurt you say, "Ay, a scratch."
- You stay up all night trying to find the perfect R+J background for
your computer.
- You waste an entire printer cartridge in one day just printing out
Leo and R+J pics.
- You search the country for a necklace EXACTLY like Juliet's.
- You print out a Romeo pic and cut it out into little stars.
- You name a cuddly toy Tybalt, and then kill it. (so to speak.)
- You think angel wings, hawaiian shirts and vests with Jesus on them
are the latest in fashion.
- You put a plaque on your door saying 'You are now entering Verona
Beach.'
- You walk around yelling ' And I am, a pretty piece of flesh I am.'
- You make everyone speak to you in verse.
- In the school talent show, you do Mercutio's drag queen dance for
your
talent, and when you don't win, you scream, "A plague on both your
houses!", no matter how many people are there.
- When you study R+J in Literature your teacher says that if you fail the
test the whole class is doomed.
- Your friends start to groan at your mention of R+J or Leo.
- You have dreams that you’re Juliet and Romeo and before he drinks the
potion you knock it out of his hand and you live happily ever after.
- Everytime R+J starts to come on DirecTicket(sattelite) you watch the first
five minutes of R+J before the pay per view people figure out u didn"t
order it.
- Barnes and Noble have blocked all your calls.
- You want to write a screenplay just so you can meet Leonardo DiCaprio or
anyone who has ever worked with him (I just can't get an idea for a
screenplay yet).
- While watching R+J you kiss the TV screen everytime you see Romeo and spit
on it when you see Tybalt (I only do the first part).
- When you have to do an essay on why R+J killed themselves you make the best
grade in your entire class (yes I did this).
- You cry "I'm fortune's fool!" when you got to Blockbuster as the last copy
of R+J was being rented out.
- Eventhough you know what happens in the movie everytime you see it you're
hoping that Juliet will knock the poison out of Romeo's hand.
- You have a dream that Leo takes you to see the movie and he recites his
lines to you after while you and him makeout(I had this dream before I even
saw the movie).
- You make up your own songs about your love for Claire or Leo (to the tune
of that french song about brother sleeping "I love Leo, I love Leo, Don't
you?.........).
- You search every magazine for pictures or news of or about Leo or Claire.
- When someone asks you what your favorite movie your friends answer for you.
- When anyone says anything about one sided love all your classmates call out
your name (this actually happened to someone).
- You have a watergun and a picture of Tybalt and you re-enact Tybalt's death
scene each night.
- After a visit to your Grandma's house on the way home you play “Escape from
Mantua.”
- You belong to the R+J OBSESSED Fans Club.
- When you heard Titanic was bumped from July to December you cried (yet
again) "I am fortune's fool."
- You have vowed to see Titanic on the 19th of December.(yes I've vowed)
- You get hot flashes when you read about R&J, Leo, or Claire in magazine.
- The most commomly heard phrase in your household is either "No, I'm not renting you R&J!!!"
or "You're watching THAT again?!!"
- You plan on buying more than one copy of the movie because you know it'll get worn out REAL
quick.
- When you don't watch R&J at least once a week you get PMS-like symptoms until you do see it.
note--This includes guys & girls.
- Your mother takes you to the doctor after your 2-week camp because you're starting to go into
withdrawl.
- You wish Shakespeare was still alive so he could sign your copy of Romeo + Juliet: The
Contemporary Film, The Classic Play
- You've started growing your hair out so you can style it like Juliet's for your prom (yes, I confess
to this).
- You tore out the picture strips attached to the R+J postcards and used them to make a border
for your computer monitor (looks really cool!!)
- When your little brother starts bugging you, you scream "Thou art my soul's hate!"
- You read the screenplay while listening to the 2 soundtrack
- Your e-mail password is "Juliet," "Romeo," "Claire," or "Leo"
- When you take-eth a Tyleonol for a headache, you bow to your porcelain angels, and say, "What
if this mixture do not work at all? Shall I then have leave to go to the doctor ‘morrow?"
- You are now a collector of porcelain angels, or any angels you can find!
- You record every t.v. show that has something to do with R+J, Leo, Claire, or any of the other
actors from the movie (Examples include: 3rd Rock from the Sun, Pearl, MSCL, David Blaine’s little special)
- You download every single R+J movie you can find on the net.
- When you are so mad you want to kill, you start singing, "I would die for you!"
- You have a journal with angels on it to remind you of R+J.
- You write a line from R+J in your journal whenever yoou write in it.
- When you want to make someone mad, you yell, (Fill in name), thou art consertest with (Fill In
Name).
- Thou put-eht -est or -eth on-eth every-eth word-eth you-eth speak-est.
- Thou lovest saltwater fish.
- You dunk your face in water then go look in a fish tank, hoping to see your Romeo/Juliet on the
oppisite side.
- Thou rent-eth R+J every time you go into Blockbuster video.
- You have asked your friends at school if there friends or reletives works in a video store. If they
do, you bum off any poster that have Leo or Claire on them.
- You hang the Romeo and Juliet poster of Romeo in Friar Lawrence's cell on the celing above
your bed and sit up all night staring at it and listening to the soundtrack.
- You almost die of suffocation everytime you see or read something about R&J.
- You have dozens of folders containing R&J cut-outs ( I have soooo much stuff).
- You have at least one little picture of R&J on every single page of your journal.
- You say goodnight to Romeo and Juliet in your poster on your wall before going to bed every
night.
- You don't even want to think about what Juliet's parents would have done
if she said she was pregnant!
- On the 4th of July, you dress up as an angel and watch the
fireworks from your balcony playing the song "Angel"
while all of your neighboors stare at you as if you've gone
senile.
- When you try to back down from a fight at school, you say to
your opponent, "I see thou knowest me not," and walk away.
- You spend hours on end trying to figure out the exact notes
to the piano part for "Kissing You", "The Balcony Scene", and
"Morning Breaks", just so you can recreate the moment for
yourself.
- You scare new people off because they can't understand Old
English.
- You've found a freind who has a two-way fish tank and set up a
photo shoot with you and your boyfriend/girlfriend in the
proper knight and angel costumes.
- You've found every imaginable way to convince yourself that
your life is a modern interpretation of R+J, just so that
no one knows (i.e.- Romeo thinks Rosaline is Juliet, Romeo thinks
Juliet is Benvolio, . . . ect.)
- When people ask you to describe yourself, you tell them you're
a misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms.
- You feel like someone dropped a ton of bricks on your chest
whenever you hear "The Death Scene".
- You come up with a never ending list of "What ifs" that would
let the two star-crossed lovers live.
- Your heart melts whenever you hear your favorite line of all
time, "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For
I never saw true beauty 'till this night!"
- You plan to have your wedding rings engraved on the inside
with, "I love thee".
- Your next science project is to discover whether or not doves
can cry.
- You swear that Shakespeare somehow knew you would be alive almost
400 years later and that he wrote the entire play just for you.
- You want to seriously injure any egg-head who feels the new
interpretation of R+J is a disgrace.
- You voted for R+J over 200 times in each catagory for the
MTV movie awards. Darn it!
- You now insult your archenemy by calling him the "King of Cats".
- Every time you hear "You and Me", you see yourself with Leo
(or Claire) in Hawaiian shirts rollerblading down the beach
for a music video.
- You dreamt a dream last night that you stopped Romeo in the
nick of time.
- Your heart literally aches during the happy scenes because you
know you can't change the ending.
- You loathe and dispise all astronauts.
- You don't even want to think about what Juliet's parents would have done
if she said she was pregnant!
- When Tybalt kicks and hits Romeo, you are up and ready to fight him!
(soemone is guilty of that one.)
- You wonder what R+J's kid would have looked like.
- You try to dream up new scenes so R+J won't die.
- You try to kill the TV screen so you won't have to watch R+J die.
- You dress up in some funky looking costume every night and go to the pet
store to look on the other side of the fish tank, hoping to meet your
Romeo or Juliet.
- Every time it rains, you drop to your knees and yell, "Oh, I am
fortune's fool!"
- You want a gun with an angel or some other religious sign engraved on
it.
- You dream that you and Leo live in a big mansion and every night leo
recites romeo's lines to you.
- You spend your whole summer on the internet looking up Leo, Claire and
Romeo and Juliet.
- You and your friends plan a trip to Hollywood to find Leo.
- You harass your video store untill they give you their Romeo and Juliet
poster.
- You watch Entertainment Tonight, and Access Hollywood every night
hoping to hear new news about Leo or Claire. (B does)
- If you don't come to this site you start to freak out, because you
think you might miss something new about Leo or Claire.
- You have put a picture of an guardian angel on your page (besides
Claire Danes). 2. You named your pets or virtual pets after characters
from Romeo & Juliet.
- When you ask someone to do something for you but they don't they do
it at first but do it later you say, "Good heart, at what?"
- You cried when someone erased part of Romeo & Juliet with something
else even though you knew you had another copy since you dubbed it
twice.
- You have put one of those clear sticky bookcovers on your William
Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet: The Contemporary Film, The Classic Play
to protect it.
- Since you can't buy posters anywhere you live 'cause there aren't any
stores that sell them ,besides from the Internet, you print out the
posters on gigantic papers and put them on your wall. (In Hawaii I
have no idea where they sell the posters, no Spencer Gifts or Print
Plus or other Mainland stores)
- You use your water gun every time during the movie when Tybalt
appears and squirt the tv screen with water.
- You go crazy if don't see Romeo & Juliet everyday.
- You sing "Exit Music" along with Radiohead when they're showing the
credits.
- You cry after you cut your hair because you wanted it be long so you
can style it like Juliet's. (I did this, I wasn't crying though
but whining)
- You beat out anyone who says that Leo is gay and/or ugly.
- When you watch the ending where Romeo is about to drink the poison,
you pretend to knock the poison out of his hands by whacking the tv where
the poison is.
- You're planning to get one of those free CKbe rings that says, "If
you choose love over stability"
- You watch the commercials on pay-per-view over and over again
without
getting sick of it
- You go to the hair dressers and show them
pictures of Juliet's party hair so they can do it to your hair
- Thy searches all over town to find a bottle exactly like Juliet's, put
blue water in it, and call it your "prop potion"
- Thy takes an old perfume vial, dyes water yellow, and puts it in the
vial and makes it Romeo's poison
- Thy watches, memorizes, and practices with a friend, the handshake
that Romeo and Benvolio do when getting into the car after shooting pool
and calls it the "Official Romeo Handshake"
- Thou print out multiple copies of "Signs you are obsessed" and carry one
every where thou goest.
- Thy family has to restrain you whenever R+J, Leo, Claire, ANYONE from
the film is mentioned, as thou starts hyperventilating.
- Thou suddenly elevate to god-status anyone related to the movie (ie,
thou find thyself renting movies with Miriam Margolyes, Paul Sorvino,
Brian Dennehy, and watching old episodes of "Friends" waiting for
Christina Pickles to appear. And thou manages to recognise even the names
of crew members in the production (Jill Bilcock edited "I.Q"etc)
- Thou thinks it would be cool to make a tape of all the songs from both
soundtracks in the order that they appear in the movie (Admit!)
- When you get a kitten you name him tybalt and make him a little crown so
he can really be "prince of cats", but you have to stifle yourself from
killing him.
- You did a "happy dance" in november '96 when you heard R&J was rated pg13
so you could see it
- You have noticed that all of leo's movies after R&J so far (R&J, titanic,
TMITIM) are coming out in fall, nearing winter.
- When you know all of the actors who played in the movie(or at
least think
you do), right down to the Federal Express Clerk, delivery man, and the
Montagues Limo driver!
- Thy is developing a new R&J religion.
- Thy swims in white dresses.
- Thy wants a sequel to the movie, even though they died.
- Thy wants to go to Immaculant Heart of Mary Church, and walk
down the
isle just like Juliet.
Signs That You are Obsessed