Sign's of Insane Obsession with NEWSIES!


1. You are actually considering having a picture painted of Jack sleeping on a fire escape so that you can put it on your window and look at it every morning. (Echo: I REALLY am! "It's a good idea!" If only I knew some one who could draw....)

2. You have named all of the frequently seen newsies (like the last kid to get bread from the nuns, I saw him at least three times in the movie) that don't have names.

3. If you have ever yelled "Tell 'em Jack!" after your best friend gives a speech and was told "Go Jack." by everyone you walked by in the hall, and you are now refered to as Jack. (Echo: It could happen..... it happened to me.)

4. You yell at the top of your lungs (when no one is in the room with you) at the characters and get extremely annoyed when they won't listen to you.

5. If you almost soak some football players because they see the picture of Spot on your desk and make some comments on the picture of "Leonardo Dicaprio". (Echo: This happened to Brooklyn, I was there.... it was so funny! I couldn't stop laughing!)

6. Everyone in the school knows what Newsies is, even though none of them have ever actually seen the movie.

7. You have the CREDITS memorized and can quote them forwards and backwards. (Echo: Funny, I can't even READ the credits! The letters are weird!)

8. Your life's dream is to be your newsies girlfriend in the sequal to Newsies and the series that follows.

9. You read the Newsies Complex at Tibby's and when you come to the part about the insane girls that are obsessed with Newsies, you point proudly at the screen and say... "That's me!" And when you get to the part about the Delancey pill and the movie being outlawed you cower and don't know whether to cry or scream.

10. When you see a cool looking sling shot in a store you think of buying it for Spot but then you realize you don't know him.

11. ANYTHING ANYONE says reminds you of Newsies... example: "Your face is as red as a tomato!" or the commercial about the "Cheese it!" crackers.

12. When it comes to training your dog, all you care about is teaching it how to spit shake and chase people when you say "Soak 'em!" instead of "Sic 'em.".

13. You're present goals in life are to sing Santa Fe on a brown and white horse, get chased by police so you can yell "Cheese it it's the bulls!", object on the grounds of Brooklyn in court and then offer to roll the judge for it, double or nothin', and find a bridge to yell off of (Hey! It's not easy where I live! We don't have water here, let alone bridges!).

14. You are planning on ordering the music to Newsies and begging your band to teacher to play it for a concert.

15. You hate Leonardo Dicaprio just because he got the role in Titanic as Jack instead of Jack... I mean, Christian Bale.

16. When you do an art project it has something to do with Newsies, or when assigned a short story in English, it is about Newsies.

17. When you are at a football game, concert, or some other place you really don't want to be, you look around for guys with sling shots, flying marbles, and your favorite newsie walking up to rescue you and are really disapointed when none of them are actually there.

18. You are convinced that Sarah changed her name and moved to your town disguised as one of your classmates.

19. You value your newsies hat with your life and HATE it when people say you're wearing it backwards.

20. You almost die when you overhear the guy you hate more than any other person talking about shooting someone with his sling shot... and it gets even worse when you hear him talking about peeing on a wall (Swing Kids). (You should have seen the look on my face when he came to class wearing an eyepatch!)

21. You can't understand what the big deal about the New Yorker pizza at Pizza Hut is if it doesn't even come with a newsie!

22. You and all of your friends use your newsie nicknames so often that you have trouble remembering your real names.

23. You get in heated arguments with your friends, discussing whether or not Obi-Wan could beat any of the newsies in hand to hand combat, no light sabers allowed. (I'm telling you people, Jack can beat Obi-Wan in a fist fight any day!)

24. You insist of calling every guy you meet (or don't meet) by one of the newsies' nicknames. (I use Blink...)

25. When listening to the radio, you find yourself randomly rewording songs so that they include newsies.

26. You make up Newsies days, whether days of the year or days of the week.

27. You glued pictures of newsies onto the face cards on a deck of cards.

28. You get into fights with your friends (*cough*Brooklyn*cough*) defending your newsie's honor. (*Echo glares at Brooklyn* Jack is not... *pauses and stares at people who could hear and whispers* clausterphobic!)

29. Your teachers know your newsie nicknames.

30. On schedules for school trips (field trips, school activities..) your teacher has actually used your nicknames instead of your real names.



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