de u might be a RENThead if... (o de hiatus tonto)

Mi editora se enojó por la entry q había hecho para este día y me hizo cambiarla, así que para anunciar la resolución del día de hoy, para no dejar algo más caótico, les dejo esta tontería, no está completo pq es terriblemente largo, así q solo dejo lo q Emile e moi hemos hexo alguna vez y ya pondré lo otro un día q mi editora no vea.

you might be a RENThead if...
. . . you know all the words to La Vie Boheme.
e.c. if you understand all the references in La Vie Boheme

. . . your friends say you're "addicted" or "obsessed"

. . . you've dreamed of playing a part in Rent (even if you can't sing or act)
i already did!! *^*

. . . you can recite/sing the lines along with your favorite character.
e.c. you can without your favorite character.

. . . when performing math, you wonder if this equation will equal 525,600.

. . . you especially do this in minutes, just to see if Jonathan was right.

. . . you're friends won't allow you to listen to any part of RENT when they're around.

. . . you find yourself explaining Rent to anyone around you (perfect strangers count) at any given moment.

. . . you can't sleep at night because the entire musical won't stop playing in your head.

. . . you have EVER considered having your answering machine say "speeeeeeeeaaaaaaaak. . . "

. . . anytime you hear something about one of the more obscure references from LVB, you say "omigod! Vaclav Havel! that's in la vi-" and then look around and shut up because you realize that no one knows what the hell you're talking about

. . . you cry when listening to a CD you have already heard approximately four thousand seventy two times

. . . you call the cast members by their first names, even if you don't personally know them

. . . you walk to the beat of Rent songs

. . . you sign letters to friends with quotes from Rent

. . . you have ever sang the entire First or Second Act all the way through w/out the cd while driving with your friends

. . . you have ever cast RENT with your friends in certain roles

. . . you write entire RENT songs in your notebooks or give them to your friends in notes, and draw the RENT logo all over

. . . you walk around town with your friends singing as far through the cds as you can go

. . . you want to buy the cd even though you already have it

. . . you laugh whenever you see a cow
e.c. you actually find yourself tempted to ask if she has anything to drink
. . . if you are a true Renthead, you know that "Season's of Love," although it be a great song, isn't the best song of the musical

. . . you actually take time to achieve all of these

. . . you own both the full soundtrack and the highlights cd, and you spend hours finding the songs to download on the computer

. . . you're seen the show so many times that when you're heard talking about it and someone asks you, 'Oh, have you seen Rent?' you start laughing hysterically and can't answer the person

. . . you are able to make references to Rent anytime, day or night

. . . you can free-associate any word in the English language to something to do with Rent

. . . you're listening to RENT while you're reading this page

. . . you sing the cd in the shower

. . . you judge driving time on how far through the cd you get

. . . you've listened to nothing but the rent cd for over two years

. . . you printed out this website and you and your Renthead friends checked off all the ones you apply too (which is most of them)

. . . as you are reading this you're asking yourself, "you mean that's not normal?"

. . . you have ever spent a considerable amount of time trying to play the soundtrack in sync with your friends while on the phone so you could both sing along

. . . you cry every time you even think about the bridge in "I'll cover you reprise"

. . . you try to relate your life to RENT, even if you live in an upper middle class neighborhood

. . . your friends don't mention rent, out of fear that you'll start belting one of your many favorite songs from rent

. . . you listen to the soundtrack everytime your on the phone and at weird times just blurt out the lines

. . . you spend time obsessing about how One Song Glory should have been Roger's "one song glory"

. . . when you're leaving someone a message, you feel compelled to say "That was a very loud beep.."

. . . you have the whole play running over and over in your head almost all the time

. . . you want to move to NYC just so you can go see RENT everyday

. . . every time you watch any James Bond movie, when he goes "Bond. James Bond." You respond by saying "and Pussy Galore in person!"

. . . you've inspired other members of your family to become Rentheads

. . . you had the soundtrack memorized and knew the story line before you saw the show

. . . you've actually taken the time to read this whole list, and laughed constantly because you know it's true.

. . . your mom wants a ten second space between Glory and Light the Candle so she can clap

. . . everytime you read this list you sing along with the written quotations from rent songs!

. . . you write Viva La Vie Boheme on your desk during school

. . . when the ball drops on new years, you break into song with "Happy New Year"

. . . you leave messages on peoples answering machines like "Mark Cohen, Alexi Darling from Buzzline..."

. . . you send a link of this website to your Renthead friend who you know will appreciate it and crack up with you
e.c. you and her make an effort to complete every single thing on this list

. . . you start singing your favorite Rent songs in public in hopes that someone will ask what you are singing

. . . you read this entire list and actually understand everything on it

. . . on new years eve, 3 and a half minutes before midnight you listened to happy new year

. . . when you heard total strangers singing something from rent you walked up to them and started singing along

. . . you buy boxes of Captain Crunch even though you hate the cereal because it's mentioned in Rent
e.c. you get really upset when the grocery store doesn't sell Captain Crunch!

. . . you own a foreign copy of the soundtrack - and can sing it perfectly!
. . . you'd like to eat at the Life Cafe

. . . when you see someone who looks like they could be in RENT, you say "Oh, she looks like Mimi" or "Oh! he Looks like Mark"

. . . you are planning to organize a kind of celebration in honor to your first RENT year, that is, the date on which you first saw RENT

. . . you've seen SLC Punk for the sole reason of seeing Adam Pascal and his miniscule part in the movie

. . . you vow you will marry Anthony Rapp, even though he's gay, and you're a girl

. . . you hooked at least one of your friends on RENT

. . . you are reminded of Roger and MIMI when ever you drip candle wax on yourself

. . . your friends give you an allotted amount of time each day to talk about it---then make you shut up!

. . . you actually know all the parts to "Christmas Bells"
e.c. you try to sing all of them

. . . your parents are asking you if you would please listen to something else at this very moment (my brother, actually)

. . . your parents just forced you to turn off the cd
e.c. if this had to be done by threat of death
e.c.c. if after the death threat, you were threatened with the destruction of the cd, and that was what convinced you to turn it off

. . . when someone asks you the date, you say "December 24" whether it is or not...
e.c. You then add 9pm, eastern standard time(and no, they didn't ask for the time, just the date)
e.e.c. You KEEP singing... ignore the original question(the date) and continue through the whole play(with a break, of course, for intermission)

. . . you have the entire musical memorized from start to finish, including the bits of dialogue not included on the CD

. . . you think Benny has good reason for evicting everyone
e.c. you defend him against your Renthead friends
e.e.c. they see your point afterward

. . . you know how many times "honest living" is repeated in "it's starting to snow", by singing it in your head

. . . you've called someone's answering machine and left them one of the "Voice Mails" ex: "That was a very loud beep, I don't even know if this is working, Mark."

. . . every time somebody says "say something" or asks you to check a mike, you always say "Test, one two three!"
e.c. if they say "anything but that"
(did happen!! with one of the Terpsícore girls ! *^*)

. . . you learn to tango

. . . you listen to Tune Up #1 on Christmas Eve at 9 PM Eastern Standard time

. . . anytime you say "New York City" you always want to add "center of the universe" to the end of it

. . . you and your friends all get together and throw a La Vie Boheme party and go through the entire cd and sing and dance on the tables, eat the foods that they mention in the song and dress up as the different characters

. . . when you are talking musicals, and someone mentions Evita, you think of a dog before you remember the musical

. . . your mother made you a "Mark scarf" for your birthday and you love it
e.c. after reading that you think "hey, that's not a bad idea..."
(she did'nt, but i do think it's a good idea! *^* xD)
. . . you know all the words in a language other than English
e.c. can point out from memory where the notes & rests are different

. . . you get into arguments about what is the best song in rent

. . . when someone mentions "Spike Lee" you reply with "Bahumbug!"

. . . each time you order a tom collins drink you chuckle

. . . you walk around singing RENT songs in public
e.c. it scares people
e.e.c. that doesn't phase you

. . . you lug your big stereo into the bathroom when you take a shower because you know that's the best time to practice

. . . you buy the soundtrack to the revival of You're A Good Man Charlie Brown because Anthony Rapp is CB
e.c. when you listen to it, all you think is that it sounds like Mark
e.c.c. you notice that CB has a lot of the same problems as Mark

. . . you noticed that even though roger says it's 3 1/2 minutes till next year, between then and when they actually say "happy new year" it's more like 5 minutes

. . . you print off this list so you can check off what you've done (i did not)
e.c. you look forward to being able to brag about your Renthead-ness to your friends (this i did)

. . . you spend an evening on the instant messenger chatting, but the chat consists of starting from the beginning of the musical RENT and typing lines from the show back and forth to each other
e.c. you get excited if you happen to get the lines of your favorite character

. . . when you are waiting in line, your best friend comes up to you and says "Honey, Women in rubber will always be flirting with me"
e.c. you then both proceed to sing "Take me or leave me"
e.e.c. you get money thrown at you
e.e.e.e.c. to keep singing
(we were rehearsing, but it counts...)

. . . you feel guilty when you forget some of the lyrics

. . . you can sing along to the soundtrack, playing every character, while typing or doing homework
e.c. you're doing it while reading this quiz
e.e.c. you actually need to sing it to be able to think clearly

. . . you watch Law & Order just because Jesse L. Martin is in it

. . . whenever you say something that your non-Renthead friends don't understand, they automatically know that it's from RENT

. . . you burn a CD 'mix' of all your favorite songs, and coincidently, they all turn out to be Rent songs
e.c. your parents look forward to hearing it, because they think "ooh, something other than Rent" but they throw the CD out the window once they hear the first song

. . . you buy the Rent piano book, just because you want to own every Rent item

. . . you worship anyone involved in Rent

. . . you know that, even though Adam Pascal is damn near perfect, he does proclaim to Mimi at the end of the soundtrack "I have always Love You." But, of course, you are convinced there is a logical reason why he says this!

. . . you are scared by how many of these things you have done

. . . the most random things make you think of Rent, such as potato chips

. . . you find it difficult to take seriously anyone who hasn't seen Rent

. . . it takes you hours to get through the soundtrack because you just HAVE to play Happy New Year and Goodbye Love at least ten times before moving on to the next song (La Vie Boheme too)

. . . your friends no longer have to ask you what you are listening to because they already know the answer (now they try to guess wich song i'm listening)

. . . you can sing any of the musical from any given point
e.c. you also know all of the music to all of the songs

. . . you understand that although squeegeeman has only a few lines, he is one of the key characters

. . . you cry everytime you even think about Angel dying

. . . you either bought or downloaded the Forbidden Broadway CD just to hear the parodies of "La Vie Boheme" (This ain't Boheme) "Rent" (Rant) and "Today 4 U" (too gay 4 U, 2 hetro for me)

. . . you've designed your own 'Rent' wallpaper

. . . you know what Mark was trying to say during Life Support when he starts to say "Oh, I'm not...I'm just here to...I don't have...I'm here with"

. . . you play 'Guess the Next Line' with your other Renthead friends
e.c. and you've actually done this in public

. . . you sing Rent songs with your friends via text messages
e.c. and you've wasted all your credit doing this

. . . you spontaneously start singing RENT in public places
e.c. you get a friend to join you
e.e.c. you do all the motions along with the song
e.e.e.c. you have more than one person mooing with you when you get to that part
e.e.e.e.c. you're on your own when this whole thing starts
e.e.e.e.e.c. you've done this multiple times

. . . you go to karaoke bars and request to sing RENT songs even though they don't have the karaoke for it
e.c. you happen to have the (rare) Rent karaoke cd with you

. . . your chemistry and math class think you're insane because you knew how many minutes are in a year

. . . you and your friends can break out into any song from Rent whenever you want
e.c. You can do the whole show even the parts without music
e.e.c. Neither you nor your friends have ever seen the show because you live too far away...

. . . when you're listening to the cd, you can sing the beginning of the next song before it comes on

. . . your friends what are not rent fans know who Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal are

. . . your sister and brother know who they are

. . . your friends wont talk to you because the only word that comes out of your mouth is rent

. . . you've never seen the show, yet you know the whole script, lyrics and cast bios

. . . you're reading this as a "to do" list

. . . you are sitting in the car with three friends listening to RENT and when you turn off the cd everyone keeps singing for five minutes

. . . you sing Rent songs online with your friends

. . . you feel it is your mission in life to get everyone you meet obsessed with Rent, too

. . . you find the idea of Joey Fatone playing Mark extremely blasphemous

. . . you went to see your local opera company's production of La Boheme just because of RENT and asked other teenagers in the audience if they were Rentheads

. . . you go to the official RENT site every day to watch the video clips and dream of the day you can actually SEE THE SHOW!

. . . you calculate your "Renthead percentage" using this site by dividing the total number of qualifications by the number of qualifications you could check 'yes!' (19.88 T-T)

. . . you know that when Jonathan said 525,600 minutes, he meant it in a non-leap year e.c. you took time out of your life just to make sure this is really true

. . . the heat in your house dies so you walk around with a candle like Mimi and singing to random people in your house

. . . you have made your coworkers and boss listen to RENT
e.c. you have converted them to Rentheads

. . . you think it is absolutely horrid that they are making a new poster with joey from nsync on it

. . . you carry the CDs around in your purse-just in case you need them at a moment's notice, or if you can get someone new to listen to this amazing show!
e.c. if you carry around your discman too-in case you're not near a stereo

. . . you go to sleep at night with RENT playing

. . . you see the show and know when the actors mess up their lines
e.c. You've seen it over 10 times and you still remember every single mess up
e.e.c. You rant to everybody available about how you can't believe that somebody would forget a Rent line. After all, you know every line!

. . . whenever someone says "Rent" in disgust you almost start crying
e.c. you start yelling "what's wrong with you?!"

. . . even though you already have them, every time you're at the store you check out the Rent soundtrack and the Rent "bible"

my brother said i was pathetic, but i don't care!! *goes out singing la vie*

Y ahora, conociéndome como me conozco, se que el inicio de clases me devastará, así que esto se queda en hiuatus hasta que sepa que será de mi vida. lo anuncio pq... no se o-O pq es mejor anunciarlo q desaparecerme de la faz de la tierra sin decir ni pio, así q nos veremos en un mes o algo así.

Las quiero! Besos ^^