That's poetic, That's pathetic...
. . . in the winter you go outdoors, think "cold, cold" and immediately sing "Would you light my candle."
. . . you're willing, even eager (egads!!), to sit and freeze your @$$ off to get cheap tickets.
e.c. if you've done this 5 times or more.
. . . you've stolen a Rent poster from anywhere.
e.c. if you've stolen one from Leicester Square (London).
. . . you've "stalked" a cast member.
. . . you nag your friends for months in advance about an upcoming tour stop.
. . . 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).
. . . you can rattle off an entire cast and bios on each member.
. . . you had to replace your Rent CD because it was worn from being played non-stop.
. . . every day you wear at least one article of clothing related to Rent or Rent keychains, etc.
e.c. you don't have one so you scrawl 'RENT' across a shirt with a sharpie.
. . . you learn to play Musetta's Waltz on the guitar.
e.c. you only know what Musetta's Waltz is because of RENT
. . . you can recite/sing the lines along with your favorite character.
e.c. you can without your favorite character.
. . . when somebody asks "what's the time?" you feel compelled to sing out "well it's gotta be close to midnight!"
. . . when somebody asks "how old are you?" I say "I'm 19, but I'm old for my age!"
. . . everytime you see the Taco Bell commercial for Santa Fe Gorditas, all you can think is "Let's open up a restaurant. . . " well, you know where. . .
. . . everytime someone says "what'd you forget" you start singing "Light my candle".
. . . when performing math, you wonder if this equation will equal 525,600.
. . . you actually spend time CALCULATING a year in different units.
. . . 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.
. . . your immediate reaction to anyone saying "oh, hi" is "oh, hi, after seven months?"
. . . you can't take anyone named Alison seriously.
. . . you belt out OTM to get out the frustration of a bad day when you are driving home.
e.c. you did it without the CD playing.
e.e.c. and you had the windows open.
. . . Christmas carols will NEVER be the same.
. . . you have EVER considered having your answering machine say "speeeeeeeeaaaaaaaak. . . "
e.c. it actually DOES say "speeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkk."
. . . 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 can't hear the phrase "Santa Fe" without thinking, "you know, tumbleweeds, prairie dogs..."
. . . 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 feel like typing A-N-G-E-L at any ATM machine you can find.
e.c. at a Food Emporium
. . . you call cash "flow".
. . . you have managed to work out to Rent.
. . . you sign letters to friends with quotes from Rent.
. . . you know the entire LVB dance and are ready to perform it for everyone wherever you can find a table.
e.c. You know the dance for all of the characters
e.c.c. and have done this in school
. . . whenever someone stirs iced tea, you start performing the lawn chair-handcuff dance.
. . . every time someone asks "what'd you forget?", you reply "got a light?"
. . . every time your watch beeps...you stop and say..."AZT break"
e.c. you set your watch for a certain time so you can say it
. . . you're sleeping over at your best friend's house and start babbling about one of the cast members in your sleep.
. . . the wallpaper on your computer screen is of a scene from Rent.
. . . you try to take a history test (ok any test) but 'Mimi chica, donde esta? Tu mama esta yamando! Donde Estas Mimi, Donde Estas Mimi? . . .Call' is the only thing going through your mind.
. . . every time you see Wizard of Oz, you say 'You know, Dorothy and Toto only went over the rainbow to blow off Auntie Em...'
. . . before or after class, you blurt out one line and then shut up, while all your friends give you a weird look.
e.c. you have ever done this while your friend is in the middle of a sentence
e.e.c. you have ever done this in the middle of class
e.e.e.c. you have ever done this during a test
. . . any time anyone says "C'est la vie", you reply 'la vie boheme...'
. . . you turn in reports with quotes from Rent.
. . . you find yourself writing "La Vie Boheme!" and other quotes from RENT all over your Algebra folder.
. . . 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 and your boyfriend act out "light my candle" or "I should tell you" or "another day"
e.c. you and someone OTHER than your boyfriend act out the above
. . . AIDS affects you deeply, but you always break out in song...
. . . you actually have a NAME for a Random Rent Reference that no one else knows (R cubed...like to the third)
. . . you own more than one set of the CD's
. you have code names with a fellow Renthead for other people that are names of the cast
. . . if you sit and try to think of more symptoms
. . . you have "No day but today" written everywhere
. . . you write entire RENT songs in your notebooks or give them to your friends in notes, and draw the RENT logo all over
. . . you bought a fender guitar because mark says "first shot roger tuning the fender guitar he hasn't played in a year"
. . . you have a dying urge to become a s&m dancer
. . . you want Mimi's clothes even though they are really slutty
. . . you dare your friends to go up to the person they like and sing out tonight, dance and all
. . . 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 scream "Wine and Beer" everytime asks you what you're having
e.c. if you do this at restaurants
e.c.c. often
. . . whenever you countdown you say....5-4-3-open-seasame
. . . you laugh whenever you see a cow.
e.c. you actually find yourself tempted to ask if she has anything to drink.
. . . whenever someone talks about Mickey Mouse, you automatically think "suicidal."
. . . you use the phrase "I'm illin'" on a regular basis.
. . . you are mildly surprised when you pass homeless people on the street and they are not singing "Christmas Bells are Ringing" in perfect harmony.
. . . you bought a video camera and follow your family and friends around, narrating their lives in song.
e.c. you regularly announce the time in "Eastern Standard Time"
. . . when you are juggling more than one phone call you periodically sing "We're Okay"
e.c. you have friends call you at the same time to have an excuse to do this.
. . . you've ever tried to send an email to darlingalexi@newscom.net
. . . the only reason you suggest a 'you might be a Renthead if' reason, is because you want your name used as a reference on a RENT-related page
. . . whenever someone says "Where is he/she?" you always say "Gettin' dizzy!"
. . . when your friends ask you go somewhere even though you don't want to go, you contemplate it for a minute, then reply, "Okay, alright, I'll go..."
. . . 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 spend 12 1/2 hours looking at RENT related sites
. . . you know all of the songs from the APB (Adam Pascal Band)
. . . you have thought about or actually named your kid or pet Roger, Mimi, Mark, Maureen...etc.
. . . 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.
. . . your boyfriend/girlfriend calls you "pookie" and you immediately assume he/she is cheating on you.
. . . you are disappointed if (at Christmas) the Salvation army Santa Claus (or any other Santa Claus) aren't wearing zebra printed tights.
. . . when you ask someone for something and that person denies it to you, the phrase "today for you tomorrow for me" starts playing in your head immediately.
. . . you are beginning to carry around a 10 gallon plastic pickle tub to accompany yourself.
. . . you consider diet coke a drink for bad people or stuck up destroyers of art.
. . . 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 proclaim the 20th (or what ever date you first saw/heard Rent) of every month "Rentday" and go around singing along to the show and acting out bits of it all day.
. . . 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 naturally sing the harmony parts to every song!
e.c. you make up more parts of your own
. . . you sing the cd in the shower
e.c. in you sleep!
. . . 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
. . . anytime anyone says "C'est la vie" you reply "So let her be a lesbian there are other fishes in the sea"
. . . your screen name has to do with rent
. . . you buy stuff because it slightly has to do with rent like the shirt from Gap that says Akita
. . . instead of a top ten movie list you have a top ten list of Collins'
. . . you printed out this website and you and your Renthead friends checked off all the ones you apply too (which is most of them).
. . . you have a friend named Mimi or Mark or something every time you see them you start singing lines from rent.
. . . you spend hours with your sister singing the parts of Roger and Mimi.
. . . whenever anyone asks "where's everyone else?" you simply reply "Playing spiderman!"
. . . as you are reading this you're asking yourself, "you mean that's not normal?"
. . . you have ever sung out tonight at the top of your lungs in a public place, poledancing as you do so.
e.c. if you've done it more than once
. . . 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.
. . . whenever someone offers you chips, by saying "Chips anyone?" you compulsively burst out with, "You can take the girl out of Hicksville, but you can't take the Hicksville out of the girl," before you realize that this doesn't make sense to anyone else.
. . 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.
e.c. you blurt out the lines to relate to your conversation
. . . you watch yourself in the mirror while you act out both parts to "Light My Candle" simultaneously.
e.c. you have performed them in front of family members.
e.e.c. you have performed them in front of perfect strangers.
. . . you spend time obsessing about how One Song Glory should have been Roger's "one song glory"
. . . when someone asks "who died?" you automatically respond with "our Akita...Evita"
. . . you and your Renthead friends have formed a group called Life Support
. . . whenever someone mentions a guitar, you ask if it's a fender and if they just got it out of hock
. . . when you're sick, and someone says they're gonna buy stuff for you, you say "don't waste your money on me, me, Mimi..."
. . . 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 start casting your favorite actors as the characters from Rent.
. . . when your school choir actually DOES perform a song from RENT, you sit in the audience singing along.
. . . 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 had the soundtrack memorized and knew the story line before you saw the show.
. . . you hear someone say, "Got a light?" You immediately respond," I know you...you're...you're shivering!"
. . . you've actually taken the time to read this whole list, and laughed constantly because you know it's true.
. . . your neighbor's yuppie dog dies, and all you can think is "And sure as I am here, that dog is now in doggie hell."
. . . you have made up a new hand motion to represent Viva La Vie Boheme.
. . . you sign your mail with names of the artists.
. . . everytime you read this list you sing along with the written quotations from rent songs!
. . . you and your 4 friends act out RENT, each taking 2 roles.
. . . you know all the songs on Adam Pascal's new CD "Model Prisoner".
. . . while waiting for your hair dye to set in, you sing La Vie Boheme.
. . . you have a picture with a cast member
e.c. you meet new people just so you can find someone who doesn't know that you have a picture with said cast member and tell them.
. . . you know you're a rent head when you not only know every fact on Rent but the opera La Boheme that it was partially based on
. . . you get excited when you know the La Boheme questions on jeopardy only because you've seen Rent not because you've ever seen La Boheme.
. . . you translate the titles of RENT songs into French during boring classes
. . . you play RENT association with your Renthead friends
. . . you write things in "RENT writing" (the writing the logo is in, with the crooked N)
. . . you have a picture of RENT on your geometry folder
. . . you write Viva La Vie Boheme on your desk during school
. . . you saw the movie Road Trip only because Anthony Rapp had a little part in it
. . . you saw Aida because Adam Pascal was in it
. . . one of your other favorite musicals happens to be "Evita" and every time you hear it in RENT you think of it (and vice versa)
. . . when the ball drops on new years, you break into song with "Happy New Year"
. . . when someone mentions a car, ask them if they sold the car that took them away and back
e.c. ask them if they found their song, or Mimi for that matter
. . . you have caught mistakes on the CD (when Mimi's fever is breaking, if you listen closely you can hear someone giggle)
. . . when someone asks you who you like you respond, "I like boys, boys like me"
. . . someone talks about an angel in their dream, you ask them if it was an angel of the first degree
. . . at Christmas, you go up to people and say, "nice tree..."
. . . when someone falls, say "let's get a band-aid for your knee"
. . . you start referring to aids as "acquired immune deficiency SYNdrome" with the emphasis on SYN
. . . you name your new stuffed dog Akita "Evita"
. . . 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
. . . your AOL profile is filled with quotes from rent
e.c. your member name is Roger Davis, your occupation is songwriter, you marital status is Mimi, your hobbies are revolting against your yuppie scum landlord Benny etc.
. . you read this entire list and actually understand everything on it.
. . . you listen to the entire soundtrack just in hopes of thinking of something to add to this list.
. . . on new years eve, 3 and a half minutes before midnight you listened to happy new year.
. . . you long to be a bohemian.
. . . you hear someone say, "You talking to me?" and you sing (out loud), "Not at all!"
. . . you see a yellow moving truck and you think, "yellow rental truck"
e.c. you point this fact out to whoever you happen to be with at the time
. . . you see a moving truck and are disappointed that it's not yellow
. . . you'd like to eat at the Life Cafe
. . . you made up your own Mark smiley and use it all the time =8-)
. . . you call everyone "Pookie" or "Honey Bear"
. . . you've seen SLC Punk for the sole reason of seeing Adam Pascal and his miniscule part in the movie.
. . .everytime your parents yell at you/ground you, your compelled to scream out: "Not to mention of course...hating dear old mom and daaaadddd!"
. . . you're in Manhattan: you pass copies of the village voice and scream out "To the village voice, to any passing fad!"
. . . you pass a building with bolted plywood padlocked to a chain, and exclaim so aloud.
. . . in the winter your known to sing "and its beginning to snow", but only after you walk outside and let everyone know that its "cold, cold"
. . .you print out the 1994 NYTW script in 25 page increments so your parents don't find out you now have MORE Rent stuff
. . . you vow you will marry Anthony Rapp, even though he's gay, and you're a girl
e.c. your friends have a poem about your love plight
e.e.c. they set it to the tune of La Vie Boheme and promise to sing it at your wedding
e.e.e.c. you have a sex change because this is the only way to marry him seeing as he is gay and you are-well, were a girl
. . . you swear you will have a solo CD by every cast of the OBC
e.c. already have three so far
. . . you hooked at least one of your friends on RENT
. . . you want your tombstone to read 'No Day But Today'
. . . you believe that love is worth it all
. . . your idea of a pick up line is: 'Would you light my candle?'
e.c. the person answers 'What are you staring at?'
. . . you know your a Renthead if you own Idina Menzel's CD and Anthony Rapp's CD Along with Adam Pascal's CD. That is a whole other RENT collection.
. . . you are reminded of Roger and MIMI when ever you drip candle wax on yourself
. . . you leave answering machine messages in songs
. . . while trying to hid a secret you say "I should tell you I should tell you". then don't say anything else
. . . on your history test you defined anarchy as "revolution, justice screaming for solutions, forcing changes, risk and danger, making noise and making pleas!"
. . . you have e-mailed members from the cast
e.c. the original cast
. . . your friends give you an allotted amount of time each day to talk about it---then make you shut up!
. . . you have a shrine covering your room and people know what your talking about when you say it's the "RENT WALL"!
. . . you actually know all the parts to "Christmas Bells"
e.c. you try to sing all of them
. . . you feel the need to explain to everyone around you that Angel dies during contact.
e.c. you do it when the cd isn't playing
...you are proud of the fact that you have done all of these
. . . 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)
. . . when someone asks 'what's that?' you reply 'it's a candy bar wrapper'
. . . whenever one of your friends (or enemies) acts indifferent or does something mean, you feel compelled to burst out into a chorus of, "What happened to (insert name here)? What happened to his/her heart and the ideals he/she once pursued?"
. . . you take shorter showers because you can't wait to get out of the bathroom and listen to RENT and you have yet to find a waterproof discman.
. . . you see a group of school children playing follow the leader and you have to resist the urge to run up to them and sing in a loud voice, "Follow the man! Follow the man! With his pockets full of the jam!" even though you know they'd probably run away in fear.
. . . you are so obsessed with rent you tell everyone you WILL move to Santa Fe to open a restaurant.
. . . you insist that your mother give you a hot plate for Christmas. (You promise not to leave it on when you leave the house.)
. . . whenever you see a microphone you say TEST 1 2 3 into it.
. . . whenever someone proposes a toast to you, your first impulse is to tell them to go to hell.
e.c. you actually *do* say "Go to hell."
. . . 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 know all the words on Anthony Rapp's debut solo CD "Look Around."
. . . 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"
. . . you learn to tango
. . . you have typed out your own script of rent
. . . 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.
. . . every time someone breaks up with you think "I'd be happy to die for a taste of what angel had...."
. . . when you are talking musicals, and someone mentions Evita, you think of a dog before you remember the musical.
. . . whenever you express an idea, you advise people to "think twice before you poo-poo it"
. . . you know the name of Roger's band (the Well Hungarians, according to the RENT book) and think this is cool
. . . you are the only one in your school who knows all the words to LVB.
. . . you make lists on your sleep
. . . when a shopkeeper offers you a discount, you immediately think they're a thief
. . . you've created more "cop versions" of Christmas carols
. . . whenever you meet someone named "Nanette" you ask her if she knows how to tango
e.c. you ask if her last name is Himmelfarb
. . . you have taken your picture next to a street sign that says "Avenue A" (or B)
e.c. you got a total stranger to take your picture
. . . you actually spend hours in your closet putting together an outfit that's apropos for a party that's also a crime.
. . . everytime someone asks, "and you are" you reply "Oh, I'm not . . . I'm just here to . . . I don't have I'm here with... MARK, mark, I'm Mark!"
. . . you get into arguments about what is the best song in rent.
. . . when asked your name, your respond "they call me... they call me... Mimi."
. . . when someone mentions "Spike Lee" you reply with "Bahumbug!"
. . . you risk peeing your pants because you absolutely refuse to miss one single note.
. . . 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 are tempted to rewire virtual reality equipment to self destruct and broadcast the words "actual reality, act up, fight AIDS!".
e.c. if it's at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
e.e.c. if you actually do it!
. . . 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 call my best friend Pookie
e.c. she lets you
. . . you print off this list so you can check off what you've done
e.c. you look forward to being able to brag about your Renthead-ness to your friends.
. . . 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.
. . . you regularly get into heated discussions over who the best Roger, Mark, Mimi, etc. is.
. . . you use bootlegs to create a dream cast of RENT recording.
. . . you feel like dying in America at the end of the millennium when you can't buy any tickets.
. . . 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.c. to shut up
e.e.e.e.c. to keep singing
. . . you took pictures of yourself at the Nederlander in front of rent signs
. . . when ordering a drink you purposely order a Tom Collins just because of its name.
e.c. you try to convince everybody you know that the drink is named after someone in Rent.
. . . 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.
. . . you search for rent songs by current cast members
. . . you throw a fit everytime someone says that they have never heard of RENT.
. . . when you are bored in class, you try to write all the words out to rent (including all the talking parts). e.c. with the opposite hand that you usually write with. e.e.c. you actually finish the play
. . . your favorite colors are maroon and light blue because of Mark's sweater
. . . you buy your clothes according to if they look like something that a Rent character would wear
. . . you spend hours on the internet searching for Rent sites, and sites about the actors in Rent
. . . every December 24, 9 PM eastern standard time, you start to sing the tune up.
e.c. and continue throughout the whole play!
. . . you worship anyone involved in Rent.
e.c. you think that Jonathan Larson is a god.
. . . 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
e.c. you laugh out loud at anything they say
. . . 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.
. . . you know ALL the words to EVERYTHING (including the cd booklet)
. . . you feel you have to correct anyone who tells you that Jonathan Larson died of AIDS, because he DIDN'T
e.c. you feel you have to correct people who aren't talking to you
e.e.c. you have to correct people who you've never met
e.e.e.c. you have to correct people who haven't said anything remotely related to the topic
. . . 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)
e.c. memorized those words too
e.e.c. sang them to piss off your group of Rentheads, pretending you weren't mad the first time you heard them too, till you realized they were too funny to stay mad at.
. . . you are a teenage girl living in a suburban area, yet you know every street name for heroin there is
. . . you can't wait till your 19th birthday when you can finally say "I'm 19, but I'm old for my age, I'm just born to be bad!"
. . . 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
. . . all your AOL away messages have something to do with RENT, i.e. song lyrics, quotes, or your referring to yourself as one of the characters
. . 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 say your name during Life Support.
. . . 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....
. . . you look at this site so much you actually find mistakes on it (i.e. when you're sick, and someone says they're gonna buy stuff for you, you say "don't waste your money on me, me, Mimi..." it's Mimi, me, me)
. . . you show EVERYONE your pictures of yourself and the cast
. . . you manage to work "Rent" into one or more of your finals...
e.c. you get As on them! (I definitely quoted Anthony Rapp in my Politics term paper)
. . . you know what "no you cut the paper plate is"
. . . you wonder what mark was doing under that sheet
. . . your friends what are not rent fans know who Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal are
. . . your sister and brother know who they are
. . you have given up listening to the radio because you want to listen to rent
. . . you have thought of 5 or more what if's
. . . your friends wont talk to you because the only word that comes out of your mouth is rent
. . . you know you're a Renthead when.... you watch Law & Order and the first part of the show you see Jesse L. Martin and you look to the person next to you and say "Collins.. Tom Collins..."
. . . you know who Joel is
. . . you use the phrase "We'll see boys" on a regular basis.
e.c. people you now (who have no idea where it's from) start saying it too
. . . when you fail to recognize an acquaintance you say " I didn't recognize you without the handcuffs" ...
. . . your favourite thing to do at your local mall is sing random RENT lyrics
e.c. parents of small children have shielded their ears so as not to hear you sing "La Vie Boheme"
e.e.c. You meet a cute security guard who is also a Renthead
. . . you've never seen the show, yet you know the whole script, lyrics and cast bios
. . . you go to the nearest holiday inn and ask if there is any vacancy, if the reply no you say "no room at the holiday inn, OH NO!!!!!!!!!" then you ask again and when they reply no a second time you say "no room at the holiday inn AGAIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNN!"
e.c. its beginning to snow outside
e.e.c. you announce that "it's beginning to snow"
. . . 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.
. . . everytime your teacher tells you or a classmate to turn the overhead projector on, start singing "First shot Roger, with the fender guitar he just got out of hock...... etc."
. . . when someone says, "You look familiar" you reply, "Like your dead girlfriend?"
. . . 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.
e.c. You are/used to be a huge Nsync fan.
e.c.c. You were planning a trip to NYC especially to see RENT, but delayed it a few months until he wasn't in the cast anymore
. . . you can manage to connect any person in the entire world, living or dead, to a RENT cast member past or present through six people or less (a la Six Degrees of Separation/Kevin Bacon)
e.c. You challenge your friends to try to stump you with this at parties by throwing out random names of people- and you never lose.
e.e.c. After awhile, your friends can do this, too, completely on their own - even if they have never seen RENT.
. . . 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.
. . . you're madly in love with Jonathan Larson, even if he's 30 years older than you, and he's dead.
. . . you go to sleep at night with RENT playing.
e.c. if you put it on constant repeat-so you fall asleep listening to it, hear it if you wake up in the middle of the night, and wake up to it in the morning.
e.e.c. if you can't fall asleep any other way!!!!
. . . Langston Huges is your favorite poet only because he is mentioned in LVB.
. . . whenever someone says "Rent" in disgust you almost start crying
e.c. you actually do start crying
e.e.c. you start yelling "what's wrong with you?!"
. . . you keep on directing the movie version in your head.
e.c. if you keep listening to the soundtrack to enhance the experience
. . . if someone says "she died" you say, "Her name was April" and start singing "light my candle"
. . . you say to your teachers: "I find some of what you teach suspect, because I'm used to relying on intellect"
. . . you have a difffernt RENT quote everyday on your AOL away message.
. . . you actually have a signature RENT quote that can be found on pretty much everything you own
e.c. you don't put your name on your school text books, papers, etc. everyone knows that they're yours by reading the quote.
. . . even though you already have them, every time you're at the store you check out the Rent soundtrack and the Rent "bible".
. . . whenever asked who you admire or who your role model is, you immediately respond with "Jonathan Larson." (Well, the man was fucking brilliant...)
And best of all . . .
. . . you have a bigger heart than you ever thought possible, and LOVE it that way.
****Disclaimer: I have, in fact, done these.******