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You are obsessed with 'Titanic' if...

  1. You start calculating just how much money you would have to save to buy items they were selling from the Titanic movie set.(Ascherie)
  2. You have to create a special bookmark folder for all the Titanic related web sites you've visited so they will all fit on your screen.(Ascherie)
  3. You start calculating (and saving) money for the "ultimate" Home Theater system so you'll be ready when Titanic comes out on video.(Ascherie)
  4. You download pics from the movie, frame them, and put them on your desk at work.(Ascherie)
  5. You haven't seen another movie, except Titanic, since Dec. 19, 1997 (Ascherie).
  6. .you start considering trying to get a job at the local movie theater (where Titanic is playing of course!) (Ascherie)
  7. You start a text file to download the alt.movies.titanic newsgroup messages so you can print them off to read them to stay current.(Ascherie)
  8. You make sure not more than one friend who hasn't seen the movie yet goes with you to it per weekend. (That way you have someone else to go with the next weekend!!) (Ascherie)
  9. You go to see 'Titanic' again, only to find it is sold out, but you leave the theater happy to know that it is still doing so well (Jill C)
  10. You have two copies of the 'Titanic' cd: one for your car, one for your apartment(Jill C)
  11. You steal copies of your little sister's YM in case there is an article on Leonardo (Jill C)
  12. You cannot imagine how people who have not seen 'Titanic' yet can live with themselves (Jill C)
  13. You type up and print out bits of dialogue that correspond to the pictures you have all over your room, then tape the dialogue underneath the pictures to get that full "movie" effect.(Melissa)
  14. After watching the film, you stay in the theater just to read the credits and listen to "My heart will go on." (Rafael)
  15. You make a copy of the Soundtrack and pump up the volume in your walkman with the danger of being hit by a car for not paying attention to traffic. (Rafael)
  16. You cry every time you hear song eleven on the soundtrack, and get funny looks when you start saying, "There's a boat, Jack! Jack! There's a boat..." (Grae)
  17. You sing "My Heart Will Go On" to audition for your high school's production of "The Music Man."(Grae)
  18. You know how many times Rose says "come back!"(Grae)
  19. You read "The Man in the Iron Mask" by Alexandre Dumas, and smile at the thought of Leo playing more than one role. (Grae)
  20. You cry during "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" when Arnie is almost drowned. (Grae)
  21. You insist that Jack is on a cruise in the Carribean and will be back "any day now." (Grae)
  22. You had the stomach flu during the Golden Globes, but you still stayed up and watched, just to see how many awards Titanic would win. (Melissa)
  23. The other girls in your dorm slip notes under your door asking you to PLEASE stop playing the soundtrack (Melissa)
  24. You have 4 different remixes of "My Heart Will Go On," all with different dialogue (Melissa)
  25. You feel guilty about playing any CD except the soundtrack (Melissa)
  26. You've had to buy three new ink cartridges for your printer in thelast two weeks because of all the 'Titanic' stuff you've been printing out (Melissa)
  27. You've talked about 'Titanic' so much and seen it so many times that you've convinced your parents -- who haven't been to a movie theater since 1990 -- to go see it. (Melissa)
  28. You insist that 'Titanic' be referred to as "THE movie" in your presence.(Melissa)
  29. You make out with your boyfriend in the backseat of his car just so you can fog up the windows and then slam your hand against it to leave a handprint.(Melissa)
  30. You dig out your old pointe shoes and practice going up on your toes like Rose did at the steerage party.(Melissa)
  31. You beg your mom to drive by the drive-in just so you can see parts of the movie. (Erika)
  32. You watch Entertainment Tonight, The Gossip Show and EXTRA! just to see if there's anything on Kate or Leo.(Erika)
  33. You get in the shower at exactly 9:30 ( because that's when they said they would play MHWGO ) just so you can sing at the top of your lungs. (Erika)
  34. You sat listening to the radio for four days straight so you could get the My Heart Will Go On movie mix on tape and finally had to call up the station and have the song dedicated to your friends. (Kim)
  35. You download every trailer on the internet that is about the titanic, maybe you will eventually have the whole movie before it comes out on video (unknown)
  36. You listen to the soundtrack while playing Quake!(Eddie) You feel personally offended if someone says they like another movie currently in theaters more than Titanic.(Elizabeth)
  37. You've already spent over $50 to see the movie -- excluding concessions.(Elizabeth)
  38. No matter how many times you've seen it, you can't get enough and have to see it again.(Elizabeth)
  39. You've seen it, know what's going to happen, and still cry harder every time.(Elizabeth)
  40. You can no longer just sit on a couch, you have to sprawl on it as if posing for a conte crayon sketch (Tayan)
  41. You stand on your toes to impress the guys at a party (Tayan)
  42. You get into a cab and the driver asks "Where to, Miss?" and you say "To the stars!"(Tayan)
  43. The first thing you say when you go to the office in the mornings is "I can't work in such horrible conditions!"(Tayan)
  44. You make Freudian observations regarding men's preoccupation with size every chance you get (Tayan)
  45. You replace your favorite cuss words with "This is horses@!%!"(Tayan)
  46. You take practice swings at your wardrobe with a fire axe, and always try not to hit the same spot twice (Tayan)
  47. You refuse all offers of caviar for the rest of your life (Tayan)
  48. You can make only one toast... "To making it count!" (Tayan)
  49. You wear a whistle around your neck whenever you're on a ship or near water (Tayan)
  50. Every time your husband tries to leave the house and say goodbye to you, you become hysterical and yell, "Don't you say your goodbyes!"(Tayan)
  51. You take 5 bags of luggage, 15 framed photos and a bowl of goldfish everywhere you go, even if you're only popping into the 7-11 for milk. (Tayan)
  52. You try to act like Rose or Jack and everyone calls you Rose or Jack and if they don't you challange them to a duel. (Nicky)
  53. Everything you watch has background music that sounds like the music in the Titanic soundtrack. (Jacki)
  54. You go rent movies that Leonardo DiCaprio is in and you talk to the people working there about Titanic while your whole family is sitting in the car waiting on you. (Brandi)
  55. You wake you to find your roommate laughing at the fact that you were humming "My Heart will go on" in your sleep.(Candice)
  56. You spend your evenings chating with people on IRC in channel #Titanic. (Linda K)
  57. You play "My heart will go on" on your piano every nite until your neighbours come banging on your door to shut you up. (Knight)
  58. You fill a 60-minute cassette with "My heart will go on" so that you don't have to rewind to listen to it again.(Knight)
  59. You can pinpoint the exact scene of the movie that occurs duing any given part of soundtrack! (Jennifer)
  60. You spend over three hours and fourteen minutes a night in efnet's #titanic. (Thysious)
  61. You run around yelling "Abandon ship!" and handing out rolls of lifesavers to everyone. (Meredith)
  62. You bounce cheques to your local bookstore because you can't stand to pass up a book on the Titanic (Sara)
  63. You have decided to name your kids after the characters in the movie.(Sara)
  64. You have slipped and called your lover Rose/Jack.(Sara)
  65. Your eyes tear up every time you see a commercial for the movie.(Sara)
  66. You have had copies of Rose's dresses made for yourself.(Sara)
  67. You make a model of Titanic and call it The Jack Dawson and you make another for Rose! (Guillermo)
  68. You made a copy of the soundtrack from cd so you can listen to it on your tapeplayer at work (and keep the cd in the car) and your co-workers ask "Do you ever listen to anything else."(Kay)
  69. You have been obsessed with the Titanic since you were in grade school and you are now 33.(Kay)
  70. You can relate to Rose and Jack's love story all too well, because it reminds you of the emotions you had when you met your husband.(Kay)
  71. You finally conned your husband into going after he has declared it a "chick flick".(Kay)
  72. You wish you were a teenager again, so you wouldn't feel like a cradle robber for having a crush on Leonardo DiCaprio (anonymous)
  73. You refuse to eat anything that was not served on the Titanic. (Bruce K and friends)
  74. While listening to "My Heart Will Go On" you dance with your cat pretending he's Jack.(Bruce K and friends)
  75. You walk down the halls telling everyone you see that you're Rose Dawson.(Bruce K and friends)
  76. You instantly sign up for voice lessons to replace Celine Dion in the song.(Bruce K and friends)
  77. You break out on tears when your science teacher starts talking about water or ice.(Bruce K and friends)
  78. You have buy seven t-shirts with Titanic pictures on them, one for every day of the week.(Bruce K and friends)
  79. You refuse to take off the clothes you wore when you first saw Titanic.(Bruce K and friends)
  80. You figure out how to play the TITANIC soundtrack on your recorder.(Hannah)
  81. Your husband goes up on the roof to put an antenna up there and he stands on the gable and spreads his arms and yells "I'm king of the world!" and all the family comes out to watch. You yell up to him "My eyes are closed. Bring me up and give me the kiss of my life!" (Mary)
  82. You redo the story over and over and over and over in your mind, casting yourself as the hero who saves the ship, and ESPECIALLY Jack. Oh, and throws Cal overboard. (Celeste)
  83. By hook or by crook, your project presentation must contain something related to Titanic, even though the 2 can be totally unrelated. (Wy F)
  84. You insist that your husband dress up as Jack, and you as Rose, to pose for your wedding photos.(Wy F)
  85. You would sail out to the sea and cried, "come back, come back!!" and stay there for a few hours each day, just in case Jack is alive and is waiting to be saved.(Wy F)
  86. Everytime you go fishing, you hope to fish up that Heart of the Ocean.(Wy F)
  87. You've completed "Spitting lesson for Beginners" and is on course to finish the "Advanced Lesson"(Wy F)
  88. )You buy a Titanic in a class tank for you station after visiting the Titanic exhibit so that it reminds you while you are away at work (Fantasia)
  89. You accidently cut your finger instead of your customers hair cause you are to busy turned around talking to the stylist next to you about how good the movie was.(Fantasia)
  90. You beg your boss a million times to let you put a Titanic Poster on your Station Mirror (Fantasia)
  91. Your boss threatens never to give you another day off so that you can't see the movie for the 5th time. (Fantasia)
  92. Your friends tell you to stop Singing "My Heart goes On" cause they don't want to get involved (Fantasia)
  93. All your friends scream when Titanic is mention and you didn't even mention it. (Fantasia)
  94. Every body laughs because half of these obbession signs pertain to you. (Fantasia)
  95. The latest Nor'easter has brought so much rain that there is a sizable puddle sloshing around on the passenger side of your car and it doesn't bother you that much this time because it reminds you of the movie. Then when you get to work, instead of explaining to your boss that your car is flooded you say, "the water-tight bulkheads only go up to E deck" and that you can "stay afloat with four compartments flooded, but not five." (Meredith)
  96. Every time you go back you pray the ship won't sink. (Ridout)
  97. You can recite lines while listening to the soundtrack, because you know when each song is played during the movie.(Ridout)
  98. You buy the sheet music.(Ridout)
  99. You buy the penny whistle that they play at the begining of "My Heart Will Go On", and take up lessons.(Ridout)
  100. You dye your hair red and/or brown.(Ridout)
  101. You make up songs about the Titanic, like my personal favorite, "Where's The Ship?" (Ridout)
  102. You start 'accidentally' saying 'reckon' or start saying in a british accent--"That's White Star Line Property!" (Ridout)
  103. When "My Heart Will Go On" comes on the radio, you scream with excitement. Then cuss the radio station when you realize it isn't the version with the dialogue.(Anna and Angela)
  104. You sit in the car listening to the soundtrack for an hour to prepareto see the movie.(Anna and Angela)
  105. You write down obsession signs before the movie, because you know you will be too distraught to remember them afterwards.(Anna and Angela)
  106. You steal napkins from the movie theater, because you forgot your kleenex.(Anna and Angela)
  107. You remove all of your eye makeup before seeing the movie, so you won't have black under eye smudges.(Anna and Angela)
  108. You search the internet for a corset like Rose's. (SalmAngel2)
  109. You pay $1200 to have a dress like Rose's made.(SalmAngel2)
  110. Your teacher askes you why youre crying and you tell him/her that Rose would be having tea 86 years ago right now. (SalmAngel2)
  111. You're a goth chick and you bought the soundtrack and bragged about it to all your goth friends who now think youre a nutcase (SalmAngel2)
  112. You print pictures of kate and then try to draw her.(SalmAngel2)
  113. You know exactly what part of the movie you should run to the bathroom during, and have used that knowledge twice already. (Ken)
  114. You're so engrossed in the movie, you don't pause and slap the idiot that brought the crying baby like you normally would.(Ken)
  115. You've seen Titanic so many times, you know which concession stand employee is the fastest butterer so you only stand in his line.(Ken)
  116. For added realism, you run to the bathroom right after the impact, stop up the toilet with a roll of paper towels, and flood the restroom so you can run around in the cold water for a minute.(Ken)
  117. Remembering those fond "Rocky Horror" nights from your youth, you've started wearing corsets to the theatre, and bringing your own props, like beer to slosh on yourself, a whistle to blow, and necklaces to flush down the toilet afterward. (Ken)
  118. You are seriously considering adding "You jump, I jump" to your wedding vows.(Julie)
  119. You have given up calling your fiancee by his real name, and instead call him Jack. You insist that he calls you Rose. He agrees, but only because then he can say, "Rose, you're so stupid! Why'd you do that?"(Julie)
  120. You've rented every Kate Winslet movie and watched each over three times.(jrd)
  121. You pass up doing a major project to go see it for the sixth time.(jrd)
  122. You open the soundtrack case every few minutes and read everything in the insert.(jrd)
  123. You fall into a state of depression after missing 'The Making of Titanic'.(jrd)
  124. You put your cd player on repeat-all mode before going to sleep, and wake up realizing it's been spinning for 9 hours.(jrd)
  125. You feel you have a higher level of emotion/intelligence than your friends, because they only think the movie is 'OK'. (jrd)
  126. You feel sorry for your friends for not being able to experience the movie on the same level.(jrd)
  127. You call for complete silence whenever anything Titanic-related is on TV.(jrd)
  128. You watch CNN's Showbiz Today every Monday to hear about Titanic's weekend performance.(jrd)
  129. You've heard at least five "My Heart Will Go On" radio mixes.(jrd)
  130. You've never bought a classical/celtic cd before, but find yourself taking it to school instead of your traditional punk or ska cd.(jrd)
  131. You feel a sense of urgency when someone tells you they haven't seen it yet.(jrd)
  132. You feel you've "done some good" by forcing someone to see it with your never-ending comments about it.(jrd)
  133. You don't understand how you could have known nothing about the Titanic before.(jrd)
  134. You've already declared Kate Winslet the most attractive person in the world to a crowd of confused people.(jrd)
  135. You leave a handprint on every fogged up window you find. (Jamie)
  136. You run to the elevator and flip off those unlucky to make it on as the doors close. (Donn)
  137. You have an emergency and instead of calling 9-1-1 you tell a bystander to send out a CQD.(Donn)
  138. You invite friends over for a bar- b -que you bust the bag open on the floor and use a shovel to fill the grill.(Donn)
  139. At public outdoor events you try to find a high spot to search for people making out then quote crowsnest dialogue to the people next to you.(Donn)
  140. When on a small boat you yell "we have to go back and save the people still in the water".(Donn)
  141. You stop going to church until the pastor wears a uniform and the "Hymn for those in Peril on the seas" is in every service. OR you go to church and you insist someone tilts the pew and splashes water on you so you can get that extra spiritual lift.(Donn)
  142. While on the highdive you try to out tumble the poor guy that hits the propeller jumping off the stern. (Donn)
  143. You annoy your swim coach by starting every session with "you jump, I jump".(Donn)
  144. You get in trouble with your Algebra teacher for wtiting " This is absurd! We are not having this conversation!" on your homework paper. (Hannah)
  145. You vow to name your kids Jack and Rose. (Hannah)
  146. You keep a blank tape in your VCR, just in case a TITANIC clip comes on. (Hannah)
  147. You find yourself writing a 30 page report on titanic at 2:00 in the morning for fun!!!! (Jjlaw)
  148. You were thinking about taking a cruise for your honeymoon until you saw Titanic (Julie)
  149. You type your senior project while listening to the soundtrack.(Julie)
  150. You encourage your children to go to the store and buy teenbeat and other teenybop magizines so that you can keep up on the latest scoop on Leonardo Dicaprio. (Fantasia)
  151. Your sister yells at you for making her kid a total Titanic manaic too.(Fantasia)
  152. You go through Titanic withdrawls the first weekend you don't go see Titanic.(Fantasia)
  153. While in line you yell "For gods sake women and children first!" (Donn)
  154. You call your local amusement park and demand they make a Titanic ride so you can go vertical and experience the plunge for yourself.(Donn)
  155. You redecorate your house in nautica and crystal with the wallpaper at a 45 degree angle with that quaint wading pool at one end of the room(Donn)
  156. You find yourself rushing to a store advertising a "Titanic white sale" then break down when you find neither any items from the Titanic or White Star line being offered. (Donn)
  157. You curse anything Californian for a totally different reason now! (for the Arizonans and Northwesterners out there!)(Donn)
  158. You hope that they come out with Titanic action figures so you can have fun in the bath tub like the kiddies do.(Donn)
  159. You have seen the movie three times already but keep going back even though you have to wait in line for an hour and a half in the freezing cold and usually have to cut just to get a single ticket! (Ashley)
  160. You've seen it so many times that in normal conversation you start speaking in a British/American accent. (Kim)
  161. When you call someone, you wait for them to pick up the phone then yell "Is anyone there?" and when they say yes, you yell "Iceberg right ahead!"(Kim)
  162. When you go back to see it again and it's sold out, you start to cry and curse the ticket sellers, even though it may be your sixth or seventh time.(Kim)
  163. You can go through any scene in the movie after being given just one line.(Kim)
  164. You know all the officers' names, ranks, lines, fates, and nationalities, the actors' names who played them, and you have a crush on at least one.(Kim)
  165. You can do the accents along with the lines.(Kim)
  166. You know exactly how many times each character appears in the movie, and what they're doing each time.(Kim)
  167. You start group discussions on staying on the ship vs. getting in a lifeboat.(Kim)
  168. When seated in a restaurant, you tell your friends "watch this" and re-enact the entire dinner scene by yourself.(Kim)
  169. You find that your relationship with your best friend has gotten stronger simply because you've seen Titanic together so many times that it's all you can talk about and only he/she understands.(Kim)
  170. You've given up on Leo and Billy and instead have a horrific crush on the guy who plays Mr. Lowe, and the only way your friends can remember him is when you refer to him as "You know, the officer who brought the only lifeboat back. The one who says 'Is anyone alive out there?'" which you do at least twice a day, all the while with a stupid grin on your face.(Kim)
  171. The movie has inspired you to begin your long-dreamed-of pursuit of an acting career. (Kim)
  172. You're having an Oscar party, and if Titanic doesn't sweep, you're going to write a "strongly worded letter" to the Academy.(Kim)
  173. You love the dress Rose wears in the dinner scene (with Leo) so much that you find someone to make it for you. (Niki)
  174. You start categorizing people you see on the street by what class you think they should travel on the Titanic. (Donn)
  175. You start referring to certain areas of your town as First Class, Second Class and steerage! Also automobiles start looking that way too!(Donn)
  176. You start referencing dates in your life/history as B.T. Before Titanic or A.T. After Titanic. (The Reference date being December 19 1997)(Donn)
  177. You adopt two dogs and name them "Jack" and "Rose." (JSC)
  178. You have submitted more than one obsession sign based on your own experiences.(Destiny)
  179. Every time you see water or hear the word, you involuntarily say "water" with Mr. Andrews' accent. Sometimes you go on with the scene detailing the ships' damage. (Byron)
  180. Your favorite actor is a guy from the movie (Ewan Stewart, a.k.a. Mr. Murdoch) and you wanna be just like him and wonder if he already knows you're his best friend.(Byron)
  181. You talk for 5 hours or more on the phone with your best friend and realize you've talked about nothing but "Titanic".
  182. You know the characters so well that the two of you act out scenes that weren't on the ship but could have been.(Byron)
  183. You write someone a fan letter from the movie and promise your "Titanic" bud you will consume the most vile food/drink on the face of the earth just to see if they write you back.(Byron)
  184. You get very angry when the none of the officers are nominated for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor. (Byron)
  185. You wonder if they will have an awards show for "Titanic", then remember they already do---the Oscars!(Byron)
  186. When sitting in the theater for the 10th time or more, you smile and give a slight chuckle when all the little rookies make reactions for the first time.(Byron)
  187. You just happen to be in town anyway and circle the theater when the movie is playing. (Byron)
  188. You hurt while looking at your church hymn book and think, "Is is too much to ask to have 'Eternal Father, Strong to Save' inserted in here?"(Byron)
  189. Anytime you're in a crowded room you lean over to someone and say, "There's the Countess of Rothes. And that's . . . " etc.(Byron)
  190. You notice people in your church who resemble people from the movie and start recasting it in case they shoot it again in your hometown.(Byron)
  191. You learn the sign language to "My Heart Will Go On" and a friend of yours makes you come over and makes you do it over and over again and won't let you leave until she's memorized it.(Byron)
  192. You do all things possible to avoid the Ticket Witch who put up that "'Titanic Sold Out'" sign up *twice* when you were there, and she didn't even apologize or act sympathetic!!(Byron)
  193. You get upset when you call someone and it's not your "Titanic" partner so you can't yell, "Iceberg! Right ahead!"(Byron)
  194. You just saw it again with your best friend, you fight over the most irrelevant details no one else would even notice, and then you call each other that night ecstatic and plotting when you can possibly go together again.(Byron)
  195. It takes every ounce of restraint you have not to hum along with the soundtrack.(Byron)
  196. You get grounded for a month for yelling at your parents after they refuse to go see "Titanic" (Sarah)
  197. When you even touch the keyboard on the computer, it plays a Titanic sound, the Titanic Screensaver comes on after only 1 minute, and you have new Titanic Wallpaper on your computer daily. (Sarah)
  198. When "My Heart Will Go On" comes on at school, you and your best friend sit down in the middle of the gym floor (during a soccer game) and sing your hearts out..... (Sarah)
  199. You buy "official" coal and blueprints from the titanic from a "reputable" website. (David)
  200. You spend 2 hours a day reading 75 E-mail messages about your Titanic site, and don't seem to mind. (Jim)
  201. You write the Acadmay award Committee a "Strongly worded Letter", stating that Leonardo Dicaprio should have been nominated for Best Drama Actor... and That Jack Nicholson has had way to many awards and doesn't need any others.(Fantasia)
  202. You find that writing these obession signs is addictive (Fantasia)
  203. You know how many times Rose said 'Jack' in the movie - 76!
  204. You have been saving all your money to have Rose's entire wardrobe made. (Ashley)
  205. When you get home you rush to your computer just to see if there are any new obsession signs (Ashley)
  206. You and your best friend at school run around yelling 'Iceberg right ahead' and 'There are only enough cars (boats) for half of us!' (Ashley)
  207. You are able to find the exact place on the soundtrack where it coincides with your QuickTime movie clips, and then you synchronize the two just to get the real movie theater/surround sound effect. (Nataria)
  208. You find yourself yelling out "Iceberg right ahead!" in Biology lab when someone dumps some ice into a beaker of water and it floats. (Nataria)
  209. You constanly go on the same web page (the love story) and cry even when you read the script or read the Titanic poem like i did (Paul)
  210. You are in the bath tub when 'My heart will go on' comes on the radio and you get the urge to act out parts of the movie using barbie dolls as Jack and Rose.

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