Dawn Chesbro ([email protected])
Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:19:30 PST
the "YOU KNOW YOU'RE OBSESSED WITH U2 WHEN......"list
(done to keep busy while waiting for our flight home from Popmart Las
Vegas, it was 3:00 am in the morning sitting on the floor of the
airport, and naturally we were a bit hyper =P)
1. You celebrate Bono's birthday with more zeal and preparation than
your own (we made little shrines......still got 'em!)
2. You realize you suddenly like retro clothing because Edge changed his
style. (you decide you have changed when you begin liking shiny lime
green fabric)
3. You wake up crying from a dream about how you blew your only chance
to talk to U2
4. You make a pilgrimage to every site in Las Vegas and Dublin you can
that had ANYTHING to do with U2. (ie. if there was a pub that boasted
"Bono once looked in our window!" you'd go there and take a picture)
5. You ask a guy who is a complete stranger to sigh your yearbook
because you have totally obsessed over hin all year since he looks like
Edge (zootv).
6. You begin recognizing certain dates by how they relate to U2. (ie. is
you see something dated 1962, you say "Oh, Bono was two.")
7. You can perfectly mimic every movement Bono makes in the WOWY video
without looking up
8. You clearly remember every U2 dream you've ever had, even if it only
included Larry as a cameo appearance, and yes, you can easily re-tell
your Super Edge dream. (lol! don't ask)
9. EVERY SINGLE DAMN TIME that someone says "You too" or "You two" you
wxchange a secret smile with your equally obsessed friends
10. You memorize the Popmart setlist, not to mention ZooTV
11. You once wrote U2 with a request that they breathe into a plastic
bag and mail it back to you (ROTF! yes that actually happened!)
12. You sit in a science class and are unable to pay attention because
your professor is talking about "atoms" and you're thinking "Adam"
13. You're unable to control laughter in math class because the teacher
is talking about "the fly" glued to "the edge" of a second hand clock
when trying to explain a circle's cirumference
14. You know the significance of PVC vinyl
15. You have spent 10,000 hours trying to figure out just what you'd
say/do if you met them. You've come to the conclusion that you just
don't know
16. You freak out every time you see a piece of U2 memorobilia. you
spaz if it's something they actually touched
17. You know where Bono lives and you know he has an Olympic-size
swimming pool and you're dying to know if it's swimming trunks, speedos
or au natural
18. You see people in concert T-shirts and you immediately feel a bond
with them
19. You turn in papers with cosmonaut aliens and shopping carts doodled
along the sides
20. You spend your time making this list. ; )
Now looking over this, I realize how much I have changed from High
School.....I find myself not listening to U2 as much any more, sure I
still buy all of their albums and think that they are THE BEST. But
it's not a steamy romance anymore, it's more like, you're a comfotable
relationship that is just "there" for each other. It's scary when U2
comes on the radio, you flip out, start singing, and then only realize
that you've driven about 2 blocks.....but you don't remember listening
to the song....but the song, it just finishing up.....and you WERE
singing all the time......you just don't remember......(no, i don't have
alzhiemers!) I don't know if this is just becuase I'm getting older and
my priorities are changing, or becuase I'm finding interest somewhere
else, or (god fobid) U2 just isn't "doing it" for me.......help me!
I mean, I don't spend my time on the internet anymore trying to find
info/boots/memorobilia/etc. I still am going to Ireland next year, but
not so much for U2 now.
The reason for the rant is to see if anyone else out there is
experiencing the same thing. Has your love for U2 cooled to the nice
warmth of a smouldering log (like a married couple of 60 years), or is
it still a blazing fire that won't go out?
I would appreciate no flames, since this is just out of curiosity's
sake, but you can if you want. And since I think that other ppl would
get a kick out of it, you can add to the list if ya want.
BEAL
C:/DOS
C:/DOS/RUN
RUN/DOS/RUN!
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