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<8> celebrate our obsessions //

<9> take on me //

<10> linking the dream //

<11> hey you //

think you might be a crazy, fanatical a1 fan? here's the 100 symptoms of a1 obsession.

want to add more? email me.

1. if you drive on the A1, you always listen to a1 songs

2. you visit places where they shot their videos, like dungeness (SOBNY) or mexico (BTFTB)

3. you instantly know what SOBNY, BTFTB, STOOL etc... stands for

4. you own an a1 website

5. your computer wallpaper is something to do with a1

6. and your actual bedroom wallpaper is covered in posters so you can't remember what pattern it is

7. you own an a1 t-shirt

8. and you sleep in it

9. you named your pets after members of a1

10, you spend all your free time either writing fanfic or making it up in your head

11. you watch so many a1 videos that you started adopting your fave member's mannerisms

12. you learn some norwegian chat up lines in case you bump into chris one day

13. you spend a fortune on a waffle iron so you can make norwegian waffles with cheese on top

14. you buy albums by artists a1 like, eg bruce springsteen, prince, tracey chapman

15. you work out exactly how much older/younger than you each member is (for me it is: paul= 8 years, 9 months and 21 days, chris= 6 years, 9 months and 20 days, mark= 5 years and 8 days and ben= 1 year, 11 months and 23 days)

16. everybody who knows you saves any a1 articles they read to give to you (awwwww!)

17. your mates know everything about a1 cuz you talk about them 24/7

18. and your family

19. you own over 10 videos with a1 apperances on

20. you tape a 4 hour show like SMTV just for 2 minutes of a1

21. whenever you're in a place that a1 have been, you keep saying 'they might have walked on this floor!' & 'they might have sat on this seat!' etc...

22. as well as posters on your walls, you also have photo frames with pics in, including one of your fave member with the words 'my boyfriend' on the frame

23. you know your fave a1 website address by heart

24. you buy clothes that a1 have worn, eg a pink leather jacket (ben at the brits)

25. you know who wrote every single a1 song and who sings each line

26. you've watched in the picture so many times you know all the words by heart

27. you have a file on you computer with hundreds of downloads a1 pics

28. you know all the dance routines

29. when you hear a phrase that is in an a1 song you start singing the song

30. you kiss your fave poster goodnight every single night

31. you hate getting dressed with the light on because you think your posters are staring at you

32. you've practiced signing your name as 'mrs adams, mrs marazzi' etc...

33. you've planned your wedding to your favourite member right down to the cake design

34. and you've already got virtualy married to them online... and the other 3 members too

35. your screen name on msn (or whatever you chat on) is a1 related

36. and so is your email address

37. you go to every event a1 are attending within 50 miles of your home, even if they are only playing one song

38. you skip school/college if there is any a1 on TV during the day

39. you and your other a1-loving mates argue over who loves them the most

40. you spend 90%+ of your online time on a1 sites

41. most of the people on your MSN/Yahoo Messenger whatever... lists are a1 fans

42. you've already named the children you're planning to have with your favourite member

43. when you hear the word 'curtains' you think of ben

44. anything connected with disney makes you think of mark

45. you make a note of what country they are in so you can work out what time it is over there and what they must be doing

46. you have loads of scrapbooks full of a1 articles from mags

47. you own all the a1 singles plus 2 copies of the albums in case you lose/break/wear out the first

48. you visit the towns where they live/used to live, eg iver where ben used to live (it's a lovely village!)

49. you run out of walls space for posters so you use the ceiling... then your door... then other rooms in the house...

50. you make sure you always carrry a pic of your fave member with you wherever you go

51. if you got to meet them and have a pic taken with them, you have it framed next to your bed and you guard it with your life (LOL this is true for me)

52... and you show it to people saying.. 'this is me with my new boyfriend' (i did this once and the person believed me!)

53. you buy magazines if there is any a1 in it, even if it's only a tiny picture

54. you spend ages in the newsagents flicking through mags to see which ones they are in

55. you count the number of days since you last saw them in concert or til when you are seeing them again

56. you turn up at the crack of dawn to a1 appearances so a) you get to the front and b) in case you see them arrive

57. your notebooks are covered in doodles of them

58. you scream if they come on TV unexpectedly

59. and you kiss the TV

60. you start laughing in the same way as your fave member

61. you smile whenever you hear the 'A1' mentioned on traffic reports

62. any boy with brown curtains reminds you of ben

63. you wear your rings on the same fingers that ben wears his

64. whenever you see a rose you start singing 'like a rose'

65. you watch films that a1 have said they liked

66. you get a playstation 2 because mark loves his

67. you go to benidorm on holiday just to visit paul's sister's bar

68. you work out what was number one in the chart on the day each member was born (paul= ms grace by tymes , chris= don't give up on us by david soul , mark= summer nights by john travolta & olivia newton john, ben= under pressure by queen & david bowie)

69. you accidently call your boyfriend 'ben' or 'paul' etc..

70. and you boyfriend *happens* to look like a member of a1

71. you scream if a1 come on the radio

72. on their birthdays you make a cake and 'celebrate' their birthday...

73. ...and sing happy birthday to a poster of them

74. you talk to your a1 posters as if they were real

75. when they release a single you buy as many copies as you can afford so it gets high in the chart

76. and when they get to number one you have a party and open the champagne

77. you spend almost all of your pocket money/wages on a1-related things like magazines, CDs, concerts...

78. you make your boyfriend dress like your fave a1 member

79. you make your boyfriend watch a1 videos with you

80. you get your chin/nose pierced like paul's (ouch!!)

81. you're planning to get a tattoo like paul's

82. you buy rare a1 articles off auctions on the internet (and get ripped off)

83. you look in your phonebook to see if there are any b. adams's, c. ingebrigtsen's, m. read's or p. marazzi's near where you live

84. and you phone them up asking to speak to ben/ christian/ mark/ paul

85. you cry when you hear a rumour that they've got girlfriends :(

86. if you meet someone called ben, chris, mark or paul you think of a1

87. you read their horiscopes every day to see what the stars have in store for them

86. you find out if your star sign is a good match with your fave member (i'm a scorpio like ben & mark, so i am 10/10 with them- yay!!)

87. you yell at the TV if somebody on there slags off a1

88. your ringtone is an a1 song

89. you enter loads of competitions to meet a1

90. you name your soft toys after a1 so you can kiss and cuddle 'ben' in bed

91. you camp out overnight at the box office to get good seats at their concerts

92. whenever you're on a train you think about ben making out in a carriage full of people

93. you phone your local radio station every day requesting a1 songs...

94. ...or you call the love songs show dedicating a song to 'your boyfriend ben'

95. you've brainwashed at least one mate into liking a1

96. you know the exact date that every single a1 single was released and entered the chart

97. when you're kissing your boyfriend you pretend it's your fave a1 member

98. you phone up the box every day to request whatever a1 song they have on the playlist...

99. ...then sit through 6 hours of crap videos til they play it

100. you've been nodding saying 'that's soooo me' through this whole list

 

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