You read Interview and memorized not only the most important parts but also made a point of memorizing the ones no one ever remebers.
You constantly quote Louis from the movie/book until all of your friends want to kill you.
Your have more than one caopy of Interview and your most used one is ....
(A) swolen like a sponge from being soaked in water ( possibly from falling in the bathtub/toilet...eeww!/pool,ocean or other body of water) while reading.
(B)No longer has a cover and/or spine.
(C) Has a cover but its held together by rubber bands,glue and tape.
(D) Has a cover and spine but there are crease marks deeper than the grand canyon.(congradulate your self if it still has a cover) (E)Has ripped pages, dog ears and highlaghter marks.
You decide you must dress like Louis so you begin wearing frockcoats of velvets and brocade with ruffled shirts and and the entire 18th century fashion.
You learn how to sew to make these clothes.
You take a french class and learn the language./Then rarely speak english anymore and when you do its with an accent.
You go to Paris because Louis did and you think you should too!
You go to New Orleans because Louis lived there and you want to find him/ find,rent or buy his house/ or just move there!
You actually have moved to New Orleans for no other reason than your love for Louis.
You light candles for Louis at St.Louis' Cathedral.
You go to Saint Louis' Cathedral and try to harrass the priest with the same lines from Louis' confesion. You think its funny and you laugh.
You have been banned from Saint Louis' Cathedral for life...................
You take regular walks at night(especially around the French Quarter) never mind you might be killed.....after all you might be killed by Louis!
You hate the sun.
You never go out in the day. You sleep all day and stay awake all night.
You develop a drinking habit and gamble at local bars/casinos/clubs, because after all Louis did.
You go to New Orleans and take the plantation tours because you want to see Louis' plantation.
Your upset to find out there wasn't one and its only inspired by Destrehan.
You go on the cemetary tours in N.O. because you want to find the Pointe du Lac crypt.
You are heartbroken that even though you've looked all over Saint Louis #3 at Metarie you can't find it.
You walk up and down Rue Royal trying to find Louis' townhouse and are disapointed that there are no longer any townhouses on Rue Royal.
You search all of the Louisiana state archives for days and are in tears because you can't find any evidence of there ever being a Pointe du Lac Plantation, land grant or property deeds or buisness titles.
You subcribe to the Times Picayune because Louis read it.
You sit in Cafe Du Monde so much they have named a table after you.
You search the garden district for a falling apart victorian house with any sign of a once burned shack in the back.
You run to get green contacts just like Brad Pitt wore in the movie.
You ordered the from the company that made the ones for the movie and paid $200 to $300 dollars for them.
You dye your hair black and straighten it.
You try endless variations of skin paling cream/or powder.
You wear oval plastic/acryllic fake nails that are highly polished with clear or shimmery transparent polish so that they "look like glass"
You never eat in public.
You have a pet names Louis.
You named your first born child Louis.
You changed your on name to Louis even if you are a woman.
You by a book on 18th century French etiquette and take classes so you can be "proper".
You line your bedroom walls with books so there is no paint or wall space showing.
You plant indigo just because Louis did.
You begin speaking in a softly melodic voice you never spoke in before and its scaring your friends. They think your insane.
Your happy they think your insane.
You happen to meet a young local reppoter in a bar so you tell him Louis's life story and pretend its yours. He runs away.
You have joined a vampire society, newsgroup, mailing list or club.
You have a website devoted to Louis.
You went ot New Orleans just for the Premiere of Interview.
You stood in line for 10 or more hours just to get a book signed by Anne Rice.
You learned how to make fake blood drip some from your mouth when you answer the door for delivery pizza or when church goes come to save your soul!
The Southern Baptists and Jahova witnesses never come to your house again they are scared of you.
You board up your windows, close the shutters/blinds and pull the curtains so no sunlight can come into your house.
You no longer use electricity, your house is scattered with oil lamps and candles.
All of your furniture is 18th cenury style.
You ran ordered special fangs just like Brad Pitt wore in Interview from a company in New York the kind that you slide over your own teeth that look real! and you paid from $200 tp $300 for them.
Written By: IADIS@aol.com for louis1766-1791@geocities.com © 1998 louis1766-1791
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