45 Ways To Tell If You're Obsessed With Bon Jovi...
1. you sort out your CD collection based on ties to Bon Jovi
2. you find yourself imitating Jon & Richie's stage moves in the shower
3. you look at a US map & identify cities with which albums were recorded there
4. you buy albums you already have because it's a different version with one extra track or one alternate version, or different cover art
5. out of the three disc slots in your stereo, at least two always have Bon Jovi discs in them
6. you consider buying the Soundtrack albums for 1 Bon Jovi track (Armageddon, Ed TV, Banger Sisters...)
7. you own a couple dozen 80's LPs despite the fact that you don't have a record player
8. you have a Bon Jovi poster at the foot of your bed so they're the first thing you see every morning
9. your answering machine message is Jovi related
10. people come running up to you to tell you they saw a Bon Jovi video on TV
11. you have a special folder in your bookmarks (or favorites) list labeled "Bon Jovi"
12. BonJovi.com or BackstageJBJ.com are your start page for your web browser
13. someone says "Bon Jovi" & all your friends look at you
14. you smack around anyone who makes a reference to Bon Jovi as HE instead of THEY (Bon Jovi is a group, not just a person!)
15. you actually made a sidetrip to Sayerville, NJ just to say you'd been there
16. you use Bon Jovi as an excuse for not no getting work done and your boss believes you
17. you use your dvd player to still-frame Jon's scene Young Guns 2 so you don't miss it
18. you bake the boys a cake each year on their birthdays in their honor
19. your primary concern when making a long trip is that you'll be away from the net too long and will miss the Bon Jovi news
20. you are almost afraid to say "Bon Jovi" cause your friends will yell at you
21. you somehow manage to steer every conversation toward Bon Jovi, despite the original topic
22. every once in awhile you'll search the web for more Bon Jovi stuff, knowing full well you've seen it all
23. the guys at you favorite music store know you as 'the Jovi girl' and hold Bon Jovi stuff for you
24. your signifigant other volunteers this plan to get rich: "Well, you marry any member of Bon Jovi, divorce him, and we'll live on the alimony payments!"
25. you've thought of trading in (non-Bon Jovi) cds just to buy more Bon Jovi and perhaps some Bon Jovi mechandise
26. extra points if you actually HAVE traded in discs you liked just to buy more Bon Jovi
27. you have the same Bon Jovi albums on CD and cassette & maybe even LP & see no need to get rid of either
28. you bought a discman just to listen to Bon Jovi in the 10 minutes you have walking between classes
29. every time you start typing a word that starts with "b" you accidentally start typing "Bon Jovi" instead...
30. you've converted a non-Bon Jovi-adoring signifigant other into a Bon Jovi fan through sheer will
31. you've loaned out your copies Jovi cds countless times in attempts to gain new followers
32. you can suggest a Bon Jovi cd to someone upon just meeting them, and after loaning it to them they like it a lot
34. you run up and talk to complete strangers, simply because they are wearing a Bon Jovi t-shirt
35. you watched 'About a Boy' just because of the mention to Jon in it
36. when your friend gets a Bon Jovi CD from the library and can't remember the name, you have them tell you the colors on the cover and you correctly ID it.
37. the biggest dilemma you face at night is which disc you are going to sleep to
38. your personal homepage opens with Bon Jovi lyrics, even though the page has nothing to do with Bon Jovi at all
39. you make a Bon Jovi web page
40. you watch an entire hour-long biography on Bon Jovi & don't learn anything new
41. you can't bring yourself not to capitalize "Bon Jovi" even though you don't capitalize "i"
42. You see a Bon Jovi album on vinyl and you immediately purchase it even if you aready have it on CD and cassette
43. the only dream you can remember in four years is the one involving a member of Bon Jovi, a canopy bed, silk scarves and chocolate dipped strawberries
44. it really bothers you when Jon forgets a lyric in a live show or a bootleg studio rehearsal
45. you buy the Crush Tour DVD before you get a dvd player just in case it goes out of print before you can afford the player