This is stolen from Friends of Live & adapted for us... Feel free to add anything!
1)When your best friends names are Stefan, Blink, Dust, Teina, Noizyboy, Jimi, SoldierBoy, Kid_A, Muzzy etc but dont know thier real/full names
2)You have to at least go to the room, just to make sure you dont miss anything, if you do forget to go, you are a step behind from all the gossip and rumours
3)When you dream you are in the forum, thinking you are talking to Neil Finn, but it is just some 12 year old imposter from Hamilton, ehh!!!!
4)You lose your cool when the server goes down
5)You want to quit your job/school so you can chat full time
Do you suffer these symptoms?? Muhuhahahaha!
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P.S., this i not me. *shifty eyes*...
P.S., this i not me. *shifty eyes*
sorry... this IS not......
sorry... this IS not...
proud to be a best friend.....
proud to be a best friend..
Hehe, I put in all the people who have ...
Hehe, I put in all the people who have a lot of posts/involvement here. Good 4 u!
This statement would gain maximum ...
This statement would gain maximum effect as a follow on from number 1:
2. You turn off your modem and get this awful empty feeling, like you just pulled the plug on a loved one.
Kindly absconded from the following link
[ http://www.passapage.com/addicted.html ]
damn i wish i was somebodys best friend ...
damn i wish i was somebodys best friend *sobs quietly*... and i'm always one step behind on all the gossip!!! **bursts into tears* wahhhh i'm a failure of an nzm nerd :-(
lol yeah, sure megaccino.. its not ...
lol yeah, sure megaccino.. its not "addiction" exactly.. its more like 'interested and involved..' yes.. thats it... *nods*
6) Your browser "homepage" setting is ...
6) Your browser "homepage" setting is set to the forum section of NZM
7) The refresh button on your browser is worn out.
8) You are grumpy all day if you miss out on the morning's fix.
9) When your out in town and you pass ...
9) When your out in town and you pass an internet cafe, you can hear the computers beckoning for you to go and see if anyones posted in the last half hour (how long its been since u've checked last)
10) nz music isnt just a site... its a way of life..
LMAO, good stuff guys. I especially ...
LMAO, good stuff guys. I especially like 10.
sooo guilty of (6) 8a) you go away ...
sooo guilty of (6)
8a) you go away on holiday for a week -- to a place with no Internet access -- and freak out when you get back, 'cos there's all these new threads you're not up to speed on...
ok, i suffer from numbers 2 and 4..... ...
ok, i suffer from numbers 2 and 4..... and hell, if i was gonna be paid, number 5 as well.
11) You name your cats after the ...
11) You name your cats after the NZMusic.com Crew
12) You buy a WAP cell phone in anticipation for when NZMusic becomes available in WAP format... (which ain't gonna be any time soon i bet) (Man, WAP is sad)
13) You start spamming strangers, trying to persuade them to join too
14) You're so angered that you didnt ...
14) You're so angered that you didnt get the tshirt for being the most deserved member that you end up sitting beside the mailbox of the person who did get it, waiting for the mailman to come so you can make off with it before they get it.
15) You refer to NZM as "The Site". ...
15) You refer to NZM as "The Site". eg. I was perusing The Site yesterday...
16) You are the founder of your local NZM fan club. Free badges for the first 20 members.
17) You wrote a song about your love affair with nzmusic.com titled "digital music information crashed my heart".
18) You have z NZM shrine.. *dont look ...
18) You have z NZM shrine.. *dont look at me!??*
19) You worship it daily
20) You have assemblies where you and other fellow addicts.. noo.. interested and involved people' perform rituals etc for ur shrine..
21) You hang up the phone by saying, "May the NZM be with you.."
22) You start ro get greedt/jealous & ...
22) You start ro get greedt/jealous & want to be the only member... Watch out everyone else!!
23) You start to have a keen interest ...
23) You start to have a keen interest in gene from rubicon because he has a nzmusic tshirt
24) You steal it from him when hes not looking
25) You plan on stealing 5 more tshirts so you can have one for every day of the week.
26) You and your friends list the 1-100 ...
26) You and your friends list the 1-100 signs which shows your an addict but clearly state that you yourself do not have a problem because you can give up at anytime but just choose not to
27) You can say every NZmusic quote off the top of your head
28) You have heart failure every time a ...
28) You have heart failure every time a new poll is added
(29) Your still online and posting on ...
(29) Your still online and posting on Xmas day (GeminiChild)................ :)
[ http://www.twolaneblacktop.musicpage.com ]
30) You front up the cash to put "The ...
30) You front up the cash to put "The Sight" up in WAP format.
31)You shape the letters NZM in your ...
31)You shape the letters NZM in your mashed potatoes at dinner, mumbling 'this means something..'
You burn the letters NZM into a hill in ...
You burn the letters NZM into a hill in Marlborough
my dad set fire to a hill once when he ...
my dad set fire to a hill once when he was little....only it wasnt marlborough...but thats where he lives now.....oooo spooky...;)
33) When you close your eyes you can ...
33) When you close your eyes you can still see it... freaky huh?
Oh, and good call Red Devil!
34) You have never heard of most of ...
34) You have never heard of most of the bands mentioned on the site, but can still have an intellectual conversation with kiwi backpackers in a pub in Scotland about the merits of Weta and Looma.
35) when dust writes "this will be a ...
35) when dust writes "this will be a big year for nzmusic; the best is yet to come" you get a huge grin on your face and start jumping around on your chair......
Hehe, this happened to me!...
Hehe, this happened to me!
and people say the cliffhanger ending ...
and people say the cliffhanger ending for FOTR was bad...
whichever#weareupto) you wish you had ...
whichever#weareupto) you wish you had been born 10 years before you really were, specifcally so that you knew of all the great underground-sounding bands that every else on the forums know and could afford Shihad's entire back-catalogue
*looks sad*
its not addiction, its "dedication"!
36) Theres an ! Exclamation mark before ...
36) Theres an ! Exclamation mark before NZMusic.com in your favourites menu, so it can be at the top of the list.
[ http://www.geocities.com/propagandacrew ]
oh man that really is "dedicated"! or ...
oh man that really is "dedicated"! or should i say obsessed?...though i cant talk im on here every spare minute i get!! :)
but dont be mistaken!! my only problem ...
but dont be mistaken!! my only problem is boredom....school holidays...i swear....:|
37) when your "dedication" to NZM ...
37) when your "dedication" to NZM Forums overides all other "dedications" and you find yourself comtemplating whether you should go have a cigarette or stay online....."Smoke, Forums, Smoke, Forums.....oh what the hell, just a little bit longer!! "
38) You are so 'dedicated' you are ...
38) You are so 'dedicated' you are attched to a drip feed system thingy, because eating manually takes up valuble posting time
[ http://www.geocities.com/propagandacrew ]
39)When you win your first Grammy ...
39)When you win your first Grammy (thinking BIG TIME here) you thank NZMusic.com before... Dare I say it.. "God"
a piece of advice I once received was ...
a piece of advice I once received was
"When you win your Oscar (or Grammy or any award), if you must, thank fans, family, friends (, NZMusic.com) but DO NOT thank god because he has nothing to do with the entertainment industry"
[ http://www.geocities.com/propagandacrew ]
hmmmm interesting peice of ...
hmmmm interesting peice of informative....but i tend to disagree....God is in fact the one who gave you the talent that brought you to receive the award so there fore graditude is neccesary! :) just my opinion anyway....may not apply to all the athesists (spelling!) out there ;)
...Well if this is going to go off on a ...
...Well if this is going to go off on a whole religious tangent I may have to abandon 'ship', which by the way is named 'S.S Jest'.
<crosses off 'S.S Jest' and scribbles ...
ummm, dude, are you ok??? Yeah, I'm ...
ummm, dude, are you ok???
Yeah, I'm atheist. I din't need that advice, cos I wudda never done that in the 1st place. But it still made me laugh.
Damn forums!!!! Can't get any work ...
Damn forums!!!!
Can't get any work done... can't pay rent, I'm gonna starve.
I'll have to break in to houses so I can eat their food and use thier computers. (and toilet)
We can see you... ;)...
We can see you... ;)
[ http://www.synchromesh.com ]
busted!!!...
busted!!!
40) You change the 'Mum' tattoo on ...
40) You change the 'Mum' tattoo on your arm to 'nzMUsic.com'
41) You see your constantly having ...
41) You see your constantly having typing errors as one of the real letdowns for yourself as a true person
and oh dammit peaches you fuckin idiot you spelt celebrate wrong AGAIN.... fuck how many times has it been now? i've told you once and i'll tell, you again a bleedin' failure...how did you even mistake the e for an.....
42) when your idea of reinventing ...
42) when your idea of reinventing yourself is changing your
icon.
43) when you see yourself as a true ...
43) when you see yourself as a true individual because your screenname is in caps... not that anyone arround here was stupid enough to accidently leave caps on when typing in their screenanme originally....right guys?.....right?!
44) when you try to hide your addiction ...
44) when you try to hide your addiction to the site from friends by making up elaborate stories..
for um example a conversation between an adicted user and friend.
pea...uh i mean addicted user: so i was hanging arround the forums the other day and -
loved one:forums? which forums?
addicted user: did i say forums what i meant to say was um nursing homes, yes thats right, nursing homes... you know just visiting ol granny-
loved one:....you dont have a grandma...
addicted user: no......no i dont.