*Six hours no longer seems like a long time.
*You begin to wonder why all sinema are not six episodes long.
*You have memorized where the commercial breaks come as well as the order of the commercials in each break.
*You watch the movie all the way through non-stop - then rewind it and start all over again.
*The movie just keeps on getting better every time wewe watch it.
*On a hivi karibuni visit to a local lake, wewe were inspired to dive in and go swimming fully clothed.
*Your relatives and Marafiki no longer think that wewe are strange for asking them to call wewe "Lizzy".
*You sing along with the background music.
*You find ways to quote Pride and Prejudice in daily life: "That shati is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me." ...etc...
*After hours of studying the dance scenes, wewe held a party and forced all your Marafiki to learn the dance steps so that wewe could pretend to be Lizzy at the Netherfield Ball.
*You are saving up money to go to England to visit the filming locations.
*You made a special trip to England last mwaka just to visit the filming locations.
*Your itinerary includes a special trip to Pemberley where wewe plan to stand at the window and say, "Of all this I might have been mistress" - and wewe are devasted when wewe find out that this is not possible since the Pemberley interiors and exteriors were filmed in separate locations.
*You think of time in terms of the number of Pride and Prejudice episodes wewe could watch in that amount of time. For example: "I’ll see wewe in four episodes" = "I’ll see wewe in four hours."
*You have pets and stuffed toys named Lizzy and Darcy.
*You name your first two children Lizzy and Darcy.
*Right after wewe splurged and bought the P&P video boxed set, wewe made two copies of it. The original videotapes are now in your display case (along with all your other precious objects and silverware), one copy is at your relative's house in case of a fire, and the third copy is for your daily viewing.
*Others refuse to watch P&P with wewe because they find your habit of reciting the whole movie in unison with the actors annoying.
*Even though wewe have never lived in Britain, wewe now regularly speak with a British accent.
*You find yourself often saying that wewe are "excessively diverted", "quite put out" au "most seriously displeased."
*You dance along with Lizzy and Darcy every time wewe watch the Netherfield Ball scene.
*You have played the whole movie in slow motion to prolong the ecstasy of watching the movie. (Unfortunately, the muziki and the sound doesn't work on slow motion so wewe don't do this very often.)
*You commonly use the "frame-by-frame" advance function on your VCR so that wewe don't miss any miniscule detail of your favourite scenes.
*Upon discovering that some characters wear their costumes zaidi than once in different parts of the movie, wewe were inspired to draw up a large meza, jedwali in order to tafuta for possible correlations between the costume worn and the mood of the character.
*You have drawn maps and layout plans of the rooms and the buildings in the movie.
*You special ordered a CD so wewe can listen to "Mr. Beveridge's Maggot" (over and over again) even when not watching the Netherfield Ball scene (eg. in the car, on the bus, while washing dishes, on the airplane, while taking a walk, while going for a jog, while vacuuming the house, while painting a fence....)
*You own two copies of Pride and Prejudice - one for the bedside, and one for downstairs reading.
*You own three copies of The Making of Pride and Prejudice - one for the beside, one for downstairs reading, and an extra copy in case either of them gets lost.
*You giggle whenever wewe see Mrs. Bennet au Mr. Collins, before they even open their mouths.
*You find yourself constantly quoting your inayopendelewa lines from P&P and wewe feel sorry for your family and Marafiki when they give wewe confused looks since they have only watched P&P once (horrors!) and can't recall the lines.
*You start thinking of excuses to wear muslin dresses in the Regency style so wewe can look like Lizzy and Jane.
*You spent the past five months researching Regency fashions so that the "Netherfield Ball" dress that wewe will be wearing to the inayofuata formal occasion is historically accurate.
*You no longer need an excuse to wear Regency style clothing - wewe now wear it everyday as your own personal fashion statement and as a indication of your progressive sense of style!
*Your family and Marafiki put a on when and where wewe can talk about P&P because, unbelievably, they are just so sick of it. (For example, Tuesdays and Thursdays are designated P&P-free days.)
*The above happens and wewe resort to saying lines that wewe hope they won't notice are from the movie (such as: "no, no, the green one.")
*You searched everywhere for a script of the movie and finally wrote your own (by studying each scene in detail) when wewe couldn't find one. With your new script in hand, wewe often recruit all your Marafiki and force them to be a part of your P&P play while wewe simultaneously nyota as Lizzy (or Darcy) and direct it so that it matches the movie exactly.
*You have a complete orodha of all the differences between the book and the movie.
*Your orodha of differences is cross-referenced to the script of the movie that wewe wrote earlier.
*Every time wewe open "The Making of P&P" book, wewe immediately have to start watching the video all over again!
*Saturday night finds wewe and your best friend putting your hair in buns and curling your bangs into ringlets in an attempt to imitate Regency hairstyles.
*You start referring to your ex and his new ditzy girlfriend as Wickham and Lydia.
*You realize everyone in your life fits a character in P&P, and wewe start desperately asking your "Colonel Fitzwilliam" if he has any cousins.
*When your friend declares a dislike for P&P, wewe seriously consider and re-evaluate the basis of your friendship.
*You have written your own stories to conclude the lives of the other characters in the movie.
*You are very proud of your most hivi karibuni story, called P&P: The inayofuata Generation.
*You tape a picture of Lizzy (or Darcy) to your ceiling so it's the first thing wewe see when wewe wake up in the morning.
*You download pictures of the movie from the internet to put in picture frames in your living room.
*As an excuse to watch P&P zaidi often, wewe contact every friend and acquaintance wewe can think of and offer to loan them the P&P tapes (the backup ones, of course) with the understanding that wewe need to be there for the viewing.
*You can relate to most au all of the signs mentioned above!
Compliments of Yvette Lu (link)
*You begin to wonder why all sinema are not six episodes long.
*You have memorized where the commercial breaks come as well as the order of the commercials in each break.
*You watch the movie all the way through non-stop - then rewind it and start all over again.
*The movie just keeps on getting better every time wewe watch it.
*On a hivi karibuni visit to a local lake, wewe were inspired to dive in and go swimming fully clothed.
*Your relatives and Marafiki no longer think that wewe are strange for asking them to call wewe "Lizzy".
*You sing along with the background music.
*You find ways to quote Pride and Prejudice in daily life: "That shati is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me." ...etc...
*After hours of studying the dance scenes, wewe held a party and forced all your Marafiki to learn the dance steps so that wewe could pretend to be Lizzy at the Netherfield Ball.
*You are saving up money to go to England to visit the filming locations.
*You made a special trip to England last mwaka just to visit the filming locations.
*Your itinerary includes a special trip to Pemberley where wewe plan to stand at the window and say, "Of all this I might have been mistress" - and wewe are devasted when wewe find out that this is not possible since the Pemberley interiors and exteriors were filmed in separate locations.
*You think of time in terms of the number of Pride and Prejudice episodes wewe could watch in that amount of time. For example: "I’ll see wewe in four episodes" = "I’ll see wewe in four hours."
*You have pets and stuffed toys named Lizzy and Darcy.
*You name your first two children Lizzy and Darcy.
*Right after wewe splurged and bought the P&P video boxed set, wewe made two copies of it. The original videotapes are now in your display case (along with all your other precious objects and silverware), one copy is at your relative's house in case of a fire, and the third copy is for your daily viewing.
*Others refuse to watch P&P with wewe because they find your habit of reciting the whole movie in unison with the actors annoying.
*Even though wewe have never lived in Britain, wewe now regularly speak with a British accent.
*You find yourself often saying that wewe are "excessively diverted", "quite put out" au "most seriously displeased."
*You dance along with Lizzy and Darcy every time wewe watch the Netherfield Ball scene.
*You have played the whole movie in slow motion to prolong the ecstasy of watching the movie. (Unfortunately, the muziki and the sound doesn't work on slow motion so wewe don't do this very often.)
*You commonly use the "frame-by-frame" advance function on your VCR so that wewe don't miss any miniscule detail of your favourite scenes.
*Upon discovering that some characters wear their costumes zaidi than once in different parts of the movie, wewe were inspired to draw up a large meza, jedwali in order to tafuta for possible correlations between the costume worn and the mood of the character.
*You have drawn maps and layout plans of the rooms and the buildings in the movie.
*You special ordered a CD so wewe can listen to "Mr. Beveridge's Maggot" (over and over again) even when not watching the Netherfield Ball scene (eg. in the car, on the bus, while washing dishes, on the airplane, while taking a walk, while going for a jog, while vacuuming the house, while painting a fence....)
*You own two copies of Pride and Prejudice - one for the bedside, and one for downstairs reading.
*You own three copies of The Making of Pride and Prejudice - one for the beside, one for downstairs reading, and an extra copy in case either of them gets lost.
*You giggle whenever wewe see Mrs. Bennet au Mr. Collins, before they even open their mouths.
*You find yourself constantly quoting your inayopendelewa lines from P&P and wewe feel sorry for your family and Marafiki when they give wewe confused looks since they have only watched P&P once (horrors!) and can't recall the lines.
*You start thinking of excuses to wear muslin dresses in the Regency style so wewe can look like Lizzy and Jane.
*You spent the past five months researching Regency fashions so that the "Netherfield Ball" dress that wewe will be wearing to the inayofuata formal occasion is historically accurate.
*You no longer need an excuse to wear Regency style clothing - wewe now wear it everyday as your own personal fashion statement and as a indication of your progressive sense of style!
*Your family and Marafiki put a on when and where wewe can talk about P&P because, unbelievably, they are just so sick of it. (For example, Tuesdays and Thursdays are designated P&P-free days.)
*The above happens and wewe resort to saying lines that wewe hope they won't notice are from the movie (such as: "no, no, the green one.")
*You searched everywhere for a script of the movie and finally wrote your own (by studying each scene in detail) when wewe couldn't find one. With your new script in hand, wewe often recruit all your Marafiki and force them to be a part of your P&P play while wewe simultaneously nyota as Lizzy (or Darcy) and direct it so that it matches the movie exactly.
*You have a complete orodha of all the differences between the book and the movie.
*Your orodha of differences is cross-referenced to the script of the movie that wewe wrote earlier.
*Every time wewe open "The Making of P&P" book, wewe immediately have to start watching the video all over again!
*Saturday night finds wewe and your best friend putting your hair in buns and curling your bangs into ringlets in an attempt to imitate Regency hairstyles.
*You start referring to your ex and his new ditzy girlfriend as Wickham and Lydia.
*You realize everyone in your life fits a character in P&P, and wewe start desperately asking your "Colonel Fitzwilliam" if he has any cousins.
*When your friend declares a dislike for P&P, wewe seriously consider and re-evaluate the basis of your friendship.
*You have written your own stories to conclude the lives of the other characters in the movie.
*You are very proud of your most hivi karibuni story, called P&P: The inayofuata Generation.
*You tape a picture of Lizzy (or Darcy) to your ceiling so it's the first thing wewe see when wewe wake up in the morning.
*You download pictures of the movie from the internet to put in picture frames in your living room.
*As an excuse to watch P&P zaidi often, wewe contact every friend and acquaintance wewe can think of and offer to loan them the P&P tapes (the backup ones, of course) with the understanding that wewe need to be there for the viewing.
*You can relate to most au all of the signs mentioned above!
Compliments of Yvette Lu (link)
