Signs That You've Been in Theatre Too Long
1.Your weekend consists of Monday and only Monday.
2. "Q" is not just a letter.
3. National holidays that fall on Monday seem pointless to you.
4. You know more than one theory for the origin name "green room"
5. You can only read from a light that is blue.
6. You consider the red part of the stoplight as "standby"
7. You can't remember what daylight looks like.
8. You feel naked without your keys attached to your belt loop, or without your Maglite, Leatherman, and gerber.
9. 95 % of your wardrobe is black.
10. You know that tie line has more than one use- shoe laces, ponytail holders, belts...
11. You watch the super bowl waiting for intermission not half-time.
12. You tell more stories of what went wrong during shows then of what went smoothly.
13. You start wondering what it's like to be a prop.
14. You know anything can be fixed with gaff tape, Morite, sculp-er-coat, a sharpie, tie-line, and a safety pin.
15. Your diet consists of micro waved food or fast food.
16. Your Halloween costume consists of what looks like running blacks and gaff tape.
17. Varying your diet consists of ordering a #3 instead of a #2 or eating with your left hand instead of your right.
18. You understand the jokes of Forbidden Broadway.
19. You insist on spelling "theatre" with an "re" not an "er"
20. People recognize you by the jingling of your keys down the hallway
21. Going to a restaurant means going into McDonalds and sitting down instead of going to the drive-through
22. You'd heard of Mandy Patinkin before he was on Chicago Hope.
23. "Practical" and "Flat" are nouns.
24. Instead of saying your leaving you say your "Exiting".
25. At home you "Strike" you dishes to the sink.
26. If someone asks you what time it is you say something like "half hour 'til half hour".
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