when your friend complains about facebook acting up and you almost tell him to file a bug report...
when you have commented on this post more than two or three times haha
...you wish someone would invent a glitch app for real life that stored your cupboard inventory and displayed what recipes could be made with the ingredients on hand
when you had to sneak away from your desk, hide in the ladies room, and use your ipod touch to enter your long awaited secret code...even though you know you won't be able to get into the game for hours yet...not that I did this of course, I was hard at work all afternoon!
When you watch the devs play via the update page and take notes so you know which skills the pros learn first, you also note their location regularly in an attempt to figure out what they are doing in there
... when you're out for lunch and check twitter on your phone and see Glitch has been open all morning and you instantly get the rest of your meal to go and run home to play.
When you stay up all night helping as many of your friends as you can translate "morning" into more time zones than you can count and helping them jump the queue
when you can finally enter the world, texting mum to join because calling takes to mutch time. Then hear the next day she got the message one day later.....i want to switch phonecompany
When you refuse to leave the world even though it's closed and there isn't that much to do in there in regard to actually playing. You make up for this by starting a journal on the forums, party planning and attempting to find interesting things to do with a chicken.
@ padme - is making breakfast a response to divine's interesting things to do with a chicken - squawk!
When you start mentally composing a glitchicon - see post as I had to share this to stop me going totally nuts all on my own (much more fun if the insanity is shared)
As you are walking to the store you spot an unusual sparkly white rock partially exposed in the ground.
You are reminded that you don't have enough currants to buy a fancy pick yet.
You don't think about much else until you arrive at the store with a rock in your hand and a smile on your face.
You're half asleep and half dream that twitter has an alert about Glitch being open, and immediately get out of bed to check.
You switch between twitter, facebook, and the glitch site, just in case one announces before the other two.
You stare at the closed sign and try to mentally get rid of it. And/ or you see someone is in the game when it's closed and try telepathically to tell them to let you in.
You desperately want a Viennese mask so you can dress like your avatar. No luck on E-bay so you stay up all night making one out of papier mache and glitter.
Your footwear is dominated by flip flops, sandals and trainers (sneakers). Sadly you had to put your lovely boots (or high heels) away because they don't feature in your avatar's wardrobe (hint, hint).
You come home from shopping with a bag full of body paint and hair dye.
You change your appearance and outfit several times a day in between checking to see if Glitch is open.
... you're doing the daily crossword puzzle and get a big grin on your face when one of words in the puzzle is GLITCH! Happened today. I laughed out loud.
...you were so excited about the game being open that you stay up without sleep for the entire length of the test, enjoying every minute but also keeping an eye on the leaderboards because you have a fiercely competitive streak that you used to keep in check in nice games like Fauasphere but is now driving you like a...I'm faltering here...angry pig you forgot to pet?
...and then you realize you still have not been to bed but are over here reading and posting in the forums... :P
(must P.S. that: I STILL love helping everyone out and being cooperative...I just have this love of pushing to compete also...crazy, I know)
...when you wished your kid would just potty train himself without your intervention so you didn't have long spaces where you could only play in three-minute snatches... (perhaps you can see why I got obsessed and stayed up all night for the uninterrupted playtime)
You begin to notice any of the following symptoms:
*abnormal changes in skin, hair, and eye color
*changes in eye shape or quantity of eyes
*eyes that roll in various directions at once
*strange urges to whistle the Groddle Forest theme
*a desire to eat or drink bubbles, with claims that they improve mental focus
*strong urges to display affection to random strangers
*intense cases of ornithophobia, specifically triggered by crows
*a belief that crabs wish for you to serenade them with your MP3 player
*a desire to squeeze chickens, believing they will relinquish grain
Totally with you on the all night thing, got about 2 hours sleep and boy do I know it now.
On a brighter note I did ask GOD to help you out with the Potty Training :D
I think I was addicted before I even got invited, (hides her broken spork, reminding herself to fill in the half dug tunnelling in tunnel
...when you push the button on your Senseo coffee machine and when the foaming goodness starts roiling out, you know it costs 41 currants. Yum. Mabbish Coffee goodness every time.
lol @ rascalmom! That was me last year w/ FS- my daughter is now fully potty trained but now insists on asking me for something every 3 minutes!
~ When your husband cannot stop laughing at you b/c whenever he looks at you- you have a big silly grin on your face from laughing at the convo's in the chat bubbles.
I walked past a greengrocers shop today and saw lemons in the window.
My brain did a strange loop and thought 'ha ha, I need to get some more lemons', then it paused as it wondered what for, then the lightbulb lit up ' I need them to make lemon juice for that quest'.
Doh, silly me, I sorted that one with a fruit changing machine.
Hang on, since when did I confuse Glitch with real life........ oops!!!!!! Glitch-aholic alert!
Hmm now let's see...the things that have so easily leaked into my real life:
I look at the sad selection of fruit in my fridge and think "If only I had a fruit converter"
I no longer make sparkling water in my Soda Stream; it is my gassifier
Anything in a bun or 2 slices of bread is now a sammich - so much easier than 2 different names!
I am devotedly watering and petting my flowering cherry tree, even though it is not fruit bearing; this did not happen in previous years.
I found some cheese in my fridge that I'd forgotten about and wondered how much I'd get for it at auction.
Oh and.....it's 00:18 Monday morning here, having lost an hour last night and I am here typing this post!
when you're running low on energy during the work day & see an icon of fruit juice to grab. Yeah... That really happened & I giggled to myself. And Yeah, someone asked "what's so funny?" Wonder what my mind will come up with next?
When you're sitting in front of the screen so sleep-deprived that you look at the clock in the corner of the screen like you fell into a parallel universe or something because it is an hour later than the last time you blinked (ie: fell asleep), and refuse to go to bed even though this is the case repeatedly. Also, when you "sneak" into bed 30 minutes before your significant other gets up, and pretend that you've been there all night (yet have not been doing anything illicit or illegal). And of course... when you read this whole thread and completely empathize, laughing at the more ridiculous things that you think no one else could have possibly done.
When the game isn't even open and you pull an all-nighter studying the game mechanics, which by the way are mind bogglingly awe inspiring from a technical point of view