i thought it'd be fun to start a "you know you're a hitRECorder when..." list. any witty/touching/humorous/sentimental suggestions for the list? :-()

YOU KNOW YOU'RE A HITRECORDER WHEN...

1 + you know you’re a hitRECorder when you’re inspired by life (hitRECorder leiris)

2 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you start mistaking all red circles for rec buttons ;) (hitRECorder InkedCanvas)

3 + you know you're a hitRECorder when the first thing you do in the morning is log into the site (hitRECorder ashleewithani)

4 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you feel miserable because you forgot your camera at home because you're expecting something worth recording coming up every minute ;-) (hitRECorder creative_green13)

5 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you struggle to explain what hitrecord is to "normal" people without simply using every synonym for the word awesome (hitRECorder Kylier)

6 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you stop uploading all of your past art(s) and start creating new stuff just to be added to the site (7lobsters)

7 + you know you're a hitRECorder when hitrecord is your homepage (hitRECorder InkedCanvas)

8 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you're so enraptured and entranced while releasing your record that you forget to upload the actual record, and when you realize it, you're too late, it posted without it (MisterB)

9 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you turn twitter into a chat room full of other hitRECorders (hitRECorder creative_green13)

10 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you wake up with recorders songs stuck in your head (hitRECorder ashleewithani)

11 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you're at the hospital with a family member and you go outside to shoot a vid of your feet walking for the "take a walk collab" (hitRECorder rjdpa)

12 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you love joe more for this site than his movies (hitRECorder AlexTheGreat)

13 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you can't sleep because you’re thinking of all the things you want to make to put on the site (hitRECorder AlexTheGreat)

14 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you can practically recite mmm (hitRECorder AlexTheGreat)

15 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you doodle "hitrecordorg" into your physics notes (hitRECorder AlexTheGreat)

16 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you open this tab open next to facebook and gmail just another site to check in your daily routine (hitRECorder AlexTheGreat)

17 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you always type record with a capital R-E-C (hitRECorder AlexTheGreat)

18 + you also know you're a hitRECorder when you accidentally start doing this with every other word that starts with rec: reception receive recite recipe (hitRECorder Tori)

19+ you know you're a hitRECorder when you see this and instantly think "text collaboration!" (hitRECorder AlexTheGreat)

20 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you have hitrecord tunes on your top 25 most played list in your ipod (hitRECorder jaime2607)

21 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you spend more time here than you do on facebook or any other sites on the internet (hitRECorder jaime2607)

22 + you know you’re a hitRECorder when you check the activity tab more than your email (hitRECorder filmpunk)

23 + you know you’re a hitRECorder when you realize its almost 6 in the morning you youve spent the whole night on the site like you did the night before and the night before that and so on and so on (hitRECorder filmpunk)

24 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you see joe get shot on a movie screen and your friend turns to you and goes oh my god, honey! are you okay? (hitRECorder gweninterrupted)

25 + you know you're a hitRECorder when joe signs off of snl as regular joe and you feel like you’re truly apart of something quite special:) (hitRECorder ChelseaItAll2)

26 + you know you're a hitRECorder when getting your record remixed makes your heart beat harder than getting good reviews (hitRECorder RegularJOE)

27 + you know you’re a hitRECorder when instead of saying 'that was great' you say 'i hit the heart'much to the confusion of your friends (hitRECorder Laikaa)

28 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you break out of your golden cage of expertise and try something completely different (hitRECorder creative_green13)

29 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you’re sitting in the middle of your english exam and start writing a tiny story about vampquito instead of analysing the character of john the savage in brave new world (hitRECorder CrashAndBurn)

30 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you have to be up at 5:30 am on a sunday to get somewhere & you still make time to hitrecord hee :) (hitRECorder aszarkowski)

31 + now you're a hitRECorder when you start using m a hitrecorder t sleep because you’re thinking of all the things you want to make to put on the site (hitRECorder catness)

32 + now you're a hitRECorder when you have a new sense of motivation to create & collaborate (hitRECorder aszarkowski)

33 + now you're a hitRECorder when you start trying to come up with new smiley faces to use :^() (hitRECorder aszarkowski)

34 + You know you're a HitRECorder when you end every message with "thanks again." Ummm, I already do that a lot anyway. I also say this a lot at the end of meetings or get togethers with friends (hitRECorder echolalianova)

35 + You know you're a hitRECorder when you wake up with RECorders songs stuck in your head - definitely! For a while I couldn't get "Everything is on Fire" out of my head. Same with some of the "Row Your Boat" remixes, haha! "Nothing Big" was another one (hitRECorder echolalianova)

36 + you know you're a hitRECorder when the colors red, white & blue no longer represent usa in your mind but instead make you think of hitRECord (hitRECorder aszarkowski)

37 + You know you are a hitRECorder when you wear a red record button badge on your jacket and when someone asks about it, you smile a knowing smile :) (hitRECord Laikaa)

38 + you know your a hitRECorder when your mind constantly thinks in RECord mode and you start noticing all the wonderful moments & magic around you that you may have overlooked before (hitRECorder aszarkowski)

39 + you know you're a Hit Recorder when you're willing to publicly embarass yourself to get a shot that you think could be used on this awesome website (hitRECorder HelloLindsayyyyyy)

40 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you celebrate 11/11 repeating "the Regularity is here" like a mantra (and your friends think you're insane) (hitRECorder Gimik Jo)

41 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you call Joseph Gordon-Levitt "Joe" or "RegularJoe" (and your friends think you're weird) (hitRECorder Gimik Jo)

42 + you know you're a hitRECorder when "method" rhymes with "Repetition" (and your friends don't get it) (hitRECorder Gimik Jo)

43 + you know you're a hitRECorder when all your friends are hitRECorders (hitRECorder Gimik Jo)

44 + you know you are a hitRECorder when there is an unexpected 'Internal Server Error' and you scream 'NOOOOOO' which makes your room mate run into the room with a frying pan because they think you are being attacked (hitRECorder Laikaa)

45 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you have mass twitter conversations with each other (hitRECorder ashleewithani)

46 + you know you're a hitRECorder when seeing your RECord show up on the recommendations tap is more exciting than getting an A on a paper (hitRECorder AlexTheGreat)

47 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you wander around your house humming "a record is a method of repetition" (hitRECorder AlexTheGreat)

48 + you know you're a hitRECorder when half the things on your to-do list are for the site (hitRECorder AlexTheGreat)

49 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you want to try to create new and different things just to post them here (hitRECorder AlexTheGreat)

50 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you suddenly don't care about content ownership any more (hitRECord Enoxh)

51 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you agree with Enoxh (hitRECorder MattConley)

52 + You know you're a hitRECorder when you wear the REC button all the time, and then when people ask you if you're communist (because everyone is so simple-minded they link red to communism) you tell them "No, I'm a HitRECorder" and because you live in Chile nobody knows what the hell that is, so you go on to explain what it is, and even though people give you funny looks you still really don't care because you're so excited about it you keep explaining, and then when you get to the part where you mention Joe's old-media name instead of "RegularJoe" (as you're used to calling him) people give you an even weirder look and it turns out they're all groupies. But it doesn't matter because you wear the REC button like a badge. (hitRECorder deeasherself)

53 + you know you're a hitRECorder when RECording anything and everything becomes second nature (hitRECorder RECharged)

54 + you know you're a hitRECorder when collaborate or collaboration is an everyday word that you use in conversations (hitRECorder RECharged)

55 + you know you're a hitRECorder when the joy in creating art is not just focused on the final product but on the journey too (hitRECorder RECharged)

56 + you know you're a hitRECorder when coloration is read as collaboration (hitRECorder RECharged)

57 + you know you are a hitRECorder when you are at a bar with friends... and you are pretty close to piss drunk but someone ask what the REd pin on your hat is about... and you excitedly explain the art of REmix and RECreation... and you buy the guy a drink because he says he loves the concept... then you find out that he is a painter and you start to rattle of names of amazing hitRECorder painters :) (hitRECorder InkedCanvas)

58 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you have YouTubed and identified Joe in both the Pop Tarts and the Cocoa Puffs commercials BEFORE he made reference to them on Jimmy Fallon Friday night... and when watching Jimmy Fallon Friday night with your friend who just took you out to see Inception, when Joe starts talking to Jimmy about doing 2 commercials as a kid, you turn to that friend and slyly tell her "Pop Tarts and Cocoa Puffs" before Joe tells Jimmy it was Pop Tarts and Cocoa Puffs... and then your friend is super impressed at your knowledge of The Point Man. Also, you were wildly intoxicated at the time- and were still able to access that information in a millisecond (hitRECorder gweninterrupted)

59 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you're at a party with a bunch of local Seattle rockstars and you can't seem to keep the words *Joe* or *hitRECord* from coming out of your mouth when you speak to anyone... and then you catch yourself speaking Metaphoresian and realize you must have forgotten to take your meds because your all hitRECmanic again (hitRECorder gweninterrupted)

60 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you're debating between buying a copy of the book you wrote and finally published in print after a lifelong dream of making that happen... or a hitRECord BunnyBaby t-shirt (hitRECorder gweninterrupted)

61 + you know your a hitRECorder when you know that art has no physical bodily form rather an emotional interpretation of what art is (hitRECorder comprehensionandsecrecy)

62 + You know you're a hitRECorder when you understand, unlike the rest of the world, that stop motion is the only amazingly plausible form of video, tilt-shift is the most beautiful way to photograph, music isn't only about the words anymore, and anything, I mean ANYTHING in the world can be poetry if you're smart enough to find the correlation. And, as a hitRECorder, you obviously are smart enough (hitRECorder The New-Age Thinker)

63 + you know when you’re hitRECorder when you know you’re a hitRECorder when you’re a hitRECorder when you’re a hitRECorder when you’re a hitRECorder when you’re a hitRECorder when you’re a hitRECorder when you’re a hitRECorder when you’re a hitRECorder when you’re a hitRECorder when you’re a hitRECorder when you’re a hitRECorder when you’re a hitRECorder

oh you get the fucking point (hitRECorder SwissmissE)

64 + you know you`re a hitRECorder when you just bought a new desk at ikea and the first thing you can think of is to paint it red (hitRECorder Niki)

65 + you know you’re a hitRECorder when you’re looking through JSTOR and you get distracted by a brilliant statement and you think “shit, that’d be a great tiny story!”... then you forget that you were ‘spose to be REsearching for your Fanon paper (hitRECord InkedCanvas)

66 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you start trying to find ways to tie hitRECord into your course work (hitRECorder aszarkowski)

67 + 35 + and... you know you're a hitRECorder when the word "heart" becomes a verb! (hitRECorder JonMac)

68 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you hear something on the radio or see something on the way to work that makes you smile, and you think "I wanna heart that!" (hitRECorder JonMac)

69 + you know you're a hitRECorder when your "tangible" friends completely understand that your hR friends are "real" friends, too :) (hitRECorder InkedCanvas)

70 + You know you're a hitRECorder when you think of all the ways you can REmix art outside of hitRECord (hitRECorder Kylier)

71 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you constantly think of artist you wanna bring on board (hitRECorder InkedCanvas)

72 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you're try'na pimp other hitRECorders' talents out to people in the *biz* :) (hitRECorder InkedCanvas)

73 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you hit record! (hitRECorder FreedomRollers)

74 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you start collecting circle things... and then paint them red ;) (hitRECorder InkedCanvas)

75 + when your friends make a point to report to YOU how much they loved Inception. ;) (hitRECorder gweninterrupted)

76 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you have hit record projects on the bookmarks bar of your google chrome, like so:

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l147/Issaness/bookmarksbar.jpg?t=1280472770 And then after I took the screenshot, I realized I also proved the hitRECorderness by the three visible tabs all being HR. >> Doesn't take long to feel the addiction (hitRECorder Issaness)

77 + you know you're a hitRECorder when your niece loves drawing REC buttons & your nephew hums "this song is on fire" while drawing a fire breathing dragon

78 + aszarkowski, your piece "You know you're a hitRECorder when.." inspired this poem. http://www.hitrecord.org/records/144268/forum

I am a hitRECorder because

I dream

I dare to be different

I inspire creativity that explodes in a manifestation of artistic collaborations

I am a hitRECorder because

I enlighten

I challenge you to step outside of the box

Original thinking with a mix of obscurity

That impels you to open your mind and become a visionary

I am a hitRECorder because

I am inventive

I had a thought that developed into an idea

That surged into a concept that blossomed into art

I am a hitRECorder because

I am the artist, the producer, the inventor, the architect, the writer, the innovator

The mastermind

(hitRECorder Eulange)

79 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you glance at your bag of Fiery Habanero Doritos and could swear it said "Fiery Herringbone Doritos"!!! ( True story! Happened last night! ) (hitRECorder gweninterrupted)

80 + you know you're a hitRECorder when upon glancing at your bag of Fiery Habanero Doritos and swearing the bag says Fiery Herringbone Doritos you then immediately think to yourself how now you simply MUST go and add your little story to aszarkowski's You Know You're a hitRECorder When RECord (hitRECorder gweninterrupted)

81 + you know you’re a hitRECorder when you realize its almost 6 in the morning & you've spent the whole night on the site like you did the night before & the night before that & so on & so on (hitRECorder khrister)

82 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you suddenly have the weird urge to buy the entire "Third Rock From the Sun" dvd collection. ;) (hitRECorder MadisenMusic)

83 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you go on YouTube and try to find the REsources and REsults of a video (a.k.a. what happened to me when watching the Bed Intruder Song video, LOL) (hitRECorder ItsPauline)

84 + You know you're a HitRECorder when you suddenly have an inexplicable desire to move to NYC despite never thinking about it before (if you're not already there that is) (hitRECorder PastTense)

85 + You know you're a hitRECorder when you're sick of saying the word "awesome" because you've used it one billion times on the site! (hitRECorder RECeBear)

86 + You know you're a hitRECorder when your new favorite thing to ask in restaurants is, "What would you RECOMMEND?" (hitRECorder MadisenMusic)

87 + You know you're a HitRECorder when you struggle back to bed at 4 am from a nightly walk to the bathroom and contemplate getting up again to get yout camera because the full moon is looking so bright and perfect and you want to RECord it :D (hitRECorder Duddelmaus)

88 + i had a dream last night that people created this collab to create bday gifts for me cause it was my birthday today. and when i looked at my activity i saw all these doodles on my face and happy things. and i felt absolutely terrible and cried because i didn't know how to tell people that today WASNT my birthday. then i woke up. that is how i know i'm a hitrecorder t sleep because you’re thinking of all the things you want to make to put on the site (hitRECorder catness)

89 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you can't sleep because you’re thinking of all the things you want to make to put on the site (hitRECorder Toss)

90 + you know you’re a hitrecorder when you have lame art you want to RECord yet to make it viable you decide to create a collab just to contribute the lameness. (this isn't supposed to be offensive, this is truth cause i do it all the time.) (hitRECorder catness)

91 + You know you're a hitRECorder when you see Joe everywhere even when you aren't looking for him!

92 + You know you are a hit RECorder when you read through all of the musings in here and realize that they almost all could have been written by you, but you were a little slow off the mark on this one (hitRECorder jestferlaffs)

93 + You know you're a hitRECorder when writing "again by heart" in your course notes makes perfect sense as shorthand for what your Ethics prof just said (hitRECorder sfdetroiter)

94 + You know you're a hitRECorder when a RECord title pops in your head as the perfect way to explain a complex argument you're trying to make (hitRECorder sfdetroiter)

95 + You know you're a hitRECorder when hearing "thanks again" in a movie makes you wanna add "by heart" (out loud), regardless of people around you and the looks on their faces (hitRECorder Magdalena)

96 + Haha! you know you're a hitRECorder when this RECord brings you unadulterated joy. (hitRECorder OhPattyG)

97 + You Also know you're a hitRECorder when the first thing your non RECorder friends ask you when they see you is: "So what did you RElease this week?" (hitRECorder OhPattyG)

98 + And you definitely know you're a hitRECorder when you carry around a tiny notepad on which you jot down every and all REmixing ideas as soon as they pop into your head because you have so many nowadays that you can't afford to forget. (hitRECorder OhPattyG)

99 + you know you're a hitRECorder when you buy a notebook simply because it's little and red. and then proceed to carry it around everywhere to jot down anything because it could be a potential RECord. love this list

100 + I was going to post # 41 but Gimik Jo beat me to it! lol (hitRECorder Nancy Valdez)

101 + Ha! Hadn't seen this before. You know you're a hitRECorder when you manage to casually mention the site in most of your coffee dates....(hitRECorder annejumps)