If you’re at all interested in musical theater, chances are you’ve heard about the new musical "Hamilton," written by Broadway veteran Lin Manuel Miranda (who you might know from "In the Heights" or "Bring it On: The Musical"), this musical highlights the life and times of the founding father, Alexander Hamilton.

There are several key elements that make this musical different from your standard Broadway show. First off, most of the songs are raps. For a traditional Broadway-goers, this may been a little strange. However, Hamilton showcases how artistic and brilliant rap can be as a musical genre (I highly suggest showing some songs from it to your parents if they ever say otherwise!). The second important distinction is that Hamilton’s cast is entirely made up of people of color (except for the part of King George the III, who is currently being played by Jonathan Groff). Miranda has this casting done purposely; the idea of Hamilton is to showcase the new American story.

If you’ve listened to Hamilton as much as I have, you may start to notice some changes in your everyday life. Here, I have listened only a few of the symptoms of being a little too obsessed with Hamilton.

1. It's always stuck in your head.

At this point, people have stopped asking me “what song do you have stuck in your head?” and have started asking me “What Hamilton song do you have stuck in your head?” And every day it’s different-- some days are more of a “Non-Stop” kind of day and some are more “It’s Quiet Uptown”. It’s always consistent though, since it’s always Hamilton

2. Your parents start to think you're planning on majoring in American history.

I went to the National Art Gallery over break with my parents, and we were in the wing featuring a ton of the founding fathers portraits (guess why I went there?). We were examining a painting of John Jay, and my father asked “Who was John Jay, anyway?” My immediate response was: “He wrote five essays in the federalist papers.” My parents were impressed. Maybe they thought I was finally learning something at that expensive college of mine. I didn’t have the heart to tell them it was because he was briefly mentioned in a Broadway smash hit musical

3. You smile when you hear historical figures mentioned.

I was reading an article the other day that was talking about the Coast Guard. They mentioned Alexander Hamilton, who founded the Coast Guard, and I immediately started grinning, as if they had mentioned a friend of mine. This is a several-hundred-something year old dead guy, and I felt proud to see him in an article.

4. You contemplate selling your organs so you can go see it.

When you’re a writer, you usually have to google some weird things. I’m always afraid that if the authorities went through my internet history, I’d be suspected of murder (How can I tell them that I needed information about poison for a story?) But even I felt as though I had reached a new low when I googled which organs weren’t necessary to survive/how much I could sell them off for. For reference, a Hamilton ticket costs somewhere between $600-$2000 dollars. Apparently you can make about $24,000 dollars off of selling eggs, meaning you could go see Hamilton a few times. I checked out this link. I don’t condone this at all (mostly).

5. You realize you may never accomplish as much in life as Alexander Hamilton.

Alexander Hamilton worked his way up from being an immigrant orphan to being one of the most important figures in American history, and founded the National Bank, the Coast Guard and the New York Post. His legacy is incredibly important to the United States, and Hamilton does a great job of highlighting that. Especially during “Non Stop”, when Burr mentions that Hamilton writes 51 essays for the federalist papers, I think to myself “Damn, what I am doing with my life?”

6. You email your high school history teacher to ask if they've listened to Hamilton.

I’m so desperate for people to talk to about Hamilton that I recently emailed up my high school history teacher, asking him if he’d listened to Hamilton (he actually showed us Lin Manuel Miranda’s original rap during class at one point). It wasn’t news to him-- he had apparently been following the shows production and had gotten the soundtrack right after it came out. You know you’ve got it bad when you’re emailing your teachers from junior year of high school.

7. You want to sing along...but then you realize you can't rap.

It’s always fun to sing along to musicals. Even if you aren’t good at singing. However, Hamilton brings a challenge to the table-- rapping. I wouldn’t call myself a superstar singer, but I can carry a tune and stay on beat. Trying to rap, however, is completely different. Have you tried singing along to Guns and Ships? That song is incredibly fast-- in fact, at one point Daveed Diggs is singing nineteen words in three seconds, making it the fastest musical song ever. I can get up to “making the redcoats redder with bloodstains” and then I just can’t go on.

8. You start to associate Hamilton lyrics with other pieces of media.

I was watching the new Star Wars movie the other day, and I kept thinking to myself “Man, the lyrics to The World Was Wide Enough where Burr says ‘Now I’m in the Villain in your history...history paints me and all my mistakes' really fits Darth Vader incredibly well.” Hamilton lyrics work. with. everything.

9. Every car ride becomes a one-person rendition of Hamilton.

Don’t hand me the aux cord. Just don’t do it. Also, do you know how hard it is to sing all of the parts in the opening number by yourself?

10. You purposefully ask for change in 10's.

I’ve done this in the past. I asked for change for a twenty, and was asked if I wanted it in 10’s or 5’s. I didn’t even have to think about it. Which, in my case, was rather stupid of me, since having fives would be much more convenient. I wanted to see his face!

If you've found yourself relating to any of the things above, it may be time to stop listening to Hamilton (you could...take a break!). Or not. I'm probably not going to.