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Fortunately for you, we’re not throwing away our shot to present these life-giving ‘Hamilton’ memes for your viewing pleasure:

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Because this is the most relatable thing we’ve ever seen.

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If you aren’t head-banging and screaming “HERCULES MULLIGAN” at the top of your lungs every time you listen to “Yorktown” you aren’t doing it right.

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Us after physical activity and John Jay after writing five of the federalist papers.

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Happy Valentine’s Day from A. Ham.

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Hugs and kisses from King George.

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The child who wrote this list is our spirit animal.

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Only the truest of ‘Hamilton’ fans will get this…

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What can we say? We’re old souls.

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Raise your hand if you’re a Lin-Manuel Carrie.

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‘Hamilton’ in a nutshell.

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It’s cards against humanity, but for Alexander Hamilton.

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History has its eyes on this meme.

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We are satisfied.

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Us.

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Also us.

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The Globe Trotting Scientist

Time to replenish your Gatorade stock, gang.

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In this tutorial we will be making Hamilton pins and key chains!

For this project you will need:

• Shrink Film (super sanded)
• Scissors
• Glue
• Hole Punch
• Flat Pins
• Key Rings
• Permanent Markers
• Printable PDF (attached in the description)

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Instructions:

1. Begin your project by printing out your reverse copy of Hamilton pins/key chains.

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2. With your super sanded Shrink Film, place shiny side face down, sanded side face up.

3. Using your permanent markers, begin tracing and filling in your images. You are free to use whatever colors you’d like, or design your own pins and key chains!

4. Once dried, begin cutting out your images. For the pins, make sure you are cutting as close as you can to the lines. When making a key chain, allow yourself some extra space to punch a hole in BEFORE you bake them in the oven.

5. After cutting out your pins and key chains, turn your oven to 350°. With a small cookie sheet lined with either non-stick aluminum foil, baking paper, or thin cardboard, place your images in small groups with distance from one another so they do not touch. Make sure the pieces are shiny face DOWN, sanded side UP.

Warning, please be careful, the oven and cookie sheets are very hot. if you are under the age of 13, please ask an adult for help*

6. Allow them to bake for 2-3 minutes. They will curl up at first, but will lay flat again, so do not take them out before then. After the 3 minutes have passed, take your shrunk Hamilton art out of the oven, and with a spatula, lightly flatten them if they are slightly curled. Once cooled remove them from the cookie sheet.

7. After everything is completely cooled, you are now ready to attach your pins and key rings! With the key rings, simply open the ring and insert it into the hole you created before baking. For the pins, take the flat backing of the pin with a dab of glue (hot glue, E600, etc) and place on the sanded side of your art. Allow the glue to dry completely before using.

Finished!

Once everything has dried, you are now ready to wear your pins on your clothes, backpack or favorite Hamilton shirt! Don’t forget to clip on your key chain as well!

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Happy Crafting!

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It’s been a pretty long and hectic year for this actor/composer/writer/theatre supernerd. From Broadway to Disney, he has been pretty nonstop. If he was this amazing at 36, it’s hard to imagine what he’ll do at 37.

Here are 10 things we loved Miranda for this year:

1. His Inspiring Tweets

Good MORNING .
Made you a mixtape.
It took longer than we expected, but we wanted to get it just right. #HamiltonMixtape pic.twitter.com/RDXW6Q35CO

— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) December 2, 2016

Who else on Twitter gives their fans a creative good morning and goodnight tweet every single day? Add that to awesome pictures of him nerding out with other stars, travel pics and just overall inspirational messages.

2. “Hamilton the Revolution”

I have to admit, I was a bit late in getting this book. I thought I knew all there was to know about the making of this show, but this book dives into all aspects of creating the hit musical. From casting to discussing tech week at The Public, this is a must-read. Aside from the great insights and beautiful images, Miranda has also fully annotated every song in the show. Read the book and fall in love with the musical all over again.

3. That One Time SNL Became All About Theatre

Straight from the opening monologue, you knew this was going to be a very theatre-intensive episode. Even during the commercial breaks, all they could do was show advertisements for “Aladdin” and “Hello, Dolly!” From “Hamilton” to “The Music Man,” this episode had it all, and Miranda didn’t skip a beat. And let’s not forget the epic music video about cast parties.

4. The Mixtape

Miranda has proven to be the gift that just keeps giving. Just when we’ve stopped listening to the “Hamilton” cast album a million times, we’re gifted the “Hamilton Mixtape.” Miranda took cut songs, his favorite R&B artists and even wrote some new songs that turned into this. We can even expect a second volume next year.

5. The Best Episode of Drunk History

This past fall, Miranda showed off his extensive knowledge about his favorite founding fathers in an episode entirely dedicated to Alexander Hamilton. There is drinking, guest appearances by Chris Jackson and Questlove, and, of course, a quick singalong to Semisonic’s “Closing Time.”

6. His Mission to Get Rid of Ticket Bots

This year, Miranda became a huge advocate to fight ticket bots. As if it’s not hard enough already to see “Hamilton” on Broadway, the bot issue has made it that much more difficult. These bots can get tons of tickets at once for any event and resell them for five times the price. Miranda wants this to stop, and has made it  his mission in New York.

7. All of His Talk Show Appearances

Miranda appeared on “The Tonight Show,” “The Late Show,” “Rachel Ray” and many more this year. of course, most of these appearances included doing some freestyle, but perhaps one of the most memorable interviews was when Miranda told Ellen his entire family reenacted a famous “Sound of Music” number in Austria. That, and he then proceeded to freestyle about cold showers.

8. Charity for “Hamilton” tickets

Miranda took the “Hamilton” lottery a step further and auctioned off a bunch of experiences for donating to multiple charities this year. Not a bad way to remind people to spread the love.

9. “Moana”

In case conquering the theatre world wasn’t enough, Miranda is now involved in a ton of projects for Disney. Aside from being featured in the next “Mary Poppins” film and being named to have a role in the live-action Little Mermaid, Miranda helped create Disney’s latest hit, “Moana.” A great film for all ages, “Moana” features an empowering heroine and has a beautiful score. Not to mention, Miranda had a little too much fun making an evil Sebastian-like character with an incredibly catchy song.

10. Love Is Love Is Love

“Hamilton” and Miranda were the stars of the Tony’s this year. Though the performances were brilliant, one acceptance speech in particular stood out. Even in the rough times of 2016, Miranda was there to remind us what was important.

Happy birthday, Lin-Manuel Miranda!

Let us know in the comments what you’re looking forward to seeing Miranda do next year!

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