Character Count with jQuery and ASP.NET Web Forms

I recently needed to add a character count on several textareas on a Web app and decided to use a jQuery plugin. I know what you’re thinking, “I can’t believe Deran would use a jQuery plugin…I thought he hated jQuery”…or maybe you thought, “Of course you’re going to use a plugin…you always use a plugin”. Either way, I thought I’d share what I ended up doing.