I have nothing better to do! :D

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Here's that list we compiled our soph yr...i found it while cleaning out my closet :) since i'm still unemployed and all of you guys are at work, this is how i choose to waste 20 minutes :D enjoy...

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You Know You're A Band Nerd When...

~marching band is no longer considered a punishment

~you mean to call someone a "retard" but it comes out "ritard"

~you stop denying it

~you begin discriminating by section

~you say "I've got friends in high places" you're referring to seniors, squad leaders and most importantly - drum majors

~if you've ever asked the question "what are those football players doing on our marching field?"

~the word "sleep" is not in your vocabulary

~you think that next to the word "band" in the dictionary, there must be a picture of your marching band

~you have a problem dating people in the same section
~you have a lock for your band locker

~you use the lock because you don't want anyone to steal your instrument

~the fire alarm goes off and, even though you know it's just a drill, you take your instrument with you - just in case

~your band locker becomes more cluttered than your school locker

~you stop using your school locker altogether

~you spend time making a list of 'band nerd traits' and send them to your 'band nerd' friends, who laugh histerically for hours

~you get out of practice early, but don't go home immediately; instead you listen to the orchestra practice because you like the music

~you download the music you're playing in band off the internet and listen to it daily

~you go to other school's football games and critique their marching bands during the half time show

~you have more dirt on yur band directors than your friends do on each other

~you go around quoting your band directors instead of movies

~someone makes a band joke and you are the only one laughing

~someone says "I saw this really hot guy/girl" you respond with, "Really? What instrument does he/she play?"

~even your friends at church are band nerds

~you get into an argument about which instrument is better - in the middle of a Bible study

~the guy/girl you have a crush on is in band

~you realize that all the guys/girls you've had a crush on were in band

~most of the guys/girls who've liked you are in band

~you get involved with the band council because you really want to "change things" - and you do

~you decide to overthrow the band council altogether

~weekly chair tests become a big deal - a really big deal

~you start critiquing everything you hear on the radio and picking out the instrumentation

~you wrap the house of your drumline captain and instead of waking him up by ringing the doorbell, you do marching drills in his front lawn and sing the correct instrumentation of the fight song as you speed away in the back of a pickup

~there begin to be more and more activities you can't participate in because they conflict with band

~you're hanging out in the bandhall after school and the band director tells you to go home, and you respond by saying you have nowhere else to go

~you refer to the bandhall as your 'second home'

~practicing becomes a part of your everyday life

~you and your friends can sing all the stand tunes with correct instrumentation and pitch and do so often for amusement

~you and your friends walk in step down the hall and begin every forward motion with your left foot

~you have the band directors' cell numbers in your cell phone's address book

~instead of complaining about the rest of your teachers, you spend the majority of your complain time venting about your 'evil band directors'

~someone tells you they are going to skip band rehearsal and you are shocked

~your motto is 'Yay Band'

~you're not in band council, yet you find yourself participating in every band fundraiser and work day

~you get insulted when someone says something against the band

~being last chair is just about the worst fate you can think of

~you can tell what piece someone is playing by watching their fingers

~you carry a tuner in your backpack and a metronome in your purse

~you've ever gotten in trouble in class because your metronome turned itself on in your backpack and your teacher thought it was a cell phone

~you know the best tuning note on your instrument

~you know the best tuning note on everyone else's instruments as well

~you spend your free time in the band office

~you make the band directors sign your yearbook

~you memorize the jokes off the poster in the bandhall and tell them to your friends who in turn laugh at the joke

~you know those lame shirts they sell at marching contests? Yeah, you think they're funny.

~you know terms like 'harmonic' and can explain the difference between a perfect and augmented fourth and are fascinated with concepts such as sound waves and overtones and write your extended essay over things like that

~your friend is talking about someone who isn't in band and you say "who?"

~marching is something you practice at home

~you make signs for the football games and one of them says "my band director can beat up your band director"

~your 'battle scars' are blisters from marching shoes and bruises from being too enthusiastic on 'band horns up'

~you know each drumline cadence by heart and name and have a dance for each of them

~during summer band, there are 'section wars' that the band directors don't know about and you participate in these and enjoy them - even plan them

~you don't know the words to your school's alma mater or fight song, and it's your senior year

~march offs are serious business

~you and your friends are trying to start a camp fire and your friend says to you 'use that band breath' and all of a sudden, you're blowing harder and the fire lights

~you and your friends make 'coke bottle choirs' at lunch

~you're afraid to let people see you go into the orchestra hall because you don't want them to get the wrong idea

~you join choir for fun and your band friends call you a traitor

~you know the make and model of your instrument

~you know the strengths and weaknesses of all the major models of your instrument

~you know which make and model of your instrument is best

~you know how to clean your instrument and do so often

~you haven't been to an instrument repair shop since 7th grade because you know how to fix your own instrument and have all the tools needed to do so

~you have nicknames for major music stores such as "Crook Mays"

~you're proud of your friend because he/she made squad leader

~the person who beat you out at squad leader rubs it in your face...and you get mad

~your directors ask about your family

~the office aid doesn't know which class you're in so they take the note they have to give you to the band hall

~something good happens and you say 'yay band' as an expression of joy

~you strive to be the best (and loudest) in your section

~you make band shirts and think they're cool

~pushups and starjumps are a competition

~you make the band directors cookies for Christmas

~the band director mentions a piece the band played your freshman year and you say "Oh that was one of my favorites!"

~you order the band CDs and listen to them from time to time

~you have superstitions like "Don't sit in the head band director's chair, or you'll be doomed to become a band director yourself"

~you turn band council elections into a marathon

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All of these are actual things that have happened, none of them are stolen or made up, and NO they don't all refer to ME :D LOL any added band nerd traits are welcomed...imma go do something productive with my time now...CIAO! <3 *Jer29:11*

BTW - if you laughed at any of these you're doomed!