SIGNS YOU'VE BEEN IN BAND TO LONG...

[Louisa de Lioncourt]

Hey peeps feel free to put up any you can think of if I miss any ^_^  

[Louisa de Lioncourt]

51.When you wonder what life would be like if you weren't in band. *
52.When you roll step while you walk to class. *
53.When you major in music.
54.When you use your high school band director as a role model.
55.When those stupid "band humor" jokes are the funniest things you've ever heard. *
56.When you pick the instruments from the music in cartoons. *
57.When you start screaming "LEFT! LEFT! LEFT!" to the people that walk in front of you on the way to class.
58.When you've dated everyone in the band and now wonder if you're ever going to have another date.
59.When you think the trumpeters have a right to be egotistical.
60.When you don't think the flutist have a slight attitude problem.
61.When you change your instrument to the tuba.
62.When you have perfect pitch.
63.When the band director is always right.
64.When you marry that special someone in your section.
65.When you have kids and force them to be in music.
66.When you aren't sure which is more dangerous a girl with a flag or a guy with a gun! *
67.When you hear music and you start marking time.
68.When you walk behind someone and you're in step with them. *
69.When you try to guess the tempo of your favorite song. *
70.When you've had a "trombone-ectomy"
71. When you freak out at Band Night because you get to see your future rookies.
72.When you're alone and you suffocate because there's no one telling you to breathe.
73.When you know every inch of the practice field.
74.When you can make brown shoes look white.
75.When your hearing is bad because the Trumpets and Drummers play too loud.
76.When you think rooms make the echo sound too much.
77.When ALL your conversations are about band.
78.When you walk home,you pass your house because there is no clothes pin.
79.When you subdivide to get the perfect pump.
80.When you have to mark time while you practice your instrument at home.
81.When you have dreams about selling subs.
82.When subs are all you eat on Saturdays.
83.When you have had to duck to avoid getting hit in the face with a pickle during the subsale.
84.When the drummers start making sense to you. *
85.When you wonder what life would be like if you weren't in band. *
86.When you root for the other football team to lessen the time of your season. *
87.When you know everybody else's personal business. *
88.When you've practiced so long, the majorettes are together.
89.When you have no more secrets.
90.When you don't try to hide the fact that you're in band.
91.When you subconsciously start humming your music. *
92.When you know not only your own part, but everyone else's too. *
93.When you eat lunch with all of the other band people. *
94.When you start to eat lunch in the band room. *
95.When you can tell who's in the bathroom by looking at their sneakers under the stall. *
96.When wide open spaces stir up an urge to march your show.
97.When you have 2 instruments--a junky one for marching band and a good one for concert band.
98.When dreams of marching are constantly in your head.
99.When you don't see your parents on the weekends. *
100.When you can't go to the movies on weekends with your friends. *  

[Louisa de Lioncourt]

101.When your free time is spent on homework. *
102.When your furniture is dented from banging drumsticks on it.
103.When you actually have an opinion on slide grease.
104.When you'd rather go to band than a Steelers game. *
105.When you have a webpage dedicated mostly to band.
106.When you want to be in front.
107.When you don't panic about being the leader of a line.
108.When you know when you're playing too loud
109.When you daydream about a new instrument.
110.When you will not give up your spot at the end of a line for a parade.
111.When you have brass envy.
112.When you can tell people exactly what a euphonium is... and are disgusted that they didn't know in the first place.
113.When you've used the phrase "and one time at band camp..." in an actual sentence. *
114.When your parents start keeping a running total on how many different instruments you play.
115.When your parents are proud of your band queer-ness.
116.When you actually know how to fix your intonation problems.
117.When you name the band room door.
118.When it's fun to play the show backwards.
119.When you're eligible for free dinner points at the local fast food reasturants.
120.When you have more clothes in your band locker than in your closet.
121.When your uniform can get up and walk to you.
122.When you chew your food in rhythm.
123.When playing in the rain is fun. *
124.When you can tell who is a drummer, even from another band because he's hot and stupid.
125.When you hear another band and you cringe when they play anything you've played because you KNOW you play it better.
126.When you've actually plowed over the football team. I wish!
127.When you walk in the mall & you can tell who else is a band nerd because they walk in step with their friends.
128.When you just want to kill the next person who says : "This one time at band camp. *YES! SO BADLY!!
129.When you pray you don't get stuck beside a fire baton.
130.When you try to guess the tempo of your favorite song. *
131.When you can show up to practice in your pajamas and dripping wet and no one notices.
132.When you don't remember your boy/girlfriend's birthday, but you remember everything from your opener your freshman year.
133.When you can change on a co-ed bus and never reveal anything. *
134.When you start learning to play pep band songs on OTHER instruments for more excitement.
135.When members of the OTHER band send you candy/air-grams.
136.When you find a piece of a uniform and know whose it is by the number.
137.When you can strip out of your uniform in 5 seconds in order to get to the bathroom stalls before the crowds. *
138.When you know how to play 10 pep band songs, but don't know the words to any of them. *
139.When you graduate and try to take your uniform with you. * crying I miss mine!!
140.When the dry cleaners see you enter and say, "(your name here); Remove all mud and ketchup."
141.When your non-band friends keep asking, "Is band some sort of brain-washing cult?"
142.When you actually take the time to put away your uniform and use hangers. * ((We had to...))
143.When you have at least 5 different ways to fashionably put your hair up under your hat. *
144.When the highlight of your day is getting new band gloves with "grippies." *
145.When having other people dress and un-dress you is no longer sexually stimulating.
146.When you wear your neck strap as a fashion accessory to every day (non-band) functions.
147.When you warn young children about the evils of band before it's too late.
148.When you want to break into the band room. *
149.When walking on mud no longer makes you slip. *
150.When you can relate to more than a fourth of these things. *  

[Louisa de Lioncourt]

151.When during concert season you wish you where out on the field.
152.When you can be found before school, at lunch, and after school down in front of the band room with all the other band members. *
153.When you are way too protective of your cubby hole. *
154.When you can play every cadence the drum corps plays despite the fact you play another instrument.
155.When you always start off on the left foot. *
156.When you can't walk and listen to music at the same time without marching to the beat. *
157.When your fondest memories of high school are from being in the band. *
158.When you don't know the melody of a song because you only remember the part you played in band.
159.When you still wear your band shirt, from your senior year--ten years ago. * not even five, but I still wear it lol
160.When you count down the days remaining until field band camp.
161.When shopping for new pairs of pants you realize that what you buy is directly related to what you may need for upcoming gigs and performances.
162.When you constantly sing old band tunes three or four years after graduating.
163.When you go back to your old high school to help with summer band practices.
164.When you attend pep band just so you can play pep tunes.
165.When you find Miss Slade's jokes funny.
166.When you know what the band does at graduation while the seniors accept their diplomas. *
167.When you attend a game only to watch the halftime show and leave once it is over. *
168.When you think band camp in 103 degrees is FUN.
169.When you named your plume.
170.When your social life includes memorizing music.
171.When you memorize stands tunes for fun.
172.When you can march your show with your eyes closed.
173.When you know your school fight song by heart . *
174.When you know your show from five years ago by heart, including music, sets, and what the colorguard wore.
175.When you actually hate when it rains on an all day band function.
176.When you've practiced so long, the color guard is together.
177.When you can fall asleep against the window of school bus even with freshman flutes singing behind you. *
178.When you don't mind freshman singing on the bus as long as it's the show music.
179.When you step on the field again after summer vacation, kiss the ground, and yell, "I'm home at last!"
180.When you get up early in the middle of summer to play in a 4th of July Parade voluntarily.
181.When your section has its own symbol, nickname, and cheer.
182.When you can sing not only your show from three years ago, but the other band's show that beat you.
183.When carrying something while walking backwards no longer seems hard or uncomfortable. *
184.When you invest in a mouth piece warmer.
185.When seeing the sun rise and sun set standing in the same spot on the same field doesn't seem odd.
186.When you come back after graduation to watch the band on their first day of summer band.
187.When you practice the show so much people think you've got eyes in the back of your head.
188.When you purposely get demerits so you can have that extra marching time.
189.When you wear your marching shoes to school. *
190.When the most exciting thing in your life is marching band. * sad I know...
191.When it feels odd to wake up in the morning when there is light outside. * it was for a long time...
192.When you start call the "football field" the "marching field". *
193.When you call to ask for marching advice from people who graduated years ago.
194.When your senior year you buy your own uniform, hat and plume as a memento. I wish I could have crying
195.When you no longer think of yourself as a person, but as a dot on a drill book page.
196.When you remember each year of high school by the show that you marched in and not the grade.
197.When you sit in at attention..... at the dinner table.
198.When you march in the summer to keep up your good marching skills.
199.When you have good marching skills.
200.When you know exactly who "willy the worm" is  

[Louisa de Lioncourt]

201.When you have actually slept inside your cubby.
202.When you miss homecoming for a band function and you don't mind.
203.When you cry because you have to miss band because of work.
204.When you threaten to steal Idlewild's brass band's instruments just so you could think you were at band.
205.When you know the cheerleader's cheers and start them. ((We hated the cheerleaders))
206.When you teach non-marchers and cheerleaders how to march.
207.When you convince random people to join band.
208.When you look forward to band banquet more than your senior prom.
209.When you save money for the end of the year trip instead of a new car stereo. *
210.When you look forward to the next newsletter.
211.When the 2 minute warning at a football game takes on a whole other meaning.
212.When you can name all the major band fundraisers. *
213.When you never wear jewery or fingernail polish--you'd have to take it off for competitions anyway. *
214.When you know the National Anthem by heart and in more than one key. *
215.When your instrument is worth more than your car.
216.When half the stuff in your room has the word 'band' on it.
217.When anything in your room says 'band'.
218.When you know "Louie, Louie" and have a personal grudge against him.
219.When you and all your friends are easily tagged as 'band' when walking down the hall because you are all in a straight line and all in step.
220.When you can think of more than one reason to stop by the band room on your way to class. *
221.When you can count on one hand your friends that are not in band. *
222.When you believe that the band sings better than the choir.
223.When the band does sing better than the choir.
224.When you get emotional thinking about your instrument being in the repair shop.
225.When riding a bus with no heat on your way to a festival is fun.
226.When upon emptying your pockets you can find either a screw driver, drum key, water bottle, valve oil, slide grease, cork grease, etc.
227.When you think parades are "F-U-N!"
228.When you can get anywhere in 12 steps or less.
229.When playing "stare down" with the drum major is no fun anymore.
230.When you can dance on the bleachers and NOT fall off. *
231.When you arrive home at the same time the bars close. *
232.When you learn how to layer your clothing without it buldging the uniform. *
233.When you learn how to sneak food under your hat to eat in the stands.
234.When you steal raincoats to wear at non-band functions.
235.When you need money and always seem to find extra in your uniform pocket. *
236.When you find ways to use your instrument in non-band classes. *
237.When you can find the pocket in your uniform and not feel perverted when you remove money. *
238.When you start finding practical uses for drummers; like foot warmers
239.When you start break-dancing with the cheerleaders playing Louie-Louie.
240.When you're there at least 15 minutes early and leave 30 minutes late to make sure everyone has a ride
241.When you feel people don't come for the game, but the half-time show
242.When the drummers actually look at the drum major because they are tired of looking at each other
243.When the guard is no longer cold at mid-season night game with nothing but a leotard on
244.When the spit from cold mouth pieces no longer tastes like spit
245.When the best thing that has happened to you in the four years of high school was getting your name announced as a band senior
246.When you spend your evenings rewriting music for underclassmen who can't play their parts
247.When you can remember every person and their instrument in band, but can't remember the 50 states for history class
248.When you can sing the entire piccolo part to "Stars and Stripes Forever"
249.When you’ve tried out every instrument in the band, regardless of who played it last.
250.When you don’t laugh when you hear the word "flugelhorn".  

[Louisa de Lioncourt]

251. When you have decided that high notes do kill brain cells.
252.When you think "sucking on wood" is not a sexually explicit term
253.When you cringe when you hear the word "oboe"
254.
255.When you find yourself being constantly late to everything
256.When you’ve ever used the excuse, "Sorry, I have band that night"
257.When you’ve ever slept in the band room
258.When you leave when school gets out, your parents ask you why you’re home so early
259.When you know the difference between a sousaphone and a tuba *
260.When you know the difference between a euphonium and a baritone
261.When you’ve ever used the phrase, "It’s okay, I’m in the band"
262.When you know the difference between a percussionist and a drummer *
263.When you’ve ever been called a drummer and felt insulted
264.When you can sing every drum cadence and don’t feel embarrassed while doing it
265.When you know every drum cadence by heart and are not a drummer *
266.When you’ve gone to every sporting event and never paid for one*
267.When after enduring one season of marching band, you come back for more *
268.When you’ve ever written lyrics to a march
269.When you do an "about face" to turn around
270.When you subdivide while talking
271.When you think two hours in a bus is a short trip *
272.When you cheer when your bus has a bathroom
273.When telling someone they blow is a compliment
274.When you’ve been hit by a colorguard flag more than once *
275.When you’ve been told to make your instrument sound like a barnyard animal
276.When you can identify an instrument by its clang when it hits the floor
277.When you can identify any instrument by its case
278.When you cringe when you hear the words "pomp" and "circumstance" in the same sentence
279.When mention of the word "solo" makes your heart drop down into your stomach
280.When you’re proud of having a band letter on your letterman’s jacket
281.When a band letter is the only letter you have on your letterman’s jacket
282.When you’ve ever seen a valve trombone
283.When you tolerate band jokes about your instrument from your director *
284.When the director has thrown his baton at you more than once *
285.When all the band members know your parents on a first-name basis
286.When you know two definitions for the word "lyre" *
287.When you’re not disgusted by pools of spit all over the ground *
288.When "rushing" and "dragging" are technical terms to you
289.When you’ve played the concert B-flat scale in over 90 variations
290.When the word "festival" doesn’t necessarily mean "party"
291.When rest doesn’t mean "take a break"
292.When you’ve ever played the 1812 Overture on your mouthpiece
293.When you tell time in measures
294.When you can tell the difference between a duck call and a saxophone mouthpiece
295.When you know what sound a cymbal makes when hit against someone’s forehead
296.When you’ve ever gone to Denny’s at 2:00 AM, after returning from a concert
297.When your hobbies are: band *
298.When you’ve ever used your instrument as a machine gun * ((We played Mission Impossible for one of our shows and we got to use our instruments as weapons ^_^ it was great, the entire Flute section was "killing" our section leader ^_^ ))
299.When you know that all the French horn jokes are true
300.When you start describing incidents from band parties to your psychiatrist  

[Louisa de Lioncourt]

301.When you've ever rolled down the bleacher steps screaming, 'catch my flute!'
302.When all holidays mean you'll be spending the day following a bunch of horses down some street *
303.When your principal quits asking you for a hall pass and instead tells you where to find the rest of the band.
304.When you've lost over 20% of your hearing from sitting in front of trumpets
305.When your boss never schedules you for a Tuesday,Thursday, Friday or Saturday night between June and December *
306.When you find yourself checking to see if the bands in the Macey's Parade are in step *
307.When your parents have ever said, "just tell me how much the whole box is, I'll end up buying them in the end anyway."
308.When you've ever responded to your other friends' puzzled looks with, "sorry, it's a band thing."
309.When you've ever fallen asleep listening to a metronome
310.When you become a daredevil before a football game and wear fingernail polish and glitter and different colored socks while marching
311.When you are actually considering buying a drum corps CD
312.When you judge a school by how good their band's field show is
313.When you have invented your own language of drum sounds
314.When you think of your section as your brothers and sisters, and you have been adopted by other sections *
315.When you cheer in excitement when your band director gets new band stand tunes to play *
316.When you actually like people forcing you to march at odd hours of the day
317.When you have that nasty bump/callous thing on your right thumb from playing your instrument
318.When you believe in seniority to get ahead of everyone else in the pizza line *
319.When you judge the size of other bands by how many sousaphones they have or by how big their drum line is *
320.When you can play the B flat scale on a baritone, tuba, trombone, and mellaphone
321.When you know what a mellaphone is
322.When you still don't know the Star Spangled Banner, but play it by ear on the field
323.When you spend 12+ hours at school 3 or more days a week * I used to
324.Your hands are pale from wearing gloves all summer
325.When 3-4 hour bus trips seem like 5 minutes
326.When you're comfy eating your meals sitting in a parking lot *
327.When you miss class to march in a parade *
328.When you "run it, again!"
329.When you no longer think drummers have a serious chronic playing illness
330.When the uniforms turn you on
331.When you don't realize that other people actually have to pay to go to a football game *
332.When you find that being in the band is a great way to pick up chicks
333.When you know you will never confuse your right from your left
334.When you find more than one use for a plume
335.When there are "kinky bus trips" *
336.When your feet are together, your stomach is in, your shoulders are back, your head is up, and your eyes are "with pride." 24-7
337.When you've been witness to a fallen xylophone, bells, chimes, or marimba *
338.When you can do a stop-and-go in mud and not fall on your butt
339.When having your feet parallel to your legs feels natural.
340.When you join in/help start random stands tunes at the lunch table with a bunch of other band members.
341.When you don't stop until you finish the song.
342.When your friends have no issues with singing the fight song or alma mater during lunch with everyone else looking at you funny. 343.When you know the lyrics to 'Louie Louie', including the inappropiate ones.
344.When you can sing along with all of your pep tunes, and are willing to go "I,I,I" during "Crazytrain".
345.When no matter who you talk to, no matter how random they are, they always know someone who is/was/related to/friend of/ someone in a band. *
346.When all you ever talk about is band, even though marching band season ended monthes ago. *
347.When your new motto is "torment thy freshmen/sophmores/juniors". *
348.When you eagerly await the new music for band camp.
349.When you can go to New York, Tennesse, or Florida and say "I marched there!!!!"
350.When you CAN AND ARE WILLING to fall asleep on the band bus.  

[Louisa de Lioncourt]

351.When your non-band friends have disowned you.
352.When you "Plume Kiss"
353.When your homecoming mum says "Go Band!" not "Go Team!"
354.When your band cubbie has more of your personal items in it than your closet.
355.When at least one member of the band IS family.
356.When your director gets engaged/married and everyone that is in band is there.
357.When you can still play your horn for 40 minutes straight after being awake on a bus for 40 hours.
358.When changing your oil means opening up your case.
359.When you think of sabatoging instruments at the solo & ensemble festival.
360.When you can have an interesting conversation with a tuba player or a drummer.
361.When you go trick or treating in you band uniform and can think of something your uniform could be (Royal Guard Uniform, Police Man Uniform, ect..)
362.When you can tell someone's band jacket just by looking at the patches.
363.When you have bought at least one "I'm with the band" or "Your band sucks" keychains.
364.When you read all of these lists and can relate to at least 100 of them.
365.When you surf the net for band cartoons and can somehow relate to them.
366.When you are a member of "Tale's from Band Camp" mailing list. http://www.talesfrombandcamp.com
367.When your school has a lip-syncing contest and you do a pep tune.
368.When PennState's fight song goes something like "3 beers for old Derry High..."
369.When you teach all the rookies the words to the PennState fight song, and get them to sing instead of playing