Monday, August 12, 2013

55 Signs You Have Been In Band Too Long

Some of these are not made by me, others are. I can relate to all of them!!


1. All of your friends are in band.

2. When people ask you about your social life, and you say "Oh, you mean my (insert instrument here)?"

3. Band camp is FUN!!!

4. Your instrument has a name.

5. You remember your instrument's birthday, and you forget your mom's.

6. Your instrument has a birthday.

7. When your band uniform actually fits.

8. You see your section more than your family.

9. You have dreams about marching band.

10. You accidentally call your band director 'mom'.

11. A mouthpiece tastes good.

12. Band songs get stuck in your head, and you tap your foot to the beat.

13. You subconsciously start practicing with a pencil.

14. Letters past G aren't important.

15. The only class you look forward to is band.

16. When you wonder what your life would be like without band.

17. Those stupid 'band humor' jokes are the funniest things ever!

18. You start walking in time with the person in front of you.

19. You've had a 'trombone-ectomy'.

20. You freak out at Band Night because you get to see future rookies.

21. When your alone, you suffocate because there is no one to tell you to breathe.

22. Most of your hearing is gone because of percussion, the trumpets, and the drummers.

23. ALL your conversations are about band.

24. You don't hide the fact that you're in band.

25. You subconsciously start humming music.

26. You not only know your own part, but everyone else's too.

27. You daydream about a new instrument.

28. You've used the phrase 'one time in band camp...' in an actual sentence.

29. You can tell who is the drummer, even in the other bands, because he is hot and stupid.

30. When you hear another band and you cringe when they play anything you've played because you know you play it better. 

31. You just want to kill the next person who says 'one time in band camp'.

32. You start playing the band pieces on other instruments for excitement.

33. You have at least five different ways to wear your hair with your band uniform.

34. You only watch a football game to see the band.

35. Carrying something while walking backwards seems no longer hard or uncomfortable.

36. You have convinced random people to join band.

37. Anything/half the stuff in your room says band on it.

38. You can think of more than one reason to stop by the band room before class.

39. You can count on one hand your friends who are not in band.

40. You find ways to use your instrument in non-band classes.

41. The spit from a mouthpiece doesn't taste like spit anymore.

42. You cringe when you hear the word oboe.

43. You find yourself constantly late to everything.

44. You've ever used the excuse "Sorry, I have band that night."

45. You've ever used "It's okay, I'm in band."

46. You know the difference between drummer and percussionist.

47. When you can make your instrument sound like a barnyard animal.

48. You can identify any instrument by its case.

49. You aren't disgusted by the pools of spit on the ground.

50. Hobbies: band.

51. You've ever responded to your confused friends with, "Sorry, its a band thing.

52. You judge a school by how good their band is.

53. You think drummers/percussionists have a chronic playing illness.

54. Whenever you leave early, your teachers always say, "Have fun in band."

55. All your non-band friends have disowned you.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

My Life Goals

So, you might say I want to study birds, or go to college, but I don't think anyone really knows all my life goals. So, I was thinking of listing them here. But, as a precaution, just to let you know, I'm twelve, almost thirteen, and this isnt my whole life. I'm a preteen, and here is just my view of life so far.

1. Definitely, I want to be a librarian.
      I love to buy books, rather than rent them, because one day, I will have my own library. Either a public library, or just a large room in my future house devoted to books, full of shelves and all types of books. That's why I save books. All books, even baby books or dictionaries or even the confusing books. I just can't get enough books!

2. A Ornithologist.
       Another thing I love: birds. I would love to visit, and hopefully, work for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It is in Ithica, New York. I haven't seen it in person yet, but only because of the distance. One day, I am determined to see it, along with other bird-watching posts in Florida and Great Britain.

3. Archer.
       Now, you could argue that I am already an Archer, but I want more. I want to be really good, Olympic good. Katniss Everdeen good. Robin Hood good. In other words, I want to be SUPERCALIFRAGALISTICEXPIALADOCIOUS good! Just super good! So, make that a really good archer!

4. Photographer.
      Even though many people don't know it, I would really love to be a photographer. To capture beautiful pictures.

Well, now you know a small part of my goals in life! Thanks for listening to my extremely boring chat!