-You try to guess the tempo of your favorite song.
-You see your section more than you see your family.
-You accidentally call your band director "Dad".
-You wish your band director was your dad.
-Your band director actually responds to the fact that you called him "Dad".
-The band room is your second home.
-You recite the alphabet A through G then start back at A again.
-You hear a song on the radio and think: "Hey, this would make a good pep band song!"
-You are asked which letter comes after G and you say "G-sharp" or "A-flat"
-You spend hours a day thinking of something good to put on your "You might be a band geek when..." list.
-Someone with a whistle will do the twee-ee-ee thing and no matter where you are and if you have your insturment out or not you still say "And up!"
-You have more music than notes and textbooks combined.
-You download songs you play in band because they are so much better than what is played on the radio.
-You want to be a band director when you are older.
-You aren't a drummer but you can play every cadance as if you were one.
-Your favorite memories and stories are from band trips.
-People don't believe you when you say that band chicks/guys are hot.
-You speak more than 25 words in Latin, French, and Italian.
-Forget fingernails on a chalkboard, out-of-tune insturments make you cringe.
-You believe Dr. Beat was created by Satan.
-You lose your voice from singing 'Hey Baby!' or screaming in 'Tequila' too many times in one night.
-People stop calling you a band nerd because you take it as a compliment.
-"Woodwinds finger fast" and "Brass blows hard" don't sound so disgusting anymore.
-You go through scales on your imaginary insturment during a class other than band.
-You can't figure out how you ever lived without band before you started playing your insturment.
-You take it personally when your directors remarks that you are flat.
-You don't question when someone says they're a Boner.
-If I say "one ee-and-a two ee-and-a" you can draw a picture of it.
-You constantly pester your band director with new marching show ideas.
-You keep EVERY piece of music you've EVER played.
-You know letters past G aren't important.
-You always start out on your left foot.
-You're not fazed at all when you see a man in a kilt.
-You cringe when you hear the words "pomp" and "circumstance" in the same sentence.
-75% of your t-shirts have the word "band" on them.
-You're proud of having a band letter on your letterman's jacket.
-Your band letter is the ONLY thing on your letterman's jacket.
-You tolerate jokes about your instrument from your director.
-You aren't disgusted by "pools" of spit on the ground.
-First, Second, and Third position don't sound sexually arousing.
-Rest doesn't mean "take a break"
-Your hobbies are: band.
-You've responded to your other friends' puzzled looks with "sorry, it's a band thing."
-You really, really like all those band jokes and you get annoyed that your other friends don't understand them.
-You wear your marching shoes to school.
-You cheer in excitement when your director gets new band stand tunes to play.
-You've forgotten the words to your school's fight song because you've played it so many times.
-You've gone on a golfing trip with your band director.
-Your band director is your mentor.
-You decide to major in music.
-Your idea of fun is seeing who can play the F-sharp scale the fastest.
-You have fed the band director cotton candy off of your finger and he bit it off your finger.
-You have a crush on someone in band.
-Your life revolves around band.
-Your favorite subject is band.
-Your band director is your best friend.
-You encourage other people to join band.
-You start to dream about band.
-You start to quote your band director.
-You laugh at your director's lame jokes because they actually make sense.
-You actually like marching band and you would kill to do it all year long.
-After long periods of not playing, your fingers and hands start to jerk spasmodically.
-You feel so naked without your instrument in your hand.
-You pick out instruments from the music in cartoons.
-You sing along to the cadences.
-You have dreams about your band director...good ones.
-You named the band room door.
-You think in fractions. (1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 4/4, 3/4, 6/8)
-You yell "GO BAND!"
-You think about what life would be like without band and you begin to cry.
-Talking to someone online, you ask "Are you in band?" after asking for their name.
-You actually enjoy it when your band director sing your part to you.
-Your screen name has something to do with band. (mine is CheesieFluteGal)
-So does your e-mail address.
-You leave band class and continue to practice your music.
-You can't go more than a day without talking to someone in band or your band director.
-You constantly get "In The Mood" stuck in your head.
-You find band jokes EXTREMELY hilarious.
-You remember sharps and flats easier than the name of the president.
-You've named your instrument. (Jim the flute and John the piccolo!)
-Reeds taste good.
-You think a national monument should be built honoring John Philip Sousa.
-Someone could empty their spit valve on your shoe and you wouldn't care.
-Pep Band/Marching Band is the highlight of your week.
-You go around humming the last song you practiced, even if it was the Bb scale.
-You always start off on your left foot.
-You find it complicated being in step with your reflection.