Okay. Now I'm inspired to write one of these things.
I own nothing. Not band, songs, the geeks in band(Yes, I am a geek in band), other people's instruments, nothing.
BAND IS...
Being cool
naming your instrument
drinking Vault
getting stupid nicknames
marching in the freezing cold
putting lights on your instrument during the christmas parade
stopping in the middle of the parade to pick up candy
forgetting to close the trailer door and having a lot of instruments fall in the road
clapping to a cool song that your BD won't give you a part to
having your best friend say meow all the time
having a crush on a baritone player
making fun of the sucky flute player
having fake names like Darcy and Hannah
having half the band 'forget their instruments at home' when you have a sub
understanding "muffin"
playing poker and bullshit on exam day
guessing who got what chair a week before try-outs
getting up at three in the morning to go to regionals
hating the people who made regionals
telling on other people for things you did
scale tests
playing freeze out
playing freeze out and winning
remembering when you rode the short bus
telling your friends about your band geek-ish cousin who wants to be just like the band director he never met
the BD playing mind games with the band
the smell of Mr. Twigg's coffee
being hyped up on Vault before the big concert
singing the words to the songs to make a friend laugh at you
making someone else laugh instead
making fun of the weird BD coughmr.d'virgiliocoughcough
the BD telling the flutes how everyone else sucks
dropping your piccolo and praying it's ok
knowing you're a band geek
writing stories about your band
cameras
stealing the camera that has a bad picture of you
'Accidentally' cussing in front of a holiness girl
stopping in the middle of a song because of your director's funny hair style
telling the director what to wear
the BD saying that no one appreciates the classics anymore and nearly believing him
praying you made regionals
holding your case with only a pinky and nearly breaking your finger
inside jokes
hating a song you used to love
despising the man that created the wizard of oz music
laughing out loud at the substitute
having the BD tell you no one can sing
singing really bad because he told you that
the BD making jokes about himself
the BD telling pointless stories that kill time
the BD knowing that his other band sucks big time and telling you that
skipping gym class to 'practice'
seeing Justin get hit in the crotch with a stand
trying and failing to get a song started on the bus
chewing gum
leaving home room to go to the band room to 'practice'
lying on your practice record
getting an A anyway
having to tell the lower chairs that 'it's a flipping B flat okay? Now leave me the heck alone! God! Look it up from now on! Flipping idiots!'
Reading jokes during band class
not caring if your caught
going to the mall after regionals
finding out your parents 'just so happened to be in Spencer's at the same time you are' while on the band trip
having the whole band sing "my humps" for a guy's ringtone
listening to weird lumberjack songs
liking the weird lumberjack song
listening to christmas music in January
making fun of the rival school's band when they're within earshot
the mascot/tenor sax player saying "our mascot is sexier than yours" to the rival band
doing homework instead of playing
picking out your competition for next year
being first chair because you're the only one who plays that instrument
being second chair out of two people
bringing your own stand
writing notes to people on the stands
looking in someone's band folder and finding out they're gay (yes, that did happen.)
Putting stickers on your case
breaking your instrument
being last chair and thinking that it could be worse
being third chair and knowing you're better than four other people
loving when you get new sheet music
playing the coolest song ever
actually play something the audience likes
making fun of sixth grade band kids to their faces
having a band party
bringing your ipod to band class
playing Egyptian rat screw
my best friend teaching me how to play Honolulu solitaire
keeping cards in your purse just for when you get free time
getting your purse nick named Barney's magic bag
liking that name
soothing the friend that's crying over a band crush
helping a fellow band member smuggle vault into school
loving band
making a dorky list like this
That's all I can think of now. I think I did pretty darn good with this. Please review. I'll give you brownies. I didn't copy any of this from someone else's thing. All of this happened to me or the other members of our band.
