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.