Hi! I am the Purple Hippopotamus! I'm a 17 year old living in Texas. I'm in marching band, and I play the clarinet. In case you cant tell by my URL, my favorite animals are hippos and my favorite color is purple. My fandoms consist of (but are not limited to) : Harry Potter (I'm a Ravenclaw and my favorite character is Luna) Percy Jackson (Daughter of Athena and Annabeth and Reyna are my favorites), Mysterious Benedict Society (go Reynie!), Sherlock, the Waterfire Saga (Ava!!!), and Mrs. Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children (Millard is the best), Supernatural (Charlie!!!!! and also just all of Wayward Sisters), She- Ra (i love Mermista), and Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego (I love all of them). Note: I have not given up on my story Voldemort, The Titan of Time, but am just really, really busy. I promise I will update soon.

Yay band nerds! :D

If you think it's hard to:
Carry forty-five pounds of dead weight on your shoulders and stand up straight
Practice in the heat and perform in the snow
Get along with 200 people you really love (no, really)
Stand in close proximity to 20 guys hitting drums with everything they've got while bopping your head like you're into it
Blow until your lungs explode
Wear an 80 pound wool uniform in 110 degree weather
Watch your music and the director while exhaling, moving your fingers, coordinating that with your tongue, tapping your foot, while continuously listening to the other players around you so that you can make one of a thousand adjustments.
Learn several foreign languages (some of which are completely made up)
Maintain good posture while holding a horn and running the 100 yard dash (some players occasionally faltering, making it the 100 yard hurdles)
Understand the subtle differences between "as loud as possible" and "just a little bit louder than that"
Ride the yellow dogs while the football team rides the greyhound
Ask your parents for money to buy a new horn when they really want to buy you a pig and sign you up for the local chapter of the Future Farmers of America
Sell band candy in order to fund your trip to some strange and exotic city (often not so strange and exotic) and perform not so far away, in fact, it may be better to eat the candy and stay at home.
Wear those 1930's q-tips we call shakos and chill in public
March for ten miles in a local parade directly behind "the Mighty One Hundred" equestrian team
Play Michael Jackson's greatest hits on an oboe
Listen to a bad tuba section— listen to a good tuba section
pay more for your instrument than you dis for your car
Wear those monkey suits while your parents make it a Kodak moment
Remember to show up to a performance with all the little things that you might need like white gloves, valve oil, YOUR HORN, you know, the little things...
Then maybe you're not tough enough to be IN THE BAND!

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