Orange Glen High School Colorguard Page

Here's 105 ways to tell if you've been on a high school colorguard:
1. You walk on step to all music you hear.
2. You spin pencils/pens/mops/brooms/pool cues, etc.
3. You have a drawer full of flag T-shirts.
4. You're constantly involved in fund raisers (wanna buy a candy bar?)
5. The term attitude has lost all meaning.
6. You know where every high school in your circuit is located.
7. You are an expert at assembling backdrops.
8. When you hear a song you've done a routine to you get ecstatic.
9. When you hear a song by a group you've used you get ecstatic.
10. You've seen 3:30 in the morning many times.
11. Seperate checks in a restaurant are the best thing to ever happen to you.
12. You're lucky if your instructor gets your name right.
13. You're considered lucky if your instructor noticed your hair cut.
14. You know how to wrap your own bandages.
15. You have a flag callus on your right palm under your small finger.
16. You have a permanent rifle bruise on your left and right thumb.
17. You have more inside jokes than any of your other friends.
18. Your priorities are slightly askew.
19. You can smile genuinely on command.
20. You have an excuse for everything.
21. You can catch anything thrown at you.
22. You find yourself telling your friends to run for chewing gum.
23. You find yourself telling your friends to run for swearing.
24. Every song becomes a possible flag routine.
25. You know the perfect spot for a toss in your favorite songs.
26. Finals are a positive thing.
27. Your calluses are less stressful than practice.
28. You know that "one more time" never means one more time.
29. You can do your hair and makeup anywhere.
30. You can change into your uniform anywhere.
31. Someone who can throw a piece of wood 40 ft in the air and catch it becomes your hero.
32. You find yourself designing flags/uniforms/drill in your classes.
33. You've missed more fourth periods than you've been to.
34. You can change, go to the bathroom, and go to your locker in 4.5 minutes.
35. You laugh like everyone else on your guard.
36. You use two hands to tell your left from your right.
37. You count all music to beats of 6 of 8.
38. You constantly watch t.v. dance shows for a good new move.
39. Watching a 1/2 hour show has become more than a leisure activity.
40. Leaving your seat at 1/2 time would be considered a sin.
41. You know how many people can be crammed into a mini van.
42. Lycra-spandex has become a permanent part of your closet.
43. You have never taken a dance class but you know more terms than in the foreign language you took.
44. The soles in your practice shoes have holes in them from doing too many terms.
45. You've left your house wearing things you swore you never would like hair curlers, spandex, 2 tons of makeup, etc.
46. You've been in the wrestling room when there were no wrestlers.
47. You've been in a guys locker room when there were no guys in it.
48. Getting a sip of water is considered an act of love and kindness from your instructor.
49. You find yourself critiquing every parade you see.
50. Caravans are run like well oiled machinery.
51. You will not consider anything over $5 dinner while at a competition.
52. The band room becomes your home away from home.
53. You become your own pharmacist.
54. Anyone who carries fem. products becomes your best friend.
55. You know how many teenage girls you can fit in a hotel room.
56. You know how to manage 9 girls and 1 bathroom.
57. You wish they offered time/money/stress management in school.
58. You wish they offered nap time in school.
59. The term battle of the sexes has been turned into battle of the bands/guards.
60. You can mock all other bands/guards quite well.
61. 4 1/2 hours of sleep before a competition/performance is considered lucky.
62. You know what jell-o arms and legs feel like.
63. You've considered dating a band/percussion member or have dated one.
64. Your parents know of more high schools now than when they were in high school.
65. Asking your parents for money has reached the extreme.
66. Having your show finished the day before your first competition/performance is considered lucky.
67. You know nothing is ever definite.
68. There's no such thing as a summer vacation.
69. The smell of sunscreen makes you think of band camp.
70. Getting 2 new uniforms in a year is a rarity.
71. You're the last people to hear about the pep rally and the first to perform at them.
72. Coming home before 4:30pm on a weekday almost never happens.
73. You've spent more money on flags than you have on your college education.
74. You've never worked so hard for a chunk of wood with some metal on it(trophy).
75. You never could teach your dog to fetch cause everything you throw you have to catch yourself.
76. No matter how good your guard is, you still get the smallest coverage in the yearbook.
77. The keds sales lady knows you personally.
78. The school nurse knows you and your parents by name.
79. You know what a fulcrum is.
80. Your guard has developed its own language.
81. You know that if you try something weird, it might just end up in your show.
82. Your school locker is an uncharted area to you.
83. The term democracy is not in your vocabulary.
84. You try more stunts than the cheerleaders.
85. You learn to love your instructor when you see other guards shows and uniforms.
86. You went to every school football game but never paid for one.
87. Your nails have never extend beyond your fingertips.
88. You know whats significant about June 14th (look at your calender if you don't).
89. You know whether you've passed your limit or not.
90. You've never actually watched a football game.
91. You know how to bend any rule.
92. You can get any teacher to sympathize with you and let you off for that missing assignment.
93. You say guard halt when you want your friends to stop.
94. You have had more pictures taken of you than of any of your other friends.
95. Your personal best is 60 pushups in one day.
96. You can arm wrestle any band/chorus/drama/cheerleading member and win.
97. You have electrical tape in your back pack.
98. You have a screwdriver in your back pack.
99. When you get hit by equipment, half the time you don't notice it.
100.You have hit yourself in the head with a flag/rifle/sabre more times than you would like to think about or can think about.
101. You constantly have stamps on your wrists that are impossible to get off.
102. You can't walk through a department store without doing toe roll to the music playing.
103. You find yourself telling your friends to get in phase.
104. You know what it feels like to be hit with a huge drum in your back or side and accept the fact that you will never get an apology.
105. You can learn to hold your bodily fluids for more than 6 or 7 hours at a time without any problems or complaints.

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