278. You mark time in the shower(or whenever standing still
279. You hear "this isn't K-mart we don't like/want 'sails'" more than once a week
280. You are the only one to have a screwdriver handy during any season
281. You find many new uses for a sabre
282. Your best friend becomes a six foot pole and three foot silk
283. You spend your lunch period trying to break into the guard room just so you can spin your equiptment
284. Being friends w/ anyone outside of the band just seems unnormal
285. You listen to your guard tapes as you fall asleep
286. You get a shock from leaving the band room b/c the air is so CLEAN
287. You arrive at the school on the days you have practice so early that the school isn't even open
288. When your instructor says rehearsal is at six, you are there by five thirty or you are LATE
289.When you meet your friends places you are always half an hour early
290.. When you have no problem at all telling one of the members of your guard that they smell and they are not offended
291. When your little sister plays with, touches, or even LOOKS at your weapon, you jump on her like a lion on a mouse
292. You've got a certain section of your wardrobe labeled "Guard Clothes" that you'd never be caught in anywhere but practice
293. You go into Home Depot and ask for flag tape
294. Electrical tape is used for everything (ie. labeling cabinets, putting up posters, fixing your flag bag, etc.)
295. When you can share your lollypop with 6 different people and still not mind eating it
296. You and the other guard members finish each others sentences
297. When you have so many "lucky rituals" that seem incredibly stupid to outsiders
298. When you dislike cheerleaders just because
299. If you go to the doctor and won't go to school because your sick but will still go to a guard event that you don't really have to go to.
300.When you wear your "participant" entry bracelet from WGI for weeks after WGI's over! (mine's still on right now!
301.When you check the Colorguard newsgroups before you check your email!
302.You keep your nails short after the seasons over, so that your heart isn't crushed when you break a nail when the season starts up again!
303.Your colorguard has two mass-email groups, one for the whole organization to see, and one for just the members to complain about the rest of the organization!
304.Your boyfriend is part of the floor crew!
305.Your thumb is permanently jammed