You know you're in guard when...

I've seen lists like this before, and quite frankly, they're amazing, so here it goes...

You know you're in guard when...

You have multiple rolls of electric tape in your bag

You've never missed a football game but you don't care about football

You buy gold eyeshadow

You find yourself walking in-step to the music on your ipod

You can smile genuinly on command

You're completely stressed out and it's not because of school

You know exactly where the flag feature should go in all your favorite songs

You know where a big toss should go in all your favorite songs

You can do lipstick and mascara on a moving bus

You can put pantyhose on on a bus

You've left your house wearing hideously colored spandex

You begin to design flags/write drill in class

You've been at school earlier than four am

You've been so close to passing out that you could no longer see or hear and you were back up ten minutes later

Your personal record is 270 leglifts per leg, 192 crunches, and fifty push-ups in less than an hour

You hear the phrase "Learn this." while gathering your equiptment

Someone says "Go to the twelve count hold in the closer" and you know what they're talking about.

You have brown stains on all your socks from where the mud seeped through your shoes

You refer to the basketball court in the gym as the floor

You have to actually think about what number comes after sixteen

You see a musical and think "That would make a good marching band show."

You step twice on one foot to get back in step with the person walking in front of you

You automatically box your elbows when your carrying your books

You find yourself freaking ou that you're only fifteen minutes early

You automatically go to right shoulder when you hear someone say "Five."

You have tan lines on your wrists and fingers

The bus is covered in glitter when you get off

You critique geese flying overhead on how straight their diagonals are

You know what the phrase "This isn't Walmart" means

You know more inside jokes than any of your friends

You go to Lowe's and ask for flag tape

You freak out because you get to perform in an arena instead of a regular gym

You've been through the snow in flip flops

You a can't stop projecting to the press box

Winnig the spin-off becomes your proudest achievement


Wow, that was longer than I thought. Anyway, your turn...