*You wear a blanket instead of a coat.

*You walk on step to all music you hear.

*In gym class, you do exercises to the same beat.
*You spin pencils/pens/mops/brooms/pool cues, etc.
*You have a drawer full of flag t-shirts.
*You're constantly involved in fund raisers (wanna buy a candy bar?)
*The term attitude has lost all meaning.
*You are constantly arguing with others (non-color guard) about whether or not Color Guard is a sport (and it IS a sport).
*When you hear a song you've done a routine to, you get ecstatic.
*You've seen 3:30 in the morning many times.
*You're lucky your instructor gets your name right.
*You're considered lucky if your instructor noticed your hair cut.
*You know how to wrap your own bandages.
*You have a flag callus on your right palm under your small finger.
*You have a permanent rifle bruise on your left and right thumb.
*You have more inside jokes than any of your other (non-guard/band) friends.
*Your guard has its own language.
*You can smile genuinely on command.
*You have an excuse for everything.
*You can catch anything thrown at you.
*You find yourself telling your friends to run for chewing gum.
*Every song becomes a possible flag routine.
*Finals are a positive thing.
*You know that "one more time" NEVER, EVER means one more time.
*You can do your hair and makeup anywhere.
*You can change into your uniform anywhere.
*Someone who can throw a piece of wood 40 ft in the air and catch it becomes your hero.
*You find yourself dessigning flags/uniforms/drill in your classes.
*You can change, go to the bathroom, and go to your locker in 4.5 minutes.
*You laugh like everyone else on your guard.
*You use two hands to tell your left from your right.
*You constantly watch t.v. dance shows for a good new move.
*Leaving your seat at 1/2 time would be considered a sin.
*You know how many people can be crammed into a minivan.
*Lycra-spandex has become a permanent part of your closet.
*You get sunburns just thinking about band camp.
*You've left your house wearing things you swore you never would, like hair curlers, spandex, 2 tons of makeup, etc.
*The band room is your second home.
*You've been in a guys locker room when there were no guys in it.
*You find yourself critiquing every parade you see.
*You watch for color guard in movies (like in Never Been Kissed and The New Guy).
*You cringe when people on t.v. are out of step.
*You keep a pillow and blanket in the guard room. (What's the point in taking it home, you'll be bringing it back next weekend for competition!)
*You have been to every home football game and never paid for one!
*Your motto is "duck tape fixes everything!"
*You spend your free time looking for guard related websites.

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14. You protect your weapons like they are your children.
15. You name your equipment.
16. You name your drill spots.
20. The phrase, "free time" has lost all meaning to you.
28. You've run more laps than the track team.
39. Your personal motto is "Guard is Life."
46. You and your friends repeat the same phrases over and over.
47. When one member gets sick, you all get sick.
48. You refuse to graduate.
57. When you go out to diners with 30 pounds of glitter in your hair, you wonder why there's glitter in your food.
73. You know how to manage 20 s and 1 bathroom.
74. You've spent more money on guard fees than you have on your college education.
75. You never could teach your dog to fetch, because everything you throw you have to catch yourself.
85. You name your bruises.
86. Your ceiling is covered with marks from the rifle you WEREN'T spinning in the house.
101. When you have seen the same WGI or DCI tape a thousand times and still enjoy it.
104. You say the pledge of allegiance to YOUR flag.
105. You find it easier to fall asleep on a school bus with thirty other s than in your own bed.
107. You are an expert at assembling backdrops.
134. When you fold the floor more times than your laundry
22. You say guard halt when you want your friends to stop.
139. When the blisters on your blisters don't hurt anymore.
140. Life? what's that?
147. You toss your flag even when there are 50 m.p.h. winds
148. When you're in English class your teacher yells, "Attention" and you look forward and sit up straight and don't make eye contact with anyone.
157. When you spend more time with the guard then your own family.
161. You can march your show in your sleep.
164. If you have gotten a black eye from doing a toss!
165. When people ask you about your social life and you say "Oh, you mean my flag.
167. When "armed guard" means a with a pole instead of a guy with a gun.
168. Your teacher makes you write on the board, "I will not spin in class" fifty times.