Day 9/10:

Bite me!!!!!!!

How do I answer all three depending on the day

Okay fair I am very competitive and I do theater which is like band in that it might as well be three extracurriculars at once.

In my band the competitive section is the clarinets though

hey y’all take my marching band uquiz

Big bitch then

There's a little bitch on my porch

Out of?

Leaving for the first competition!! I think we're gonna get 3rd 🤙

Fine.

@helenalikeschickens

NO YOU CANT DO THAT

You learn how they tick so then you can press buttons like how we bully our band director about the hole he put in the ceiling while tossing cup mutes to the trumpets shortly after we were back in the new room after the school got remodeled. We just point up at the hole every time he tosses something in class and he says he’s planning on getting on a ladder to use white marker or something since he thinks it’s a smudge or something while we’re all pretty sure it’s an actual hole.

the thing nobody here really talks about is how easily students can read their director, particularly if the director is considered good.

Because band students spend so long trying to learn all the visual cues during a concert that every single quirk and oddity of the director gets filed away for later use.

Half of rehearsal time is spent privately figuring out that a raised eyebrow in a certain direction means that the band is slowing down unintentionally, or figuring out that wide eyes means someone done fucked up.

Taking this out of rehearsal means that you eventually learn that an eyebrow twitch means the director is getting annoyed by another person and needs leadership to come up with a problem to save him. A half smile means “good job”, but a half smile plus a raised eyebrow means “hah I’m teasing you about this for the rest of your life here”.

Idk something about how every ensemble, no matter how big, will always know what their doctor is feeling with a quick glance At least, if the director is good

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here are some photos of me noticing a wasp nest

1st pic : lookin good

2nd pic: being artsy and looking away (looking at wasp nest)

3rd pic: fully understanding that there is indeed a wasp nest

4th pic: me being outtie