12 Non-Rowing Things Rowing Permanently Effects

I've talked a lot about the life lessons one learns when involved with the sport of rowing for any extended period of time. From learning that people matter most, to the difference between losing and failing, to being true to yourself - there's a lot I've taken away from rowing. There's also a lot of other thing that rowing permanently effects:

1. You will never drive past a river and not think, "I wonder if someone rows here."
2. You will think of your college years in seasons, not semesters. "Oh yeah, I took COM 425 spring of my junior year - I had to reschedule my final for Dad Vails."
3. 5:30 a.m. is still early, but you're kind of immune to it.
4. When you see a tall person you don't wonder if he/she played basketball you wonder what their 2k time is.
5. You hate the wind. Always. Because you know it will ruin any row.
6. Acronyms like HOE, HOR, HOG and HOCR aren't funny.
7. You have no reaction to seeing men/women in only very revealing spandex.
8. When having trouble explaining a concept to a fellow rower, you can always fall back on rowing analogies and know that they will get it.
9. You cringe (and sometimes confront) people who are "erging" at the gym because the way they are doing it gives you such anxiety.
10. You've stopped trying to explain the sport to non-rowers and just nod when they say they used to go kayaking at their families lake house.
11. You get ridiculous excited whenever you see rowing/erging featured in any sort of movie, TV show or commercial. (What rower did not freak out when they saw Frank Underwood rowing in House of Cards?)
12. You bond with rowers you've just met by discussing the weather at different regattas you both happened to be at. "Did you race the first or second day at HOCR this past year? We raced the first day and were so lucky because Sunday was so cold and windy."