"Ping Pong" or as the Chinese say "Ping Pong"

so the ping pong tourney isnt far away! im really looking forward to tomorrow night where people from all over Grand Forks (that are males between the ages of 12 and 18) will be competing for a title only given to few men! in the last 5 years or so only two men have had the battalion ping pong title! Calvin Peters and Parker Steadmen (who is only in grade 9)! so as you know i dont make predictions on big event nights but if these people show up tonight they could definitly take it! Jason H, Cam T, Parker S, and Taylor W. im sure there is much more that just dont come to my mind right now! for under dogs im going to put Nick D, Drew B, Kevin H, Sam J, and Hayden F. again im sure there will be plenty more suprises tomorrow tonight. so as always ping pong will be followed by brigade night the following sunday! please come out this sunday night at 6:30 with your battalion shirt on. there is no pressure for you to do anything but come and sit with the guys! thats all you have to do is come with your shirt and sit not much to ask. so please come! there will be good times and as always the ping pong finale that night! so anyway cant wait to see you all out the wed night please come early (between 6:30 and 6:50). keep it real.

-bent

mr.3000

well my friends i got back from my spokane/kelowna trip and noticed that the blog has 3,050 hits! meening over 5 months 3,050 people have visited the battalion blog! its a great thing to see and all who are apart of the blog (either you send pics or just read it) give yourself a pat on the back and if you cant reach it then get someone to do it for you cause you deserve it! its been good times having the battalion blog and i hope everyone has enjoyed it! its good to be in the 3,000 club. look for a ping pong post tomorrow. later dayz

-bent

Alex E is in the house

well another great night at Battalion! it was crazy how many guys we had out when we started! usually guys sneak in 15 mins after we start but pretty well everyone was right on time and ready to go! i believe we had about 40 with leaders so the lines had to be pushed back further in the gym due to so many guys! always good to see like Lance says always room for one more. so we started in our squad meetings with Jason as sarg Mike Joel and Jordan as corprals. the group i was in did a fine job talking about the story of saul turning into paul. we then broke into a game of sardines (no idea how to spell) with Joel hiding in the church i believe he was under a pew in the balcony. after we got the murder balls out for you guessed it murder ball!! the teams were pretty even and it came down to a 2-2 tie for the last game! but with work and effort lances team won (i was on that team yay!) after Jer broke down the Squad meeting for us letting us know that it is important that we obey our parents but even more important that we tell our parents and family about Jesus if they do not know about him. if you are in this situation make sure to talk to one of the leaders if you need help and tonight i will pray for all those who are in that situation i know it must be hard and we at the blog salute you. so tonights predictions were as follows. 1. Drew B may not have destroyed at murderball but he did get to the top 5 for bulldog so im giving myself a point for that! 2. Dev C did get 20 points tonight for memory work! (plus 10 more). so thats 2 for me 3. though it did not rain between 7 and 9 here it did rain at the coast between 7 and 9 so thats 3 for 3 woohoo!!! and Lance and Mike thought my predictions were to specific ha! so anyway as i sit and sip my orange crush from a glass bottle (crazy eh) i wonder what the future of the blog will be come the end of may?! will it continue through summer with various posts? will it continue in september? is the blog world dieing and new trends arising? personally i would love to see this blog continue till the day Jesus comes back, but who will take over? Sam J has offered to take the reigns but i want you as the reader to write in what you think should happen for the blog and who should take over! please email me at abendigo16@hotmail.com or leave a comment (dont be too meen please). anyway thats all for now dont forget ping pong next week! and not this sunday but next sunday at 6:30 is the brigade night so please come with your shirt and prepare for a good night! later dayz

-bent ;)

P.S. i laugh every time I see that pic! good summer blake good summer! peace ;)

date wrong

so the last post i refered everything to "tonight" even though the date says it was written on tuesday it was actually written on wed so the date is behind. anyway new poll question try not to mess it up by voting a bunch. please just vote once that would be great! so only vote once! one vote is the vote you get! 2 is right up and too high. 0 is not enough! one is the vote you need to use! one is the number you need! ok so one vote. anyway seeya tonight unless you are reading this and you are female (which is great). and i guess i wont see you if you dont live in GF, or maybe your an old man so i wont see you (except lance and jer). and i guess you wont be there tonight if your too young to come but we are waiting for you! um ya anyway keep it real!

-bent

P.S.............................one vote

7 days later

well its that time again! another night at the ol GC Gym! battalion tonight is at the normal 7:00 time at the GC gym. a week today will be ping pong tournament and the defending champ Parker Steadman will be back to defend his title! also do not forget that the first weekend in march (sunday 7:00) is brigade night so mark it on the calander so you can be there!!! so for tonight i predict drew B will destroy all in his path for the game, Dev C will get 20 points for the memory work, and it will be raining sometime between 7 and 9. so there you go battalion predictions and weather predictions! so thats all i have for you i hope to see you all out tonight! later dayz

-bent ;)

Some Pics

well heres some pics for you from the boxing night!

-bent ;) (pictures brought to you by Cam the "big mac daddy")

Top Ten Ways To Make Soccer More Exciting!

10. Play in the dark with a glow in the dark ball

9. Blindfolds and stilts

8. Give one guy on each team one of them James Bond Jet-packs

7. Let super mario and friends play

6. Allow goalies to use handguns

5. Have some poor jerk in the middle of the field trying to set up a model railroad

4. Spike Lee on the sidelines talkin' trash

3. Eliminate game itself; let hooligans battle it out on the field

2. Change name of sport to "DEATHBALL 2000"

1. Let 'em use their frickin hands!

-bent ;)

love is in the house and the house is packed

well it was a awesome night at battalion valentines addition. i was completley wrong there was no dance and there was no basketball game either! so we ended up with 30+ boys which was awesome! missing out on a lot of regulars i might add. so the night started off with mike as the sarg and jordan, dev, and kevin were the corprals! after squad meetings we played a tight game of football as in close! the teams were really even which made it awesome and jers team won by only a point over lances! we then went to the corner where i handed out burgers from our sponsers at DQ that lance got for us. as we ate our burgers lance broke down the squad meeting for us telling us about the body of christ and how we need each other as christians! we may be able to live without an arm or leg but it would suck! and even though we may be able to live without arms and legs we cannot live without our head which is Jesus Christ! so good work on the bible study lance i thought it was very well done! after we played bulldog with the boxing champ deven chursinoff in the middle and it resulted in the first round with everyone tackling me for my b day which is pretty cool even though it hurts! after we finished owen (not spisak) came out the victor which is pretty rad since it was his first time! good going man! anyway it was an awesome night and thanks to all the guys who wished me a happy b day like lance said its always good to surround yourself with good christian friends so thanks guys means a lot to me! 2 weeks ping pong tourney and first weekend in march brigade night! better be there! o and for the predictions i hit a solid 3 for 3! ya hat trick for my b day! and the canucks won so thats even better! keep it real guys seeya next week!

-bent ;)

battalion+violence=LOVE

well it only happens once every 25 years a valentines battalion! so im sorry on teh horribly late post but ive been laying back in k town for the last few days and didnt get to the blog! so anyway tonights battalion falls on valentines which means happy b day to Tim F and Ben J! tonights predictions are as follows. 1.some guy is gonna get bugged about his girlfriend. (maybe Jason) 2. someone will be dog piled (no idea who thats gonna be). and 3. we will have a medium number of 28 boys due to the valentines dance! i hope for more but for some reason guys are more interested in standing in a gym then actually doing something in a gym! hee hee anyway i hope to see lotsa guys out tonight! and a big happy valentines from the guys (ben) at the battalion blog! make sure to buy flowers for a girl (moms defiently count). later dayz

-bent ;)

some new additions to our blog

well ive been working a bit on the blog today and i wanted to let you know some things ive added to it! first thing there is a new poll question on the side under the links so check that out! secondly im doing some free advertising for john reuben by the site meter at the bottom of the screen (check it out we are almost at 3,000 hits!). and lastly ive added a map (as seen on wilson blog) to our blog! its very easy just click on add me and then type in the info (where your from, email, a pic of yourself, and a shout out to the blog!). so i encourage all of you to enter in once and the we can take a look at all the people who enjoy this blog and visit it! anyway thats all for now stay tuned for more upcoming battalion good times! later dayz.

-bent

The champ is here! The champ is here!

well the results are in for the 2nd annual battalion boxing event! this year we had two leagues the light weight and the heavy weight! the night started with the Emery song studying politics and Jason with the new robe and boxing gloves doing his thing! we started with the light weight group and the guys grade 7 to 9 fought it out for a chance in the big leagues! it came down to Brad and Sammy J with Brad being the victor! both of them got to proceed to the heavy weights to show em what they were made of. in the heavy weight division both Brad and Sammy went out though Sam made it to one on one with Jason. it ended up being Mike T Devin C Jason H and Scooba S. (steve F). the fight was one of the most intense ones yet and went for a good long time. first out was Scooba S (whos only in grade 10 i might add) after that dev mike and jay went for a long battale ganging up on each other until mike and dev took out jay! the last two in the ring were dev and mike and though a valiant effort mike came up short making Dev the victor! way to go Dev we at the battalion blog salute you! Brad winner of the light weights recieved a coupon from our sponsers at DQ. Dev the winner of the heavy weights and the whole boxing tourny won the belt, the robe, coupon from DQ and of course the helmet! also this year we had everlast speed bag with the help of Charlie L and Bruce J making a stand for it! we also had a everlast punching bag. Ted M and Bruce J made us hotdogs throughout the night which was also very much appreciated and tasty! big Mac daddy also made a camio by running the sound system playing that funky music! all and all the night went very well and a big thanks to Lance and the leaders of battalion for getting everything together for all the guys! congrats to the 2nd annual boxing champ Devin Chursinoff! next week same battalion place same battalion time! hope to see you there! later dayz

-bent ;)

if you even dream about beating me you better wake up and apologize

well boxing is before us! i guess Sam didnt want to do a recap from last wed and i was not there so i cannot do it but from what i have heard Dev got a black eye from Mike (the game) and Kevin Hayashi had to spend the night at the hospital due to injuries from Mike (the game) though i hear they are both doing fine! anyway like i said boxing is this wed night one of the biggest nights of the year! Jason Hayashi will have to defend his belt but not his boxing title since this is the second annual battalion boxing event and the last perosn to win was Ben Jepsen. so Charlie Langis will not be making an appearance on wed due to work so that leaves Jason Mike Joel Jordan and Evan for grade 12's this year. doesnt meen that one of them will win but those are the big guys! there will be some new twists and turns to the boxing event this year one of them being a new light weight league for grades 7-9 and a heavy weight league grades 10-12! the winner of the light weight league will get a chance to compete in the heavy weight league! so like every year this year should be just as exciting (if not more) then the last! i cant wait to see you all there for the big event! later dayz

and now some quotes from Muhammad Ali

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

It's not bragging if you can back it up.

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

-bent

The Last night of january

Well everyone it's the last battalion in January as usual it will be held in the gospel chapel and starts at 7:00 it's a normal night in battalion but next week it's boxing and for the first time ever there will be to leagues the little league and the heavyweights i'm sure everyone is excited about that. Well Ben had to work today so he asked me to run the blog to night so here are my predictions 1. There Will be a bible check tonight 2. David Kirkwood and his gang will show up and 3. It will snow anyways I have to get going tell me what you think of my first time blogging latter dayz.
-Samwise Jepsen (the future)

Sam J is here to stay!

well guys since i have a job now i unfortuanatly have to work wed night! but it should be the only wed i have to work so no worries! but anway since this will be like the first wed night i will be missing im going to try and get my bro Sam to cover for me for the battalion blog! so thats all i really have to report! i hope wed night goes well and good times will be spread all around! good luck at bulldog tonight Evan! later dayz

-bent ;)

pack the house

well another great night at battalion. one of the more crazier nights if you ask me. we had about 38 boys out with 5 leaders! so the gym was pakced but it seems to be a better place when its packed kinda like a comforting feeling ya know? anyway dalton did make it in the nick of time as well as owen got dog piled (is that with two t's?) for his 21st birthday! and tim did not show so i got 2 for 3 anyone do the math yet? lol! so we played some sardines again i hide upstairs in what i thought was a easy place but it turned out it was harder then i thought! anyway i wasnt as good as the champ Ryley J Heppner but i didnt do toooooo bad! after we played some murder ball and it started lopsided then it changed at the end! Jer did the squad meeting on how we need to mature as christians so we wont be pursuaded by other ideas and opinions from whatever may come our way but we can stand strong on the truth!!! we had our traditional bulldog with charlie in the middle and it came down to young owen and evan pod with evan coming out just feet further so evan came out for his second win of the season! way to go man! so ya i believe thats all the events that were held tonight and it was a mighty fine night! next week same deal meet at the gym for 7 WE START AT 7!!!! the week after that is boxing new rules with a light weight grades 7-9 and heavy weight grades 10-12. should be amazing! keep voting for the blog if you want to keep it for years to come! i have some candidates for the job so if you want to keep it we have men to do the job! so vote on the side of the blog yes or no! later dayz

-bent ;)

will the battalion blog stay a float, or die? you decide!

well as you may or may not know i will most likely be gone in september meaning that no one will be here to run the blog! my question to you is should the battalion blog continue with a new author (maybe Sam Jepsen) or should the Blog stop and it remain a one year wonder! well since its for all you readers i want you to decide! there is a poll on the side of the blog under the links vote and we'll see what the fate of Battalion Headquarters is. later dayz

-bent ;)

WED NIGHT LETS GO

well once again wed night is upon us! wed night is always an exciting day you wake up and if you have a bad day at school or work (or sitting around at home like me) then at least you can look forward to smashing some heads in at battalion and let your anger out! or maybe your having a great day at school or work and then you get to go to battalion to help those who had bad days! hee hee so yes battalion is in 18 hrs and im already excited for the good times! so lets start with some predictions 1. Dalton will make it tonight but just in the nick of time 2. both tim and owen will make an appearance! and 3. someone will get dog piled!! there ya have it ive lost count for the score last week i got one if anyone wants to do the math let me know! also i just want you to know how hard it is to come up with predictions every week! with that said i have other news for the ol battalion blog. since the blog has taken off and done fairly well i didnt want it to die! but since it looks like ill be gone this september ill need someone to take over the blog! right now im thinking Sam Jepsen is a good replacement but i want to hear from you guys! leave a comment on who should take over and if we should continue the ol blog! anyway 7 oclock at the church hope to see lotsa guys out!! later dayz

-bent ;)

CREATION FEST 2007

ok well i have now decsided that this year at creation fest will be the most ultimate year for creation fest ever known to human kind! i looked up the schedule thurs morn at 2 am and found out some of the greatest news ever! i knew the lineup for some time now but i have found a new band that will be there that makes me one happy man! a band that i have not seen and have wanted to for some time! that band my friends is Magnified Plaid aka MX freaken PX! or in other words MXPX! i am very excited about this news and cant wait to join the boys of battalion for creation fest 2007. heres a list of bands in order that i would like to see the most if you care which im sure you do not. MXPX, Relient K, Toby Mac, Jars of Clay, Newsboys, Emery, Family Force 5, Switchfoot, Ayisha Woods, TFK, and Falling Up. thats just from best to worst (worst being unreal) for my list. im sure i would enjoy watching any of the bands but thats just my most fav list! anyway go check it out at http://www.creationfest.com/nw/program.php its gonna be unreal this year you do not want to miss it im talking to you boys who can do memory work and go for free this will be an unforgetable year! keep it real.

-bent

good to be back

well its good to be back in the full battalion swing of things. the first night of 2007 we had 28 guys come out no not my prediction but not bad anyway! jer was not here tonight so that deleted my other prediction and Dalton forgot to come all together so im taking a point for that since he forgot himself! hee hee since i can do pretty well anything on this blog im taking a point so live with it! dont get me wrong it would have been nice to see dalton out but there must have been some reason for him not being there! anyway tonights squad meeting was about making sure you know the scripture so when you hear other peoples ideas and opinions on God and creation and so forth you will be able to stand on some solid ground and not just be swayed like a leaf in the wind or crashed by the waves of uncertainty! we played some murder ball and our team lost horribly we were kinda close once but thats the best we could do! after for bulldog we played what seemed to me the longest strangest game ever! coming in the winner was charlie L who has won before! so watch out! anyway thats about it for this post! boxing is coming up soon so get ready!!!! later dayz!

-bent

P.S. if you add the pictures together you get BATT+(weird)AL(yankovic)+LION=BATTALION ya im a loser i know! keep it real ;)

To The Future! Battalion-2007

well the day has come the first Battalion of 2007! so please pack your bags and get those ol running shoes out cause 2007 is promised to be filled with hits, new boxing champ, and of course a very long may long!!! ya its gonna be sweet! so anyway tonight will be a typical night with the usual! predictions are as follows. 1. turnout of 32 boys 2. Dalton will forget something that he should have brought. and finally 3. Jer and Lance will be on opposite sides for the game and it will be very close but Lance will come out the victor! there ya have it! so anyway sorry about the long wait i really have no excuse but i dont think i really need one ;) ill be posting about the 2006 year in review after i discuss some matters with some people about the year! so expect a full analysis about the 2006 BATTALION YEAR! keep it real guys seeya at the gym 7 o clock sharp!

-bent