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Let me guess, you were either at Benvention, or you weren't?  If you're me, Mel, Juils, Casey, Grant, Zach or Luke, then you were there, if you're not them, you weren't, you missed out.  So, if you weren't at this 'stuBENdous' event, then maybe this page will help you feel like you were.  There was quite a BENergy going on, i wish you all had ben there :)

Click here for Benvention pictures

Click here to see Snoopy Gyrate at Benvention

So... What happened at Benvention???
 
  • Juils was greeted at the airport by Barb, Mel, Grant, and Zach complete with barb-made ben heads on sticks
  • Found out that "Eff" is really a word
  • ERNGH ERNGH!!  (Seriously, zach's parents were JUST snuggling)
  • Juils bought a Kansas spatula and proceeded to beat people senslessly with it.
  • Casey and Barb did a hypnotic keyboard jam that lasted for an hour
  • We all got tattoos
  • Zach streaked with a ben head taped to his crotch
  • Mel did a frightenly accurate impression of "Towely"
  • Luke did an extremely more frightenly accurate impression of "Golum".... I'm still scared.... hold me
  • We made shrinky dinks
  • We had a bitchin, long, beautiful jam session with Luke on guitar, Grant on keyboard, and Zach on "pin-pression" drums
  • Everyone got "Benvention" stickers and a window cling that Mel made, and i cut out.  Frightenly... many have my ugly mug on them
  • Everyone ate their personalized piano sugar cookie that i made from scratch
  • Zach brought presents.  Juils and I got awesome shirts made by Zach, Mel got a fishy that had gills that looked like zach's hair, Casey got the army guy that hit on the doctor in my lego concert, and Luke got shower caps that smelled like "old lady"
  • We watched the Mitch Hedburg comedy special on tape and laughed our asses off
  • We played the bentastic "Ben Folds Five Game" that i made from nothing, that rocks all that is everything.  (I'm proud of it.)
  • Zach surprisingly won the game, and we wrote a great song for him.  Well, Grant did most of the writing, but we helped.
  • We got to play with the "Shmale" action figure
  • We played Mario bros. for hours
  • We played Duck Hunt for hours..... I have high scores to beat! HA!  And no one can stop me, cuz no one is here anymore!
  • We watched Snoopy gyrate
  • We made a list of "Bencabulary"
  • We snacked on a B F cheeseball
  • We screamed and cheered at New Years
  • Juils got stuff for us to do facials, but we didn't end up doing it sadly.  C'mon grant, zach, luke, you know you wanted to.
  • Zach's "tuba christmas" found it's way to Juils' head
  • We posted some threads on benfolds.org
  • Did Lobster Magnet impressions.... "dunh dunh dunh dunh... DUNH DUNH!!"
  • Mario sounds that never get old... e.g. shiggity shway, bloop bloop, and my personal favorite, Weeong weeong!
  • Ate at Pizza hut, and had juke box issues
  • Had a walk down Mass Street and thought of all the store names we could change to Ben songs.  e.g. "Jocks Nitch" becomes, "Rock this Bitch"
  • The Crazy Sound Song was joyfully performed live
  • In fact, so was My Joe.
  • In fact, Lures and Jigs, Three Fits Fine, and Pins and Needles all performed live
  • Zach played some awesome upside down Duck Hunt, only because he was being uncomfortably tickled by Juils
  • We played "cell phone pass around" with Leia, Drew and Kelly
  • We did a few quite funny Mad Libs
  • Zach cackled... A LOT
  • Scrabble was played, Grant won
  • "Ask me who this band is"--Juils "Who is this"--Mel, "It's Butthole Surfers"--Juils "Pull that shit out"--Zach
  • Hobby Lobby!!  H to the obby, L to the obby
  • "Don't turn out the LIIIGGGHHHHHHT!"
  • I lost one of the champagne corks, then i found it
  • Got entranced by homestarrunner.com
  • Watched Luke do some impressions from  "Wet Hot American Summer" which i will promptly see at some point
  • Listened to Casey talk a little about "Waiting for Guffman"
  • "Yeah ya do!"--Juils, "Yeah you are!"--Juils
  • Idiot boyfriend... zach should be able to sing this
  • Forced Grant to watch "Gilmore Girls" unfortunately, it wasn't a good episode
  • Mel kept putting a blanket over her head and making a weird noise that made zach want to "help her" but he didnt know how
  • The anti-terrorist action figure attacted the Ben Folds Five lego concert, and then fell in love with the doctor
  • We used zach's hat, my ben head on a stick, and juils' body to make a bitchin ben Folds clone.
  • Hula hoop nazi
  • "It's not worth repeating" --coined by grant
  • "88kickinkeys"-juils, "what?"-grant
  • "that's hilarious"- grant
  • "AM I you guys?? AM I??"--barb
  • juils and luke fought over who got to sleep with barb.  Juils won and slept with barb TWICE
  • "whoa!" and behold...

I shall add to this list if/when we think of more stuff that happened :)  long huh?

Zach won the Ben Folds Five Game.  Therefore, us, the losers, had to write and sing a song about him to the tune of a ben folds song of his choice.  He chose Eddie Walker.  This, is the song.
 
He looks awesome with his hawk
And he sure knows how to ROCK
Youre the ultimate Ben fan, Sk8rhippo

You taped a Ben head to your crotch
And we all ran out to watch
And then we played a game
A game of world wide fame
After that we were not the same

Sk8rhippo you won the game

You impressed us with your skills
By being thrown head over heels
Juils ran you over, you were falling down
Your trivia knowledge was sub-par
But you played the air-bass-guitar
You sang missing the war, and moved your Pirate
Round the board, and showed your excellence some more

Sk8rhippo you won the game
Were so glad that you came
We got to give you a hand
Sk8rhippo you won the game
Now the world knows your fame
As ultimate Ben fan.

Then you got bragging rights
And you wouldnt shut your face all night
No, Sk8rhippo, we dont hate your guts
Its just your winning shook us up
Cause we thought you would lose
You would go dowwwwwwn

Sk8rhippo you won the game
Were so glad that you came
We got to give you a hand
Sk8rhippo you won the game
Now the world knows your fame
As ultimate Ben fan.

Now weve sang you dumb song,
You have been waiting for so long
Your such a man-whore, Sk8rhippo

By: Juils, Grant, Barb, Mel, Luke, and the Shman

Our "Bencabulary"
 
Benergy
ConBention
StuBendous
Bentastic
Benthusiasm
Benriffic
Benn Diagram
Benvolution
Ben head
InterBention
InBention
Bentertain
Bensational
Bentils
Mercedes-Benz
Bentality
Benstral Cycle
21st Bentury
Bentist
Bentures
Bentai
Fire Bengine
Benses
Bendividuals
SeaBen
Bentient
Bentagon
Benmanship
Bencil
UBensil
InBention
U of Benn
Bensylvania
Benessee
Bentucky
Bent
The Benaissance
EBentually
Benial
Bense
MeBento
Reach Ben
Ballpoint Ben
Benemies
Benemous
Benema
Bentagram
VixBen
AdBenture
Bensorship (Bensor Box--- leia... the inspiration for the streaking)
Bensu knives
Bensqi
Ben foot pole
Benfection
Benior citiBen
Bengaged
Bentley
Bentendo
Bentennial
Bentipede
Bentimeter
Bench
InBenity
NinBendo
PreBending
Benomenon
Bentrance
Benvironment
Benny
Elben
Bentelligence
Benyway
legBendary
Benjoyment
Benefit
Benterfold
Benlightenment
Gender Bender
Benerous
Bensitive
ConBentrate
Benetrate
ConBent
ConBensual
InBensible
teh BENds
Habbened
RecoBendation
OBGY Ben
Bension
Susbension
ExBensive
DeBends
Bentative
Benacious
Benille
Comedy Bentral
Benital herpes
Benereal Diseases
Beneration X
Blentiful
Benileation
 

Well, on my way back from Colorado, after Benvention, Dido's "Thank You" came on a couple times during the long lonely drive.  And I got a little sad, started missing the benventioners, and I thought up a little song.  So here it is... to the tune of "Thank You."  I love you guys!!

My rooms gone cold
Im wondrin why I
Got out of bed at all
The emptiness clouds up my senses
And I cant hear at all
And even if I could there would be nothing
but the pictures on the web
They remind me that we had great fun
We had great fun

I miss you all so much
Wish you were here
Then wed hang out some more
Wed play duck hunt and thered be games to play
Wed eat some more cheese ball
And even if when wed sing we would all imply
That we might just start a band
And then wed all agree
That itd be so great
Itd be so great

And I want to thank you
For giving me the best time of my life
Oohh, just to hang with you
Is having the BEST day of my life!