THE NORTHSIDERS HAVE AN INTERESTING ANCESTRY. THE FIRST THREE MEMBERS WERE ME, RAY BISHOP, AND BRYNT HESTER. WE DID ALL THE THINGS YOUNG BOYS WOULD DO, BLOW STUFF UP, HAVE BBGUN WARS, AND PICK ON DEFENSELESS KIDS IN RAY AND BRYNT'S NEIGHBORHOOD. I GUESS YOU COULD CALL US THE 'CHARTER MEMBERS'. NEVERTHELESS, WE HAVE ACQUIRED 17 GUYS INTO THE GROUP. NATHAN WAS THE FOURTH, DAVIS THE FIFTH, TIMMY, DANIEL, AND FINCH CAN BE INTERCHANGED INTO SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH. CHAD WOULD BE NINTH, BECAUSE HE HUNG OUT WITH ME AND NATHAN ALOT BUT NEVER HUNG OUT WITH THE WHOLE GROUP UNTIL LATTER SENIOR YEAR. STEPHEN WAS ADMITTED BY DEFAULT, HE IS CHAD'S BROTHER AFTERALL, BUT WOULD'VE GOTTEN ADMITTED ANYWAYS, HE'S A STAND UP GUY DON'T YOU KNOW. ROB GURLY IS A STRONG 11TH. MATT LONG IN AT 12TH. JAMES WILLIAMS (THE FIRST NON-ROCKDALIAN) IS 13TH. THEN FOLLOWED BY MANY NON ROCKDALIANS (MAYBE HE SET A PRECEDENT) SUCH AS LUKE CROWE, BEN BOLTON, MATT STANLEY, AND MITHC LATHEM. FROM JAMES AT THIRTEEN THE REST WERE INDUCTED AT CLOSE INTERVALS SO THEY CAN BE INTERCHANGED OUT FOR THE REMAINING FOUR SPOTS. SO THERE IS THE ORDER. THERE ARE SOME IN THE GROUP THAT SAY WE NEED A FORMAL INDUCTION, HELL I JUST SAY LETS GET DRUNK AND THEN GET DRUNK SOME MORE TO CELEBRATE A NEW MEMBER. AND EVERYTIME WE DO INDUCT A NEW MEMBER, NATHAN GAMBLE IS NEVER PRESENT, OH WELL SORRY BO, YOU LIKE THE NEW GUYS ANYWAY. TO BE INDUCTED IS NOT AS EASY AS YOU THINK. IT IS A HIGH HONOR AND EVEN SOME OF MY BETTER FRIENDS COULD NEVER BE NORTHSIDERS. YOU HAVE TO BE FIRST, A GOOD OLE BOY, IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT TERM, YOU WON'T GET IN. 2 YOU HAVE TO BE COURTEOUS, COOL, LOYAL, AND FIESTY. MOST OF ALL, YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE THE REST OF US, NOT EXACT, BUT WE ALL PRETTY MUCH ENJOY THE SAME THINGS, DON'T OFTEN COMPROMISE, AND ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT TIME. VISIT THE PAGE "WHAT IS A NORTHSIDER" TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US AND WHAT WE DO. THANKS, LOVE YOU BOYS, -MASSEY
