Monthly Archives: May 2010

Lemon Legit, Undercover Report

Posted by Granny Trudy on

This is Sunny Day, reporting to you from the Lemon Legit headquarters. In recent news from the headquarters, Jacob Popoff and Joshua Hart have been texting each other about ways the Lemon team can come back from the early point deficit and start winning group games. They feel as they need more of a team presence rather than individual Lebron-like performances. They also feel that in the individual games the Lemons have been exceeding expectations, and overcoming odds with great performances. They think as soon as they start winning games as a group they should catch up in points within a week. They do think that they have been getting solid effort from everyone and they feel that the effort is there, but the teamwork hasn’t formed yet.

 In other news, an anonymous person was recently asked how they felt about tribal wars so far, their reply, “I think we are doing well. I mean we got down to an early deficit, but the team is really coming around. I sense a late comeback to victory. Those Narwhals can’t keep winning these games. We will steal a few and in the end, there is no doubt in my mind that Lemon Legit will be there.”

 So there is the report for you. Lemon Legit feels confident and they are working on teamwork to help them win in the end. The battles continue every Sunday evening at FUEL.

 Sunny Day

Dear Granny…

Posted by Granny Trudy on

Hi there y’all.  This is Granny Trudy, and I’ve got my own advice column on this here FUEL Gauge.  If you have any questions or need advice, y’all can just email me and I promise you can stay confidential.  Here’s a couple questions I’ve already gotten:

Dear Granny,
Recently, I discovered that my long term boyfriend (of almost four months) is actually my half-brother.  How concerned should I be?
     – Hormonal Hillbilly

Hormonal,
Where do I begin?  I realize that this is a complex time of life, and that, presumably, you didn’t know he was your close relative going ino the relationship, but the fact remains, dear, YOU CANNOT DATE YOUR BROTHER!  It is simply not okay.  “What about Adam and Eve’s kids?” you’ll ask (even though I’m really not quite THAT old).  Trust me, you have more options than they did.
     – Granny

Hi Granny,
I have a friend who says he’s a Christian, but you’d never know it to see his lifestyle.  I told him he should just shut up about it, because he’s making Christians look bad, but he told me I was being judgmental and to butt out.  What should I do?

Hello Dear,
First of all, you should probably evaluate your own response.  Maybe you are being just a little judgmental.  That being said, it certainly is frustrating to see people who proclaim (rather loudly) to be Christians whil denying Christ by the way that they live.  You might try a gentler approach, letting him know how his behavior looks to others.  Try to avoid words like “hypocrite” or “fake” or “phony.”  Rather, use words like “consistent” and “genuine,” encouraging him rather than calling out his faults.
     – Granny

If you have questions or would like advice, please send your correspondence to granny_trudy@hotmail.com.  Even if your letter is not chosen to be published, Granny will respond to you.  If your question is not answered to your satisfaction, please feel free to follow up with Granny at any time.

Forum

Posted by Granny Trudy on

I don’t know about you guys, but I think it’s about time we mix things up a little at FUEL.  So, I’ve flexed my considerable muscle (and kicked Matt around his office a few times), and we’re going to be doing things a little differently.  For the rest of the school year: NO MORE SERMONS.  Instead, we’re going to be having open-forum discussions, centered around five major topics.  I’ve even been invited to be a guest panelist for STUCK on June 6th, and, if my bunyons will cooperate, I’ll be with y’all then.

  • FAITH …living it, developing it, sharing it
  • RELATIONSHIPS …handling the hungry hormones
  • CONTROL …when to take hold, when to let go
  • STUCK …i’m sick of waiting for life to start
  • IMAGE …how can god love this?

This should be pretty cool, so don’t miss it!

Granny Trudy

P.S. – If y’all want to get the discussion started a little early, you can submit questions or comments in any of the following ways:

To Crush… or Merely Squish?

Posted by Blake Smith on

A wise man once said  “to be or not to be….that is the question…”.  But the way I see it, I think the question should be“ to crush the yellow by a massive point lead or not to crush the yellow by a massive point lead…but still crush them…that is the question”. I am Blake Smith and along with my good friend, Cameron Patterson, we have become the captains of the Mystical Purple Narwhals and hope to lead our team to victory in the coming weeks. Tribal Wars have been going on for just about three weeks now and so far it is an awesome battle to stay point leader.  With the massive amounts of energy emanating from both teams, it is sure to be a fight to the finish and I can promise you that. The other team’s name is Lemon Legit and their captains are Jacob Popoff and Josh Hart. Both great guys and friends but when you are on opposing sides there is no more being friendly. Three weeks into the fight, the Narwhals have taken quite a point lead on the Lemons. Though not far ahead in points, I am pretty sure the Narwhals have the gold medal already in our hands.  With incredible driving forces from both our high school boys and Middle school girls, we have managed to stay in a comfortable lead. Most of the challenges that involve middle school girls, we have won because we are the only tribe that puts forth a girl willing to participate. But I still feel a great desire from the team as a whole to succeed in our quest for victory.  I feel our team is having lots of fun with every competition and loves the desire to win that comes from everyone of their fellow teammates. Loving the energy, loving the fire, loving the purple. Mystical Purple Narwhals FTW!!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!

-          To the purple team: your ever-ready and dedicated leader: Blake M. Smith

-          To the yellow team: I hope you like the color silver, cause gold is already taken….

Blake Smith

Sarah vs. John

Posted by Mark McLean on

A long time ago in a far away place, a boy was born. They named him John. John grew up to be the nicest kid you would ever meet. Every one in his tribe hated him. The tribes name was The Big Fat Meanies. John was public enemy number one. He only weighed 93 pounds, John was 3 feet tall, and he was not mean. By the age of 13 he was kicked out of the tribe when he said “good day.” to someone. John left. He went into the wild. He found another kid. Her name was Sarah. Sarah was evil. She chopped all his hair off. John was so angry that he took a moose and chucked it at Sarah. Sarah then, took off her shoe and sprayed foot sweat all over him.  John died of what we call today as bad foot smell. He ended up in Narnia with king Peter and Peter ate a sandwich call Bob. Then John woke up to Bob Saget eating tofu with Selena Gomez.

Mark McLean