Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Ugggggggggh
- I still haven't really done any of my homework, so goooooo Emily!
- I now have to worry about an extensive math placement test for DePaul, so I'm SUPER PUMPED!!!!!!!!!!
- Oh god, so much work... so, so much work...
3/11/15: AKA Carmongeddon 2: Electric Boogaloo
Other than newspaper, today was fairly uneventful but altogether pretty pleasant!
For those of you who have been reading this blog for quite some time, you are familiar with the never-ending drama surrounding my school newspaper staff, of which I am the co-head. My fellow Editor-in-Chief is an incredibly Type A, controlling, harsh, dictatorial leader, and frankly nobody likes her as a leader. Most people don't like her as a person either, for that matter. I try to see the best in her and to be considerate of the circumstances she is often in, but no matter how much I try to see the good in her, she acts selfishly, self-centered, and hurts anyone who appears to be standing in her way through bullying via yelling and berating, passive-aggressive exchanges, and other things along that ilk. She sees herself, because of her position as co-EIC (although she always forgets the "co" part), as being above everybody else on the staff and as the end-all be-all of our newspaper. Despite this, she never actually steps up to the plate herself and blames everyone and anyone around her for her own shortcomings.
With almost every other issue, there is drama concerning her as she typically starts it. Frequently, she freaks out, cries angrily and storms around, and proclaims that she "is DONE!" with us. Anything can lead to it. Whether it's infighting with members of the staff who work on the page design whose talent she feels "threatened" by, feeling as though she is powerless/no longer in control of the paper, and other things along that vein. Today's meltdown was among the latter reasons for lashing out.
Since she had (without heeding my advice whatsoever or listening to my protests) assigned work and stories that went outside of others' strengths and the like, people were not pleased at all with her. So, some of the juniors proposed that we publish a longer issue in order to make things work out so that people could work on what would do best for them and what could easily make the issue much better. The staff adviser approved of it, and so did I. Since everyone is so intimidated by her, they were all too nervous to ask her what she thought and just laid out an experimental 16-page issue. This INFURIATED her as she had "lost control" over things, and she started doing whatever she could whilst still sulking in the corner on her laptop like asking passive-aggressive questions to our adviser about their abilities and tried to make things awkward for them, but they persevered in their quest. I was quite proud of them for their teamwork and impressive initiative! She, however, only got angrier and angrier, until she finally rose from where she was and started flipping out on the juniors. Things kept escalating, culminating in her yelling "I AM THE EDITOR!!!!!!" (notice how she forgot that I'm the editor too?) and stated to cry angry tears. Our adviser, trying to diffuse the situation, asked everybody to circle up so we could talk our way through the situation. THE editor, however, refused, grabbing her things, stormed off, yelling "YOU NEVER SUPPORT MY WISHES!!!! I AM THE EDITOR!!!!!!" And needless to say she's in a deep pit of trouble.
I don't want her on the staff anymore.
GOODNIGHT
I WATCHED THE ENTIRE SERIES IN ONE NIGHT OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS THE BEST MISTAKE I'VE MADE IN AGES.
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