Well, fuck you too...I was going to quit anyway, assholes.

So, I was kicked out of the committee I used to be proud of being on. Why? Because I dared say something negative about a guest on a friend's status about being blocked by said guest simply for liking one of her friend's negative comments about the guest being back yet again...I've lost track of how often this guest has been at the convention, but I'm firmly of the opinion that the guy is a complete ego maniac. You don't like him, he blocks you. And he tends to hog a lot of the other guests' time when he is supposed to be directing a Q&A session with these guests. Yeah, somebody went running to the other members of the committee over what I said, and *poof* I was booted.

However, I think it was only a matter of time after I dared to stand up for myself almost two weeks ago. See my post from February 27, 2020 if you want to know part of what went down. The sanctimonious twat (or ST for short) is one of the old-timers on the committee I've now been kicked off of. And the person who sided with her was another of the old-timers on the committee. Neither of them liked the fact that I wasn't going to roll over and let them put words into my mouth, regardless of what they chose to believe. Not to mention that a former member of the committee saw fit to try to tear me down on twitter over the same bullshit spread by ST.

I had plenty of supporters who made it very clear that what those three were trying to pin on me was absolute bullshit because I'm not that type of person, nor would I ever be. I get the feeling that the three assholes also didn't like that either. I'm done being a victim of narcissistic bullshit.

Looking back on the whole situation, I felt a bit like I was back in high school. Not just for the childish games those people tried to play, but all the way back to a creative writing class I took. The teacher would routinely put his own spin on what we students wrote, and then not believe us when we told him how wrong he was. I'm pretty sure an author would know what his motivation and intent were in their own writing. Sometimes a rock is just a rock, not a metaphor for some sublime emotional construct. Yeah, pretty damn stupid.

I was also talking to a couple of friends about the whole incident, and we all came to the conclusion that the originator of the bullshit was reaching for straws due to her perceived need to apologize for her privilege. The privilege of never having to live on the street, for having money, not having student debt, and so much more. That she's the head of a local charity organization makes it even worse as she's the worst sort of person to have in that role. I've always said that charities should be run by the people who have been in the very shoes of the people the charity there to serve - they have the experience and emotional connection to what their clients live with. ST has none of that, and she's a status seeker - I suppose it looks good for her lawyer husband to be married to somebody who 'does so much for the community.' Too bad she's a bitch, and I know a great many others who feel exactly the same about her.

So, I've removed even more people from my FB friends list, and left several groups because I'm done with the drama. I'm sure that every step I take online is going to be watched and reported back to the assholes. I'm sure they're just waiting for me to spill my guts about stuff that has gone on behind the scenes, and one day I may express my many observations so that the general public is aware of what is going on with their precious convention and why it's been sucking so bad of late. It's grown stagnant, and nobody is willing to make major changes to help it grow bigger...have an idea that veers away from how they've always done things and get told 'no, we've always done it this way.' And that's only one of the things I've observed.

Anyhow, it's time for me to get to bed. I have to be up in no later than 6.5 hours to go into work. Thankfully it's a day shift and I'll be able to catch a short nap after work.