documentarys suck

Well I am about to get kicked out of job and school. There is always drama with me....so what happened? Two weeks ago I was brought into "Ms. Rudimentary’s" office to talk about something for my work and she also wanted to know if I was happy with my documentary class. I said it was a bit crazy but it is alright. She then proceeded to question me about it. She then said that she was thinking that it would be cool to make a documentary about women gamers; since people don't think about the women who play video games. She asked if I liked the idea and I said that I like it because it sounded cool but the people in my group are all guys and I know them; they are too macho and they will not like the idea, but I will research and see what I can find.

Then I left. I went and researched the topic but I could not find anything! Ok well all I found was two teams who are girls but they live in either Texas or New York. And guess what.....I can’t fly there, so therefore no interviews!!! Ms. Rudimentary said that it would be cool to interview the women’s avatar and film that, but how do you really know it’s a woman you are talking to.

The next day is documentary class, she comes up to me and says "Oh, I talked to Dick about the whole women gamer’s thing and he really likes it so why don’t you guys talk before class starts." I tried to tell her before she brought Dick over, that I could not find anything about the topic online, but she did not want to hear it because she was to busy to talk. So whatever, I talk to him a bit but I had a lot of work to do for a TV show so I don’t get to say much to him.

So class comes along and it’s me, Peter Pan, Mr. Perv and Dick from our group. Our teacher says "ok I want to propose a change in the gamer’s documentary. I want to change it to be about women who are gamers. Wendy, will you please say what you found out about the topic?" I said "Well I tried to tell you earlier that when I went home and researched it, I could not find anything other than about these two groups that live far away.” She, getting protective, asks in front of the whole “So are you going back on your word? I though we talked about this yesterday. Was that a lie? Are you lying to me??” I said “No. I said that I thought the idea was cool but I would research it and see what I could find. But since I could not find anything I tried to tell you that I don’t think it will work.” Peter Pan does not like the idea to change the whole concept of our documentary and is getting mad about it. Dick is NOT helping. He’s saying, “Well I just think it’s a good plan. Let’s just do what the teacher says, because it’s a good idea.” Our teacher says “Just go to an area to discuss ideas and pick a topic.”

So, off we go to the couches to discuss our topic for our gaming documentary. Ha! What a joke! We start to talk about it; Dick starts nagging us to just go with our teacher because all he wants to do is do what she says to do so that he can get an “A” in the class because he does not care what its about and he doesn’t even like video games so it doesn’t matter. Peter Pan is flipping because it DOES matter to him and he doesn’t want to just do what the teacher says because he wants to think for his self and she won’t let him. I am staying quite because if I say anything I will get it back at me so I just sit there frustrated about the whole thing. Ms. Rudimentary listens in to our conversation and comes over and says “No, no, no…did you not just hear what I said? You ARE doing the woman gamers end of subject.” Peter Pan says “Yea but the rest of the Lost Boys are not here and I know that they would never want to change the concept because we have already filmed several interviews and footage for it. So I am not going to do it.” Our teacher says “fine leave now. Go get a juice at the cafeteria.” Peter Pan says “Um…I don’t drink juice and why would I want to go to the cafeteria? It’s gross. Also I am going to hang out with Wendy (Me) and we are also going to work on her film… So I kind of need to stick around so we can leave after this. Ms. Rudimentary says to just leave before she kicks him out of the class for the semester. She then goes into detail of how he never respects her and she doesn’t want him around because he is not good. After that she brings me into her office and talks crap about him, then she sends me on my way.

Once in the car, Peter Pan and I talk about the whole thing and how frustrating she is. We get to my house and he meets my mum and I showed him the different scenes from "The Trial" by Orson Welles that I wanted him to see because it was freakishly close to my film I am making. After that I show him the locations.

…End of that day…