Thanks to the same creepy student as last year, this morning I made all of my Flickr photos private. It's a long story, and one which I don't have time to tell now, but the abbreviated version is this: I got a call this morning from a higher-up-on-the-food-chain faculty member informing me that students had happened upon our ultrasound pictures, and that I needed to take any that were online down immediately. The only ones I had online were on my blog (there aren't even any on facebook, so feel honored, lovely readers), which I knew the students couldn't have found. It turns out that the students had found the photo through Preston's facebook (he had an ultrasound picture set as his profile picture, which was at the time visible to friends of friends - he has since changed his settings). And this girl downloaded it from facebook and set it as her laptop background. Because she is CRAZYPANTS.
Anyways, another teacher saw the laptop background, alerted the faculty member who called me, and then I (not Preston...also, why is it automatically MY fault???) was called to take care of the situation. Luckily when I got the call I was with two good friends who reminded me that everything would be ok, and that I didn't need to sink into a black hole of shame. But man. It still stressed me out (by which I mean my face turned beet red and every muscle in my body tightened for at least twenty minutes while I shamefacedly made FOUR THOUSAND AND TWENTY-EIGHT Flickr photos visible only to my friends). And now I'm just pissed. I'm frustrated, exhausted, and just SO TIRED of dealing with shit like this. I've already mentioned that I'm sick of having a private blog, and now the fact that all of my pictures are private?? UGH.
On the one hand, I know that I chose to put myself out there, and thus I should expect to have to deal with the repercussions, but on the other hand, these girls have got to draw the line somewhere. And that line needs to be firmly above "putting some stranger's ultrasound picture as my laptop background." The end.
ETA: And yes, this is the same student that photoshopped me out of MY OWN wedding photo last year.
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WOW. I'm so sorry that you are dealing with this. That girl is bat-shit crazy!! Hang in there.
ReplyDeleteI would be WAY annoyed that it's somehow always my fault too.
ReplyDeleteAnd this girl is not normal. It's not you, it's HER. What a creeper.
That is crazy!!! Creepster's parents need to be called for a sit-down with the principal. Once is weird. Twice is harassment. Thank God for a break from school and absolutely insane children.
ReplyDeleteUh, that's CRAZY! Like, not at all sane. I'm so sorry you had to deal with that, though. That blows. And I agree with Sarah that Creepster's parents need to be involved since clearly she has boundary issues/an obsession with Preston.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely creepy and out of line. I agree with Sarah...this should be coming down on the student, not you. So sorry that you have to deal with that behavior!
ReplyDeleteOkay, 1) ugh. ugh ugh ugh. That is...really creepy. 2) Why are YOU the one who has to deal with this? I mean, I get that the baby is in your body...but you had nothing to do with the process of the baby picture getting onto the internet. 3) I agree that this is harassing behavior. I don't care whether Creepy Girl's still in high school, she needs to learn that actions have consequences. Preston should threaten to apply for a restraining order and see how she likes it.
ReplyDeleteRrr. I'm so sorry that something as joyful and lovely as your baby pictures are being misused, and that you're being made to feel that you can't share your joy with the world.
This girl is seriously bent. Is there a guidance counsellor/school therapist involved in this at all? Because it sounds like there should be. And definitely the kid's parents. I understand the school's concern, but the student is definitely the one crossing boundaries of appropriateness, NOT y'all.
ReplyDeleteAHH Oh my goodness I'm so sorry! this girl DEFINES crazypants. I also agree with sarah, this kid's parents need to be told what happened...twice. I know you mentioned they were 7th graders last year, middle school is a little young for this creepy behavior. Hope you have a relaxing holiday! ...not filled with crazy children...
ReplyDeleteGood gracious. And I was just trying to figure out how I could link to you! (Because I am kind of sort of getting around to blogging about the brewfest, only 2.5 months later.) Boo. Why is this girl so insane?
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