Thanos Imperative: The Big, Bad Final Deadline

Here we are. The final deadline of the yearbook. The home stretch. If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll remember that in I’ve given nicknames to each deadline, and that these nicknames are all based on major Avengers villains. Deadline 4 is named Thanos. Don’t know who Thanos is? I’ll give you a quick lesson: Thanos is an egotistical, overpowered, psychopathic cosmic titan/demigod who seeks out the six Infinity Gems, which will grant him ultimate control over all planes of existence, in order to wipe out half the population of the universe (as well as most of the Marvel superheroes) and please Death. In other words, Thanos is a tough guy to beat.

Hulk, Spiderman, AND Wolverine? Thanos is one baaaad mamma jamma.

The story of Thanos and the Avengers is relatively parallel to that of this final deadline and my staff. A good two-thirds of the staff are upperclassmen. Juniors have been busy with the higher volume of project work they’ve been assigned, and senior schedules have been jam packed with mentorship, projects, and otherwise preparing to take on the beast that is life after high school. The middle of second semester always gets heavy at IPoly, but this year the timing is especially rough on yearbook.

The thing about this last deadline is that if we’re late at all, the production of the yearbook gets pushed back. That means students get their yearbooks at a later date than they would’ve, had we been on time. This is always a tense time for the editor-in-chief, because when people get anxious or frustrated about waiting to get their yearbooks, it’s always the editor-in-chief who bears the brunt of the anger. I’ve been sure to crackdown hard on the staff the past few elective days, since this is the most vital deadline of the year.

This is the most EIC-like picture of me that I have. Note to self: need more of these.

However, do not fear! The Avengers and company DO manage to defeat Thanos and prevent him from destroying all sentient life in the universe. Just as my staff and I will complete Deadline 4 on time. And might I just say, it’s shaping up to be excelsior.

As the amazing Stan Lee's famous catchphrase goes, "Excelsior!"