When the rules no longer apply...

... Eat Cake!
... Make Lemonade!
... Throw a Party!
... Make New Rules!
... Play Ninepins!

Well, did the Indiana Jones thing, and it worked quite well if I do say so myself. Only one other person was privy to my plan (the guy on the computer who ran the sound and put up the poster) and I did not clear any of it with anyone. I began with a casual English Major joke ("I have no idea what I'm doing after I graduate, I guess that's what you get with an English degree") and then proceeded to explain that there could not be a "Last Crusade" without Indiana Jones, so I queued up the music, had them throw up the poster on the big screen, and like superman, in a whirlwind threw on my affects for effect (hat, jacket, whip, grail, crooked smile, and all). It went great, I then spent the next five minutes talking about "A Rebel's Guide to Leaving a Legacy" (which somehow I always want to say is "The Rebel's Guide to the Galaxy"). It went great, I lectured on community, people, leaving a legacy, and group involvement, and everyone loved it. The reason the rules do not apply is because afterwords and for the next half hour people came up to me to tell me how awesome it was and how what I said and the way I said it encouraged them to get involved. In this stream of people was the now retired MC who warned me that every time he improvised anything the administration jumped on him for it, and so I should avoid them. However when I confronted them about it, and apologized for finally abusing my powers as the head tech guy (and for inciting all my lackeys to be my accomplices... aware or not of what I had planned) to which they all congratulated me and thanked me for it and also expressed the sentiment that it was just plain awesome. So what do you do when the rules no longer apply, or even better question, what do you do when you are dealing with dangerous people like me who have absolute control over everything technical and necessary, including some aspects of setup, and could if I wanted make sure nothing worked? Its risky to have people like that even exist, that's a lot of power for one person to have.

After all was said and done, I must say it was hard to go, but at the same time so relieving that after over 3 years of work I no longer have to deal with that responsibility. Responsibility is such a weighty thing. It is hard to carry one so large for so long.