Ortega, Jace - 024

AAAAAYYYYYE I actually got the job! 2 posts ago I mentioned how I applied for the position of Student Blogger for stan state admissions/outreach and how I was a bit skeptical about it. I couldn't have been more wrong! The interviewer actually appreciated my down to earth mentality, "You are exactly what we are looking for..." I couldn't have asked for a better outcome; I applied for my first real job and was accepted on the same day of the interview. The only thing I'm worried about is I'll make a blog that nobody reads, or make something that fuels my narcissistic tendencies, but whatever! It sure as hell beats working in customer service! This will definitely be good practice, especially if I plan on selling myself as an artist on social media. This will be the first time I have extra money so it's hard to say what I'll be doing with it. I'll try to save at least 10% of what I make. I'll definitely buy video games and whatnot. If things are...

I'm working on a new comic for the signal newspaper. Its style is meant to be like ancient Greek pottery art. I've always had a lot of trouble with color. If you look at the stuff I make you can tell I try to avoid it. Every time I try to utilize color, it always ends up being less than perfect. It's discouraging because color can really bring an image to life. Instead of trying to come of up with a color scheme myself, I just copy it off of other works of art. Most of the time it doesn't translate well. While I look for schemes to copy I often go down this rabbit hole on the internet full of artists that are far better than me. It's always difficult to swallow. I mean, I know these people put in the time and effort and are likely older, and that I should take it as motivation to get better, but I feel so powerless. Like I'll always be at square one with this little rat race I play in my head. Of course, there's some kind of lame metaphor to be taken from t...

My dad sent me a job posting from the stan admissions Instagram account. He's always on my ass about getting a job. I tell him the benefits of leisure outweigh the cost of work. I'm sure he thinks I'm a smart ass with my remarks. The job title was Student Blogger. I was intrigued but also pessimistic. As you can tell I'm familiar with blogs, somewhat, but I'm not exactly "presentable" if you catch my drift. I talk about abortion, rejection, insecurity, quarrels, etc. I checked out the job description and qualifications. As expected, I'm supposed to market Stan State and present it in the best of light. So I'm very limited in what I can say likely. I'm sure they're not looking for anyone nuanced, controversial, and argumentative. They're likely looking for an attractive, extroverted girl who has an organized schedule and can take pretty pictures of the campus. She probably puts hearts instead of dots above the i. She got really good gr...

Since we are not allowed to write about abortion for any of our major assignments, I thought I’d write about my take on the issue because it's a bit different from everyone else’s. As black and white as the issue may seem, I feel that there are plenty of grey areas that should be taken into consideration. This is relevant to the topic of college life because young people tend to have irresponsible sex and might not be prepared for or know about the repercussions. I believe there are valid reasons to be for or against abortion. It’s the termination of a potential human being. The thing about potential and the future is that we all act like it exists, however it's only a conception of the imagination. We know this because when someone says “you’re not living to your full potential” we often agree and understand it to a large extent despite not being able to fully articulate as to exactly why we understand. In other words, humans are burdened with the knowledge of the inevi...