Writer's Block: Educated guess

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:46 GMT

How has your education prepared you for your current or intended career? Do you wish you had taken a different path academically? Would you consider transferring or going back to school?

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I do not usually answer the Writer&os;s Block questions, but this one caught my attention as it is a subject I have been contemplating a lot lately. The three Associate degrees I earned in History, Political Science, and Foreign Language have absolutely nothing to do with the job I currently hold, which is a marketing assistant specializing in web design but also responsible for print/graphic design, journalism, and event coordination.

However, I do not wish I had taken a different academic route. Sure, looking back, I sometimes wonder what I would be doing now if I had pursued a bachelors degree in International Relations or one of the other areas I had previously considered. Yet I am content with my previous academic studies. I had a great opportunity of pursuing a wide range of courses that intrigued me and gave me a well-rounded foundation for whatever I plan to do.

At the moment, I am in the final steps of being admitted into a renown university to pursue a bachelors of science degree in Multimedia Design and Development, specializing in web design and development. Web design has been a hobby of mine for twelve years and my profession for the last two. It is something I enjoy, and I feel that it may be the career that I am looking for.

Yet I have not given up on my ultimate dream of publishing my first novel and becoming a fiction author. I am still working on my masterpiece, but I am also developing a few other ideas that have the potential of becoming novels.

Excited.

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:03 GMT

Lila Cervantes&os; concert is today at 2:30pm, and I am so excited. Not only did I put it out everywhere I could possibly think of, but because of a little write-up I did, the concert caught the attention of the local newspaper. As a result, Lila – a Christian music artist – made the front page of Friday&os;s paper! So we are expecting a pretty big community turn out. You know, publicity is basically the same thing as marketing, only instead of advertising an event or program, you are marketing an individual. And that is a lot of fun.

Lila asked my sister to open for her, so Jessica is practicing in her room right now. Jessi has an amazing voice. She sang the National Anthem a capella last night at the 2009 Barstow Community Recognition and Awards Banquet to a crowd of 300+ and received a standing ovation. She was AMAZING, and I am not just saying that because she is my little sister. I can only dream of singing that awesome. She has a powerhouse voice that blows you away, and my voice is definitely not as strong. The songs I sing best are written in minor chords. Anyway, I&os;m happy Jessi gets to open for Lila this afternoon.

I am printing the concert programs right now. Mom convinced Lila that having a program would give the audience something to take home even if they don&os;t buy a CD. (Free publicity for both Lila and our church.) So I whipped something up late last night that, if I do say so myself, looks awesome. Hey, I do this type of thing every day for a living so it is no big deal. I just wish I had a faster colored printer at home so I could print off a batch of 100 programs in a few minutes instead of this slow inkjet printer that I have to do batches of 10. (There I go again, dreaming about having a mini-print shop in my house.) I will probably only be able to print 50 colored copies and the rest will have to be grayscale copies using the church&os;s black and white copy-machine. Good thing I made a grayscale version just in case. (Always thinking ahead, that&os;s me.)

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Excited.