It’s week 12 of school and I’m losing interest.

Every semester at about this time, I have the “fuck it” mentality wherein I just don’t care anymore. I don’t go to all my classes, I sleep as soon as I get home (provided that I do go home that night), I’m late for meetings or I just don’t show up, I procrastinate more and leave everything to the last minute.

DP told me that blogs without pictures are boring. So here’s mine

Despite Derek’s constant warning to never get Craigslist jobs, I did. I was obsessed with finishing my website a few weeks ago and recently, I’ve been obsessed with Craigslist, refreshing the page every hour to see if I could find “graphic designer - vancouver”. I’ve always imagined myself working in a little downtown office, dance music blaring in the background with a dozen other 20-ish hottie designers like myself.

Anyway, I have an interview on Sunday for a starting web development company. I hope I get the job so I have some source of income during the summer before I leave for Italy. Confidence wise, I’m scared shitless. I’ve never had to show my work to a possible employer, and I don’t have much. Whatever is in my website is IT. The rest I don’t have on there is crap. This guy said that he really liked my style but he wants to see MORE. Shit.

Also, I’ve e-mailed this girl also from Craigslist and she wants to start a greeting card business with local artists and eco-friendly production. It won’t pay much but I see it as good practice for drawing. She seems to like my cutesy, simple work from the site so I guess I’ll be doing more of that in the near future. And the best part: I don’t need to change out of my pajamas for the job. HAH! Take that, Nicole!

In the process of finding a job, my sister hired me to work in the coffee shop she works in just because she felt sorry for unemployed me. Yes, I know I swore never to work in retail or in a coffee shop again but, hey, it’s money. And I need money. I kinda hate her for scheduling me on this long weekend since I wanted to go to the driving range after a year-long hiatus from golf. Ehhh… what can I do.

Wish me luck

I’m sorry….I fucked up.

I’m done! Now it’s time to sit back and wait for the money to roll in.

I made the mistake of making my portfolio now instead of when I’m not incredibly busy and prone to temptation. It’s 2:34am and I have yet to start on my model making of Rus’ and Paul’s research paper regarding neighborhoods in Tuscan hills.

Anyway, the point of this post was to show a really great example of what I think a strong portfolio site should look like. May I introduce to you www.davidairey.com. David Airey is a graphic designer/consultant with the most professional and complete website I have seen so far. Here are some of the brownie points he made with his site:

1. BLOG: His main page hosts a blog, a popular trend I’ve been seeing a lot of lately. I think it’s a great way of showing off your personality with the style of writing and the topics discussed. David likes to give graphic design tips and his experiences with working in a creative environment. It also makes people come back to your site on a regular basis to check-up on updates.
2. STORIES: With each project on his portfolio, David likes to write little intros on the client and what they expect of him. It shows that he doesn’t just make things look pretty; he really considers what the client needs and what would be appropriate for their business.
3. PROCESS: Now, this part is the kicker. I really liked how he shows the process of designing from his initial sketches and how it evolves until the client loves it. I’ve been learning in school how process plays a major part in design and this is just evidence of how a successful graphic designer uses and shows it.

It’s clear, direct to the point and I’m envious. His blog is now part of my list of design blogs I check everyday to waste time. My site is still on standby but now I want to do it over and slap this blog on top of it as my homepage… which would probably mean that I’d have to change the polka dots to make everything match. Uggg. sneak preview of my portfolio here.

Sort of…

I’m not quite done but for the past few days I’ve been making my portfolio. What for? What’s the occasion? I need a job. I need $$$. Yes, my sister working in a coffee shop is not enough to support the both of us food-wise and shopping-wise. I need guilt free spending. I need $15 to retake the knowledge test to get my license and $15 more because I know I’m going to fail it again. I want to buy my fancy laptop sleeve for my poor, unprotected mac. I want to eat in the new ItalianKitchen restaurant downtown. I want an expensive HOT haircut. Long hair is annoying.

My dad just got a motorbike and I still have to take the damn bus. Derek just got an iPod touch and I got mad at him. ONE because he could have used that money to buy a video cam for the trip and TWO because I was jealous. Why, Derek, must you taunt me?

So SOMEONE better hire me with my amazing website that’s still under construction. How much can I ask for anyways? $15 an hour? Can I push it to $20?