Halloween With a Hungry Sweet Tooth

Happy Halloween Everyone!
And a merrily satisfied sweet tooth to go with it.

First off, happy holidays to everyone that dressed up for the occasion. Halloween is nothing without the candy. If you get any, that is.

My Halloween went bust.
The lack of that holiday devotion left me with little candy.

Okay, so this year's Halloween was pretty soft. I took five hours to make a costume, and got only a total of twelve pieces of candy! There is just no more devotion left, which is sometimes understandable since:

• I'm a sophomore in college, and Halloween means dressing skanky. I consider that lame. Just check out my awesome costume:
• - - That's right, its a goomba, the little mushroom guy from Super Mario Bros. It took five hours, 42 sq. ft. of felt, 15 hot glue sticks, and a lot of patience to make. That's devotion for you.
  
• Halloween is excused as a holiday for kids. So even the most celebratory people aren't socially accepted as Halloween-goers with age.

So I've got plenty of devotion to the holiday, but I don't get much goodies for my efforts. That is just not fair, that my holiday can be a bust just because most people around me don't let the kids in them out to play. Hope everyone else had a great holiday!

Current Resume

Michael Suszek

1915 E. Kenilworth Pl. BOX 264 ● Milwaukee, WI 53202 ● Phone: (920)-242-1679

email: mikesuszek@gmail.com ● personal blog: http://www.mikesuszek.com/

Education
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI August 2005-Present
Major: Journalism/Media Communications (declared)

Pertinent Experiences
The Wiire (http://www.thewiire.com/) October 2008-Present
Editor in Chief

• Create and self-edit original hard news, features and reviews for the web's first and leading Nintendo Wii-centric independent site
  
• Consistently keep in contact with Public Relations Representatives, Publishers, and Developers in order to network, acquire press assets (exclusive whenever possible) and review copies of games, and gain information and interview materials
  
• Assist in maintaining a thorough Wii games database with current and accurate information
  
• Edit and maintain written and video content for the site.
  
• Participate frequently in one of the web's leading video game podcasts, The Wiire Podcast
  

My Wii News (http://www.mywiinews.com/) April 2008-September 2008
Editor

• Create and self-edit original content for Nintendo Wii-only news site
  
• Copy edit articles submitted by My Wii News Contributors
  
• Commission articles to My Wii News Contributors
  
• Make contact and develop a working relationship with other gaming sites and video game companies
  

The Leader, Milwaukee, WI June 2006 - January 2007
Advertising Representative

• Gather campus/citywide interest in the The Leader
  
• Represent staff when conducting business with campus organizations and surrounding businesses
  
• Brought a greater association of campus with its newspapers (The Leader and the UWM Post). Worked with the Union Marketing department to develop half-page advertisements to run in every issue of both papers (“This Week in the Union” section).
  

Other Skills

• Highly proficient in HTML and Adobe Flash-based web design, graphic design capabilities in Adobe Photoshop CS3, GIMP, Inkscape, and Illustrator, familiar with Javascript and CSS
  
• Capable of video editing with various programs like Final Cut Express, Adobe Premiere, and audio editing with programs like Cakewalk Sonar
  
• Adept at publication layout design and associated programs like Publisher, Quark, and InDesign CS3
  
• Advanced knowledge of Associated Press writing styles
  
• Ability to quickly make contacts within the video games industry, in addition to current ones
  
• Ability to attain and provide source material for reviews
  
• Extensive experience with Content Management Systems, such as Wordpress and Joomla
• Ability to learn at a rapid pace in order to efficiently work in more unfamiliar environments
  

Last updated: 02/16/09