Resume

Patrick Hessman
200 South Hedges Hall Room 927
Bozeman, MT 59715
Phone : (406) 853-6899
Email: patrick.hessman@msu.montana.edu


Experience
Columnist, Montana State University ASMSU Exponent
Bozeman, MT
August 2010 – Present
• Write columns for the Opinion section.
• Review movies for the Entertainment section.

Desk Clerk, Montana State University Residence Life
August 2010 – Present
Bozeman, MT
• Greet and assist residents and guests of South Hedges.
• Provide administrative support to South Hedges staff.
• Monitor safety and security of South Hedges.

Production Assistant, Carolina ProductionsLocust, NC
June 2011 - August 2011
Contact: David Svenson
Phone: (704) 236-6500
Email: david@carolinaproductions.com

• Prepare setups for filming interviews and stand-ups for the Speed Network.

• Handle and transport filming equipment.

Staff Writer, Locust Weekly Post

Locust, NC

June 2011 - August 2011

Contact: Laura Long Smithwick

Phone: (704) 573-4606

Email: laura@minthilltimes.com

• Cover events and happenings in Locust, NC.

• Interview persons of interests for articles.

• Write reviews for movies in theaters.

Theater Assistant, Badin View Drive-In
Albemarle, NC
May 2010 – July 2010
• Maintain and operate Theater Projectors
• Assisting customers with batter jump starts.
• Enforce rules of Drive In.

Help Desk Assistant, Montana State University ResNet
Bozeman, MT
August 2009 – May 2010
• Provide over-phone troubleshooting for ResNet users.
• Assisting customers in the office.
• Repairing and restoring computers.

Webmaster, Powder River County District High School Website
August 2006 - May 2008
Broadus, Montana
• Maintain and Update High School’s Website
• Post schedules for extracurricular activities
• Create graphics for site’s use
• Educate new employees on website’s maintenance.

Website Builder, Southeastern Web Services
July 2006 - June 2009
Volborg, Montana
• Build and Maintain Websites
• Consult with customers on how to better improve their sites.
• Create graphic layouts for websites.

Clerk’s Assistant, Larry’s IGA
August 2006 – August 2009
Broadus, Montana
• Maintain upkeep of store.
• Assist and carry groceries for customers.
• Stock and straighten store merchandise.

Additional Experience
•   Qualified for National Competition in Business Professionals of America in Graphic Design, 2008
•   Documented Daily Activities of National Telephone Cooperatives Washington DC Youth Tour for Newsletter, 2008

Extracurricular Activities

• High School Football- 1 Year
• Speech and Drama- 2 years
• Business Professionals of America- 4 year, Vice President
• Track and Field- 1 year
• Students Against Destructive Decisions- 3 years, Vice President
• Junior Class Student Council- 1 year, Class Representative
• South Hedges Residence Hall Association- 2 years, Hall Senator
• Montana State University Interhall Association- 1 Year, Hall Senator
• Teen 4-H- 4 years
• Students Against Sexual Assault- 1 year
• Montana State University Voice Center- 1 year
• ASMSU Exponent- 1 year

Honors
•   Won Range Telephone Washington, D.C. Youth Tour Essay Contest, 2008
•   Won Tongue River Electric Cooperative Washington, D.C. Youth Tour Essay Contest, 2009
•   Won Larry’s IGA Employee of the Quarter Bonus, January 2008


Education
Powder River County District High School
Broadus, Montana
High School Degree
August 2005 - May 2009
Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana
Currently Attending
August 2009 - Present

Technical Competency
Programs- Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excell, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Blender, Avid Pro Tools, Audacity, Celtx, Adobe After Effects.
Equipment- Sony PD170 Cameras, Boom Mics, HDR Recorders, Shotgun Mics

"A Shore Thing" Review

This was originally written for the ASMSU Exponent, specifically the annual April Fools edition.

They say write what you know. That being said, Snooki was the perfect person to write this story of two single-minded floozies in a competition to see who can be the biggest hussy on the Jersey shore. I considered myself tough for stomaching “Breaking Dawn,” but after this pile of whale vomit, I realized Edward Cullen has nothing on Ms. Polizzi.

The story follows transparent author avatar Gia and her cousin Bella, who couldn’t be more different. Gia wants to spend the summer having sex with as many guidos as she can, while Bella … umm … wants to spend the summer having sex with as many guidos as she can. There’s also a pair of villainous muscle-heads who are deviously conspiring to … have sex with Gia and Bella.

In the course of the cousins’ noble quest, houses are burned down, laxatives cause six-hour shitting fits and Gia learns to talk to sharks. There was a moral at some point about not needing guys to complete themselves, but it was lost amidst the characters’ constant boozing and banging.

Perhaps the book has value as an educational look at the life of young adults living on the Jersey Shore.
The book assumes one is familiar with Shore slang, but it took me several chapters to realize “gorillas” were in fact over-muscled Jersey boys. I also learned how a properly constructed pouf was the pinnacle of a proper Jersey girl’s existence.

Another strange lesson is that men in Jersey revel in strange nicknames, characters show up with names like Bender, Hulk and Trouble. In the end though, the book becomes more of an argument to firebomb the place into an ashy Armageddon and salt the land so nothing can grow for seven years.

The book is best described by Chapter 22’s title: “The Fine Art of Bullshit.” There are two types of people who will enjoy this book: “Jersey Shore” fans and literary masochists. If you dressed up as Snooki for Halloween and dream of finding your own “gorilla” someday, you probably already read the book and have no need for this two-month-late review. If you’re of the latter, though, prepare your mind for an exercise in self harm like none other. Just make sure you can cover your therapy bills afterwards.

Covenant-Buster AKA Iron Chief

Covenant Buster AKA Iron Chief by ~GodofPH on deviantART


In the 26th century as humanity struggles against the overwhelming forces of the Covenant, a discovery is made that may change the tide of the war: long forgotten technology made in the 21st century by industrialist Tony Stark. The Covenant-Buster Armor is created, armed with repulsors, flight, and a deadly rocket launcher apparatus.

I painted this Master Chief figure as a birthday present for my roommate, and the rocket pack came from a G.I. Joe Pursuit of Cobra Duke figure. This is the last figure I plan to do for a while that is primarily metallic textured. 

But to anyone who cares to weigh in, what should I do next? I'm caught between a Tron-style Captain America or Rocket from Sucker Punch?

Room Under the Big Sky

This article was originally written for the ASMSU Exponent.

Ask a lifelong resident of Montana what the greatest threat to this state is. The answer will probably be “Californians,” usually followed by a spirited rant about how they’re infiltrating local politics and conspiring to destroy the Montana way of life. Hyperbole or not, this highlights a growing divide in the demographics of this state. Some would claim the old ways of Montana are dying, but that isn’t the truth. The values, lifestyle and people are diversifying.

According to a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks report, the West was the fastest growing region of the United States during the 1990s, with a 20.1 percent growth in Montana alone. Most of that growth was, of course, in Montana’s cities.

California coincidentally experienced higher rates of emigration during this same time period. Of course, this isn’t just Californians. People from all over the country, and the world, have been moving into Montana at steady rate. The state simply doesn’t belong to just the ranchers anymore.

No one sees this diversification of the state better than us, the students of the universities. Students hailing from Montana meet people coming in from both East and West Coasts, and everywhere else in between.

Not only that, many of us get what is our first exposure to foreign cultures via exchange students. We are surrounded by diversity, so shifting tides seem as natural as excessive weight gain during freshman year.

The same couldn’t be said for old, lifelong ranchers though. How can someone who has lived for the development and use of the land around them not be just a bit offended when a family from California buys land and makes no use of it, or watches prime farmland be consumed by housing developments and chain stores? Yet at the same time, the agricultural lot doesn’t have a monopoly on the operations of the state.

The ranches and farms that characterize this state no doubt provide the gears for the whole operation to run on, but at the same time, new faces provide a much-needed injection of character and, on top of that, diversify the state economically as well. They contribute to Montana just the same; they should in no way be denied an opportunity to voice their concerns for the state’s political issues, from the environmental to the economic.

So the controversy all comes down to finding common ground. Residents both lifelong and new must learn to see eye to eye for the betterment of everyone. I’ve seen both sides of the coin growing up. I was born in North Carolina, but moved to a small ranching town in southeast Montana when I was 9 and lived there until graduating high school.

In just the 10 years I’ve lived here, I’ve seen the state change significantly. Yet I would say the growth has been for the better. There is room under the Big Sky for all types of people; they just have to learn to function together.

Soul Edge Blend

Transcending history and the world, a tale of souls and swords eternally retold...

In my Computer Animation class, we were assigned to create a fantasy sword in Blender. My first instinct was to whip up the Master Sword, but I decided to go for the evil sword Soul Edge instead, based on its Soul Calibur 2 design.


Soul Edge Blend by ~GodofPH on deviantART

Shiny Metagross Custom

For those unfamiliar, Shiny Pokémon are alternate colorations of regular Pokémon that have an astounding 1 in 8196 chance of appearing. Their colors range from the unnoticeable, such as Pikachu merely being a slightly darker shade of yellow, to incredibly different, such as Charizard having black skin instead of orange.

Metagross, in my opinion, has the coolest Shiny colors of all the Pokémon. I saw the Battle Frontier Deluxe Metagross figure at an FYE, on sale luckily, and had the inspiration for this paint job immediately.


Shiny Metagross Custom by ~GodofPH on deviantART

Inferno Golem Custom

Another customization job, well, just a repaint if anything. I had this Golem figure lying around, and while I was waiting for the figures for my next project to come in, I decided to give it a new coat of paint and color scheme.

Inferno Golem
Type: Steel/Fire
Species: Core Pokémon
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 862 lbs

Ability: Temper- When this Pokémon is hit by Fire attacks, its defense and special defense are raised one stage.

Selected Moves: Rock Slide, Lava Plume, Iron Defense, Heavy Bomber, Earthquake, Iron Head

Data: When an Earthquake left a Geodude stranded the catacombs of the Earth, it was forced to adapt to a life in darkness and heat deep underground. Its home was a magma infused cavern on the boundary of two tectonic plates. Over time, the Geodude evolved, and centuries later, life below ground had transformed it.

Like the Earth itself, the Inferno Golem had a pulsing hot magma core, and the heat below ground tempered its rock shell to a hard steel. The lava-filled caverns deep below ground are its dominion. Its monumental strength is said to be able to shove the plates of the Earth, causing Earthquakes above ground.


Inferno Golem by ~GodofPH on deviantART