Theresa Ortega Archives - Media Guy Struggles https://mediaguystruggles.com/category/theresa-ortega/ The Media Guy. Screenwriter. Photographer. Emmy Award-winning Dreamer. Magazine editor. Ad Exec. A new breed of Mad Men. Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:24:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://mediaguystruggles.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MEDIA-GUY-1-100x100.png Theresa Ortega Archives - Media Guy Struggles https://mediaguystruggles.com/category/theresa-ortega/ 32 32 221660568 The Handwriting Sensei: PART TWO https://mediaguystruggles.com/the-handwriting-sensei-part-two/ https://mediaguystruggles.com/the-handwriting-sensei-part-two/#respond Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:24:00 +0000 http://mediaguystruggles.com/2012/10/08/the-handwriting-sensei-part-two/ OK. Here comes the shameless plug. The new book is coming soon. Landscapes of Life: behind the lens. The photographs in it are an embodiment of me and the words I am creating are from my soul. My fourth book is about Crazy Experiences and that’s how I met Theresa Ortega, The Handwriting Sensei. In […]

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OK. Here comes
the shameless plug. The new book is coming soon. Landscapes of Life: behind the lens. The photographs in it are an embodiment of me and the words I am creating are from my soul. My fourth book is about Crazy Experiences and that’s how I met Theresa Ortega, The Handwriting Sensei. In part one of this blog, I told you a little bit about her Crazy Experience and while she was telling me, she agreed to analyze my handwriting as well.

Here’s the setup for a quality analysis:  

·        
Use unlined paper.
·        
Write like you normally write. Seems most people these days write
in a combination of cursive and printing, but use whatever is most comfortable
for you.
·        
Sit comfortably when you write.
·        
Write whatever comes into your head, about any topic, but do write
several short paragraphs. [Top Tip from
The Handwriting Sensei
: a friend who worked at the FBI doing FDE work says
there is a special significance after 120 words…..I’ve learned quite a few
things from him!]
·        
Sign your name at the end, as you would to anything
“official” like a letter, check, or contract.
So why the
shameless plug earlier? The writing sample I sent was a quasi-excerpt from
Landscapes of Life. Here’s what I submitted (and yes, these are The Media Guy’s
words):
When the heart is uncluttered, it carries endlessly
from pole to pole. Willingness and suppleness give way to a natural sensation
of marvel and the freedom from fear.
As freedom gives flight, our heart grows and develops.
As the heart opens, we can then be inspired. We can breathe in the truest
meaning. An open heart awakens the soul with the power to achieve.
Inspiration can be found anywhere and in anything. I
believe it can be found and used for goodness. Where have I found it? People.
Sisterhood. Brotherhood. God. Volunteering. Capitalism. Optimism that laughs at
adversity. Vinyl records. Basketball. Ink. Flowers. Water. Literature. Zeus.
Desire. Debates. Doubt. Breathtaking Views. Boredom. Foreign Languages. Wishes.
Candles. Fire. Ice. Cumulus Clouds. Innocence. Waves. Paradox. Logic. Truth.
And that’s just the beginning.
Without further
ado, here is The Handwriting Sensei’s analysis:
MICHAEL LLOYD 2012
  • You are a grounded and fairly even-tempered. You relate to those who can express their emotions easily, and those who cannot. You consider your heart when making decisions, but are mostly head-ruled. Many friends probably come to you for advice, thinking, “Let’s ask Michael what he would do, he is centered and gives good advice.”
  • You are artistic and appreciate artistic and cultural endeavors
  • Very determined – you will persevere against many obstacles to attain your goals
  • Open-minded, you are able to listen to others and see all sides
  • Direct when you deal with people – you don’t beat around the bush. If someone asks for your opinion, you will give it honestly.
  • Intuitive – you get strong gut feelings about things that are happening to you, to close friends and family, about situations, and you listen to your gut because it has proven right for you to do so. At times, your intuition is strong enough to cause you to wonder, “Am I crazy? Am I overreacting?” to the point of feeling a sense of being able to peer into the future, but you are usually right.
  • A bit impulsive – once in a while you do something that causes your friends to exclaim, ‘What the hell was THAT?”
  • Not as happy in your job as you would like – – about half the strokes that show this indicate that you would often like to be doing something else.
  • Talkative – you have no problem talking to any person or group, and can converse about many topics
  • Quick thinker/analytical – you assess situations quickly, sometimes you may even be impatient with others who don’t think as quickly as you do.
  • Strokes indicate a lower body pain/injury issue, usually indicated from the end of the spine and down. (It can be something that has healed, such as a broken bone; it can be something that is currently causing pain; OR it can be something that is emerging. It is consistent on all lower zones).
  • Can be sensitive to criticism at times, usually about your appearance
  • Half the strokes indicate a desire to yield during a conversation or argument and let the other person win, even if you know you are right. It is often a peacekeeping measure.
  • When someone tells you that you can’t do something, your response is often, “To hell with you, I’m DOING IT ANYWAY!”
  • Strokes indicate pain in the upper zone, usually from the neck up. It can be stress, migraine headaches, neck pain or injury, and so on. Strokes are consistent in all upper zones.
  • As an employee, some of your staff may find you a bit tyrannical at times
  • You can be stubborn and operate with the attitude, “Don’t confuse me with the facts, my mind’s already made up!”
  • Very intelligent
  • You are loyal to friends and family
  • There is a level of importance to these words for you: Zeus, Wishes, Ice, Paradox, Truth.
  • You have a special relationship with the truth – – you always seek to control it. I would surmise that either someone lied to you in a very grand way, or there is something personal that urges you to control the truth. There is a lot of sarcasm associated with truth for you as well, which I don’t see associated with any other thought. Also, somewhat of a hopeful/dreamy element about it, as though it was a great dream for you to always be surrounded by the truth, for you to be able to control the truth around you. But you are aware enough to know that that will not be the case, and so the sarcasm is associated with it. You will know what this is about; all I can see are stroke patterns.
  • Self-expectations are met with strict discipline, and you may hide the aspects of your personality that you feel are inadequate.
  • When you speak of yourself, you often see yourself as secondary to everyone else, and often place priorities on everyone except yourself. You are prudent and concerned with security. You consider all parts of an equation when making a decision.
  • There are also indications of pain/stress in the middle zone, which tend to be stomach, heart, and lung areas. The strokes are consistent across the middle zone.
  • You start out trying to be Johnny-by-the-book and doing everything by the rules, but eventually, you often realize that you must find a different way around things to accomplish your goals. You often have a unique way of completing a task, and can be a rule-breaker.
  • You can easily segue from topic to topic and connect ideas that others don’t always see as related. You have a great communication skill found in actors, writers, speakers, talk show hosts, etc. How appropriate!
  • You are optimistic, a positive trait that augments all others
  • You have diplomacy, as I like to say, the ability to tell someone to go to hell so they look forward to making the trip, AND, packing their bags! A great skill to have in any career or business.
  • YOUR SIGNATURE: You are much more outgoing in public than is your nature. Often, this is a product of a particular career or job. Your determination shows up strongly here as well, along with a lot of physical energy, and a need to keep some of yourself to yourself by the illegibility in the signature. 
Pretty hot analysis and wildly accurate in so many ways. I cannot wait for my daughter to bring a boy home so we can analyze him. So now you know a little more about me…in exchange, how about liking The Media Guy’s Facebook book page or following me on Twitter?

In the meantime, don’t forget to follow Theresa on Facebook and Twitter until the Crazy Experiences book becomes a reality.

MEDIA GUY SAY: No need for Eastern Philosophy with The Handwriting Sensei around.

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ALERT: This entry of the Media
Guy Struggles is an unreserved exchange that intermittently touches on
mature subjects and language.
 

Let’s just say this: I
have too many books in the works. The photography book. The Media Memoirs book.
The English Diplomat Book. And…the Crazy Experiences book.
For the Crazy Experiences
book, I wanted sent this query around the industry:
Have you ever been on a
talk show? How about a game show? Do you have a behind-the-scenes story that
will excite? If you have a great story, I want to hear from you. The best ones
will be published in some form in an upcoming book.
My new bestie Theresa
Ortega, a certified handwriting analyst at The Handwriting Sensei (www.handwritingsensei.com), was
among the seventy-five responders—and definitely the most fun. Her story is pretty
entertaining and definitely book worthy…here goes…
I was invited to do a live radio show
where I analyzed handwriting of the listeners. They had me analyze the staff
first and all agreed that it was very accurate. The listeners had a great time
as they faxed in their samples and I analyzed them live on the air. The Program
Director was very interested in a personal analysis, as he wasn’t on air with
us. So, we sat in his office and I took a look at his handwriting. I noticed
some, ahem, peculiar things about his physical appetites that were manifested
in his writing. I was trying to come up with how I was going to tactfully tell
this man that I saw some, well, kinkiness in his writing…it came to me quickly,
and I’ve used it numerous times since. I gave him a few details about his
personality traits, and then waited with the juicy revelation at the end, and I
said, “It seems you have a certain, shall we say, penchant for sexual
activity outside the norm.” HIS EYES LIT UP LIKE A CANNON, he smiled a
huge toothy grin, grabbed the paper and exclaimed, “REALLY?? Where do you
see THAT??” So I proceeded to show him where I saw the strokes that
indicated the traits…..he hooted and hollered, and yelled, “FUCKING
A!!” and ran down the hall with the paper in hand, telling all who would
listen, “Can you believe it?? SHE CAN TELL I’M A PERVERT!!! THAT IS
AWESOME!!” He ran from office to office with his newly gleaned
information…

Wouldn’t it be great to know about
someone just by the way they write? I know the Media Guy could definitely get a
leg up if he could understand all of this. So when I spoke with Theresa I
wanted to know if she could analyze MY handwriting?
Theresa
Ortega:
You lead a pretty
exciting and interesting life. The hotel key card, AWESOME!!! Aaaargggh, I
relate!  “….in the middle of Timbuktu”………heh heh
heh….but the Abercrombie couple…….classic. Your life may not be all
princesses and Miss Universes, but, it sounds rousing, so yes, I can analyze
anyone’s handwriting. It would be fun to analyze your handwriting.
Media
Guy:
Was the guy
baiting you? Did he want you to respond like this and ask you out? I have a
colleague who does crazy stuff like this to get clients and dates…
        
TO:
Nope, no interest in me at all……he
just ran around the studio like a crazy man, shouting, “CAN YOU BELIEVE
IT?? FUCKING A!! She can see I’m INTO THE KINK by my handwriting!!!!” and
so on…….
MG:
What do you charge for one of your
sessions? Do you testify in court as an expert?
        
TO:
It depends on what type of analysis it
is. No, I am not a FDE (Forensic Document Examiner); that is a totally
different certification. My work is mostly with relationship issues (personal
and employment related), compatibility, self-esteem and self-improvement. 

MG: Tell me more about the rumor and
the actor that wanted you off the set. Anyone famous? Did he/she have a
reputation for doing this? What kid of show was it? What was the timeframe?
          
TO:
No rumor, no actor. The guy was a
Program Director for a local AOR radio station. No one famous. No reputation
for doing this that I was aware of. Of course, I wasn’t familiar with him, I
only knew a few of the DJ’s, and they had asked me to come on the show to
analyze handwriting live as something fun and unique for their listeners. The
show was a morning drive radio show, their demographic was probably males
16-25, maybe 16-40. It happened around 2000. And no, I would not have
dated this guy after analyzing his handwriting!!
MG: Back to my handwriting analysis, should I be
nervous? I’m on pins and needles!
TO: PINS AND NEEDLES??? Aww, c’mon, Michael, it
won’t be THAT bad!

A person such as yourself who is interested in self-discovery and
self-improvement, believe me, I’ve rarely seen the psycho-killer traits in the
handwriting…………as I said, I won’t be telling you anything about
yourself that you don’t already know, but most people are surprised at what can
actually be gleaned from handwriting. (I will, hopefully, make you think about
a few of the things I can see and mention, but don’t know exactly what the full
story may be. You will see what I mean. I always tell people that while I can
see many things, in the end, I have no super powers, ESP, or crystal ball. It’s
all about stroke patterns and a very methodical examination of traits. I’m just
a technician). 

MG: Tell me what kind of training
you took to become an analyst.

TO:
I studied via online/live classes for
many years. We would do the audio part as a teleconference, and then the
instructor would use a website to show the samples we were talking about before
the webinar concept was perfected. Then attended our International Conference
every year, where we got a chance to hear analysts from other disciplines (yes,
there are several schools of thought on analysis/graphology), and I took the
oral and written certification exam in 2007. This was through Bart Baggett’s
Handwriting University International. I passed, woohooo!!

Now I continue to attend trainings with other recognized analysts I’ve met across the country, such as Beverley East, Iris Hatfield, Sheila Lowe, Kathi McKnight, Treyce Montoya, Joseph Zarek, and so on…plus I’ve gotten to know several AMAZING graphologists in South America such as Evelyn Aguilera Arce and Mercedes Lapietra, who send me information in Spanish that I can’t get here.

MG: Also who comes to you?

TO:
Corporate event planners, trade show
organizers, HR managers, charities, individuals. I’ve done everything from a
16-year-old boy’s birthday party here in Terre Haute, to analyzing handwriting
at the annual SHRM (Society for Human Resource Managers) Conference of 15,000
attendees in Atlanta, Georgia this past May!! Private events such as
bachelorette parties, corporate fundraisers, corporate teambuildings,
professional associations, art shows, college sports conferences, and much
more.

MG: What’s the average fee?

TO: Average fee? Well, I have a non-profit rate and a corporate rate, and I give a discount to the corporate group if they book me for 4 hours or more to analyze. Strictly analyzing, it’s $125/hour non-profit, $300/hour corporate. My average personal analysis is around $200. Workshops and keynotes are $3,000-5,000.

MG: When my daughter brings a boy home
should I do a handwriting analysis on him to make sure he’s not a psychopath?

TO: Analyze boyfriends?? ABSOLUTELY!!! I can go
more in depth on this later, but suffice it to say that I get a lot of college
handwriting gigs due to my day job (I work at a student rec center at a
university), and see a lot of young guys’ handwriting. I’ve become alarmed at
much of what I see lately, and one sample I was analyzing perturbed me quite a
bit…so I sent it to my friend at the FBI. I told him all the stuff that
bothered me and made me uneasy, and wanted him to verify if it was as bad as I
thought. He came back to say that it was much WORSE than I thought…….and
the sample ended up in his book as a perfect example of “red flag”
behaviors that should be avoided in relationships. Yep, sexual aggressiveness,
manipulation, anger, physical aggressiveness, short temper, etc, etc, ad
nauseum. The kind of guy that, in his opinion, would forcefully take something
he thought he wanted and wasn’t getting. You know what I mean.

I joke to people that I would not go out on a second date with a guy unless he
gave me a sample of his handwriting. But it’s not a joke. I wish I had learned
this stuff 20 years ago.

What does it say? It says that COMING SOON: The Media Guy gets his handwriting analyzed.

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