Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tom & Jerry
You know something... I still love cartoons. The old ones, not the new ones. You know, like The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Bird Show, Scooby doo, Tome & Jerry... I could go on. It's hard to find these cartoons on tv nowadays but I did find a consistent time for Tom & Jerry. Check out a few of these tv shots. I get tickled just looking at these pictures.
A few pics
If there is one thing I life that I love to do, it's to get a laugh going or laugh myself. Check these pictures out!!! You'll get a good laugh!
Allow me to spell it out for ya so you won't think I'm posting half naked pics of women. Look at the kid in the background taking a pic with his cell...
Allow me to spell it out for ya so you won't think I'm posting half naked pics of women. Look at the kid in the background taking a pic with his cell...
Have a peek at the tv screen in the back
The dog in the background trying to hump the other dog...
And last of all, how in the world could you miss this one, the dog taking a dump for the nice family vacation photos...
Hold that thought!
I just thought about something... this is the most bunny show blogging I've done in a long freaking time.
Okay... that's all I had!
Okay... that's all I had!
See ya later school talk
Ah yes... now that I've officially got the graduating school story off my chest, I think I'm gonna let that topic sink to the bottom of the river. Let me just say one more thing before I let it sink. It was right after I gave my presentation on my portfolio project. It was the moment when I walked out the doors for the last time. I had this little build up going for a long time. It would be like... this is my last week here... then, this is my last 2 days... then, this is my last time in this class room. So each time I had that feeling, walking out of that classroom had totally different feel to it.
During my last 2 quarters, I landed a job with the cage. Which was the print lab for our school. So I really had a chance to sit there and take it all in. It was like... I'm about to graduate college. Something I never thought I would ever do in my entire life.
So as I left each class room, I turned and starred at the room and thought back to the time I first walked in that room to the times I was waist deep in school work wondering how I was gonna make it to up to this point.
It was definitely a feeling of accomplishment. To know how I started and to realize where I was now. So all of that looking back was a good feeling. When I walked out the doors for the last time at The Art Institute, you better believe I remembered that butterfly feeling I had when I was there going through the enrollment process. That one final look back was sort of a shout-out to each and everyone that supported me and believed in me. And to most of all, my mom and dad. Cause I knew they were tickled pink at what I just accomplished in life.
With that being said, here's to life outside of school. Well, maybe a tiny bit if I have too in another story, but I'd say for 99.9%... I'm done with school talk!!!
See ya later Art Institute of Charlotte.
During my last 2 quarters, I landed a job with the cage. Which was the print lab for our school. So I really had a chance to sit there and take it all in. It was like... I'm about to graduate college. Something I never thought I would ever do in my entire life.
So as I left each class room, I turned and starred at the room and thought back to the time I first walked in that room to the times I was waist deep in school work wondering how I was gonna make it to up to this point.
It was definitely a feeling of accomplishment. To know how I started and to realize where I was now. So all of that looking back was a good feeling. When I walked out the doors for the last time at The Art Institute, you better believe I remembered that butterfly feeling I had when I was there going through the enrollment process. That one final look back was sort of a shout-out to each and everyone that supported me and believed in me. And to most of all, my mom and dad. Cause I knew they were tickled pink at what I just accomplished in life.
With that being said, here's to life outside of school. Well, maybe a tiny bit if I have too in another story, but I'd say for 99.9%... I'm done with school talk!!!
See ya later Art Institute of Charlotte.
After graduation
So I'm free from school and I'm back out on the streets! Ouch! I forgot what that feeling was like. Except this time it was a whole new ball game. The plan was to find a job doing what I studied in school. The economy was already sucking and I was a bit nervous to say the least about my new path in life. I really struggled for a few months with not going back to the quarry life. It was a job that I was confident in and knew I could do. But that was the whole reason I left that life... to make a new one.
While I was going through all these emotions, I had a couple of things going on in my life that were not making things any easier. Mom was going through knee replacement surgery. I mean she was at my portfolio show one day (Thursday) and the next day (Friday) she was in the hospitable getting prepped for surgery. This was going to be a bit of an uphill climb for mom cause she had to go through therapy before she could come home.
This time of my life was actually a massive roller coaster ride for me. I can't say that it was a fun ride either. It was a roller coaster ride of emotions. You gotta think about something here... I was in school for 2 years and my life only consisted of school work, homework, project assignments and then being committed to my part time jobs that I had throughout my college years. Every hour of my life was spoken for.
So after graduation, you could say my wall of emotions came down pretty hard. I just didn't have time to be emotional in school. There were always ups and downs in school but nothing really emotion... except the feeling of me graduating college.
So we have mom and her knee. Then I had to look for work and actually started working at Walgreens just to make ends meet until I found something more my style. In addition to all of this mess, our dog Jack was to the point of no more. This was a very sad time in my life as I got very close to that doggie. We eventually had to put him down. And holy mother... I hadn't felt that much pain since my dad passed nearly 20 years ago.
On top of that I had one of my best friends that I met in college moving away to Texas. Mercy... it was just one thing right after another.
Then my walking ceremony for callege graduation was knocking on the door. This was December of 2009 and we were having some serious rain storms that year. And you'd know it was raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock that night. Plus, it was cold and there were some warnings of sleet in the area. So my mom, the most important person that I wanted to be present at my walking ceremony was not able to be there.
Good grief... I was so wrapped tight that I didn't know whether I was coming or going. With the way everything were going, I was just not happy in life. And to be quite honest, after all the dust cleared and I was able to sit back and take everything in, I became very sad and was dealing with a plate full of depression. Nothing in life felt worth a crap and I definitely wasn't feeling the glory I was hoping to feel.
I knew of only one thing at this time. And that was knowing that I was gonna make it. I didn't know how and I didn't know when but I just knew I would make it if I could just hang on. This time of my life wasn't easy nor was it any fun.
I was not expecting a cinderella story after graduation but I wasn't expecting this kind of story either. But yet again I made through. I will say this much... depression is a very wicked thing and I am very sensitive to people that are going through this kind if sickness. Let me sum it up for you in a few words. Depression is the kind of sickness to where anything and everything in your life just completely sucks. It's even extremely hard to find the good in the best of things.
Fast forward to now, things have definitely made a huge turn and I'm happier than ever. So stick around and hear what has got this bald guy so happy!!!
While I was going through all these emotions, I had a couple of things going on in my life that were not making things any easier. Mom was going through knee replacement surgery. I mean she was at my portfolio show one day (Thursday) and the next day (Friday) she was in the hospitable getting prepped for surgery. This was going to be a bit of an uphill climb for mom cause she had to go through therapy before she could come home.
This time of my life was actually a massive roller coaster ride for me. I can't say that it was a fun ride either. It was a roller coaster ride of emotions. You gotta think about something here... I was in school for 2 years and my life only consisted of school work, homework, project assignments and then being committed to my part time jobs that I had throughout my college years. Every hour of my life was spoken for.
So after graduation, you could say my wall of emotions came down pretty hard. I just didn't have time to be emotional in school. There were always ups and downs in school but nothing really emotion... except the feeling of me graduating college.
So we have mom and her knee. Then I had to look for work and actually started working at Walgreens just to make ends meet until I found something more my style. In addition to all of this mess, our dog Jack was to the point of no more. This was a very sad time in my life as I got very close to that doggie. We eventually had to put him down. And holy mother... I hadn't felt that much pain since my dad passed nearly 20 years ago.
On top of that I had one of my best friends that I met in college moving away to Texas. Mercy... it was just one thing right after another.
Then my walking ceremony for callege graduation was knocking on the door. This was December of 2009 and we were having some serious rain storms that year. And you'd know it was raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock that night. Plus, it was cold and there were some warnings of sleet in the area. So my mom, the most important person that I wanted to be present at my walking ceremony was not able to be there.
Good grief... I was so wrapped tight that I didn't know whether I was coming or going. With the way everything were going, I was just not happy in life. And to be quite honest, after all the dust cleared and I was able to sit back and take everything in, I became very sad and was dealing with a plate full of depression. Nothing in life felt worth a crap and I definitely wasn't feeling the glory I was hoping to feel.
I knew of only one thing at this time. And that was knowing that I was gonna make it. I didn't know how and I didn't know when but I just knew I would make it if I could just hang on. This time of my life wasn't easy nor was it any fun.
I was not expecting a cinderella story after graduation but I wasn't expecting this kind of story either. But yet again I made through. I will say this much... depression is a very wicked thing and I am very sensitive to people that are going through this kind if sickness. Let me sum it up for you in a few words. Depression is the kind of sickness to where anything and everything in your life just completely sucks. It's even extremely hard to find the good in the best of things.
Fast forward to now, things have definitely made a huge turn and I'm happier than ever. So stick around and hear what has got this bald guy so happy!!!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Portfolio class
Okie dokie, we're definitely going back to where I left off a few years ago. But first here is a short recap of everything.
Hang on just a minute... before I was eligible to graduate, I had to complete this class called... Portfolio. Hot dang that class was a monster. This class was a collaboration of almost everything I've working on as far as projects throughout my entire school year. Lucky for me, I caught word about this during my 1st quarter. I heard that if you didn't have your work saved, you either had to do it again or do something different in it's place. It was exactly everything though. I had to have 12 projects in my portfolio and then the next degree had to have 14 and the next 16.
So... in order to graduate, we had to take our existing projects, and make them look better... a lot better. We had to show what we had learned and make our crap projects look like we had some schooling. Now the final project was the big one. Since I was a web design major, we had to go through this big thought process on coming up with a name and designing our very own site, upload it to the web and then showcase all of our work on that site. Not to mention stand before the web instructors and give this speech about what our projects were about and why. Then we had to talk about our new website and how it was going to be a thriving business... so to speak.
Now for someone that's never done that before, it felt like a ton of pressure on my shoulders. But I did it, and I graduated!!! That was actually the worst part. The only thing to do after that was to strut our stuff at the portfolio show that the school put on for us. That was the fun part to me. It was held at the convention center uptown and it just had that refreshing feeling like... I FINALLY MADE IT!!!!
And the rest... they say is history.
- I had a steady job at Vulcan Materials.
- I started thinking about my future and wanted to do more with my life.
- I figured out what I wanted to do and did some research on a college to attend.
- Got my nuts and bolts organized, quit Vulcan and enrolled at the Art Institute of Charlotte.
- Nearly went crazy from all the homework and assignments I had to do.
- And lastly, I freakin graduated!!!
Hang on just a minute... before I was eligible to graduate, I had to complete this class called... Portfolio. Hot dang that class was a monster. This class was a collaboration of almost everything I've working on as far as projects throughout my entire school year. Lucky for me, I caught word about this during my 1st quarter. I heard that if you didn't have your work saved, you either had to do it again or do something different in it's place. It was exactly everything though. I had to have 12 projects in my portfolio and then the next degree had to have 14 and the next 16.
So... in order to graduate, we had to take our existing projects, and make them look better... a lot better. We had to show what we had learned and make our crap projects look like we had some schooling. Now the final project was the big one. Since I was a web design major, we had to go through this big thought process on coming up with a name and designing our very own site, upload it to the web and then showcase all of our work on that site. Not to mention stand before the web instructors and give this speech about what our projects were about and why. Then we had to talk about our new website and how it was going to be a thriving business... so to speak.
Now for someone that's never done that before, it felt like a ton of pressure on my shoulders. But I did it, and I graduated!!! That was actually the worst part. The only thing to do after that was to strut our stuff at the portfolio show that the school put on for us. That was the fun part to me. It was held at the convention center uptown and it just had that refreshing feeling like... I FINALLY MADE IT!!!!
And the rest... they say is history.
My blog list
Check this out... I'm looking over my list of "things to write about for the bunny show blog" and I'm coming across some real goof ball stuff. To be honest, this might just work in my favor since I've been complaining so much about not being able to blog. It's been so dadgum long since I've thought about any of it that I don't remember half the crap on the list. I still remember the good stuff so I guess that all that matters.
Here's a new problem. I'm a tid-bit wrapped up in a few other things and it's really pulling me away from this blog. In case you haven't noticed already, online social networking has become some of the hottest things to do on the web here lately.
Remember myspace... oh lord, lets not go there. I will admit that I did have an account along with a decked out page. Mine looked nice though... none of those loud colors with polka dots all over the place. Oh brother, it would nearly blind you to see that mess.
Next in line for me was facebook. I actually had a facebook account long before I had myspace. An old buddy sent me a message on facebook and I had to make an account to read the message. At the time, I thought it was some kind of e-mail program. So I joined and hardly ever logged on. Now... geesh... I think we all know about facebook. Whether you have an account or not, everybody has heard of facebook.
While I was in school, I was introduced to a new networking program and decided to head up my very own networking group dedicated to motocross riders. Oh... I had massive plans for that network. And you know how much I love motocross.
Next thing you know, I met some folks... er teachers at the school and decided to start going to their monthly networking group based on photography. Now I was loving this. It was uptown and close to the panther stadium. You talk about swanky!!! Oh man... this studio was top-notch. I'm not talking about luxurious... I'm talking about a rustic look! Dang this place was nice. Long story short, I agreed to help rig up a new site for us to network on. So I implemented the same site that I used for my motocross riders.
Another long story short, the creators of this networking site decided to make it a pay only site. No more free access. And that was the end of that!
Then, I started working on a blog for my new business and tried to dedicate some time to that blog as well. Oh wait... dangit I forgot about one other thing! Oh screw it, it really doesn't matter. I've probably got you twisted enough as it is.
On to the next topic...
Here's a new problem. I'm a tid-bit wrapped up in a few other things and it's really pulling me away from this blog. In case you haven't noticed already, online social networking has become some of the hottest things to do on the web here lately.
Remember myspace... oh lord, lets not go there. I will admit that I did have an account along with a decked out page. Mine looked nice though... none of those loud colors with polka dots all over the place. Oh brother, it would nearly blind you to see that mess.
Next in line for me was facebook. I actually had a facebook account long before I had myspace. An old buddy sent me a message on facebook and I had to make an account to read the message. At the time, I thought it was some kind of e-mail program. So I joined and hardly ever logged on. Now... geesh... I think we all know about facebook. Whether you have an account or not, everybody has heard of facebook.
While I was in school, I was introduced to a new networking program and decided to head up my very own networking group dedicated to motocross riders. Oh... I had massive plans for that network. And you know how much I love motocross.
Next thing you know, I met some folks... er teachers at the school and decided to start going to their monthly networking group based on photography. Now I was loving this. It was uptown and close to the panther stadium. You talk about swanky!!! Oh man... this studio was top-notch. I'm not talking about luxurious... I'm talking about a rustic look! Dang this place was nice. Long story short, I agreed to help rig up a new site for us to network on. So I implemented the same site that I used for my motocross riders.
Another long story short, the creators of this networking site decided to make it a pay only site. No more free access. And that was the end of that!
Then, I started working on a blog for my new business and tried to dedicate some time to that blog as well. Oh wait... dangit I forgot about one other thing! Oh screw it, it really doesn't matter. I've probably got you twisted enough as it is.
On to the next topic...
Nows the time...
Ah ha... nows the time for me to be blogging away! I have another wedding being captured to my computer and since I have 6 tapes at my hip, it's gonna be a while. So what the heck... I have plenty of time to kill.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Yes I'm still alive
Woo-wee! Lemme tell ya... the last 2 months have been... well, for lack of better terms, crazy. A good kind of crazy I might add. I'm still working and building up this thing called "a business" and it's taking over my life hehe! Good thing I love what I'm doing!
The weird part with my new path in life is the change in the way I get my work done. I spent right at 10 years working at a stone quarry operating heavy equipment. It was a routine type job where I had to wake up before the dang roosters were even awake so I could get to work on time, then clock out when most families were already sitting in their underwear watching sit coms on tv. Yep... that job was actually something I always wanted to do as a kid but as they say... times changed. And they changed big time for this ole boy!
So now, I'm one of them ographers! You know, a photographer and a videographer! It's hard to believe that I really am making a run at this type of work. Wait... making a run is not the right phrase. Making a "career" is the right word here! Maybe it's because I'm so passionate about it and it's kinda hard to think that I'm getting paid to do it.
I went from a job where the work was waiting for me... to work that I have to make happen on my own. Big difference there! It's coming along though. As a matter of fact, I have some work processing right now on my desktop computer. After that's done, I have some other work to get started on. That's a good feeling for someone that's made a complete 180 degree turn in life.
The biggest part of revenue comes from my videography side. Weddings, dance recitals sporting events... I even have a birthday party coming up. And it's at Myrtle Beach too!!!! Woo-hoo! That's another part about this job that I love. Every event is at a different location.
Well, I guess that's all for now. This blog is sorta become a struggle to get to nowadays but I'm not ready to let it sink. I'm still on pins and needles about getting back to some type of consistency here.
But for now, see ya next time.
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