Almost there

This quarter is starting to wind down slowly but surely. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel but it's pretty dog-gone dim at the moment. This quarter has been pretty tough too let me tell ya. I had to take an extra class so I will be caught up for next quarter which will be my final quarter and just that has added more weight on my shoulders.

Since my focus is all about the web, I've been studying some really strange stuff. What I mean by strange is unique but powerful in the same way. It's pretty amazing to see what web sites are doing these days especially since I know what happens on each click.

Well, once again I'll make this short. It's Memorial Day weekend and I hope it's a good one for those of you that able to get out and enjoy it. Me... oh no, I'm stuck here at the house doing homework. Looks like it will be next year before I get to enjoy things like this, unless I get a job that requires me to work during these times. Who knows- we'll see in due time.

That's it until the next update.

Happy Memorial Day.

For the week

Not much going on this week other than just the same ole stuff. I'm still working on as much as I can to have everything ready for my next and final quarter.

My biggest time consumer here lately has been my motocross website. I've been putting a little more effort into that site than any other work simply because it will be a win-win situation in every kind of way.

First and foremost, I'll finally have a motocross site to host everything I do involving motocross and then on top of that I can put it in my portfolio. I am on the verge of having it all finished but I still need to do some tweaking here and there. Once I get it all working and live I'll post the link here.

I'm very excited about this site because every time I go to a track to shoot photos or either video, I get bombed with the question of " hey do you have site so I can see the pics". And then I have to say " no ".

There is actually a long story behind this site so I'll fill you in once it's all finished. Well that's about it for now. I need to get back to my " to do " list so I can get geared up for tomorrow. Monday's are super long for me as I spend the entire day at school. Literally!

Check back in for next weeks update.
Until then.

What's new

Have any of you guys heard about twitter? Well it's nothing to get in an uproar about if you ask me but then again I am registered there. I guess what I'm saying is since I am in work overload and trying to focus all of my attention towards school, I am going to use the bunny show like a really nice twitter.

So... at the moment I am in Design Layout, Design for Dynamic Web Design and Portfolio Prep.

I am on the down slope for graduation and right now I am gathering up all of my work that I have done in school and outside of school. After I have all of my work my instructor will help guide me on what I should add to my portfolio site and what I should leave alone.

This will also be a time when I go back and begin to make changes or try to perfect anything that needs to be corrected so that when it's time to start building my portfolio site, I will have everything ready to go.

As the quarter goes along I will post what will be going into my site. As for now I am currently working on a motocross website for myself. This will work both ways for me. I'll have a site that is totally all about motocross and I can also put this in my portfolio.

Once again I'll check back in once a week and give a brief update of what I am doing.

Checking in

Well hello- hello!

Just thought I'd check back in since I haven't been here in so long. Wow... I'm almost at a loss of words. I have so much stuff to share that I am having to make notes so that I will know what to write about. Seriously! I have an e-mail set aside that I refer to so I won't loose track of everything.

I have learned so much since I've been here and I am so thankful for the support I have. I am almost dancing in my pants because Also the fact that I am making life long connections while I'm here is just mind boggling.

Okay, lets just do this. It's quite obviously that I'm swamped with school work since I've mentioned it almost every time I post something but for the sake of submitting some type of update, I'll just check in from time to time and post a very brief statement of what's going on with school.

I know one thing, I miss writing my stories for this blog. I am excited about taking the bunny show to another level and getting back in the routine of writing again. Once I am straightened out and graduated from school you can expect a ton of updates. In fact, here are just a few updates you can expect:

• story update
  
• layout update
• text layout
  

Text layout? Yes you read that correctly. Since I am embedded in a wealth of knowledge here at school I have learned how to make reading more fun than just looking a block of text. As for the rest of the updates well... just keep checking back!

You never know what you might see!

Back to school

It is currently 7:40am, Monday April 6th. I really don't know why I just wrote that but what the heck. I am feeling a bit groggy from having to get up for a morning class so there is know telling what I may write.

So with that being said I am about to kick of my next to last quarter. This quarter I have Design Layout, Design for Dynamic Web and Portfolio Prep. The way my class schedule and work schedule look, I'll be spending the majority of the week at school.

Well, I guess I'll sign off. I need to go take a leak before the mayhem begins.

The yellow stuff

And so it begins! The one thing I look forward to every year.

POLLEN

Also known as the evil yellow stuff that rips me apart year after year.

Rest for a week

Yes that's right, this quarter is finally over. But not for long, we only have a week and then the mayhem will start all over again. The end is getting closer and closer!

I posted a message a while back about the bunny show going to hang low for a while and it looks as if I may have to keep that same status for a while. Ever since I started the bunny show, I had so much that I wanted to share. This blog was all I could think about but now that school has become so intense, I have had to invert almost all of my attention their. But that's not all.

Aside from school, I have started my very own social networking site. I started this networking site about a month ago and so far it's been growing really fast. I have also spent a great deal of time putting together a photo gallery where you can buy prints online and of course last but not least is my motocross blog.

So whenever things pan out and I can start putting some time back into the bunny show I am going to spice things up a bit.

After all, there is still a side of me that has yet to be written about and there is no way that I would neglect these stories. So hang in there and always stay tuned. Cause you never no what the bunny show will bring you.

New layout

Sorry to be changing the layout so much but I for some reason I am not a fan of the rounded sections that the other layout had. You know me I like to switch things up every now and then. You know, show some new colors or something. The same ole look seems like it gets staled after a while.

On another note I was speaking to one the instructors at school last week about writing and she happened to mention a few key elements about the proper way of writing. Well here at the bunny show, I think I have broke a few rules when it comes to the proper way of writing but then again she also mentioned that there is a time and a place where rules can be broken. As I began to talk about the way I write here on the bunny show and what the bunny show is about, I got a little nod indicating that I indeed, found that place where rules can be broken.

So, as a reminder, here on the bunny show is where you will find the occasional misspelled word, phrases' that probably don't make much sense and plenty of southern slang!

That's all folks!

Big Yawn!!!

At this very moment in time it is Tuesday March 17th and 7:40 in the morning! I would also like to say that I have been up since 4:45 am. I just woke up and could not go back to sleep! The majority of the time I'd be a little angry right about now but when my eyes popped open this morning from a good nights sleep, I felt rested. Usually I would feel extremely groggy but for some reason I feel pretty good.

The reason I'm writing this is because this hardly ever happens to me. If you are old enough to remember hurricane hugo that swept through the Carolinas back in the 80's then you know what a disaster that was to many people. Of course I sleep though the whole thing. I go from hearing about it on the news to waking up to a day of sunshine, but with debris all over the place.

So with that being said, for me to wake up this early and not be able to go back to sleep is worth documenting.

And by the way... Happy St Patricks day.

Another rainy cold weekend!

What a rainy cold weekend it has been! I definitely need more of that warm weather and sunshine that we had a couple of weekends ago! Well that's about all I have for now but before I go I must say forgive me if I seem to be repeating myself a lot here lately. I've been so crazy busy with school and everything that is going on there that I don't know if I'm scratching my watch or winding my butt. You know I just had to throw in a little country slang there but you get the hint.

I have some free time when I am working at the camera rental cage so maybe then I can write back with what's been going on here lately.

Till then

Check this video out

When you have a good 15- 20 minutes to spare, take a look at this video. It's really awesome how you can say encouraging and thoughtful words to people and it make such a huge difference in their life. Grab yourself a soda and click play.

Hello (echo, echo)

Well hello again... my goodness it seems like it has been forever since I've a had a spare moment for a story. To be honest with you I just shuffled some of those spare moments around just to check back in for once in a while. Well lets see... where do I begin! Well dadgum... as I sit here and scratch my head (literally) I am really trying to figure out what to talk about. Has it been that long already, I surely have a ton of stuff to talk about. I guess what I mean is that I don't want to leave anything out.

Well, I guess I can always start with school. As you all may or may not know, I started working at the cage which is where we handle prints and camera rentals. That has been going really good and I am tickled pink with that job. By the way "tickled pink" is southern slang for I'm thrilled or I'm excited. Just had to throw that in there.

Okay here is something worth talking about. THE WEATHER!!! How about it! So we get some snow a couple of weekends ago and then the next weekend it's nearly 80 degrees! Hey... I'm not complaining a bit, I'm tickled pink with this weather. I've never been a fan of cold weather so I'm just as happy as I can be when it's 60-70 degrees out.

Ah hah!!! I knew something would come to my mind sooner or later. Remember that job I had with Cycle Gear. Yes I said had... well I'm happy to say that Cycle Gear no longer has a hold on me. Meaning that the job I got switched to was a serious drag and was weighing me down like a old beat up el camino with a ton of bricks in the back. I'm serious... about 6 months ago we got a new manager in the store and to my dismay, he was donkey. Hopefully you can read between the lines when I say donkey!

So with my job at the cage and my job at Cycle Gear and my classes... by the weekend I was pooped... or should say just brain dead. To make a long story short I got moved into a salesman position. Which was something I did not like at all. I struggled with it for a while but like I do everything else, I put my head down and gave it 110%... even though I dreaded going to work to talk with people (customers) who thought they knew everything about motorcycles. You would probably think that I would like that kind of job since it dealt with motorcycles but with the kind of crowd that came in and the way the new manager was to us, the employees' it become a yucky time for me.

I will spare you all the things that took place since that will make me look like I'm whinning but I will say this. Once the new manager took over, he hired around five new people and they all quit within the first week... just because they were not capable of putting up with his ways.

I look at it this way, I took a job I pretty much hated and turned it around to where I was meeting almost double of what my sales goal was expected out of me. So enough talk about that place. I've wiped my hands and dusted my feet from that dreadful place and ever since I told them that I was finished with their "childs play" job, the windows of opportunity have opened up for me everywhere else.

Well my time is all used up. I will try to check back in the morning when I'm at the cage. After classes start, everything tends to settle down a good bit so I will have time to jump back into my lost and found of bunny show stories.

Until then!

What Mr. Bunn is about

I'm married to a great woman name Shelly. I just graduated from college. I love motocross, photography, video production, web design and motion graphics.

I worked in the mining industry for 15 years but then all of a sudden... in one single day...  I realized I could do more with my life than the life what I was currently living. There are things that I know I can do... heights that I know I can reach. All I need is a window of opportunity.

So this blog is more than a story of my life but a testimonial to those heights that I am curreuntly working towards.

Nasty Weekend

What a dreary, rainy, nasty cold weekend! I'll be so freaking glad when warmer weather gets here!

Good Morning- Good Evening and Good Night!

Just thought I'd check in while I had a little time. I'm still going to keep my blogging a little on the low side since I still have a few more weeks till this quarter is over. Once I get a break from everything that is going on school wise I'll try and catch up on as much as I possible can.

There has been a ton to things happening but as I've said a hundred times before, I just have my hand in several jars of candy and it can really absorb a serious amount of time. I have found yet another program that I've fell in love with and when you have these introduction class, things can get carried away quickly.

On another note I registered for classes next quarter and had a big reality check. I have 5 classes left and that means that I will have to take 3 classes next quarter and then 2 classes my final quarter. So in 2 quarters I will be finished!!! It doesn't seem like it should be over yet. I guess what I'm saying is that from here on out till I graduate, the bunny show may have to take a back seat. My portfolio prep and then portfolio classes have a reputation of being ridiculously heavy and from what I've seen out of the folks that are in that class, I'd say that would be correct. Who knows, maybe I'll start writing when I'm here at the cage (print and camera rental lab) since that seems to be the only time I can hang out on the computer. I tried to use this time to do school work but that doesn't work that well. Lots of distractions around here with students needing cameras and everything else.

Well, my shift is almost over here so I am going to get my stuff ready to head out for a quick lunch and then back again for class.

Where am I ?

As I was sitting here at my desk doing some homework, a really heavy thought just brushed through my mind. It was like a vision or something flashed before me and then went away. So since everything is still fresh in my mind, I'm going to go ahead and post it now.

I've been in school now since October of 2007 and since then I've dealt with some serious pressure. Most of it was mainly me. I guess I just expect a lot out of myself.


So where am I going with this? My journey through this thing called college is winding down. When people ask me how much longer I have, I just say one more year... but here it is the middle of February and before you know it, this quarter will be over. I see things a bit different. After this quarter is over, I have 2 more quarters and then it's portfolio time... which is the last class. And boy is it a big one!

My journey through school has been teaching me every aspect of web design or any other type of media design that may come my way. My first year has been pretty much the process or the steps needed to take before you even begin any computer design, and now I am finally in the nitty-gritty phase. The designing part. This is what I've been waiting for and now it's here... and it's time to rock-n-roll.

See for me this stuff doesn't come that easy. This is something that I fell in love with about a year before I even started school. So I am definitelly craming in a ton of information. As I've said before, the Art Institute doesn't mess around. You have to get it and try to keep up. This type of media is not something you can do in a small time frame either. Creativity is an on-going thought process. Course we are provided with all the sites and everything else you can think of to stay on top of everything. But it can be a bit overwhelming if your not careful.

Now it is time to apply everything I've got towards this next and last year. I am excited about everything I will walk away with once I graduate. Once my time is finished, I will have my own CD cover, CD case, book of all my work, prints of all my work, a letterhead, and a live, on the web... working website. And enough confidence to walk through a brick wall.

With that being said I may need to step away from blogging for a while just to focus all of my attention towards school. It's hard enough having to work two jobs. Oh by the way... well I'll wait on that one. A little secret I'm about to execute to preserve more time to learn and study. I'll wait till after it's all said and done before I write about it.


You see... I was raised by two of the best parents in the world. They taught me so much about life in general that I had to grow up to understand it all. The one thing I have learned about myself is that failure is not an option. I put pressure on myself because I get satisfaction out of doing good work and illustrating a strong concept... whatever that concept may be. I just cannot live with sloppy work. That is why I will burn the midnight oil over and over just to learn something new.

I feel that my hearts desire is film making and photography but I still have a passion for web and right now that is where my focous needs to be. After this journey is over and I am squared up with work, I am going back for my associates in the video department. It's a long journey... but it's a short life!

So... once I get a spare moment I will try to check in and post some work or pictures but I may be MIA (missing in action) for a little while. At least until I'm between quarters on break or either I am caught up of everything.

Until then.

What a day

Here we are and it's mid terms already. Man how time flies. Well I'm gonna keep this as short as possible. Not only is it Friday but it's Friday the 13'th and tomorrow is valentines day. That's almost a mix up like the other week. Snowing one day and then 70 degrees 3 days later. I just had to throw that in there ya know.

Friday nights have become my time to relax and wind down a bit. I always feel a bit wore out from working both jobs and then classes on top of them. My work at school starts at 7:30 Wednesday morning. On Thursdays is when I have a full day. I open the print cage and work till 1 pm and then hang out for six hours before I go to the camera cage and stay till 10 pm. So that means I'm at school from 7:30 am to 10 pm. Then on Fridays I have to open the camera cage and stay till 10:30 am and then class from 1 pm-5 pm. By the time I get home I am beat.

Well that's all for know. Like I said I'm completely wore out. I'll check back in before next week. Before I go, I wanted to mention that I might not be posting very much in the next several weeks. I have a few more silly photos of the squirrels around here but for right now that's about it. Classes are getting a little heavy and I'm focusing almost all of my attention there.

So... I hope you all have a wonderful valentines day and don't eat too much candy!

Roller coaster

So it snowed 3 days ago and this weekend it's suppose to be up in the 70's!!!

What a weather roller coaster we have going on.

Rant & Raving

Fresh into 2009 and I finally gathered my first list of complaints. Here is my observation!


I'm driving down 485 on the way to work and it hit me like a brick. What freaking moron thought 485 South bound would be adequate with only two lanes? Seriously, what ding-dong would approve of this?

Lets start from the beginning. It was around the late 90's when this stretch of Interstate started being paved. Not the 50's, the LATE 1990's. My question is why would you build a two lane Interstate leading into the Ballantyne area and then to Interstate 77 which goes towards the city of Charlotte knowing there will be growth. These where and still are growing like wildfire and to top it off there are exit ramps and merge lanes every few miles of this stretch. Lets just say from Independence Blvd to South Tryon, 485 is a joke! That stretch is extremely busy. Even Interstate 77 is a parking lot going into Charlotte and it's what... 3-5 lanes wide?

The North bound lanes of 485 from Independence to Interstate 85 are all 3 lanes except for about 2 miles and on the South bound lane (the one I'm griping about), it goes to 3 lanes right after South Tryon (49). The areas that have been blessed with 3 lanes have a nice flow of traffic. There aren't too many merge or exit sections either.

See what I mean. You take an area that will be really heavy with traffic, there is merging and exiting traffic every few miles and we get 2 lanes. Freaking morons!

Most North Carolina folk are poor drivers (my opinion) anyway and God forbid some hot chick be stranded on the side of the road. People have to do that thing called the rubber neck and while they do it they slow down.

So there you have it! I realize there are crowded roads all over and around the city but this one section of 485 seems really crazy to me. Just to let yo know I've been on both sides of 485 during rush hour and where there is 3 lanes you have a nice flow but the section I'm talking about is pretty darn heavy. Surely they will pave another lane here shortly don't you think???

Yeah right! Don't hold your breath!

Puppies

I visited a motocross track this Saturday with some friends and found these little cuties running around. There are six of them and there free too so if you want one, hit me up on an e-mail and I'll give you the directions. Not sure what mix they are but they will make your heart melt!

Web food

Our first online pizza! How cool is this! Computers or delivery driver jobs should be pretty safe from here on out!

In search of the sun

I've been saving these shots for a rainy day and what-do-ya-know. It's raining!



I don't know about your neck of the woods but here in Matthews NC, it has mostly been either overcast or rainy for the last month or two. Too many days like this and your mood starts to go down to the dumps. I'm definitely looking forward to some sun rays. Right about now is when I really start to crave warm weather. For some reason to me it seems normal having cold weather during the holiday seasons but now that there all over, I'm ready for spring.

Last summer I took a few shots of the sky when I noticed there were bundles of clouds all around. I can look at these shots and almost feel the warmth of summer on my skin. Oh I'm so looking forward to summer time.

Hopefully these shots will shine some warmth down if you've been missing the sun like I have.

A dogs life

There is one thing for sure, this dog knows how to make my heart melt.

Never a dull moment

It looks as if Ralph the squirrel has made the leap of how to get to the birds food that hovers about 4 feet above the side rail of our porch! There is hardly ever a dull moment around here!

For some reason I get the feeling that ole Ralph here is not holding his mouth thinking ... Oh my goodness, what have I done. I'm sure it's more of a mumbled high speed crunch sound from eating the seeds for the birds!


If this is how it's gonna be then at least they know how to share!