tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:03:31 +0000PhotomexicoMiscellanySpainFoodFloridahttp://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (A Painter of Modern Life)Blogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-2259365451719260467Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:38:00 +00002010-10-08T08:38:09.735-04:00SpainSeptember 29, Sevilla, España. Today there was a general Strike - the Huelga General - coordinated by the syndicates and labor unions. According to one source, this was the first general strike in Spain in nearly a decade. With all the protestors picketing the streets, preventing employees from working, and condemning capitalism and the recent, pro-business reforms and austerity measures by the http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/10/huelga-general-sevilla-espana-29.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A Painter of Modern Life)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-1603349216692322578Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:12:00 +00002010-09-29T10:12:25.914-04:00SpainHuelga General - Sevilla, España - 29 Septiembre 2010http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/09/huelga-general-sevilla-espana-29.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A Painter of Modern Life)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-2087522483916503119Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:33:00 +00002010-09-23T07:34:48.961-04:00Spain Nothing is worse than hearing a bull bellow in agony while it is being slaughtered by the very person that has been feeding it like a king its entire life. Supposedly, if the matador is good and accurate, the final stab should collapse the bull in seconds. Lights out. No suffering. No bellows. I didn’t see good matadors Sunday evening. I saw a lot of suffering. It was amateur night and the http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/09/death-in-afternoon-corrida-de-torros.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A Painter of Modern Life)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-4095291421375555445Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +00002010-09-05T13:00:01.302-04:00Photo Orange Grove - Avon Park, Florida Orange Grove - Avon Park, Florida Orange Grove - Avon Park, Florida  Orange Grove - Avon Park, Florida The Milky Way - (as seen from) Avon Park, Florida The Milky Way - (as seen from) Avon Park, Florida (repost) Orange Grove - Avon Park, Floridahttp://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/09/photo-of-week-5-september-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A Painter of Modern Life)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-6271097848830794062Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:11:00 +00002010-09-01T13:47:51.894-04:00FoodFloridaWith my year-long sojourn in Spain beginning on Sunday, I've been trying to consume as much of the good, greasy, American cuisine as I can. Spoon in the peanut butter? Check. Corn dogs? Check. With those American delicacies aside, there aint nothing more American than a good ol' cheeseburger or a plate of BBQ. While I typically don't eat beef or pork, the sudden realization that I'll be thousandshttp://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/09/savoring-states.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A Painter of Modern Life)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-3785685422738415079Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:45:00 +00002010-09-01T12:11:45.118-04:00FoodFloridaThe Wild Turkey Tavern, a popular restaurant in Sebring and owned by Mike Reark, is perhaps known more for its self-conscious “country” chic and the controversial messages on its marquee than its mediocre food. Usually the messages are political in nature, which I believe to be healthy for political discourse. But recently its messages are hateful and intolerant. The sign today reads:http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/08/get-burger-with-side-of-bigotry-at-wild.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A Painter of Modern Life)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-1224620903834689492Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:31:00 +00002010-07-25T21:37:37.493-04:00PhotoPhoto of the Week - 25 July 2010Doak Campbell Stadium - Tallahassee, Floridahttp://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/07/photo-of-week-25-july-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A Painter of Modern Life)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-863484472590414670Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:22:00 +00002010-07-25T10:02:41.062-04:00MiscellanyI recently ran out of Gillette Mach 3 cartridges and headed to the store to buy some more. I was disgusted to find out that the prices had increased: they now charge around $15 for 5 blades. While it is cheaper to buy in bulk - with prices dropping to a little more than $2 per blade for a box of 15 - prices are still excessive. Having to be mindful of my expenditures due to a major move, I was http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/07/safety-razors-practice-of-slow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-3871438627393129685Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:54:00 +00002010-07-21T12:52:49.419-04:00SpainWhile there was a slight snag in my VISA application - my local background report was “expired -, my appointment was nothing short of fabulous. The lady who processed my application told me that I could send an up-to-date local background report via e-mail or snail-mail, thus saving me another trip to Coral Gables. She was really helpful and generally in a cheerful mood for being inundated with http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/07/applying-for-student-visa-at-general.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-6637433043506207060Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:55:00 +00002010-07-21T12:53:10.857-04:00Photo Photo of the Week - 27 June 2010Orange Grove - Avon Park, Floridahttp://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/06/photo-of-week-27-june-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-6926520191383966540Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:37:00 +00002010-07-21T12:53:28.789-04:00Photo Photo of the Week - 20 June 2010http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/06/photo-of-week-20-june-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)0Florida, USA29.90271641604594 -84.4234085083007827.52211991604594 -88.15876000830079 32.28331291604594 -80.68805700830077tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-5911249290944666159Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:02:00 +00002010-07-21T13:03:38.110-04:00MiscellanyA Night of Turkish Delight: President Barron attends “A Turkish Evening” at the Center for Global Engagement The Center for Global Engagement held “A Turkish Evening” during its fifth annual Cultural Dinner Series on Thursday, April 15. “The Cultural Dinner Series serves as a fundraiser toward establishing an endowment for international student scholarships,” said Cynthia Green, the director ofhttp://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/06/night-of-turkish-delight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-709246463184170628Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:57:00 +00002010-07-21T12:53:56.060-04:00PhotoThis is test to make sure Lightbox 2 works when integrated with Blogspot. Click on a picture below. After it loads, hover the mouse over the image to make the "next" or "previous" buttons to appear. http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/06/lightbox-test_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-1902914800097816556Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:06:00 +00002010-07-21T12:54:37.596-04:00SpainTemps swing wildly in less than a week's time: http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/06/sevillian-summertime-temps-comparison.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-6388235685154540125Wed, 12 May 2010 22:27:00 +00002010-07-21T13:03:49.798-04:00MiscellanyIn the wake of the oil rig fiasco in the Gulf of Mexico, I had the pleasure to cover a BP protest in Tallahassee, Florida. While the protest platform "Seize BP" uses rhetoric that leans a little too left for my taste, protesting drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is a worthy cause as it endangers Florida's ecological/economic foundation: the beaches. Below are a few pictures from the event: http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/05/bp-protest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-3127351111445345999Sun, 02 May 2010 15:41:00 +00002010-07-21T12:54:51.327-04:00SpainLike in the beginning of the eighteenth-century, Spain is in bad economic shape. Then, however, a surge in monetary production and imports contributed to a marked “price revolution” (a.k.a. inflation) in Spain and, to a lesser extent, with its trading partners. While no longer the world’s primary producer of money, the topography has little changed. Some features of Spain’s economic ‘backwardnesshttp://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/05/messing-with-bull-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-3737007944764866885Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:40:00 +00002010-07-21T13:04:02.510-04:00MiscellanyA few days ago Hamid Karzai slammed the "west" for interfering in Afghanistan's domestic affairs. Now, I am aware that the "east" (and by this I mean the "non-western other," including areas like Latin America and the Far East too) has a long history of "western interference," and the war in Afghanistan is a glaring example, but when does the post-colonial blame-game end and responsibility http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/04/hamid-karzai-and-his-postcolonial-pule.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-1977422257411678889Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:27:00 +00002010-07-21T12:55:09.040-04:00SpainThe recent video segment “Breaking the piggy bank (again),” on CNN’s business news program The Buzz, discusses American spending and saving habits during the (post-)recession. The underlying question of this brief program is whether the decrease of American saving habits is indicative of economic recovery or of our inability to mind recent economic realities. At one point during the segment, http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/04/smith-and-spain-in-contemporary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-486413581832646942Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:40:00 +00002010-07-21T12:55:20.074-04:00SpainIn addition to the grant funded by the Junta de Andalucía, I received notice a few weeks back that I won Florida State University’s International Semester Dissertation Research Fellowship (ISDRF) for the spring 2011 and summer 2011 semesters. Needless to say, I’m quite excited about the research possibilities in Spain. My vision and hard work have been, in a way, legitimized by winning this awardhttp://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/04/destination-spain-take-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-8999015077002538166Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:14:00 +00002010-07-21T12:55:34.212-04:00SpainSpring came early this year (re: previous post). I just found out that my studies will continue across the Atlantic during the 2010-2011 academic year. I will establish myself in Andalucía, Spain and will remain there for approximately 9 months. While this opportunity (essentially a grant funded by the Junta de Andalucía) requires a teaching load, it is fair and manageable. In fact, it http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/02/destination-spain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-3301978729751710866Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:22:00 +00002010-07-21T12:55:55.313-04:00SpainMy fortune-cookie revealed to me that I'll "hve" to wait till spring for better luck (see image below). Humans are funny. We tend to make generic "fortunes" - whether from cookies or tellers - fit into our own personal situations. I won't resist this temptation. Despite Florida's last few weeks of freezing temperatures, spring inches closer. And I am optimistic that good luck will come my way. http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/02/for-better-luck.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-8913788720956056030Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:02:00 +00002010-07-21T13:04:17.900-04:00Florida There's snow in North Florida's forecast. Let's hope it really happens. http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/02/snow-in-north-floridas-forecast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-3895114738390128296Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:33:00 +00002010-07-21T13:01:39.506-04:00Floridahttp://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/02/rollerskating-rules-in-bible-belt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-3282510094192887749Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:06:00 +00002010-07-21T13:01:51.567-04:00FloridaThere is ice on the car. Look closely.http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/01/another-freezing-florida-morning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117913878059826349.post-2501576686180994180Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:54:00 +00002010-07-21T13:01:27.282-04:00FloridaCold, freezing temps in Tallahassee, Florida (January 2010):http://apainterofmodernlife.blogspot.com/2010/01/tallahassee-weekly-forecast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)0