tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28505767512665635812023-08-19T05:15:34.819-04:00Steven ToledoArt and PhysicsStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-61142618687032440772013-09-06T01:40:00.001-04:002013-09-06T01:40:05.427-04:00SketchesSketches from the past month. Mostly people from the bus.<br />
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Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-90974699423540896522013-08-09T11:16:00.000-04:002013-08-09T11:16:18.146-04:00Flattening DarknessThe view out my window at 2am.<div>
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I'm kind of disappointed no one was inspired to draw something of their own this time. I'll check on it tomorrow and see if that's changed, or if it's even still there.
<a href="http://www.blog.steventoledo.com/2012/05/some-earth-drawings-from-september.html">Last time</a>Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-73525948387040054642013-02-11T00:38:00.001-05:002013-02-11T00:38:12.860-05:00Headaching<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-33340819596405239892013-02-10T05:05:00.000-05:002013-02-10T05:06:31.019-05:00The Indignant God of Dirt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-91072678176487438562013-02-08T19:34:00.000-05:002013-02-11T00:38:42.106-05:00Squiggle Squaggle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-77225265648866131482013-02-06T12:24:00.001-05:002013-02-06T12:24:52.848-05:00Squiggiggleskiggle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-22744954492455413482013-01-30T09:27:00.002-05:002013-01-30T09:27:59.076-05:00A City of Glass<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-10680912065741523102012-11-22T00:30:00.001-05:002012-11-22T00:30:43.667-05:00I Need to Make SomethingI need to make something.<br />
I haven't made something in sooo long.<br />
I've made <i>things</i>.<br />
I've been programming.<br />
I've been knitting.<br />
I've been drawing a bit.<br />
I've been writing a bit.<br />
I've been planning a bit.<br />
But I haven't <b>made</b> <b>something</b>.<br />
I haven't made anything that upon completion I felt like...<br />
I had filled a gap. A hole. A nook.<br />
A place where something had not yet been.<br />
I <b>need </b>to paint.<br />
But you know what?<br />
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It feels good.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-82877086848877859592012-11-13T15:29:00.001-05:002012-11-13T15:29:17.331-05:00Small Yellow Gourd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-83417942474681353022012-08-05T02:59:00.000-04:002012-08-05T02:59:16.863-04:00No More Drawing with the Touchpad for Me!Wooh! My tablet came in the mail! Now to try some digital stuff.<br />
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<br />I started blending the colors on the bottom face. I'm not actually invested in finishing this. I just wanted to try it out. More to come...Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-25209840664018330322012-07-31T13:00:00.000-04:002012-07-31T14:04:39.745-04:00Getting Off The Brain CrackFinally getting to those things that I've been telling myself I've wanted to do for a while....<br />
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Like drawing self-portraits!<br />
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Also: I made a finishing stamp! That's my calligraphic rabbit 兎. The symbol's been integrated with my signature for a while. The stamp is basically a signature to declare "It's done now". It's pretty fun to use. But I need an ink pad. I've been inking it with markers... and I need more markers....<br />
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After I adopted the character 兎 as mine I learned it can be pronounced 'to' as in Toledo. Which is just sweet.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Don't think you've seen your last photo of an clementine peel.</span>Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-10055528160198564852012-07-30T20:00:00.000-04:002012-08-05T22:23:15.884-04:00There's art in here somewhereMore playing with clementine peels. <br />
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I took a lot of these...<br />
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<br />Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-26526548712596730632012-07-30T05:54:00.000-04:002012-07-30T05:54:00.466-04:00Doodle Painting FildiStarted doing some stuff. Ink and water color.<br />
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To imagine a time when my parents would be persecuted for <i>being</i> my parents, when my very existence would be seen as abominable, and when the law agreed with that perspective, I don't know if anything can make me tear up faster. My parents were born before this court case and they were only children when it happened. They probably had no idea how important June 12th, 1967 was when it happened. I really can't imagine living before then. It's painful to think about.</div>
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Unfortunately some people still don't have their Loving Day. There are still couples who are persecuted for loving each other, children who are seen as abominable, and laws which say that's "okay". It breaks my heart. It really does.</div>
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Copied from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_and_Richard_Loving#cite_ref-4">Wikipedia</a></div>
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On June 12, 2007, Mildred Loving issued a statement on the 40th anniversary of the <i>Loving v. Virginia</i> Supreme Court decision.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 13px;"> </span></span>Her statement concluded: </blockquote>
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My generation was bitterly divided over something that should have been so clear and right. The majority believed that what the judge said, that it was God's plan to keep people apart, and that government should discriminate against people in love. But I have lived long enough now to see big changes. The older generation's fears and prejudices have given way, and today's young people realize that if someone loves someone, they have a right to marry.<br />Surrounded as I am now by wonderful children and grandchildren, not a day goes by that I don’t think of Richard and our love, our right to marry, and how much it meant to me to have that freedom to marry the person precious to me, even if others thought he was the 'wrong kind of person' for me to marry. I believe all Americans, no matter their race, no matter their sex, no matter their sexual orientation, should have that same freedom to marry. Government has no business imposing some people’s religious beliefs over others. Especially if it denies people's civil rights.<br />I am still not a political person, but I am proud that Richard's and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, black or white, young or old, gay or straight, seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That’s what Loving, and loving, are all about.</blockquote>
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Yeah so I should've posted these in September. Anyway, one day I was rather stressed out, because I hadn't made <i>anything</i> in far too long. So I shuffled my feet. There's this patch of small white gravel that I've been wanting to do something with for a while so I did something. I got mostly weird looks (I probably looked <i>a bit</i> creepy, shuffle, shuffle) at first but eventually someone made a connection to Zen sand gardens.</div>
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So the shuffling was fun. I then wandered around a bit trying to find something else to do. I came upon a wooden pencil and this area with benches and pebbled ground (plaza?) and decided to draw some spirals. This is actually a less trafficked area so it was a while before anyone started interacting with the drawing. Anyone who actually wanted to walk across this area without stepping on the drawing would have a hard time. I was surprised at those who took the effort. (As long as they weren't running it wouldn't have been really damaged anyway). I was rather dizzy by the time I finished.</div>
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Both of these together took maybe an hour and a half to two hours to make. The first lasted a good few days, the second maybe a week, which I was satisfied with.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-7319211639541389092012-04-22T18:03:00.000-04:002012-04-23T02:41:47.942-04:00September - March (My attempt at grad school)Grad school...<br />
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Inspiration.<br />
Lots of writing.<br />
Discouragement.<br />
Lots of reading.<br />
Inspiration.<br />
Lots of grading.<br />
Discouragement.<br />
Short deadlines.<br />
Discouragement.<br />
No time for...<br />
Inspiration.<br />
More of everything.<br />
Discouragement.<br />
I've been in school for too long.<br />
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In short, I'm taking a leave of absence until next spring.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.blog.steventoledo.com/2011/02/difference-of-two.html">I guess I should have seen this coming</a></span>Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-43756605129817505652012-04-22T17:33:00.000-04:002012-04-22T17:44:22.095-04:00A bit more from Puerto Rico<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(hey I actually did it)</span>Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-14340628481920686592012-04-22T16:27:00.000-04:002012-04-22T16:28:49.439-04:00So Here's What HappenedHere's the post I had intended to make the day following the last Puerto Rico Post.
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I slept on the couch last night. Typically there are two or three ants that wander up there and I can simply remove them. But last night my bed was covered in ants. They were on the comforter, on the sheets, under the pillow, on the baseboard. =/
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Yesterday we went to a botanical garden. It was nice, though a bit wrecked up from the hurricane.
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Afterward we went back to Old San Juan. We hung out in one of the plazas for a while.
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We wandered around a bit looking for food and found a park that was named after the number of pigeons it has.
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We eventually found a place to eat by the park. And it wasn't a fast food chain! It had traditional Puerto Rican food (And there were a few vegetarian options). I had stuffed green plantains in some kind of tomato ginger sauce (I think that's what the sauce was). It was really good.
After, we went to the mall and wandered for a bit. They still had a Borders. We got a few cheap books. I was kind of sad to see the place go.
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Animal Count: 5 lizards, 13 dogs, 5 horses, 1 (field of) cows
And cats go missing againStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com1San Juan, Puerto Rico18.4663338 -66.105721718.3458458 -66.2636502 18.586821800000003 -65.9477932tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-50680319773526848762012-03-13T00:48:00.001-04:002012-03-13T00:48:59.178-04:00Wait for it.......almost.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-71040373215357351952011-08-27T12:39:00.003-04:002011-11-24T18:57:35.960-05:00AreciboI'd never thought I'd ever spend this much time in a burger king.<br />
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Yesterday we went to the Arecibo Observatory. It's way in the middle of mountainous nowhere (which is typical for telescopes). The drive there made me a little nauseas; there roads just went up and down constantly with sharp turns. On the way back my dad actually took a video of the road. Anyway, it's the biggest single dish radio telescope in the world, or in Spanish (radiotelescopio).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">The middle of nowhere (Arecibo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">It's quite large. twss.</td></tr>
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I thought it was pretty cool, though there's not much to see there. They have an area with a bunch of science activity booths. Typical museumy stuff, most of which didn't work. Then there's this 20 minute video about a typical day for the observatory or something like that. The production value was pretty low. I appreciated it for the fact that the scientific things said in the video were real, because they were clearly not actors. I would've liked more explanation of how the thing worked. It did give a sense of scale though. They showed some engineers working on the thing and inside the secondary reflector, and you see how tiny they are. After the film everyone goes outside to the the observation deck and you look at it for a while. <br />
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</tbody></table>We got back to my grandpa's place just before it started raining. The church band was warming up. I guess the concert was last night. This time they had music followed by talking, repeat. Rather than trying to sleep I watched 20th Century Boys and several episodes of Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood. I still have no idea what happened in 20th Century Boys. I'm gonna need to watch the second one. Regarding FMA, is it just me or do things happen faster in Brotherhood? Everything is very familiar, so I'm not sure if the episodes weren't just reedited or if they're actually different episodes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally got both of them in a picture. They're quite skittish. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Woah, Banana Flower.</td></tr>
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Animal Count: 15 lizards, 10 chickens, 5 dogs, 8 horses, 4 (fields of) cows<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">No new cats yesterday?</span>Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-22023069611988191882011-08-26T12:48:00.001-04:002012-04-23T00:34:07.246-04:00El MorroSlept in today. Making up for yesterday. The church band was just finishing up by the time we got back yesterday. We went sight seeing with Nirav and his family. It was a lot of fun. Didn't have time to write a real post this morning, so here are some pictures:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More from inside the fort</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I thought these were pretty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This iguana was sitting on the fort wall by the old latrines.</td></tr>
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Animal Count: 2 lizards, 3 cats, 9 dogs, 1 chicken, 10 cows (in a field), ~8 hatless merkrows.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850576751266563581.post-51611417224230750612011-08-25T13:08:00.000-04:002011-08-25T13:08:15.860-04:00What kind of Church is this?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just one of the banana trees in <br />
my grandpa's yard.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Instead of waking me up this morning the rooster decided it would rather keep me up last night. But I don't blame it. I blame the church next door for keeping me up. Why is a church having a concert until 11 o'clock on a Wednesday night? The coquí frogs didn't help either. The night before they were charming; Last night they were more annoying than crickets. I still blame it mostly on the concert. At one point it seemed like there was a strobe light pointed at my window. Anyway, today I woke up at eight and was incredibly groggy.<br />
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Yesterday was nice. We visited some of my dad's cousins, as well as his aunt. My great aunt was nice, though the need for everyone to feed me is kind of tiring.<br />
<br />
"I don't eat meat"<br />
"Oh my god!...Still fish though?"<br />
"No fish"<br />
"Oh my god!"<br />
"I can't drink milk either. It's been upsetting my stomach lately"<br />
"Oh my god! What do you eat!?"<br />
"Vegetables, Fruits, grains"<br />
"Oh. I guess that's good. Lots of vitamins...Um, have some mashed potatoes and gravy"<br />
"I... don't eat mashed potatoes"<br />
"Oh my god!"<br />
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I had fried plantains (<i>mofongo</i>) and rice. And after was given two bananas. Everyone has banana trees in their yard. My great aunt also had an incredibly friendly dog named Pipa. I made a sketch of her face and I promised I'd make a full body sketch my aunt could give to her daughter, but Pipa moved around quite a bit and I don't have much practice drawing dogs. So we ended up taking some pictures, and I'll do the sketch later.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first sketch of Pipa</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Oh! On the way to my aunt's place we actually ended up on some of the roads we were trying to take to my grandpa's. We were looking at the strange grass and then passed a familiar looking house with a ridiculously steep driveway, and then realized all the grass and trees off the side of the road had been under water yesterday (Where I failed to get a picture). It drained really quickly! We made it passed the point where the road was flooded and I got some pictures of the river. My grandpa said the other day, "We'll have water as long as it doesn't rain too much". It's because when the river overflows it brings silt into the reservoir and they shut off the water.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">It's clearly taken some dirt off the mountain.</span></td></tr>
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Today I see Nirav. He's got a 6 hour layover here on his way to Antigua.<br />
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Because the internet needs more cats (and dogs):<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Dad's Cousin's Pets</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6WNi06ZMru8/TlZ9swFuAKI/AAAAAAAAAQI/J8_dUP5awJo/s1600/1d1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6WNi06ZMru8/TlZ9swFuAKI/AAAAAAAAAQI/J8_dUP5awJo/s320/1d1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my Grandpa's cats hiding in the leaves. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Pipa, the friendliest pit-bull in the world.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Animal Count: 9 lizards, 20+ chickens, 2 ducks, 4 cats, 16 dogs, 2 sheep, 7 horses, 8 (fields of) cows, 4 (individual) cowsStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01631870021980349272noreply@blogger.com2