Ella es Mia.

Quick update: Situation calm. All volunteers safe. No violence, no problems and Evo does not recognize the results of the election. It was something like an 85% yes vote in Santa Cruz.

Anyways, I´m doing fine. On to other news!

I GOT A DOG!!! Hahaha, yes, you heard right folks. She is a campo dog, meaning she is a mutt and who knows what she will turn out to look like. Timmy is such a pretty dog and people can´t understand why I wouldn´t buy a purebred. But she needs a little lovin´too. Her name is Mia, short for Autonomía. Lol. Also good for saying things like, ¨Ella es Mia¨ or ¨No es Mia¨ when she does something bad in public. (Mia also means mine, so ¨she is mine¨ or ¨she isn´t mine¨ or ¨she is Mia¨ or ¨it´s not Mia!¨... you get the drift. My friend wants to call her Mia Carajo. That was the big slogan before the elections... ¨Autonomía Carajo!¨ which basically is autonomia followed by a bad word and it was written alllll over Santa Cruz, hung from official buildings, etc.)

Anywho, I bought her from a little girl yesterday. She charged me one Boliviano, which is about 12 cents. Here are some pics for all interested...

Awareness is the First Step

Hey All,

Please check out the following link to the movie Zeitgeist. It will give you a dizzying new perspective on life in the US and ask you to re-evaluate the foundations of your beliefs. It is worth two hours of your life to watch.

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/


In other news, it´s about 10 in the morn; elections run from 8-4 I believe. I´m about to take a stroll around the plaza and see what´s up! I´ve also learned that if I don´t like the results, I will send the head of a sheep as a sign of protest. That´s what they did when many large corporations got nationalized the other day. They beheaded a sheep, wrapped it in newspaper, and sent it as a threat. I luckily did not lose my lunch when they showed vivid images of it on TV.

Just Another Day in the ´Corps

1. TV shows 300 Venezuelan troops disembarking in Santa Cruz to help keep the peace.
2. Venezuelan gov reps come on denying the arrival of troops to Bolivia.
3. U.S. puts out a report saying Bolivia is a potential terrorist threat.
4. Truck full of soldiers in uniform outside my house as I leave for a meeting this morning.
5. Fighter jet passes overhead as I walk to lunch.
6. Water cuts out in the shower just as I am lathered up and hair full of shampoo.

Just another day livin´the dream.