On the eve of the 31st president Evo Morales rescinded from decret 748. All went back to the way it used to be --- those who got caught on the road with their pants down with the gas prices in the 2 days before def felt it. Many business owners as well as regular folk went to buy insane amounts of sugar, flour, grains, and many basic food elements from everywhere preparing for the worst as well as preparing to make money later with their stock; cab and independent public transportation also took advantage and charged doubled prices for fares. Yes, protests... demonstrations all around, public space and building vandalism was also at hand. The media (mostly opposition) had a ball with this and of course (in my opinion) instigated unrest/chaos/panic towards the government and didn't help matters much. Of course there are various theories for and against this move..........will we ever know the truth? no, tis the way politics works everywhere. So, things went back to 'normal' and once again the people were heard and just have to go at it in another not-so-radical way.

People here (the small 'white' percentage) have a problem that an indigenous man is in power - i'm sure the fact that he is single (along with the vice president) also poses an insecurity to all the sheep that think it's not a exemplary traditional way of life. These people got problems.... do THEY even know what they want? nope...just like to bitch and feel insecure about their identity. It goes beyond politics, beyond Evo, beyond socialism; and for goodness sake......... they are educated!!! they've been to universities.. they've travelled outside and still have this identity crisis. "Indio/india de mierda, cholo, negro" and all derogatory adjectives come out of their mouth which is the same mouth they use to kiss their mothers... now i'm not just talking about towards the govt, but everyday life towards friends/enemies. The flip-side, i'm also aware, are the indigenous resented name calling and hating the 'whities' for all the past/current history. What do you do ? not even the next few generations will see the improvement of this situation. It makes me think of the song by Supertramp 'Hide in Your Shell' cause that's what i'd like to do........not to mention all the crap that's going on in the world. And yet these same 'educated' folk are still procreating - wtf?

Anywho, my new years was spent just the way i envisioned it: in the studio finishing up some songs having a couple of beers catching a nice buzz and then at around 2am went to visit some friends who where having a gathering at home. Then went to a party to basically pick up my brother and say to a couple of friends - came home at 4am and went to sleep. Excellent - 2011 is here and we just continue to make the best of everyday with lots of art, work, and music.