Communist Parties

The other day on the television I was watching the news, which I never do because I hate it, but everyone here watches the news and, basically, I have no option but to pretend I care to watch it...but anyway, I didn´t mind watching this particular day because I was fairly intrigued by one story. They showed clips of the communist party out celebrating some anniversary of some lady who was somehow important to the party. (I said I watched, I didn´say I paid attention.) But, really it was just like any other news clip of any other party. As if they were saying "Oh, the AARP is celebrating an anniversary. Here are some clips." So, anyway, I got to thinking about politics, which I try never to do because, well, it makes my brain hurt. And, it occured to me... a recently elected DIVORCED, FEMALE, SOCIALIST president AND the COMMUNIST PARTY out in the street celebrating some important COMMUNIST figure. It started to feel like I was very far from the U.S. of A. and, as it turns out, I was. (´Cause I´m in Chile, duh.) But, just as some form of mental exercise, try to imagine a communist party party in the U.S. OR, better yet, try to imagine a communist party party in Miami. On Calle Ocho. Delicious, to say the least.


On a not really related note, the other day I was at the sea port (Valparaiso, to be exact) with an aunt and we were looking at some of the stuff they had for sale at this little street fair and I saw a Che Guevara shirt, and frankly, even this far away from Urban Outfitters, it still really annoyed me that those exist.

That´s all for now.

Loves,

- E