Now it is up to YOU!

Friday, 18. July 2008, 16:50:09

Two days ago, on the day of the state of La Paz, besides being the 199th anniversary it was also the 28th year since one of the worst days in the history of Bolivia took place. That was the day that a man by the last names Garcia Mesa, made a coup d'état and started to kill people as flies. My uncle Jose Luis Martínez Machicao was not even interested in politics. Back in that time he used to work for the bank of the Bolivian state, and one day he was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. Several months after the coup d'état of Garcia Mesa, there were demonstrations going on. one of the first socialist leaders in Bolivia was killed on the 16th of July...his name was Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz..and during the demonstration, my uncle was on his way to work. He got caught in one picture that was printed in a newspaper the day after. On the 12th of December 1980 he was taken away from his home and there is absolutely no knowledge about what happened to this very good and handsome man, whom I am sure would have been a perfect uncle, after the 21st of the same month and year.

Today a very honorable man is arriving in Bolivia. Hugo Chávez, the president of Venezuela, will be in Riberalta (a town in the north of Bolivia, in the state of Beni) together with the BEST presiden of Bolivia (Evo Morales) and the president of Brasil. They will be havig a ceremony since both Venezuela and Brasil are giving credits to Bolivia to build roads from the state of La Paz to the state of Beni and Pando (both situated in the north and in the amazons). And since it is very sad that I cant be in Riberalta when two of my favourite leaders are in the same country as myself, I am wearing a shirt to honour one of them...Hugo Chávez. My shirt has his face printed..and I am very proud to be an owner of such a beautiful shirt...I will post a pic of myself and the shirt another day (I forgot to bring the cable of my camera with me!)

I have a couple of good news to you all. Firstly, I am taking care of my hand. It is no longer infected but pretty swallon (?). I will begin a treatment against rabies on Monday, just in case of.

Secondly, I will put a vlog during next week..so no you definitely have something to look forward to.

Thirdly, I got in to the university that I wanted...and to the program that I wanted too!

And...I got in to another course for the evenings, it is the first course in International Relations. Isn´t it awesome?

Now I will just have to tell it to my mother...the question is when.

Oh...and fourthly, I will get a tattoo before leaving Bolivia. And here I need your help!!!! I cant decide what to tattoo. I have a couple of suggestions and you will be the ones who have power in this decision!

"Machicao" tattooed below my Trinity-tattoo. Machicao is the surname of my maternal grandmother, and since I am not having it as my surname I would still want to wear it...and why not as a tattoo?
A heart with "Bo+Swe" in it, to represent to two countries that I love the most.
A collection of leaders that I admire (Either Ché Guevara, Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales or all of them together)

VOTE!

I got to go and eat some lunch now, I will get online on Monday...after my trip to the countryside and the Titicaca-lake!

/// Mizz Martínez

LPZ-RBQ-LPZToday it is!

Comments

I firmly vote against the tattoo.

Not only I don't like tattoos on women but there is also the risk of getting infected by hepatitis and other diseases.

The hand probably is "swollen".

By LorenzoCelsi, # 18. July 2008, 17:05:02

Does it have to be a tattoo?

I have never thought highly of those who deface their bodies with tattoos.

To answer the question though, I would personally choose #2 if I were compelled to answer.

Generally

for you.

By Moesring, # 18. July 2008, 17:20:11

Personally I dont have any issues against tattoos so if you choose to get one I am sure it will be great.

I think you should wait until you return from your vacation for a couple reasons.

First off being your hand, let that heal first, the infection could easily come back and no need to be on antibiotics etc... Solve one problem at a time.

Where are you planning on getting the tattoo? Chances are maybe your back shoulder area? With the travels and carrying your backpack it would be better to let it heal for a while before you have that rubbing.

As for the actual tattoo. Not really into any of those listed. If any of the three it would be your grandmothers name. In politics you never know what will happen and those guys may do something horrid in the future and then you have to live with their faces on your body.

As for the "Bo+Swe" well I just dont like that one at all

Your best bet would be to get a tattoo of me

By ripp2002, # 19. July 2008, 03:46:58

I am also against tattoos. But if you feel compelled to get a tattoo, go with your grandma's name. The others are just freakish

By qlue, # 19. July 2008, 07:13:22

Get the tattoo!

nothing more hot on a girl that a bit of skin art..
Although your choices are a bit weird I'd go with the surname in old goth print..

By Cois, # 19. July 2008, 11:05:23

Hi Kersty, take good care of your hand. Congratulations on getting into the uni program that you wanted!

I vote for the tattoo of your grandmother's name.

By FXM256, # 19. July 2008, 14:04:51

Ripp I can't say if it would be worse to see a girl tattooed with the face of Chavez or yours...

By LorenzoCelsi, # 19. July 2008, 15:57:03

so wrong...

By ripp2002, # 19. July 2008, 23:47:53

I would never put a tattoo with some politician. It is a big chance I might be disappointed at him/her later.

By gdare, # 20. July 2008, 06:14:19

You don't become president or chief or leader maximo of anything unless you are a real S.O.B.

By LorenzoCelsi, # 20. July 2008, 06:22:24

SOB? I was thinking POS, SMUCK, there are lots of words to call the morally corrupt politicians of the world.

By ripp2002, # 20. July 2008, 14:15:42

I don't want to know what that stands for..

By Cois, # 21. July 2008, 08:19:18

The idea of "morally currupt politicians" is wrong. Politicians are not worse than the average guy, morally speaking. Only in USA people believe the President speaks directly to God when instead he is no different than the average boss you can find in your office.
Problem is, despite all the literature, "society" rewards aggressive people, those who don't hesitate for anything to get their goal.
The higher the position is and the more the fight to get that position was hard, with more dead bodies the winner had to walk over.
You don't become CEO of any company being a good guy and you don't become president of any banana republic or super power either.

On a side note "politics" come from a greek word that means "the administration of the polis (the greek city-state)". It isn't written anywhere that ruling any organization (the administration) means being good. There can be some degree or another of general consensus, depending how much power the ruler has got in his/her own hands. The "revolutionists" are usually wannabe rulers who are still in the process of getting the power from somebody else's hands.

Then, the last comment, everybody knows politics is closely related to selling. That because of the need to convince people in order to gaining the consensus. Selling involves mostly to tell lies. The best salesman is the one who believes his/her own lies.

Why somebody should want a tattoo of a politician is completely out of my reach. Besides being of extreme bad taste, it is like having tattooed "best salesman of the year".

By LorenzoCelsi, # 21. July 2008, 08:31:24

Okay, the reason to why I want to get a tattoo is because it is like 90 % cheaper over here and that will be done in a tattoo studio where they use new needles!

So, "Machicao" it will be!

And yes, I will tattoo it in my back, but it will not be in the usual black colour...it will not be visible for the human eye at day light!