lost in translation or rock is cool but the struggle is better blogpost

according to the site where i got this, it's from a defunct the beatles cartoon show

joni mitchell as the icequeen

the rather more obscure ho chi minh by yesiamacommie

joni mitchell as cher

the beatles portrait by anobviousdiehardfan

joni mitchell in an 'a case of you' mode from the cover of both sides know album (or single?)

joni mitchell by gary kelley

obviously the beatles according to fame by howdhellwudiknow

joni mitchell by frank barron

el che by a certain lucas

i got these awesome ( i hate this word) images through the ever reliable google while waiting for that elusive dreamland. i had the che painting for the primary photo of my friendster account. perhaps with an attractive che photo, the number of hits of my friendster profile will increase (it is still part of the self-aggrandizing project, ya know! in effect, blogging and friendster maintenance are self-aggrandizement activities).

i also acquired through kazaa lite a joan baez rendition of hasta siempre.initially i downloaded natalie cardone's version but it was like a disco mix of some sort of a supposed "praise song" for el che.

will these images on my page make me look cool?

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last friday, i accompanied eight japanese students to the second international people's tribunal at the up film center. dang! i'm forever insecure with my english. it was really terrible discussing the condition of human rights abuses in the country to students from the first world with limited vocabulary and forever watchful for wrong prepositions. with only k-- as the sole english speaker in the group, there was indeed a wide cultural and political gap that i had to bridge. with my horrendous grammar, i tried to make them understand the much horrible state of my country.

i found out later that they can understand simple english but they can't speak it fluently. i went with them as they returned to the hostel where they are staying. i was amazed when hey invited me for dinner in some hell-hole carinderia and they were not at all pihikan with third world cuisines. even at times i cannot relate with them for obvious reasons, i had fun in the few moments they are trying/struggling to communicate with me.

chant for the day: international solidarity, long live! long live!