an email from my friend John Davis (aka Handsome Boy Modeling School):

my brother was on his winter break from school in venezuela so we met down
here. although things are pretty insane right now in venezuela. dont know if
you´ve heard the news about chavez trying to make the country communist and
all the strikes and marches and basically how the country has shut down. my
brother is especially worried since it is extremely hard to get beer now.