It's amazing what you can find on the internet

So I've had a hell of a bad day, hardly any sleep the night before, called in sick to work so I could get my passports in order and instead got stonewalled by red tape and a certain embassy that is not open on monday - so I'm calling in sick again tomorrow - screw it, I haven't gotten so much as a verbal warning for absenteeism yet, and one way or another I'll be in Cuba for New Year's. My paycheque is going to suck - added with the fact that it will cost me close to $500 to get a Canadian passport and a Cuban passport - and I'm not even looking into airfare yet. But anyhow, enough complaining.

I guess that my conviction that this time I'm really going back, no matter what it takes, has made me more homesick than ever before, and I started remembering some TV shows I watched as a kid - and then - I wondered - is it possible that any of those may be found on the internet? Well, since I'm posting this entry the answer is obviously yes. On youtube, I found more than I could imagine - I figured maybe I'd find 2 minute clip at most, but instead I found a good number of full Elpidio Valdés episodes - my favourite Cuban cartoon!

Not only that, but it seems that some fellow Cubans have also been longing for the cartoons they grew up with, because I found a couple of other cartoons - these Russian - but with spanish descriptions. 'The musicians of Bremen" - Part one here and Part two here, and last but not least, an episode of the mighty Cheburashka - Part one here and Part two here

Wow, talk about blasts from the past - that stuff really brings me back. I began remembering all the Elpidio episodes as I began watching them - and the musicians of bremen - hell I'd forgotten all about that one until I heard the theme song. This definitely made my day a bit better. Now if I could only find (or remember the name of) the Cuban cartoon with that cat that used to yell "¡Guayába!" *edit* Haha! Found it!

P.S. wow - sweet, even found this old educational short on aerodynamics