Today is Karwa Chauth which (I quote) is celebrated mostly by the married
women in North India. On this day, they observe a fast, praying for the
long life, well being and prosperity of their husband. They break their
fast in the evening, after moonrise. On this sacred festival, people
come together and socialize with friends and family, exchange gifts and
share home-cooked meals. It also provides an opportunity to all married
women, to get close to their in-laws. Karwa Chauth is the festival
which reflects joy, splendor, brightness and happiness of a married
life. (end quote)
I hope those who celebrate Karwa Chauth had a good one. Kind of a cool tradtion, but the very interesting thing is that the guys never have a day where they have to fast for the ladies. What’s up with that ?
Not much to report for the day.. I continue to burrow further back into my old precolony life though every day still brings at least a doze convresations about the show experience. One hting that’s fun about that is that I’m now developing a mental list of the most common questions.. They are generally:
1. What’s up with the handyman, what’s he really like (Mike, what do you want me to tell them 🙂
2. Did you know that Diane was coming (no)
3. How much of the experience seemed real to you
Number 3 is my favorite.. people want to know if we ever forgot that we were on a tv show.(no). I explain that all of us were completely vested in the experiment and that sometimes that lead us to over react. But I explain that we weren’t faking starvation, dehydration or filth.. nor were we faking anger when one of hte bad guy/actors harassed us , stole soemthing or broke soemthing of ours. Nor were we faking it when some of us were yelling at each other due to tension.
What number 3 has got m wondering is .. how much does my current experience seem real to me ? I mean.. waking up , driving to work and spending 8 AM till 6PM talking into the phone.. hearing other folks voices, but never seeing them.. or .. visiting them in second life… how real is that ?
Anyway.. nothing else new.. Had a great IEEE meeting tonight.. then met Diane and the Lavoie’s at higher ground to hear Jen’s, sister’s sister-in-law, Mirah . She was just amazing ! Check her out !
-me