Random Saturday Notes - Fall 2007 Breezy Edition

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• Several people in India asked if my blonde hair is natural, or if I use a dye. (It's all natural.)
• Lots of people were fasting for religion! Some people eat only one meal per day for several weeks or months before a big puja (prayer). More extreme was Kaushal's friend Kappil who was not eating any food for seven days. He was only drinking water for seven days. AMAZING.
• Most Indian diets are insanely carb-heavy. Rice and chappatis (tortillas) make up 50% of the calories in most traditional Indian meals. Even the meat dishes had very little meat (with the exception of chicken tikka).
• I remember the billboards in Mumbai; I miss them now. I think 65% of the billboards were purchased by the newspaper and cell phone companies. Lots of the same ads, which didn't help when I tried to use the signs as directional aides around town.
• Speaking of driving... It is nice to be able to sit up straight again. I always found myself a little hunched over in a rickshaw, and especially hunched over in a taxi in Bombay.
• Back in the USA, spending big dollars! I probably racked up $80 in little expenses yesterday; things like gasoline, tuna fish, milk, and sandwiches.
• The Georgia World Congress Center is really a nicely designed architectural space. Convention centers are huge and they always tend to inspire me. Monsterous ceilings tower above you in Las Vegas, Orlando, and Atlanta. My two favorites convention centers are Atlanta, Georgia and Palm Springs, California.

Going to meet my aunt and uncle in Smyrna now, then (if I am lucky) downtown for some dancing tonight.