Elyse Sewell reporting from Thailand:
A casting director escorted me to the studio this afternoon, a taxi ride of more than an hour. Fluent in English and totally game, Aun submitted herself to a thorough grillin' on the subject of Thailand.
First question: Why is everybody wearing yellow shirts? (Note: like a silly bitch, I forgot my camera when I went to the studio today, so I collected all this photographic evidence on a quick mission to the mall next to my hotel. Those aren't all employees of the same store. Everybody, from street vendors to taxi drivers to strolling moms and children, is wearing a yellow shirt today.)
Aun: "Well, the King was born on a Monday, so we wear yellow shirts every week to honor his birthday."
Me: "Hey, that's a pretty good idea. I'm going to start that trend up in America for the weekday of my birth. Get everybody to start wearing pink every Sunday."
Aun: "You were born on a Sunday? Then it would have to be red. A different color corresponds to every weekday: Red for Sunday. Yellow for Monday. Pink for Tuesday. Green for Wednesday. Orange for Thursday. Blue for Friday. Purple for Saturday."
Me: "Is that a Buddhist thing or a Thai thing?"
Aun: I guess it's Thai...wait...you don't have that in America?"
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