These are a few of my favorite... wait, what time is it again?

First things first:

For the second time in recent memory, Morocco has decided to observe an abbreviated Daylight Savings Time, starting yesterday and ending whenever Ramadan begins this summer, which will be sometime in the middle of August. This transition is awkward in the cities, but in my little village, things are all a-muck with questions of new time versus old time. The little old Berber ladies that I knit and drink tea with are either with it, or very much without. As in the language of Tashlheit, there is no grey area when it comes to time. You are either on old time or new time.

Sa3a ljdeed, or new time = GMT + 1 = 5 hours ahead of EST
Sa3a tqdeem, or old time = GMT = 4 hours ahead of EST

For the record, I plan on living my life according to new time... even though my host family is running on old time. This results in me losing a bit of sleep (both at night and during my siesta, as my afternoons run on new time), but I'm a big girl and I can deal with being exhausted for one more month.

Second things next:

I am asked a lot of questions here in Morocco, regarding everything from what I'm wearing to when I'm planning to marry someone's son. While I am not yet funny in Tashlheit, I do love to internally laugh when I hear these. Here are some of my favorites:

-Why do you wear your glasses? To be fashionable?
-Are you married? Why not? Do you want to marry a Moroccan? Do you want to marry someone from this village?
-Do you do gymnastics? Can you do the splits? Why not?
-How did you get so skinny?
note: this one's funny because I've actually gained weight since arriving here.
-Do you do sport? Should I do sport to get skinny?
-Do you think (insert a person's name here) is difficult? C'mon, you can tell me the truth!
-Are you fasting? Is Islam difficult? Do you like Islam? Do you pray?
-Is Obama good? Better than George Bush? Do you like George Bush? Do you know Obama?
-Where are you from? No, where are you really from? Where's your family from?
-Do you have (insert any common noun here, from sheep to taxis) in America?

Ahh, if only I could express sarcasm in Tashlheit...