Fun facts

OK, I'm not really sure how to format this. I don't really like just listing what I've been up to, I like fleshing it out and making it colorful, but if I do that, these mo-fos go on forever. So...if for some reason (you're my parents? you're procrastinating? you just like me?) you've been reading this, please give me feedback. For one thing, I'm theoretically some kind of aspiring writer, so feedback is definitely good in that sense, and I am also totally new to the world of blogging. So I'm not really sure what sort of stuff is expected of me. Not that I would necessarily want to provide that, but it might serve as a good springboard. All right, hopefully that's all of my apologetic writing out the way. For now I'll just write whatever I feel like.

Tidbits:
Here are some things I've learned recently that I think are cool.
1. Lucky Charms are sold (only?) in a candy store in Glasgow. They are imported specially from America, treated as a novelty item, and they charge £8 (0r $13.60) for a box.

2. There are crazy tunnels (called mines and counter-mines) under the ruins of St. Andrews' castle. They are the oldest preserved physical example of medeival seige engineering in the world today. They're from, umm 1370ish I think. Some guys wanted to take over the castle, but the guys in the castle found out they were digging a tunnel underneath, so they dug another tunnel (the "counter-mine"), by hand and quickly and managed to fend off those first crazy tunnel diggers. I got to wander round in this crazy man-made tunnel from 600 years ago. Some of the clay was still wet (because it's under the ocean.)

3. Apparently, whistling is a secret signal between gay people. At least according to this really awesome Australian guy I made friends with on the bus between London and Edinburgh. I discovered this tidbit entirely by accident, and I still have serious doubts as to its veracity and implications.

4. According to my palm, I am fiercely independent, I take friendship very seriously, and I'm ambitious, but I might be ambitious in the wrong thing. That all sounds pretty reasonable to me. But you'd have to ask the Indian gentleman I met in London for more details.

5. People in Glasgow are called "Glaswegians". Can't say exactly why, but I think that's hilarious. They are also very friendly. If you approach them.

6. St. Mungo's is a real place. It is a museum of religious life in Glasgow. There, I learned:

7. Representatives from all the religions in Glasgow signed a pact to respect one another and try to get along in 2002, as a response to 9/11 and the War on Terror. I just think that's pretty sweet.

8. All four Scandinavian countries (Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland) are among the top 10 per capita consumers of ice cream. Basically, it's the 10 richest countries. I learned this at Pub Quiz in Edinburgh.

9. I went to the birthplace of Harry Potter and the birthplace of golf in the space of 24 hours.

10. Backpacking would be 300 times as good if you took a masseuse with you.

11. Most Brits (from my study sample of 2) have never heard of Craig Ferguson.

That's it for now. Proper update to follow.