Bowie's in Space

Well, I have finally gotten around to creating this blog. It only took me about three weeks to get it done.

Overview:

This blog examines my everyday life as I inhabit Edinburgh (pronounced "eden" [like the garden of biblical fame] "burger" [as in 'do chili cheese fries come with the blue cheese bacon burger?']), Scotland, for the duration of the Spring semester. The range of topics covered will be vast, though a few recurring trends are sure to emerge. For example, "bad things that happened to me" will take a front-row seat next to "things I have eaten" and regular installments of "Accent-Related Mixup-of-the-Week", in which I recount the week's worst situation that began with a thick Scottish accent and ended with an even thicker blank stare from me. On occassion, this segment will feature my inappropriate responses to misunderstood phrases, which in turn elicit bewildered looks from the natives. That is how I turn the tables.

Objectives:

The main purpose of this blog will be to consolidate the many thoughts I have been sending out via email so that your inboxes get a rest and that you can choose if and when you want to hear from me. Secondarily, this will nullify the risk that you, the reader, would accidentally delete one of my emails from your inbox, and in trying to recover it, also accidentally delete it from your "deleted emails" or "trash can" folder. This way, the information will always be online, blunders like that will be impossible, and you will have constant access to my words.