More and More

First of all, my mom didn't come like she was suppose to. In fact, about the time she was suppose to be getting on the plane I called to find out she's not coming. To be honest, I am a little sick of making new plans, but as this was not part of my plans, new plans here we go again...when I have any idea what I am doing, hopefully tomorrow as I am suppose to be going to France on Satuday, I'll let you know.

In the mean time...I have some more pictures from the festival so you can get a better idea of what was going on...

OK. This first picture is of the royal mile. That is the road that leads from the queens palace up to the castle. It's where all the tartan shops are basically. During festival, they close it off to traffic and they allow street performers to do their thing and people flyering for shows(oh my god, can't get 5 feet without being asked if you are interested in a show). They also allow shows to have 15 minute previews to sell themselves. Unlike normal street performers, these people have to pay to be there. There might be 3 or 4 big acts going on at any given time with all these people. Crowds of a few hundred gather. Anyway, it's kinda impossible to walk, but it is crazy fun.


One of the performers was called "The Space Cowboy." He was my favorite. Mostly because I got to be his assistant for a show. I threw him knives. And he cut a squash out of my hand with a double edged sword. Kinda awesome. As you can see, one of his talents is also swallowing that double edged sword. He is in the Guinness Book of World Records for sword swallowing. 17 swords at once. He used hoses to stretch out his throat. Kinda gross. His other big trick was juggling knives. Blindfolded. On top of a 9 foot high unicycle.

This picture is from a show called "Late N Live." It starts everyday at 1 am. You know when everyone, even the comedians performing are nice and drunk. This particular picture was something they did every night(this night being the last, therefore the most fun) called Scotland v. The Rest of the World where they picked people from said countries and saw home many pushups they could do with people on their backs, adding one more person each time.
This night I volunteered for something--not knowing what it was, only knowing it got me on stage in front of a few hundred people. I got the most money out of the audience for a charity, I won a plastic leg and the audience sang "Jolene" to me. Epic.


Finally, this is Mary. She is Australian and was in town for most of the festival. Basically she was my partner for all sort of debauchery. She's wearing a highland cow hat here. One of the best girls I have ever met.