Mandolin

I was up fairly late last night, just kinda browsing the internet, hungry for anything that could keep my interest. I was browsing Musician's friend last night, and I came across this:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Rogue-RM100A-AStyle-Mandolin?sku=519193
How awesome is that? A Mandolin for $50? I ordered it this morning, with my mum's credit card. It is right handed, but heres the interesting thing about it: It's tuned like a violin. A violin is tuned G-D-A-E. If I played the Mandolin, which is tuned like a violin, upside down, then it would be E-A-D-G. Those four notes happen to be the bottom four strings of the guitar, or bass strings, if you will. Pretty awesome, right? I'm overjoyed, and I can't wait to get. I was thinking of, if I get good enough at it, taking it on World Youth Day with me. It's small. Otherwise, I was thinking of getting one of these babies: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Martin-?sku=512396 . Very handy... I tried one out at a shop, and it sounded fairly good. Good enough, considering it's portability.
But anyway, enough of my boring crap.
Talk to you all later.
-Tom