and now that I have Gmail, all the LJ comments come in a single email, so ye olde excuse of "spamming Dawn's inbox" no longer holds water

Aww, that takes the fun out of it! Just kidding. ;) I'm glad our conversation was amusing. Unfortunately, I have not gotten past the above "introduction" to my paper, and it's due tomorrow. I might need more Maedhros/Fingon (or Finrod? Tehehehe...) filler than I originally thought!