i am in a beaming good mood even if i am terribly behind in work and have 3 papers to turn in sometime really soon.

in the first place, su-lin has finally received her copy of sing song! i was wondering why it was taking so long and about to mail the bookseller to row with them, but she did get it yesterday! it was the 1926 macmillan edition, little green book, with marguerite davis illustrations. that was such a pretty edition, and i managed to find her a copy through abe, so yay! she likes it! and now that the surprise is sprung, i can say openly: happy birthday darling!!!

second (and swooning!) i've got a date with professor nohrnberg in two fridays! alright, it's only to the distinguished majors party at professor milbank's, but still! it makes me feel tingly good! he's going to be on grounds that day, giving his bible in lit exam from 2-5, and then we could walk from bryan hall to the party easily. eek!

and although i'm supposed to be writing my browning/juvenal/tennyson papers right now, i'm chasing down obscure references in tasso and dante because of some idea nohrnberg has and hinted that i could hunt up for him! so be warned, if you were going to worship professors, try to do the pile-incense-at-shrine thing at a less busy time!