i came back from harvard nursing a mild crush on a certain professor to whom i had spoken barely five minutes. he wounded my feelings tremendously and left me feeling exceedingly foolish and mortified at my own misplaced vanity and all the worst because it was entirely unintentional. which only goes to show that you can be completely loutish to a girl and she'd still go out and buy your book if you're a bloody genius. which he is. so i am smitten.