Torture! Torture! I'm listening to my research methods lecture, and I don't think it's ever going to end. So forgive me, but I'm going to indulge in a meme, just to keep from going mad. Sev? D'you have one of those drinks with the umbrellas in it for me? ::grumble, slurp:: Thanks so much, luv. It is *so* nice having you back from your sabbatical. ::grumble, clack of ice::

( Umbrella drinks, anyone? )

And just because I feel like sharing, my professor just pronounced "Nabokov" oddly...so, of course, I had to go look it up. And according to the author, himself, it's Vleh-DEE-mer Nah-BOH-kov. Yikes. That's going to be difficult to remember....

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