Re: nerdiness: CLEARLY. However, for what it's worth, I think I just ascended with you. *g*

My commiseration in re the other, hideously boring parts of the book. D: I'm reading Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities right now; I wish there was such a thing as synchronized transatlantic book-reading, so I could share the awesome with you. Hang in there! *cheerleadin' high-kick*