Glad you like the boat. I thought it was pretty enough to make into a userpic, and maybe someday when I've got a couple thousand extra dollars laying around I'll own one.

The good news is that I found The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. For reasons unknown to me, my girlfriend put it in her backpack and didn't tell me that for a couple days.

Interesting that you hated The Heart Is.... My sister told me that she couldn't even get through it, and I can definitely see how it wouldn't be to everybody's taste. I'm really enjoying it, so I'd recommend a reread, but it might just not be your style.