I finally got access to a scanner, and lost my mate. In the long run, turns out that's not a bad trade. It sucked at the time, but all is warm and fuzzy now. Plus I finally broke down and got an earring and some colored pencils, things I've planned on for a while but never had enough interest to go through with. You can judge for yourself whether the pencils were worthwhile, but I like the earring. People are not QUITE as suprised when I tell them I'm gay now. I've yet to meet anyone who came close to guessing yet, though.