Yikes! Yeah, it does sound like he wants attention :)
So what else are you up to today? I'm getting ready to go out to eat with my parents in about an hour, and killing time in the meanwhile. Was reading a book on European Mythology last night that had some stuff on European traditions about elves and dwarves, which was kinda interesting to relate to Tolkien. Next time I go to the library I'm going to look for that Doomsday book. Meanwhile I started reading Silmarillion again. I tend to read several things at once like that and jump between them periodically.