On a related note: Is the bitcoin infrastructure mature enough to support short selling in a sane way yet? I've yet to find a decent way to do this.
I work in finance so I'm very familiar with shorting but I don't know what you mean by "a sane way".
What way's sane or otherwise are you referring to?
Normally for shorting. you do the following: 1) borrow the stock from a broker 2) put in your short order 3) get your order filled 4) continue to pay a borrow each day for the stock you borrowed to short 5) buy back your stock 6) return the borrow and settle with your broker
The only way to go short is to use sketchy futures and options exchanges.
Go into trades with a clear head not thinking about the past. Whatever you did you did, stressing about it will not help you make better trades in the future.
If you think BTC is going up, cut your litecoin losses and trade, if you don't stick with litecoin or something more stable til BTC reaches your price.
Of course, we look pretty stupid at this particular moment, but who's to say it won't all go to shit next week?
Easy, friend. There will be many more waves to ride.