highrise api is retarded.rb

# check for person
person = Highrise::Person.find :first, :from => :search,
  :params => { :criteria => { :email => contact.email } }
unless person
  # otherwise, create manually using a fucked up contact_data hash/array
  person = Highrise::Person.create :name => contact.name,
    :contact_data => {
      :email_addresses => [
        { :address => contact.email,
          :location => 'Work' }
      ]
    }
end

# then finally create a new "email" linking to the person
email = Highrise::Email.new :body => contact.message,
  :title => 'website lead'
email.prefix_options = { :person_id => person.id }
email.save

# of course, I can just send an email to the dropbox address, but I hate sending email even more.