About Howl's, etc.

As Kate said, Howl's was fantastic. I've seen better (and now must scrape around to find a copy of Princess Mononoke" (waffled?).

And speaking of the lj user listed above, I had one of those customers in front of me in my line at Best Buy briefly. You know, before I left it. Dude was asked his phone number, and he said "I don't give it out". Sure, understood, so girl at register said "Make one up". Guy says "Why do I have to give you a phone number?" Dude, it's not that hard to make up a number. Finally, he comes up with "111111111 to infinity". Yeah, infinity in a phone number, you're cool. Then, as the computer dictates, she needs a first name. Not even a last name, just a first name, and mind you, "make something up" is still an option here. His response? "I already told you I'm not going to give you my information," before rambling on about getting 20 phone calls in the next five minutes once he did. First, if you gave out a fake phone number, what's it matter if you give out your real first name? What, you afraid those online half-elf clerics will somehow get ahold of the info through your "1 infinity" phone number? Freakin' twit.

And Kate -- that Oakenfold CD, I'll bring it over Wed just to make you listen to the one song and say "Hey, I've heard this before".