since ray was at rehersal all night, christa asked mary charo and i to hang out with her on her birthday. charo couldn't make it, but mary and i happily stepped up to the plate.

we decided to go to the palais de pizza, seeing as it's christa's favorite place and all. i, too, am a huge fan though rarely get to enjoy a big, doughy calzone these days. birthdays are definitely times to make exceptions, however, so it was a couple of pitchers of beer between us and a big fat calzone for each of us, plus a very cute and friendly waiter.

oddly, the very person who introduced me to the pizza palace showed up while we were there; dave tilley, who is also the person who introduced me to wxdu. wonder if he is back to living in durham again.

afterward, we went back to christa's house to watch her favorite movie, joe vs. the volcano. i have seen it many times, as has christa, but mary and ray had never seen it. it's a sort of modern day fairy tale; at one point christa had to say, "suspension of disbelief people! come on!"

my favorite part is the trunks, both the part where he buys them and the role they play later in the movie. i guess i just love a good, useful gadget.