Darrett and I took Val out to a belated birthday dinner. Matt (who couldn't join us) and I gave her a gamecube video game and Darrett got her an anime DVD, although Darrett and I think that the perfect gift for Val would be an Orlando Bloom look alike who is interested in manga and/or anime. In the car, after dropping off Val, we started drafting cheesy ISO ads, but I think our search for Orlando will have go second on our list of perfect gift for friends right after our idea for Chad's day planner: Chad and his ladies.

I also told Darrett about the conversation Matt and I had when he dropped me off to meet them:

Matt: Do you want a cake maker?
Me: Um. Isn't that called an oven?
Matt: No. A special cake maker.
Me: Uh... (thinking special cake maker?)

Matt went on enthusiastically about a commercial he saw where you can make cakes filled with different things (ice cream, jello, different flavors of cake) in the center and I realize that I've also seen this commercial and I know what he is talking about. The Betty Crocker Bake 'n Fill. Darrett started laughing mid-story not only because he knew exactly what Matt meant, but because he couldn't believe that I made the oven remark and wanted to know how Matt reacted to it. He didn’t miss a beat.

Apparently my husband wants special cakes and I shall bake them for him. After Darrett told me I should make the baseball cake first, he said, “I’m guessing these are coming out of a box.” They sure are.