Hey, I was using "HTML for the World Wide Web" by Elizabeth Castro at the beginning and now I started with "Eric Meyer on CSS. Mastering the Language of Web Design" and "More Eric Meyer on CSS". Castro's book worked good in my case. Now I am also thinking about learning JavaScript and Flash. I want to work with web design and graphic professionally someday.
What's the title of that book you were talking about?

BTW that video (Tool - Sober) on your profile is awesome! I downloaded their whole album (Undertow) and I like it very much.