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...And THAT would be the cut off point. Count the characters if you want, but I'm far too lazy. Here's the rest of my message. Thank you copy button:

And yeah. I agree with you there, Bam is a total asshole. I don't really have any respect for him, but one summer I randomly switched the channel to MTV and they had a marathon of his show going on. I watched for a bit and kinda liked it, and after half an hour I was glued to it. It's a guilty pleasure, really. I just think it's hillarious. xD

And I've had my fair share of embarrassing moments too. When I first heard Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.'s new album on my ipod (which is awesome btw)... when it turned to "Nightlife" I burst out dancing. In a public street.

Okay... let's try this again. Damn comment box. I was almost finished with my reply but I accidentaly clicked out of it. This time I'll use be using the copy/paste button more carefully. xD

Anthropology was cool, but after taking so many classes of it, and writing so many papers I just had a breakdown. I was taking three upper division anthro courses last year... and I couldn't handle it. I failed every one of them, and after doing so I contemplated why I was majoring in anthro after a disaster like that. Then I remembered what my last job was, which was teaching guitar to a few middle school kids, and how much I loved doing that. In comparison, I had no clue what I would do with an anthropology degree. Also my near obsession with music is there, and I wondered why I didn't just major in music in the first place? So that's where I'm at now, switching my major over to music so I can become a teacher and do what I love. Unfortunatley the damn university system here isn't making that at all easy, but I'll fight every step of the way if I have to. I paid for my education, so I should have the right to study what I want.

Polish? I learned a few words and phrases, nothing really worth mentioning, though. It's not nearly enough for me to read those books. xD

FlashForward was an amazing show. It's basically based around one thing that happens in the first episode: everyone in the world blacks out simultaneously for exactly two minutes and 17 seconds and has a peek at what they're doing exactly 6 months in the future. This changes a lot of people's lives, and ruins quite a few too, obviously. By the end of the first season everything comes full circle and it shows all the main characters in the actual context of their "flash forward", but they didn't yet solve who caused it to happen in the first place, and at the very end of the episode there's a second blackout, this time with the visions a few years ahead... and it just... ends. That show had so much potential. It's story was just getting warmed up, but they just pulled the plug. I will never forgive ABC for that.

The Event is pretty good. In a nutshell, it's something like The Bourne Identity combined with Stargate. The Cape is just your standard superhero series. I just watched it at first because it had one of my favorite actors and actresses in it, but over time it grew on me, and now I'm sad that they might cancel it too.

Babylon 5... Amazing show. It's a rather old one though, as it originally aired in the 90's. I'd be proud to call it my favorite science fiction series of all time. Think Star Trek, only 100x better. Thankfully it lasted five seasons and got to finish the entirety of it's story, but there was a spin-off series that looked pretty good that got cancelled halfway into it's first season, and another was proposed but it didn't even get anything beyond a pilot episode.

Firefly... you haven't heard of it? Well... I'd say it's one of Joss Whedon's most popular shows, along with Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. It's a space western, and it's really good. Only got one season and a movie though, called Serenity. I'd say it's the most popular underrated/cancelled show of all time.

Red Dwarf is a British science fiction sitcom. Really hillarious show. This clip summarizes it better than I ever could:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEu0o62ycmg

The Young Ones is another British comedy, as is Monty Python's Flying Circus, which is... Monty Python. If you liked the holy grail their other movies and tv show is definitley worth watching too.

I'm a little luckier in that sense, I guess. None of my favorite characters die in the TV shows I've seen. That's not really true for the animes and movies I watch though. xD

And yeah. I agree with you there, Bam is a total asshole. I don't really have any respect for him, but one summer I randomly switched the channel to MTV and they had a marathon of his show going on. I watched for a bit and kinda liked it, and after half an hour I was glued to it. It's a guilty pleasure, really. I just think it's hillarious. xD

And I've had my fair share of embarrassing moments too. When I first heard Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.'s new album on my ipod (which is awesome btw)... when it turned to "Nightlife" I burst out dancing. In a public street.

Anthropology is the study of humans. Archaeology falls under it, as does the study of evolution and the human genome, and then there's cultural anthropology which is basically the study of different cultures.

Monster? It's a really amazing series. I'd say more but I'd rather not spoil any of the story. I watched the whole series here.
http://www.animefreak.tv/watch/monster-online

And no, I don't. I just know about all that after doing a little bit of research on the internet. I do admit that book series alone is enough to get me interested in actually learning how to read Polish. I'm terrible with learning languages though so I've given up on that.
I'm from California.

And I agree with you there. Comedy Central is the only channel I can turn to and watch just about anything that they have on. xD

I used to watch Glee when it first came out, but I kinda lost interest after the first season ended. It's a fun show but it's not really my thing. Skins... I have a friend who's obsessed with that show, and she's been trying to get me to watch it, but I just haven't. Degrassi I've never seen, but I do know it's filled to the brim with drama. I won't judge though. xD

I have terrible luck with TV because I always pick that awesome looking show that gets cancelled. I literally fell in love with FlashForward and I was so upset when it didn't get renewed for a second season. Right now I'm watching The Event and loving it, but right now it's on hiatus and I'm afraid it will suffer the same fate FlashForward did. Also The Cape, again, I've heard rumors it won't get a second season. Also Firefly, but I didn't watch that until after I saw Serenity and got the season box set.

I think my favorite show though would have to be Babylon 5. That and Red Dwarf, and The Young Ones, and Monty Python's Flying Circus...

I don't really watch a lot of random tv though, unless it's on Comedy Central. I watch a lot more anime, and there's a number of reasons for that. The main one though is story and pacing. I really prefer to see a really serious and gripping plot that progresses over the course of multiple seasons, rather than an episodic series that's propelled mainly by drama surrounding the characters and their relationships with each other. Stuff like FlashFoward and The Event are awesome like that, but they're the kind of shows that get cancelled here in America, unfortunatley. I think it's because they're so story centered that you just can't jump in and watch them. You have to watch them from beginning to end to really get it, and if you miss one episode you can easily get lost.

Scrubs is hilarious. I'm not really like JD, but occasionally i'll have a "JD moment". xD

...I do have a guilty pleasure with TV though, and that would have to be Viva La Bam.

I knew it! And yeah, I'm sure it was. That would have to be one of my favorite scenes from the movie, along with the black knight and the annoying frenchman.

And I may have to read that book when I get the chance. I do like reading, it's just complicated with me, you know? Also the fact that I switched my major from anthropology to music REALLY allows me to actually read leisurely again. All those upper division anthro classes had me reading about 300 pages a week out of textbooks and other sources for each, pretty much stonewalled any chances I had to read what I actually wanted to.

Yeah, there were toys for them. I remember that. I had a buzz lightyear toy when I was younger but I remember being disappointed about it not being as awesome as he was in the movies. xD

And he sounds interesting. I admit though that I have never read a romance novel, so If I see one of his books next time I'm at a bookstore or the library I'll have a look for myself.

As for the Witcher series? In the actual saga there's 5 books, but the first book that was published in English was actually just a collection of short stories that take place before the actual saga. There's a total of 3, maybe 4 short story collections in Polish. So only the first book is translated, the second should be coming sometime this year, and there's a short story collection.

As for anime, I've never actually seen an episode of Case Closed but I have heard of it. My personal favorite would have to be Monster. It's an extremely good murder mystery series, with probably the best ending I've ever seen in anything, ever. Another favorite of mine would be Serial Experiments Lain, which is just a total mindfuck. All I can really say about it is that it deals with the border between reality and the internet, and then it proceeds to shatter it entirely.

The Sims is alright. I remember playing first Sims game back when it first came out, but I haven't played it since I was a kid. I was a huge gamer as a kid but I kinda grew out of it when I went into middle school, and then back into it by the time I was in high school. For me, I'd say the Mass Effect and Witcher series are my favorites. Games like that with a good narrative I really love.

And yeah, I forgot to mention that, didn't I? The Witcher was a popular book series in Poland, so this independant game company decided to make a game based on it, and released a version of it in the US. It was a massive success here, which is why we're finally getting the translated books, and the second game is coming out in May.

And no problem. It's just a fancy way of saying "normal" tv, as opposed to animation. You know, stuff like Scrubs, Lost, or The Daily Show. xD

That sounds awesome. Call me crazy, but was it the scene at the bridge of death, with the keeper asking "what is your name?", "what is your quest?" and "what is the air/speed velocity of an unladen swallow?". To me that seems like the perfect scene to do with only one person.

Nice! And yeah. I really got into it. Purple suit, face paint and everything. I even carried around a pencil and asked a few people if they wanted to see a "magic trick".

I'm not entirely sure, but part of it I think was because at that point the books were growing to sizes that I just couldn't keep up with. I'm really not that much of a reader. I love books, I'm just really slow with them and I don't give myself enough time to read, especially not a 800 page Harry Potter book. I love the series but I just have trouble tackling something that huge.
And yeah, I hear you there. I rarely actually go to theaters too. The Harry Potter movies are practically the reason I go. xD

And yeah, really similar. In the movie Nick's ex really reminded me of my own ex, Sara, and Norah even looked and acted a lot like this other girl that I ended up dating after I broke it off with Sara, Melody. It wasn't quite as crazy as in the movie, but I seriously felt like I was inside of his shoes when I first watched it.

And yeah, Toy Story 3 was really nerve-wracking. For me it was that scene when they almost died, and then the scene at the end where Andy gives his toys away to that kid. I grew up watching the first two, so I had a connection with those toys as a kid, and as Andy went off to college, well, I'm in college, so there's this parallel with me and him, and damn, that was really tear-jerking.

I already pointed out that I'm not much of a reader, so please forgive me when I say I've never heard of Nicholas Sparks. I totally get what you're saying though about predicting the end. If a story can keep me guessing I'd say it's a really good one.

Also, that's really friggen cool. I know a total of... well, zero people if I exclude the people I've shown it to, who know about the Witcher Saga. It's understandable, seeing as it's an extremely popular book series in Poland, and it's only now getting some recognition in the US. It's a fantasy series centered around, well, Witchers, who are these genetic mutants that were created to fight monsters. It's nothing like any other fantasy story I've read before though, because the whole idea of good versus evil is completely absent while it focuses on the shades of grey in everyone. It's set in a close to modern world, with corrupt kings, wizards complaining about environmental problems, non-human hiding behind terrorism as a means to fight to regain their equal rights, and amidst all that chaos, few people have a love for Wicthers either. It's really a very good series, and pretty philosophical too. I'd definitely recommend it. The first book is called "The Last Wish", and the second is "Blood of Elves". Still waiting on the third.

Now, for another topic? I'm going to offer two on the off-chance that you're not that into one of them: Favorite Anime? Or possibly Video Games? And I'll also throw live action tv shows in there too, if animation isn't your thing.

And it's alright. I've learned by experience that these comment boxes actually have a character limit. xD

Consider that first question ignored, then. My middle name's Paul if that wasn't already obvious. xD

The Holy Grail would have to by my favorite of the three. I must have seen that movie so many times, I can quote pretty much all of it by heart. That's awesome about being Juno for Halloween. I'm not sure who I'm going as this year. Last year I went as the Joker, though. That was a lot of fun. Which reminds me that The Dark Night is also one of my favorite movies. Batman's been my favorite superhero for as far back as I can remember though.

And Harry Potter too. I can't believe I forgot to mention that. I stopped reading the books after the 4th one, but I watch the movies almost religiously. But yeah, the movies obviously have to leave parts out that were in the book, it's hard fitting that much stuff into a 2 and a half hour runtime.

Superbad's a great movie too, but Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist... I love that movie so much. I think a lot of that has to do with how eerily it reminds me of a point in my own life, but still. 500 Days of Summer I haven't seen. As for Toy Story... I cried twice when I first saw Toy Story 3, so I'm in no place to judge. I grew up watching Toy Story 1 and 2, and they were my favorite movies as a kid. It's not often you see a movie that good come out.

With books... for me it would have to be Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy". Greatest book series of all time, IMO. I'm also a huge fan of Andrzej Sapkowski Witcher Saga, but so far only the first two books of it have been translated into English. Still waiting on the third, which, hopefully, I'll get to read by the end of this year.
And yourself? :3

Well I wouldn't be so quick to judge based on that. I mean, those are my favorite bands but there are a lot more that I like too.
The Beatles were my first favorite band ever, I think. My parents are obsessed with them and they even named me after John Lennon and Paul McCartney. xD

I also do like My Chemical Romance and Green Day. They're not my favorites, but I do think they're pretty good bands. Dashboard Confessional, Bo Burnham, and Family Force Five I havent heard of though.

Movies? There's quite a few for me... any of Monty Python's movies, Kung Pow, Starship Troopers 1 & 3, Jurassic Park, Terminator 2, Across The Universe, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Zombieland, Into The Wild, Four Eyed Monsters, Juno...
What about you? :3

BBC isn't all that difficult. It's CSS and HTML that I can't wrap my head around. xD

Hmm... things to talk about. Music. Do you have a favorite band? or... several? :3

Well, welcome to mibba then! ^_^
I thought you might have been new, but on your profile it said you joined several months ago, so I wasn't sure.

Hey, I appreciate the friend request but I don't recall seeing you before.
So... hi. How's it going? :]