Do UnAmericans have the ritual of the annual refund?

Yep. I'm in the enjoyable situation of getting to submit tax returns twice each year, six months apart, once in Australia and once in the US.

You were a very bloodthirsty child!

'Tis true. I watched The Smurfs religiously because I thought some of them had to get eaten eventually and I didn't want to miss seeing it happen. Wait--was that wizard guy going to eat them, or did he just want to cook them so they would turn into gold? Maybe it was the wizard's cat that wanted to eat them. Either way I wanted someone to do violence to those blue sanctimonious little snots.

Edited because the spelling troll gods are pissed at me.

Just for the UnAmerican record, where does Israel stand when it comes to the Jossverse:

"Buffy" - in a cable channel that you have to pay extra to the cable package in order to get (which is a less-whine way to say "Nilly can't afford it") they just finished showing season 5. They just showed Buffy die. In another cable channel, that is actually from India, I think ("Star World") they just started showing the 6th season (without any translation to Hebrew, of course, so most Israeli viewers can't follow the show there). The musical is going to be shown sometimes soon. And at my own private channel, meaning my tape fairy, the lost package that was sent 3 months ago Israel-wise, the one with the 2/3 of the 6th season? Was returned to the lovely fairy, after failing to get to my hands. Which is actually a very big 'yay' because we assumed it was completely lost, and now it can be re-sent to me, without my fairy needing to re-dub those episodes. See how I managed to end this paragraph in a non-whine note? I'm quite proud of that.

"Angel" - no Israeli channel has bought it yet. I heard some talk about it being bought by one, actually, but it seems like only talk, at least for the meantime. The translation-less cable channel that shows "Buffy" also shows "Angel" (even back-to-back), and recently started its third season. And that package from my tape fairy also has the final 2/3 of the third season (and, again, proud I could end the paragraph on a less-whine note).

"Firefly" - yeah, right (not even trying to hide the whine, can't find a way to un-whine it).

Nilly - would you like me to send you all of Seasons 7, 4 and Firefly? I still haven't actually watched the FF, but I probably wouldn't get to it before you sent it back to me anyway. I just want to rewatch the last couple of eps of Buffy, but I'll do that in the next couple of days.

I'd love to pass on the joy (and I had actually promised to anyway months ago).

Damn, Nilly. That sucks. You should whine! But I suspect Australia won't get Firefly either, so I share a small ity-bity part of your pain (I said I wouldn't download the episodes so as to save myself the suffering, but I did and now I'm sulky because it's sooo good).

Fiona, I'd love to have the "Firefly" episodes! Thank you!

As for the 4th and 7th seasons - well, I'd rather watch the shows in order, no matter how spoiled I may be, so I guess I'll have to wait for the found (yay!) package to get to me, and watching its contents, before I get to even think about watching those, so it'll probably take too long for me to get to them for you. But thank you, anyway.

I missed out on steroid!Angus, and slightlydrunk!Angus.. damn, they sound like fun. Oh, The Warehouse.. I'm trying to imagine it, but the most recent American club images I have are from 8 Mile. So like that, but much more glam? Hopefully there will be other launches Angus, but guess who came to this one? Rosie X - Geekgirl and Nicole from b(if)tek! Well, I was excited.

Take care Nilly. I think of you when I see the news.

...it'll probably take too long for me to get to them for you.

Actually, Nilly, I'd love for you to hang on to them for a while. It'll save me moving them (see, I do have an ulterior motive after all). Email me your address and we'll take it from there.

Plasmo--apparently the Warehouse was VERY glam, a very very underground gay feel--he said the leathermen used to arrive en masse at like 5am when the leather bars closed. I said hopefully "well, I supposed it's been mythologised and people remember it as better than it was" and he said "Nope, it was the best party ever." He used to go straight from there to Sunday morning Mass!

Fiona--no, I didn't forget who is was who made the "offended" comment! I was just being naughty.

Thanks, plasmo.

I'd love for you to hang on to them for a while. It'll save me moving them

This is the best kind of presents to get - the kind that actually helps the giver. I love that.

[Edit: Fiona, I'd love to e-mail you my snail-mail address, only you don't have any e-mail address written on your profile, so I don't know where to send it to - could you send me an e-mail so that I'll have an address for you? (How many more times could I write the word 'address' in one sentence?)]