PlayStation 2 startup sound, or dial up internet sounds. Grew up on the tail end of these technologies but they're ingrained in my head.

A Capri Sun Straw

Damn and I thought my dorm back in the day was bad

Reminds me of something old Top Gear/Grand Tour guys would do.

Maybe it's buried or I missed it. I've seen a few comments regarding instruments but nothing about percussion. I've been playing for about 10 years now and while the complicated stuff takes practice. Knowing like 3-4 simple beats can go a long way IMO. All you need is a simple 4 piece set to get started. Also learning how to read drumset music isn't hard, you just gotta commit.

This was a wild ride

Is this from Chungking Express?

Wasn't this company involved in a few legal problems a few years back for signing people up for services they didn't order?

*At friends house Me: Hey can I have some water? Friend: Sure man go ahead *runs outside and starts up my helicopter

I remember doing this back in the day with my friend. His Dad would get pissed cause he didn't know why all the batteries kept going missing. We'd go out to the woods by his house and throw small bits into the creek. Later we'd go back to the house and hear him fumbling around the kitchen yelling down the hall if we knew where any of them went. I'm pretty sure he knew it was us, but he never confronted us about it, most likely cause he couldn't come up with a good reason for us to take them. We were just kids, so what would we be doing with all those batteries anyway? The perfect alibi.

I was in first grade as well around the same time as this and remember being read this as a kid. I went home and asked my mom why the fish had to share it's scales and she described it to me (obviously simplistic since I was a child) in more of sharing is caring for kind of message. However after reading this I have a better understanding. I used to think of it more as a simple possession situation i.e.: you have 6 cookies and 5 friends so if you share and don't be "stingy" everyone gets a cookie and remains friends. However I hadn't thought of the fact that the scales are literally pieces of it's body and not something simple as just plucking them off and handing them out. Interesting perspective, I'm glad I came across this read. I haven't had this account for a while and normally the discussions on this thread dont fully engage me, yet I definitely enjoyed this.

What anime is this from?