I recommend that strategy! I didn't have anybody on hand, so I just paused the anime every ten minutes to type furiously in all-caps.

Ahhhh, I remember, years ago, watching about half of Rahxephon with my favorite anime buddy, my little sis. We had to stop partway through, because I drove her insane with my non-stop grousing about how I'd seen this goddamn anime already when it was called Neon Genesis Evangelion. After that, she moved to Japan for two years. I think those things might be connected.