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“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”
― Albert Camus

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

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“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
― Plato

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“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of the night.”
― Allen Ginsberg, Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems

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message 4: by Melissa

Mar 26, 2013 02:05AM

Aybak wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Aybak wrote: "this was released a few days ago, just finished watching it myself, thought I'd let you know :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a81FO-...

(the third and FINAL Harry..."
Will do. Cheers.

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message 3: by Darth Aybak

Mar 26, 2013 12:13AM

Melissa wrote: "Aybak wrote: "this was released a few days ago, just finished watching it myself, thought I'd let you know :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a81FO-...

(the third and FINAL Harry Potter parody m..."

Sorry for the delayed response...
my notification did not show your message :o

chuck is an awesome show!!
I really love season 2, started watching S5 last year, did not finish it yet lol...
and enjoy Harry freacken Potter :p

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message 2: by Melissa

Mar 21, 2013 12:10PM

Aybak wrote: "this was released a few days ago, just finished watching it myself, thought I'd let you know :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a81FO-...

(the third and FINAL Harry Potter parody musical, enjoy...)"

Nice, will watch it soon. I've been watching Chuck btw, it's really good (I'm on the 5th and final season now).

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message 1: by Darth Aybak

Mar 21, 2013 11:33AM

this was released a few days ago, just finished watching it myself, thought I'd let you know :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a81FO-...

(the third and FINAL Harry Potter parody musical, enjoy...)

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