Finally watched 5 Centimeters Per Second. Parts 1 and 2 were great, 3 was just awful. Didn't like the ending and I really hated that crappy music. Seriously, that music just killed the mood.
Then I watched some Dokuro-chan, hilarious. Now I'm watching Shakugan no Shana.
How is Shakugan no Shana? I've been considering getting that for a long while now.
Last thing I watched was the Slayers OVAs and movies. Regular series is good, but it's the movies that I loved most. Lina and Naga adventuring around, causing havoc and all kinds of crazy things, was the best. Felt like they had a lot more room to have fun with the plots in the movies than they did with the series, since they're all prequels of sorts. If you haven't seen them (the movies) then I highly recommend you do. It's a blast to watch. A really fun series.
My roommate at "A" School is into Anime too. Watches a bunch of new stuff off the free stream sites, and I haven't seen him watch two episodes of the same series yet, but at least he's got the right idea. Honestly I'm not all that impressed with what I've seen of this "hot off the presses" stuff. Could just be that he has bad taste too, or maybe I'm eternally stuck in the 90's.