I broke down and bought a bleach dvd the other day. I was going to wait for a box set (if it were released) but I gave in. What can I say, I had a coupon for 20% at Borders, it was still twenty bucks, though. I also pre-ordered vol.5 because it's cheaper than waiting for it to hit stores...and Renji is on the cover! Finally, I will see the episodes I missed back when I was in Colorado! The time change there really threw me off. If Bleach is on before midnight, I just can't watch it unless everyone else likes it. At twenty-three I'm still the baby in my family, no one watches cartoons, especially anime. Although I was surprised when my brother sat and watched an episode of Bleach with me, I think it was the 7th one. He made fun of it at first but by the end was sucked in! He wanted to know what happened to Ichigo's mother. I sure he's forgotten about it by now. 
My only hope for an anime companion is my ten-year-old nephew. The other night we watched Ninja Warrior at 10pm and he loved that! I'm sure it was mostly because his bedtime is 9 but I let him stay up to play video games or watch some tv. I'm such a bad auntie. Unfortunately he lost interest in Naruto, and what little interest he had wouldn't be enough to inspire him to read through the subbed episodes. Bleach is out of the question, not until he's... I don't know, 14.

Well that's enough rambling for now.