Okay, asking somebody how long they believed in Santa Claus is so stupid you can't consider it topic suitable for an idle conversation. But if still you wanna know how long I believed in some old fat guy who wears a funky red suit, I can tell you this; I never believed in him, ever. The Santa that showed up at my kindergarten Christmas festival? I knew he was a fake. And I never saw mommy kissing Santa or anything.

But I have to say that even a little kid, I knew better than to believe in the old man that only worked one day a year.

Now, having said that, it wasn't until I got older that I realized that aliens, time-travelers, ghosts, monsters, espers, evil syndicates and the anime/manga/fantasy flick heroes that fight said evil syndicates, were also fake.

Okay I guess I always knew those things were bogus, I just didn't admit it. All what I want, that's for alien, time-traveler, ghost, monster, esper, evil syndicate, or the hero that fought them to just appear and say "hey".

Unfortunately, reality is a hard road indeed. Yep, you've gotta admit, the laws of physics put damper on things. I even stopped watching those TV shows about aliens and ghosts and stuff. Aliens, time-travelers espers, of course they don't exist. But a little part of me wishes that they did. I guess I've grown up and realized that I think about those things and still accept reality. But by the time I got out of junior high, I pretty much outgrew that kinda stuff.

Very good. Transcription is hard, I hate doing it in my native tongue. I can't imagine doing it in a secondary language. Very good job.

Listening Practice

Hi there. How's it going? If you've got the time, could you please help me out? I randomly found an anime video on YouTube, and I tried transcribing it. I'd like you to confirm or correct what I heard. The transcript starts at the beginning and runs until 1:30 in the video. It's a minute and a half.
I used "-----" to indicate when I didn't understand what was said. At the beginning of the video, there's a noise that lasts for just a second. Before you press "play", turn your volume down so that you don't get startled. Well then, here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9oqNNmpxp0


Okay, asking somebody how long they believed in Santa Claus is so stupid, you can't consider it topic suitable for idle conversation. But still you wanna know how long I believed in that old fat guy who wears a funky red suits. I can tell you this; I never believed in him, ever. The Santa that showed up in my kindergarten Christmas festival. I knew he was a fake. And I never saw mommy kissing Santa or anything.
But I have to say that even a little kid, I knew better than to believe in some old man only work one day a year.

Now having said that, it wan't until I got older that I realized aliens, time-travelers, ghosts, monsters, espers, evil syndacates and the anime/manga/fantasy flick heroes that fight said syndacates, were also fake.
Okay I guess I always knew those things were bogus, and I just didn't admit it. All  I ever wanted was for an alien, time-traveler, ghost, monster, espers and evil syndacates or the hero that fought them to appear and say "hey".

Unfortunately, reality is a hard road indeed. Yep, you've gotta admit it. the laws of physics definitely put a damper on things. I even stopped watching TV shows about aliens and ghosts and stuff. Aliens, time-travelers espers, of course they don't exist. But a little part of me wishes that they did. I guess I grew up and realized that I can think about those things and still accept reality. But by the time I got out of junior high, I pretty much outgrew that kind of stuff.

That's all. I tried to listen at it over and over until I could understand as much as possible. It was pretty difficult, and wore me out. He speaks way too fast!

I would be grateful for any help you could provide.

Transcription is hard, and he does speak very fast!  You got most of it though!