If I'm not prying, were you drunk, stoned, or otherwise in a state of altered conciousness?

NGE is similar to Akira in that people who get drunk or stoned on a regular basis seem to understand it. Or at least think they do.

That said, at least NGE has something approximating a beginning and an ending....something FLCL completely lacks (Apparently by design. I hear the manga starts end ends nearly exactly how the OAVs did...that's rather annoying when one's mind is relatively linear and likes beginnings and endings. :)