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The way my life was truly supposed to turn out, in the good timeline/universe.

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CHILDHOOD

1996 - Born November 8th.

1997 - Bein' a baby.

1998 - Bein' a baby.

1999 - Learn to speak and walk and use the toilet.

2000 - Learn to read and write.

2001 - Remember 9/11 happening in New York at age four. Move from Harlem to New Jersey at age five. Start First Grade.

2002 - Second Grade. Perfect attendance. Honor student.

2003 - Third Grade. Get into Pokemon for the first time; play Red version, then Crystal version before Sapphire version.

2004 - Fourth Grade begins. Pokemon FireRed comes out.

2005 - Fifth Grade begins. Have precocious puberty mini-spurt.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL

2006 - Complete elementary school. Begin middle school in the Fall. Make three new best friends in the first week of Sixth Grade. Win science project fair.

2007 - Begin Seventh Grade. Watch everyone get their growth spurts but me. Get depressed. Join wrestling team to take out anger and frustrations. Go undefeated for the Fall.

2008 - Begin Eighth Grade. Win Eighth Grade Dodgeball Tournament with the three best friends. Courtney gets the winning hit.

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HIGH SCHOOL

2009 - Complete middle school. Split schools with three best friends. Begin freshman year of high school. Pokemon Platinum comes out.

2010 - Sophomore year of high school. Get high school job at movie theater with free movies! Pokemon HeartGold comes out.

2011 - Junior year of high school. End friendship with three best friends following them physically outgrowing me. Get high school job at GameStop. Celebrate the release of Pokemon Black and White. Get a 1500 on the SATs.

2012 - Senior year of high school. Make up with old friends. The Avengers comes out. Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 comes out. Best year ever so far.

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COMMUNITY COLLEGE

2013 - Graduate high school, begin community college. Quickly get bored.

2014 - Year two of community college starts in the Fall. Briefly date a crazy British chick for a couple months by the name Rana.

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UNIVERSITY

2015 - Complete community college in Spring with Associates degree, start university in the Fall. Date a huge 197 cm black BBW from the South named Shoshana.

2016 - Senior year of university starts in the Fall. Meet my first girlfriend online in October. Pokemon Sun is released. The girlfriend owns Pokemon Moon.

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YOUNG ADULTHOOD

2017 - Begin internship at WWE New York; worst job ever. Graduate college in Spring and earn Bachelor's degree. Begin young adulthood at 22. Go on Summer cross-country road trip with girlfriend and her two friends. Start studio assistant job at Silver City Studios in the Fall. Pokemon Ultra Sun comes out.

2018 - Work at Silver City Studios throughout year. See Avengers: Infinity War. Two year anniversary with girlfriend in October!

2019 - See Avengers: Endgame with girlfriend. Leave Silver City in late May. Leave the US and start new job teaching English with Topia English Zone in South Korea in late August. Pokemon Sword & Shield come out in November, but don't get either one.

2020 - Propose to girlfriend for marriage. Complete contract with Topia. Avoid catching COVID.

2021 - Work with wife for COVID relief company in Seoul. Meeting and getting engaged to the love of my life, six-foot-tall redheaded stunner, Dana.

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TRUE ADULTHOOD

2022 - Marrying Dana. Begin working for Seoul television and movie production company, beginning in January. Have first child, a daughter, born in September. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet come out in 2022, but they're even worse than the last games.

2023 - Temporarily working at SM Entertainment, a music production company in Gangnam, with Dana, who's now a hired songwriter. Both of us are working with songwriter Anna Timgren to help promote a K-pop girl group, Aespa, for their November album release. The June release of Street Fighter 6 encourages me to get back into mixed martial arts training, once again.

2024 - Now 27 going on 28. Returning to the Seoul television and movie production company starting in March. Dana stays full-time with SM Entertainment. Daughter turns two years old and begin having her study English and Korean already.