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First Twenty Years of Oatmeal in Less Than 60 Seconds

1985-2004
1985, age 0, born to older siblings, in Forest Grove, Oregon, USA
1986, age 1, Mars attended AWANA and was in Strawberry Short Cake with Molly Hill, ALF, Lady Gaga was born
1987, age 2, hearing tubes, glasses, was a sheep in the homeschool club Thanksgiving pilgrim play, Hulk Hogan, Simpsons, Woof Tigard, Brian Morehead, DuckTales
1988, age 3, rode horse pony, first visit to Seattle during Morehead Pickett family reunion, drums, brother saved my life from a vehicle which broke my mom's right arm
1989, age 4, I was in AWANA Cubbies, Small Wonder at the Portland Zoo was probably that year, Rick baseball, All Dogs Go to Heaven
1990, age 5, Blacky dog where are you, Nintendo's Super Mario 3, Ghost Dad, Skyhawk, Dick Tracy, Kindergarten Cop
1991, age 6, drew Bart Simpson, VBS, Battletoads, F-Zero, learning to ride a bike
1992, age 7, first trip to California/Disneyland, Newsies, Home Alone 2, Josh Atkins visited Oregon, Rock-a-Doodle Elvis, LEGO Fred Dead, Air Show at Jerry Friend while family off at Anatha Pickell's funeral, Tiny Toons
1993, age 8, Halloween Astronaut Joey, Lost at Hagg Lake, Mario is Missing, Oatmeal is Missing, NBA Jam, Bhakti Sa, Jurassic Park, family reunion
1994, age 9, speech therapy, Lion King, Star Trek, Kyle, The Little Rascals, Kumon math, Olympians, Stimson Lumber, Whiz Bang Videos
1995, age 10, started writing more, played a shepherd in the CCBC Christmas play, karate, Billy Madison, Goofy, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Apollo 13, The Amazing Panda Adventure, Babe, Mortal Kombat, Santa Clause, Bill Bailey
1996, age 11, we started making home videos, The Arnold Attic Films with family and friends, Water World, Super Mario RPG, Sim City, Space Jam
1997, age 12, I was drawing Action Strip which was the name of a comic series I did about a cricket and a firefly, Mario 64, Super Mario 64, Star Wars, Men in Black, Princess Diana was probably murdered
1998, age 13, was in clubs and youth groups, Worms II, probably had like mice, we always had like cats like Honey and others, Seattle Splash, The Truman Show, Armageddon, Max, What Dreams May Come starring Robin Williams, The Prince of Egypt
1999, age 14, became Cool Kid of the ghetto probably that year thanks to Elder Hernandez, Joe, Randy, West Coast Camp, Seattle Splash, SEGA Dreamcast's Sonic, Dogma, family reunion due to a graduation
2000, age 15, we went to Idaho, home videos, Ra Ra, FGHS high school, Cast Away, had a crush on Salena Willner, people called me Hey Arnold in Basic Metals which was my welding class
2001, age 16, I starred as Red Dog in Gangster Run, Cat's Life, Ghetto Blair Witch, Tomb Raider with Woof, WOL Super Bowl
2002, age 17, Phenomenon, Walk to Remember, Time Changer, Winter Youth Celebration with HFBC Ryan Cruz, school dances, home videos
2003, age 18, I was writing Encouragement Articles (EA), Tiffany Cumbo died, Sonya Mack, Lord of the Rings, FGHS Girls Basketball Manager with Richie VanDyke, family reunion with you're not blood
2004, age 19, invented/built a Pocket Ball table so I could graduate high school, was involved in WOL Teens Involved, worked at The Ranch in New York with Indiana Chris Zuagg who got me to join Xanga which I was already using Diary Land, AOL, Yahoo, etc, attended WOLBI, CMT