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How to Train Your O.C.

by MrAquino

Chapter 1: About me.

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About me.

The name's Kane Sergio Aquino (pronounced Uh-Kee-No), a young adult male born and raised in Arizona, that's, though I don't tell a lot of people about, born with Autism, or to be exact, Asperger Syndrome. Before most of you go like 'oh, that's so sad!' or even asking me that #1 asked question: 'what's it like having Autism/Asperger Syndrome?', I have two things to say: 1) It's not bad, I've gotten a true hold of it and have overcame most of the problems it comes with it. 2) I've been born with it, I'm not like the Hulk where I can turn it on and off anytime I want, that's the equivalent of me asking a woman 'what's it like having an extra x in your 23rd Chromosome?'. I have a younger brother, Quinton Aquino, who luckily isn't born with Autism and works at a Wendy's, a mom who's a hair stylist, and a father who's a retired air force veteran that works as one of the many employees at a water recycling plant. I myself, though considered 'smart' around my peers and family, I got a job as a cart pusher at the local Wal-Mart, though I'm not exactly the buffets guy around, nor the scrawniest. In fact, I'm actually big boned with a round belly and wore, what most folks call, nerdy glasses. My family, like a lot out there, isn't the most perfect family around, but we work together and put in all our money together to pay pills and, if we're able to, go and spend time together.

With that out of the way, I will say that it's true that, like a lot of guys around, I am a Brony, a guy that enjoys "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic". I was in High School at the time, Sophomore year, and unlike most guys, who start with a simple friend telling them 'hey man, watch this!' and become one through that, or simply just being bored one day and wanted to explore something different, I started off more as a fanboy rage thing after watching ScrewAttack's Death Battle: Starscream of the G1 Decepticons Vs. Rainbow Dash of G4 My Little Pony. I was surprised to see how Dashie won against Starscream, causing me to have a fit about the battle for the following week... the week where I joined the herd. As a lot of guys, I watched the first 2 episodes... followed by a third... then a fourth... a fifth... sixth... seventh... eighth... ninth.... TENTH!!! 10 Episodes in, and that's when I gain an epiphany: I loved this show. I loved "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"!!! I wasn't a computer whizz, not knew ANYTHING about the Bronies, so I assumed I was either going crazy or, worst of all (to me at least) becoming gay!!! The first guy I told about was my friend, a ginger named Robbie Meiron who was a huge anime fan, a lot more than me as I can safely say. My explaining to the show to him was more of a warning, rather than a 'you gotta watch this!!!' thing, as I, quote on quote, told him 'It's like Drugs!!! You can't get enough of it!!! Stay away from it at all costs!!!'. Would ya know it, he became a brony too! It took me a while, but Knowyourmeme.com posted a video about MlP, and that's where I learned about the Brony phenomenon, something I never thought would be possible. Using my new information, and deep courage, I told my friends about the show: I gave them all the pros, from the animation, the characters, the humor, and, overall, how it was a strange but delightful experience!!! Nearly everyone joined the herd because of me, and I loved the new attention I was getting... until my parents came along.      

It's not that they hated it, they just founded it strange that a guy like me enjoyed something meant for little girls. They took away all internet privileges and kept a close eye on me, just to stop me from becoming too 'crazy' about it. If it weren't for my friends, then I wouldn't be able to type down what you're seeing, because they saw how I was becoming more social from it and were curious to see why I enjoyed it. I personally would've wanted to show them some better episodes like "The Last Roundup" or both parts to "A Canterlot Wedding", but they saw "Call of the Cutie". Though my father says, quoted, 'It's not my Cup of tea', my mother seems to enjoy it and would watch more about it. Since then, We've been cool with each other: I keep the MlP stuff away from them, they don't call me out for it, we work together, the end! 'What about Quinton?', you may ask? He was with me when I joined, but he wasn't much help with parents... and anything for that matter.

After graduating High School and celebrating my 18th birthday, I filled out many applications to every place nearly everyday, until I got a job as a cart pusher at Wal-Mart. I won't lie, I'm with the others on this: I graduated with much higher math education, taking both Honors College Algebra and Honors College Trigonometry, and the best I can get is a cart pusher at Wal-Mart? Kinda embarrassing, might I say. Anyways, I got a job that pays a bit above average minimum wage in country standards (thanks to the state I'm living in) and, as you can see, I'm a writer with two popular stories that has pretty goo reactions to it. Of course, this story isn't fiction, but an autobiography! Most would say it's fake, but I know that I'm living it, so it's real!!! This is how I meet my O.C., Braveheart!

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