If Life Were Like Pokémon

One of my favorite things about Pokémon is that I can figure things out. A Geodude uses Rollout which has a base power of 30 after it uses Defense Curl so it doubles. Same Type Attack Boost makes it 1.5x stronger and it's special effective x4 against a Bug/Flying Butterfree. 30 becomes 60 then 90 then 360 and that doubles every turn Rollout hits.

If life were like the Pokémon games, sure there'd be crazy little things runnin' around like Rattatas and Caterpies and there'd be hunts for giants like Lugia and people would be flying around on their Fearows and riding from town to town on their Stantlers. But things would follow rules. Ground will never be hurt by an Electric attack and Spiritomb will never have a weakness unless Foresight's used by a Machoke. There are things that are easy to figure out.

But in the end, life isn't like Pokémon. And as awesome as it would be to major in Double Battle Combinations with a minor in Self-Damaging Move studies, there's something to be said for the fact that life doesn't have as many rules it has to follow. It gives things like me telling a guy who's completely out of my league that I like him a chance to work.

And maybe I picked the wrong starter with this particular situation. But it might make things easier in the future. The only way to know is to go for it.

Though, maybe catching all the communicable diseases you can is not the best idea.