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Daniel Todd Bourne, (Born 1991) is a United States Marine Corps veteran, world traveler, writer, and college student. He has successfully dated many women, read many books, and prefers to fly economy, although he can easily afford 1st class.

= Early Life = Daniel Todd Bourne was born on March 28th, 1991 in Georgetown, Ohio, in a house that was built by his brother. His parents are Clayton Todd Bourne and Shanda Jean Bourne. His father was a pastor at a small Baptist church located in Waynesville, Ohio.

Growing up as a preachers’ kid, Daniel was expected to refrain from drinking alcohol, swearing, and dancing. Once, when asked by a girl to go with her to homecoming, his mom forbade him from going. Daniel has two brothers: Joshua Clayton (1989 – present) and Shawn Michael (1993 – present). Josh and Daniel we given biblical names, and Shawn’s middle name, Michael, was named after the archangel in the New Testament.

Daniel was homeschooled most of his younger life. He spent most of his days outside in the woods, hunting, fishing, and building forts. He once one a contest for “Best shot with a muzzleloader in southern Ohio” and often used muzzleloaders when hunting deer. His first job, at the age of 16, was bagging groceries at the local Kroger. He was a hard worker and went on to work three other jobs before joining the Marine Corps.

= Military Career = At the age of 18, Daniel shipped off to basic training located on Paris Island, South Carolina (where real Marines are made). After three months, he went onto Camp Geiger where he completed Marine Combat Training. Upon graduation, Daniel went to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to undergo training as a submarine door gunner.

His first duty station was Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. He would go on to deploy to places such as Thailand and South Korea. It was his second deployment to South Korea when he met his lifelong pal, Simon Boteler.

= Contracting = Knowing he was better than what the military would allow him to be, Daniel was honorably discharged in December, 2013. He stayed in Okinawa and got a job as a military contractor. He spent his time off work developing a love for photography, editing and making videos, psychology, and writing poetry. It was during the 4th of July holiday of 2014 that he and his best friend, Patrick, travelled to Ibaraki, Japan to bungee jump from the highest point in all of Japan.

= Ohio = Deciding it was time to see family again, Daniel moved back to Ohio. As he may never see his friends again, he got a tattoo with his friends, Patrick and Hajime, reading II0IIVIV, indicating the date they all promised to meet again in Shibuya. Daniel moved to Columbus and shared an apartment with the aforementioned, Simon Boteler. They both got jobs at a local moving company and spent most of their time bonding and being awesome. After working for about four months, Simon quit and moved to North Dakota, and Daniel moved back to his hometown of Hillsboro. He spent a couple months there with family before deciding Ohio wasn’t for him at the moment. He decided to go to school and study Psychology. Thinking of where he would like to study, he could come up with no better place than Okinawa. So, he packed his things and moved back.

= Okinawa x2 = Getting a job at a cable and internet company, Daniel started working and going to college, studying at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC). Inspired by Sigmund Freud, Daniel went on to publish a book on the sub-conscious and illusion of free will, but before the books could be printed, the warehouse had burned down, including the original manuscript. Deciding the timing wasn’t right to go public, he continued to write; but never for the benefit of anyone but himself. During this time, Daniel would take advantage of the proximity of many Southeast Asian countries, traveling to Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Malaysia.

= Personal Life =

Lifestyle
Daniel’s parents divorced when he was 17 years old. Taking it rather badly, he started smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol. This would continue into his military career, and his drinking would become worse. He would often run PT in the morning black out drunk, not remembering anything prior to 10:00am. He got into a few alcohol related incidents, one resulting in a Taxi window being broken, and was sent to a week of alcohol awareness classes.

He has since quit smoking and drinking.

Relationships
Daniel met his first love, Alessandra, at the young age of 16. They dated for three years and eventually broke up over the phone while he was on deployment in South Korea. He would go on to date various Japanese women but never anything serious. While dressed to the 9’s one night in Tokyo, Daniel met a young woman by the name of Ai. He instantly fell in love with her and his life would be inspired and influenced in many ways never known to man. Their relationship burned hot and quick, ending sooner than it began, leaving an everlasting flame that will forever burn within both their hearts.

Since 2016, Daniel has been in a serious relationship.

= Beliefs and Political views = Being raised Baptist, Daniel still holds many of the same beliefs he was raised with. He would disagree that we all have total free will and he sees the self as an illusion. He’s mainly conservative and would be a great candidate for Presidency one day.

= Future plans as aspirations = Fed up with being limited, Daniel plans to move around the globe, building up wealth and eventually becoming a professional philanthropist.