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Panel 1
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  nonspecific (white background)  
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1: NARRATOR: THE GREAT HAPPINESS SCALE Find out how happy folks are, based on what they were in high school.
Panel 2
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  Life is Awesome/High School  
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  Green Bar (Captain of Football Team or Cheer Squad) (Flat)  
1: Event Note (Pointing at green bar): Championship game against West Lake High was perfect
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Panel 3
Locations:
  Life is Awesome/College  
Props:
  Green Bar (Captain of Football Team or Cheer Squad) (Falling sharply)  
1: Event Note (Pointing at green bar in Life is Pretty ok, thanks/College): Now playing 3rd string.
2: Event Note (Pointing at red bar in Life is awesome/20's - 40's): Hired 2.6 seconds after graduation
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Panel 4
Locations:
  Life is Awesome/20's - 40's  
Props:
  Red Bar (Huge, Huge Nerd) (Rising sharply)  
1: Event Note (Pointing at red bar): Starts first company
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Panel 5
Locations:
  Life is Awesome/50+  
Props:
  Red Bar (Huge, Huge Nerd) (Rising slightly, then falling sharply)  
1: Event Note (Pointing at red bar): IPO goes great! Sells to Google 8 months later
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Panel 6
Locations:
  Life is Awesome/Retirement  
Props:
  Red Bar (Huge, Huge Nerd) (Rising sharply)  
1: Event Note (Pointing at red bar in Life is pretty ok, thanks/Retirement): 4th IPO somehow not as satisfying
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Panel 7
Locations:
  Life is Awesome/Grandkids  
Props:
  Red Bar (Huge, Huge Nerd) (Rising sharply)  
  Green Bar (Captain of Football Team or Cheer Squad) (Rising sharply)  
  Light Blue Bar (Apathetic Student) (Rising sharply)  
1: Event Note (Pointing at end point): Grandkids
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Panel 8
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  Light Blue Bar (Apathetic Student) (Flat to sharp decline, then rising back to same level)  
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Panel 9
Locations:
  Life is pretty ok, thanks/college  
Props:
  Green Bar (Captain of Football Team or Cheer Squad) (Sharp decline, then flat)  
  Light Blue Bar (Apathetic Student) (Flat)  
1: Event Note (Pointing at sharp dip of light blue line in Life is pretty ok, thanks/high school): Lost 2nd controller to new video game system
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Panel 10
Locations:
  Life is pretty ok, thanks/20's - 40's  
Props:
  Green Bar (Captain of Football Team or Cheer Squad) (Falling sharply)  
  Light Blue Bar (Apathetic Student) (Flat to sharp spike, then back to same level)  
  Red Bar (Huge, Huge Nerd) (Rising sharply)  
1: Event Note (Pointing a sharp spike in blue line): Springs for really nice chrome wheels on 1st car
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Panel 11
Locations:
  Life is pretty ok, thanks/50+  
Props:
  Green Bar (Captain of Football Team or Cheer Squad) (Rising slightly)  
  Light Blue Bar (Apathetic Student) (Flat)  
1: Event Note (Pointing at green bar): Now able to bore their adult kids with stories of that dang game
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Panel 12
Locations:
  Life is pretty ok, thanks/retirement  
Props:
  Green Bar (Captain of Football Team or Cheer Squad) (Rising slightly, then sharply)  
  Light Blue Bar (Apathetic Student) (Moderate rise)  
  Red Bar (Huge, Huge Nerd) (Small decline, then sharp rise)  
1: Event Note (Pointing at green bar): Finally able to retire from middling job
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Panel 13
Locations:
  Oh man, I hate this/high school  
Props:
  Red Bar (Huge, Huge Nerd) (Flat)  
1: Event Note (Pointing at red bar): Buh. Just buh.
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Panel 14
Locations:
  Oh man, I hate this/college  
Props:
  Red Bar (Huge, Huge Nerd) (Slight rise, then flat)  
1: Event Note (Pointing at red bar): Ever-so-slight improvement on high school
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Panel 15
Locations:
  Oh man, I hate this/20's - 40's  
Props:
  Green Bar (Captain of Football Team or Cheer Squad) (Sharp decline, then moderate rise)  
  Red Bar (Huge, Huge Nerd) (Rising sharply)  
1: Event Note (Pointing at green bar): Thinking fondly of West Lake game as new job starts
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Panel 16
Locations:
  Key  
Props:
  Green Bar (Captain of Football Team or Cheer Squad)  
  Light Blue Bar (Apathetic Student)  
  Red Bar (Huge, Huge Nerd)  
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1: Text: KEY: Captain of football team or cheer squad = Apathetic student = Huge, huge nerd =

 

 

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