Blake, 16: Whoa, what the hell!
Blake, 26: Yup! I'm you, in the future. Go ahead, check me out.
Blake, 16: Well, you're too close to me to be someone else screwing with me. But I fill out, eh?
Blake, 26: You'll fluctuate. Your - well, our - stomach is pretty sensitive, so any time you go abroad you'll lose weight fast.
Blake, 16: So I'm still alive in 10 years, that's good. And going abroad? That sounds cool, if a little scary. Are you here with some other kind of warning?
Blake, 26: Nope! Just good news. As for the abroad thing, you'll actively seek out that challenge. It's not scary, because you tend to go prepared.
Blake, 16: OK, lay it on me straight - do I work out the 'girls' thing?
Blake, 26: Yes! Oh man, do you ever figure it out. College gets interesting but you start going crazy after college. By the time you're my age, the fun wears off so you go back to caring about personality and stuff.
Blake, 16: Anyone I know?
Blake, 26: Yeah, but you wouldn't believe me if I told you the circumstances. None of your current crushes, I will say that. You may as well go play more games.
Blake, 16: Oh yeah! What are you playing?
Blake, 26: You ready for this? Ico, its sequel, and Deus Ex. Occasionally Quake 3.
Blake, 16: WTF? Those are already out now.
Blake, 26: Remakes and re-releases kind of become a thing. The Deus Ex is a new one and it's really good, though.
Blake, 16: Sounds like I'm still a gamer. Not that I doubted that.
Blake, 26: Even more good news in that way: you'll not only achieve your dream of going to Japan, you'll learn to speak the language fluently and you'll live and work there.
Blake, 16: Sweet! Do I work in the industry?
Blake, 26: In Japan? No. You'll go once to be a teacher (it's a really famous exchange program, don't worry about it) and then again to work for an Internet company. You'll work in the industry in the US, but you'll have a really contentious relationship with it. In two jobs you'll be fired from one (the boss is an idiot, don't worry) and laid off from the other after a couple months at each.
Blake, 16: Boo! Can you - err, we - do anything about it?
Blake, 26: Nothing that we came up with at the time. OK, so there is a little bad news in the bigger world: Bush wins the election on a crazy technicality after a nasty contest and things turn seriously bad politically. It starts to resemble Deus Ex - the US gets attacked by terrorists in NYC and it results in a big bad power grab by various government agencies. The rich get richer and the middle class starts getting eroded. We'll go to war, but the army is really small these days - there's no draft and you won't go.
Blake, 16: Aiee.
Blake, 26: Personally, you'll be fine. Mom gets rich. Try to be nice - she works insanely hard to get you everything you need and even want.
Blake, 16: Wow, uh, thanks, parental me?
Blake, 26: Hey, just sharing wisdom to make your life better. You didn't think a time-traveler visit would be all stock tips and rainbows and puppies, did you?
Blake, 16: Oh hey! Yeah, how about stock tips?
Blake, 26: Sounds weird now, I know, but do this: buy Apple stock. Totally serious. They start making really cool stuff.
Blake, 16: OK, really now, any warnings for me?
Blake, 26: Nah, you'll be fine. You might avoid dating in high school altogether - your friends are much more worth your time - but aside from that the next ten years are pretty awesome. OH! One last thing - when you get sick in Japan, stop drinking the coffee, and when you get to San Diego (yeah, you go there) drink a LOT of water - it'll save you from quite a lot of pain.
But really, the next ten years look good for you. Enjoy them!