Then & now

Ten years ago, it was 1996. Take this survey, post the results, and see how many things have changed since then.

1) How old were you?
THEN: 24
NOW: 34

2) Where did you go to school?
THEN: dropped out
NOW: New Horizons Computer Learning Center

3) Where did you work?
THEN: Copy editor, San Antonio Express-News
NOW: Tech support, Apple Computer

4) Where did you live?
THEN: San Antonio, Texas/San Jose, CA
NOW: Boise, ID

5) How was your hairstyle?
THEN: Shortish, bangs
NOW: shorter with color

6) Did you wear braces?
THEN: nope
NOW: nope

7) Did you wear contacts?
THEN: nope
NOW: yup

8) Did you wear glasses?
THEN: yup
NOW: sunglasses, non-perscription (w00t!)

9) Who was your best friend?
THEN: Neil, fiance/boyfriend at the time
NOW: Scott, but he's so much more than that :D

10) Which of your pets were still alive?
THEN: Bobbysox (cat), Ripley (dog)
NOW: Roscoe, Cassie, Pig the Fish, status of Zferrets unknown, Bobbysox living with mom on the farm

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
THEN: Neil
NOW: Scott

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
THEN: Steve Young, Jerry Rice, can't really remember
NOW: Russell Crowe, Mike Ness

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
THEN: Was pretty in love
NOW: Take a wild guess

14) How many piercings did you have?
THEN: two in the right ear, three in the left
NOW: three in each earlobe, plus cartilage and rook in left ear

15) How many tattoos did you have?
THEN: none
NOW: five and I need more

16) What was your favorite band/singer?
THEN: U2, Wallflowers
NOW: Tool, Ministry, NIN, Social Distortion

17) Had you smoked a cigarette?
THEN: nope
NOW: nope

18) Had you gotten drunk?
THEN: Yes.
Now: not as much, too old for that shit...

19) Had you DRIVEN YET?
THEN: Yes.
NOW: Yes.

20) If so which car?
THEN: white 1998 Mercury Topaz, automatic
NOW: green 1997 Honda Civic coupe, 5-speed (and it was FREE!)

21) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 2006?

Hell no. Idaho? WTF? Married and divorced? No kids? With the most wonderful man ever? Out of newspapers? Shit. I had hoped to be a columnist or something by now. And to have more money. But I don't have a ton of money, and I'm really happier than I've ever been. Go figure.