jianantonic | Boredom breeds memes

8 YEARS AGO
1) How old were you?
17

2) Where did you go to school?
I was about to be a senior at Albemarle High School

3) Where did you work?
American Eagle at the mall, caddying bridge tournaments, and coaching 8th grade basketball at Burley

4) Where did you live?
With my folks in Charlottesville

5) Where did you hang out?
Sugar Hollow, my farm, the mall, the downtown mall, Helen's house, Emily V's house...

6) Did you wear contacts/glasses?
Nope

7)Who was your bestfriend?
Same as always -- Emily G

8) How many tattoos did you have?
Zero

9) How many piercings did you have?
None

10) Did you drive a car?
Yes. This was still before my car was painted with bumper stickers. It was a Chevrolet Corsica.

11) Had you been to a real party?
Not the kind of party most kids went to, but sure, our parties were "real."

12) Had you had your heart broken?
Yeah, this was right about the time I was freaking out over having dumped Rafal.

13) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorce?
I was single.

14) Any Kids?
Hah. No.

***4 YEARS AGO (2004)***

1) How old were you?
21.

2) Where did you go to school?
I was all but done at Bridgewater College. Two more classes in the fall semester and I was finished.

3) Where did you work??
I was managing A Different Facet, a now-out-of-business jewelry store in Harrisonburg. Fast forward one month and I'd quit there and started working at Massanutten.

4) Where did you live?
Massanutten

5) Where did you hang out?
Concerts, Ruby Tuesday

6) Did you wear contacts or glasses?
Nope

7) Who were your best friend(s)?
Still Emily.

8) How many tattoos did you have?
None

9) How many piercings did you have?
Three per ear and my tongue.

10) What car did you drive?
A brand new Pontiac Grand Am.

11) Had you been to a real party?
Yes, by most definitions.

12) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced?
I was engaged.

13) Any Kids?
Nope.

****TODAY (2008)****

1) How old are you?
25

2) Where do you work?
I'm self-employed.

3) Where do you live?
Charlottesville, VA/Portland, OR

4) Do you wear contacts or glasses?
Still no, but I can feel my vision slipping. I bet I have them by the time I'm 30.

5) Who is/are your closest friend(s),
Almost all the same people as always, really. Add Z to the mix, and actually I hang out with some of my cousins a lot more now than when we were kids. The Shantytowners are some of my favorite people, and I'm sure if we lived near each other, they'd be close friends, too.

6) Do you talk to your old friends?
Yes, my best friends really are the same as always.

7) How many tattoos?
Still none, still thinking about it.

8) How many piercings?
Still wear my tongue ring all the time, but my ear piercings have mostly closed up. When I want to wear earrings, I have to force them through, which I still do from time to time in the bottom two holes.

9) What kind of car do you have?
Still in the Grand Am, but I hardly ever drive at all.

10) Has your heart been broken?
More than I like to think about.

11) Single/taken/married/divorced/Engaged?
Married.

12) How many kids?
None, and I can pretty much guarantee that I never will have any.