Sometimes survey posts are fun.

Ten years ago… December 1996

How old were you?:
16

Where did you go to school?
Wissahickon HS

Where did you work?
Let’s Talk Turkey (I can’t believe I was able to stomach working there)

Where did you live?
Blue Bell, PA

Where did you hang out?
Friendly’s, Ted Eberwine’s, Contempo Casuals (sadly)

What was your hairstyle?
I hadn’t yet been introduced to the Solano Sapphire flat iron, so it was half-assed blow dried straight.

Did you wear glasses?
Contacts

Who was your regular-person crush?
My then boyfriend Bob who was far prettier than I. I should have known then.

How many tattoos did you have?
0

How many piercings did you have?
4 or so in one ear, 3 in the other. AND I pierced my friends’ ears. EW! I would soon get my NOSE pierced. Funny!

What car did you drive?
1995 white neon with power windows only in the front. It was the show room model. In Jenkintown, it would barely make it up a hill.

What was your favorite band/group?
Sublime, Journey, Doors

What was your worst fear?
That grunge would be in FOREVER.

Had you driven yet?
By that point, I’d been driving for 5 months. I was probably as good as I am now.

Had you been to a real party yet?
Sure had.

Had your heart broken?
Once, the year before.

Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter:
Taken

Five years ago…December 2001

How old were you?
21

Where did you go to school?
Boston University… but I was still in “Eurotrash” mode because I was SO Parisian having attended the Sorbonne the summer prior.

Where did you work?
The BU Law School

Where did you live?
Allston, MA

Where did you hang out?
17 Reedsdale, T’s Pub on Tuesday, Kells and Great Scott’s on Wednesday, Kinvara on Thursday.

How was your hair style?
Longish and blonde, usually straight but that was the era of both “Britney” hair and “Violet Sanford” hair.

Did you wear glasses?
Contacts

Who was your regular-person crush?
There were a few. The most notable male in my life at that time, however, was Dr. Atkins.

How many tattoos did you have?
0

How many piercings did you have?
2, ears

What car did you drive?
Black Volvo Sedan that was breaking every five minutes. I threatened to throw it in the Charles on a regular.

What was your favorite band/group?
BRITNEY. I adored only her then.

What was your worst fear?
Working and graduating.

Had you been to a real party yet?
Every day was a party.

Had your heart broken?
Not that year.

Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter:
Single

**December 2006**

How old are you?:
26

Where do you hang out?
Work, Cosi (writing essays for apps), friends’ apts

How is your hair style?
Straight, curly when I’m busy, “bombshell” curls for going out.

Do you wear glasses?
Once in a while

Do you talk to your old friends?
Most.

How many piercing do you have?
Just ears now

How many tattoos?
0, tattoos are GROSS.

What kind of car do you have?
The 6 train, which I share with 8 million other New Yorkers.

What is your favorite band/group?
Lots – lately I’ve been loving The Last Kiss soundtrack.

What is your biggest fear?
Cashmere being rationed.

Have you been arrested, if so how many times total?
No

Has your heart been broken?
Yes

Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter:
Single