Ten Years Ago

OK, I'm not allowed to do MySpace Surveys any more, so sorry, Dare, I'm putting it on my blog.

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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: 1996 - 22 for the uh... fourth time
NOW: 2006 - 30 for the uh... can't remember which time any more, senility kicking in

2) Where did you work?
THEN: 1996 - Tending databases and analysing Mortgage Backed securities for US Select Management

NOW: 2006 - Tending databases and analysing Mortgages for an Independent Financial Advisory service

3) Where did you live?
THEN: 1996 - LIC, Queens with Kaliflwr in shared 2 and a half bed apartment

NOW: 2006 - Own my own one-bed flat in Streatham, London

4) How was your hair style?
THEN: 1996 - Short blond fringey bowl cut
NOW: 2006 - Long, scraggly light brown/dark blonde usually in a bun

5) Did you wear contacts?
THEN: 1996 - god no
NOW: 2006 - still go no

6) Did you wear glasses?
THEN: 1996 - yes. Little gold rimmed specs
NOW: 2006 - chunky turqoise indie glasses

7) Who was your best friend?
THEN: 1996 - Kaliflwr
NOW: 2006 - Probably my bandmates

8) Which of your pets were still alive?
THEN: I didn't have any pets of my own, but I lived with Blixa, Milo and Brandy (cats)
NOW: 2006 - No pets. :-(

9) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
THEN: 1996 - A rotating cast of dirty rock boys
NOW: 2006 - purely imaginary

11) Who was your celebrity crush?
THEN:1996: Alex James
NOW: 2006: Benjamin Curtis

12) Who was your regular-person crush?
THEN: 1996 - Sanford Santacroce... Swoon!
NOW: 2006 - Don't really have one any more.

13) How many piercings did you have?
THEN: 1996: Four? Two in each ears
NOW: 2006: The same

14) How many tattoos did you have?
THEN: 1996: 1
NOW: 2006: 1

15) What was your favorite band/singer?
THEN: 1996 - Spiritualized, Blur, Dandy Warhols, Stereolab
NOW: 2006 - SHIMURA CURVES!!! (heh)

16) Had you smoked a cigarette?
THEN: occasionally but either cloves or "jazz" cigarettes
NOW: NEVER

17) Had you gotten drunk?
THEN: 1996: When was I ever sober?
NOW: 2006: On meds, can't really drink much

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

Right city, I'm glad I'm back in London. House-buying and Proper Job is pretty cool. I got to do the Rock Star thing for a while but hey, it was fun while it lasted even if I never got on TOTP or in Smash Hits. I did think I'd be married to a shoegazing guitarist or Turner Prize-Winning Artist by now, though. That's the only disappointment.