Sunday, March 1, 2009

Meme, Myself, and I

Cullen tagged me with a Facebook meme. Well, I haven't yet untangled the intricacies of Facebook, no time to learn this old dog much in the way of new tricks, so I'll do something here. Be warned: pretty boring.

HOW MUCH HAVE YOU CHANGED IN 15 YEARS?

****15 YEARS AGO (1994)****
1) How old were you? 35
2) Who were you dating Uh, nobody. If you'd asked #13 first, you'd have known not to ask. Dummy.
3) Where did you work? A biotech company in either Mountain View or Fremont, CA (depending on exactly what part of the year you're talking about, in February it was still in MV)
4) Where did you live? East Bay
5) Where did you hang out? Work mostly. Sometimes at home or at the ranch.
6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? Glasses
7) Who were your best friends? The Sainted Bride, and my buddy Julie
8) How many tattoos did you have? None.
9) How many piercings did you have? None that were intentional
10) What kind of car did you drive? 1988 Chevy Blazer. There's a slightly not very amusing story behind acquiring it that I might tell someday.
11) Had you been to a real party? Yeah but not for years
12) Had you had your heart broken? Not for about 15 years or so.
13) Were you Single/taken/Married/Divorced? Married with children
14) Any Kids? Two girls

**** 10 years ago 1999
1) How old were you? 40
2) Who were you dating? Uh, still nobody (married, remember?)
3) Where did you work? In February, nowhere. My job at the above company ended in January. Not to worry, I got a pretty damned good severance package. Started where I currently work in August.
4) Where did you live? Same place.
5) Where did you hang out? The local office of these guys
7) Who were your best friends? The Sainted Bride, and my buddy Julie
8) How many tattoos did you have? Still none.
9) How many piercings did you have? Still none intentional.
10 Had your heart broken? Not for about 20 years or so.
11) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Still married with children.
12) Any Kids? Same two girls.
13) What kind of car did you have? 1995 Chevy S-10 pickup. There's a slightly amusing story behind acquiring it that I might tell someday.

****TODAY (2009)****
1) Age? 50. Funny how that math works out, yes?
2) Where do you work? A different biotech company in Mountain View.
3) Where do you live? Same place. Like I said, pretty boring.
4) Who are your closest friends? Still the Sainted Bride and my buddy Julie, but with the addition of a boatload of blog friends (you know who you are).
5) Do you talk to your old friends? Depends who you mean. If you mean family friends, yes. If you mean high school and college, not really (with rare exceptions like my buddy Julie)
6 How many piercings do you have? Still none intentional. Dude, if I didn't have one by the time I turned 35, it's not bloody likely I'd have any by 50.
7) How many tattoos? ibid.
8) What kind of car do you have 2001 Subaru Forester. Oddly, this got me disqualified from the "Conservative Hotties" club that Bitter Bitch once put together, on the grounds that only gays and lesbians drive Subarus. I find this to be an unfortunate case of prejudice. I should have been disqualified as a "hottie" for other reasons :(
9) Had your heart been broken? Uh, not for over 30 years. You really haven't been paying attention, have you?
10) How many kids? Interesting that you should have swapped the order of these last two questions. Same two girls (and none others that I know about, hahaha! [slap] Yes, cheap joke. Sorry.
11) Are you Single/Taken/Married/Divorce? Married with children out of the house [does the Snoopy dance]

Like I said, pretty boring and mundane stuff. Think you can do better? Go for it.

5 comments:

Dave E. said...

Thanks for forcing me to realize just how boring I am. Not much change outside of jobs or cars. Haha...I think you might have just shoved me into a mid-life crisis. ;)

Anonymous said...

Um, point of clarification: I'm not an OLD friend. I prefer to think of myself as "seasoned", or "matured"....

Heroditus Huxley said...

I've only just settled into the "boring" part of life, and man am I looking forward to it!

wv: protherv: proverbs with a speech impediment? Prosthetic proverb?

Cullen said...

Boring is good. I enjoy it.

Heroditus Huxley said...

As do I. My life has been far too...eventful...up to within the past few years.

And while I don't expect to be bored, working from home as a part time, online, freshman comp teacher and full time as a mom, I'm sure my life will look dead dull to outsiders.

And I don't care.