1996 a survey.

[texas1928]

1996:
Ten Years ago, it was early 1996. Take this survey, post the results, and see how many things have changed since then. 10 years ago.....

1) How old were you then?
24

2) What grade were you in?
I was Grade A BABY!!!!!!!

3) Where did you go to school?
SHIT!!!!!! I Didn't need no schooling, I knew everything.

4) Where did you work?
Sitel Corporation.

5) Where did you live?
San Angelo, TX.

6) How was your hair styled?
Short.

7) Did you wear braces?
Nope.

8) Did you wear contacts
Nope.

9) Did you wear glasses?
Yep

10) Who was your best friend?
My wife...

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
I was married.

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
Did not really have one.

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
My Wife.

14) Were you a virgin?
Yeah right I lost mine when I was young.

15) How many piercing's did you have?
Nope

16) How many tattoos did you have?
None. Still don't.

17) What was your favorite band/singer? Def Leppard

18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet?
Yep.

19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet?
Drunk... Oh I can not remember. Never been high.

20) Had you driven yet?
Well yeah I was 24 in 1996.

21) If so which car?
Mitsubishi Pickup.

22) Which of your pets were still alive?
My cocker spaniel:Katy, My Siamese cat: Joli, Our cats: Tiger and Abigail.

23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?
Well I was really not thinking about the future then.

[huskerlaw]

1. Oooh!

1996:
Ten Years ago, it was early 1996. Take this survey, post the results, and see how many things have changed since then. 10 years ago.....

1) How old were you then?
18

2) What grade were you in?
I was a senior in High School! (or, depending on what month, a freshman in college)

3) Where did you go to school?
August 1996, started my first year at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

4) Where did you work?
I didn't work. ;)

5) Where did you live?
Lincoln, Nebraska

6) How was your hair styled?
Oh god...um...long and slightly curly I think

7) Did you wear braces?
Not any more.

8) Did you wear contacts
No

9) Did you wear glasses?
Yeah

10) Who was your best friend?
Julie

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
I didn't have one.

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
Hmm...oh crap, I think it was Tom Cruise. Shit.

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
Didn't have one.

14) Were you a virgin?
Yup.

15) How many piercing's did you have?
Just the ears

16) How many tattoos did you have?
None, yet.

17) What was your favorite band/singer?
Jewel

18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet?
Yeah

19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet?
Hello, I was a freshman in college...that would be a YES

20) Had you driven yet?
Yup.

21) If so which car?
Oy. A 1986 Dodge PileOshit

22) Which of your pets were still alive?
My cat, Alex

23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?
Totally not...but in a good way.

[JohnKleeb]

2. I'll always remember that year

1) How old were you then?
9

2) What grade were you in?
4th Grade

3) Where did you go to school?
Right up the road

4) Where did you work?
Me work at 9, youre shitting me

5) Where did you live?
Where I do now, Virginia

6) How was your hair styled?
Short

7) Did you wear braces?
No but I think I had a retainer then

8) Did you wear contacts
No

9) Did you wear glasses?
No

10) Who was your best friend?
Travis, what an amazing last year it was while he lived here in Va.

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
Uhh no one but I had a cute dancing partner

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
Dont think I had one, I was just then starting to see girls for what they were

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
Controversial to what my dad and brother said it wasnt who they thought it was, it wasnt really anyone

14) Were you a virgin?
I was 9 of course I was

15) How many piercing's did you have?
None and still dont

16) How many tattoos did you have?
None. Still don't.

17) What was your favorite band/singer? Jimi Hendrix I guess, I had really got to appreciate him thanks to my old man

18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet?
No and thought I never would but I dont smoke any now

19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet?
No but I had dranken at family parties and ha I thought I would never ever get high

20) Had you driven yet?
I was 9 eh

21) If so which car?
Mitsubishi Pickup.

22) Which of your pets were still alive?
We got our dog Brady that year

23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?
I never thought about it really, I guess not because I had dreams of playing high school baseball and that never happened and as a result I never achieved that dream. I didnt expect a lot of things to happen that did.

[mdmc]

3. i will do this

1) How old were you then?
24

2) What grade were you in?
Senior

3) Where did you go to school?
MSMC

4) Where did you work?
Tod's

5) Where did you live?
Cornwall,NY

6) How was your hair styled?
curly

7) Did you wear braces?
Nope.

8) Did you wear contacts
Nope.

9) Did you wear glasses?
Yep

10) Who was your best friend?
didn't have one...my girlfriend:shrug:

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
now an ex of mine...still friends... won't post her name...

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
my girl... I LOVED her , man!

14) Were you a virgin?
nah.

15) How many piercing's did you have?
None

16) How many tattoos did you have?
None. Still don't.

17) What was your favorite band/singer?
The Dead.

18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet?
maybe...when i was drunk...

19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet?
yes.

20) Had you driven yet?
yup.

21) If so which car?
pugout 505

22) Which of your pets were still alive?
Daisy
23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?
I thought that I would be married, elected to local office, a homeowner. I am far from there...

[deadparrot]

4. .

10 years ago...

1) How old were you then?
9

2) What grade were you in?
3rd

3) Where did you go to school?
Catholic grade school.

4) Where did you work?
Nowhere.

5) Where did you live?
St. Louis, MO

6) How was your hair styled?
Long, in a ponytail; I was a tomboy and didn't spend a lot of time styling it.

7) Did you wear braces?
Not at that point.

8) Did you wear contacts
Not yet.

9) Did you wear glasses?
Yes.

10) Who was your best friend?
Emily or Meghan.

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
Ew. Boys were gross.

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
Oh, man. I can't remember.

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
No one. The boys at my grade school were perverts and jackasses.

14) Were you a virgin?
At nine? No. :P

15) How many piercing's did you have?
My ears (single pierced).

16) How many tattoos did you have?
None.

17) What was your favorite band/singer? Whatever my parents listened to--the Eagles, Dylan, various musical soundtracks.

18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet?
No.

19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet?
No.

20) Had you driven yet?
No.

21) If so which car?
n/a

22) Which of your pets were still alive?
My cat, Princess (still around today).

23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?
I was nine. I figured I'd go to college at some point, though that was just an abstract place, far into the future. So yeah, I guess.

[salin]

5. a lot has changed since then

grad school living in near poverty then... a wee bit more comfortable now.

this is one of thoes surveys in which the answers would require too much "identifiable" information ... have to pass.

[fudge stripe cookays]

6. Hmmmm...I'm old.

1) How old were you then?
turned 30 that year

2) What grade were you in?
Are you kidding?

3) Where did you go to school?
Had returned to the University of North Texas in Denton, and was finally finishing my BA.

4) Where did you work?
Internal Revenue Service. (yeah, I know. Evil. I was a clerk and had decent benefits. So sue me)

5) Where did you live?
Dallas, TX.

6) How was your hair styled?
Shoulder length with bangs, as usual

7) Did you wear braces?
Nope.

8) Did you wear contacts
Nope.

9) Did you wear glasses?
Only for math class

10) Who was your best friend?
Karon or Ray or Emily

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
Nobody. I was too busy to date.

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
Jeff Buckley before he died.

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
Gabe from archaeology class. I was almost old enough to be his mom!

14) Were you a virgin?
You're kidding again, aren't you?

15) How many piercing's did you have?
2 in mah ears.

16) How many tattoos did you have?
None. And remain so.

17) What was your favorite band/singer? Ned's Atomic Dustbin or the Afghan Whigs

18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet?
Yep. But didn't do it very long. I was stupid and 15.

19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet?
Holy CRAP could I tell YOU some stories.

20) Had you driven yet?
For about 14 years, silly.

21) If so which car?
In succession, I'd owned a Chevy Chevette, Nissan Stanza, and Nissan truck by then.

22) Which of your pets were still alive?
My Oreo Pooh Cat. She died in 2003.

23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?
Yes, married with a great career. But I didn't think there'd be a fucking lunatic in the White House ready to destroy the wonderful life I FINALLY built for myself just as I got where I wanted to be.

Fucker.

[THUNDER HANDS]

7. me

1) How old were you then?
17

2) What grade were you in?
12th grade

3) Where did you go to school?
Long Island

4) Where did you work?
Pool near my house

5) Where did you live?
Nassau County, NY

6) How was your hair styled?
Short.

7) Did you wear braces?
Nope.

8) Did you wear contacts
Nope.

9) Did you wear glasses?
no

10) Who was your best friend?
Brian

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
Hadn't been on a date yet.

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
Did not really have one.

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
girl on the school softball team

14) Were you a virgin?
Oh yeah.

15) How many piercing's did you have?
Nope

16) How many tattoos did you have?
None. Still don't.

17) What was your favorite band/singer? Bruce Springsteen

18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet?
No

19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet?
No.

20) Had you driven yet?
yes

21) If so which car?
Toyota Camry, 1990.

22) Which of your pets were still alive?
None.

23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?
No.

[Iniquitous Bunny]

8. Sweet.

1996:
Ten Years ago, it was early 1996. Take this survey, post the results, and see how many things have changed since then. 10 years ago.....

1) How old were you then?
24

2) What grade were you in?
Huh? :shrug:

3) Where did you go to school?
I didn't.

4) Where did you work?
At home mom with 2 small people.

5) Where did you live?
Same town as I do now.

6) How was your hair styled?
A little shorter.

7) Did you wear braces?
Not since '86.

8) Did you wear contacts
sometimes

9) Did you wear glasses?
sometimes

10) Who was your best friend?
my now ex (or in reality- ice cream)

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
I was married.

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
Tim Robbins.

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
My now ex (or again- ice cream)

14) Were you a virgin?
no

15) How many piercing's did you have?
one hole in each ear

16) How many tattoos did you have?
None. Still don't.

17) What was your favorite band/singer? I liked Green Day (I still like the mid-90's version better)

18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet?
Yep.

19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet?
Yeah, but no something I did at the time.

20) Had you driven yet?
Yeah.

21) If so which car?
I had a '91 Corolla then.

22) Which of your pets were still alive?
No pets then.

23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?
I thought I'd be with the ex still and wallowing in ice cream because of my inner turmoil of not wanting to admit I had made a huge mistake. I'm happy as Hell, got some strength, and rarely eat ice cream anymore. :)

[billyskank]

9. Answers

1) How old were you then?

19.

2) What grade were you in?

Second year undergraduate.

3) Where did you go to school?

University of Warwick.

4) Where did you work?

I didn't (see above).

5) Where did you live?

Coventry, UK.

6) How was your hair styled?

Medium length (for a boy), central parting.

7) Did you wear braces?

No.

8) Did you wear contacts

No.

9) Did you wear glasses?

No.

10) Who was your best friend?

Marcus, he played sax in the university big band (I played clarinet).

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?

No-one.

12) Who was your celebrity crush?

Can't remember.

13) Who was your regular-person crush?

Izzy the flautist. *sigh*

14) Were you a virgin?

Yes.

15) How many piercing's did you have?

None.

16) How many tattoos did you have?

None. Still don't.

17) What was your favorite band/singer?

I had many favourites. I was also getting heavily into jazz at that time.

18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet?

Too many.

19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet?

Most certainly.

20) Had you driven yet?

Yes, I got my licence in 1994.

21) If so which car?

My mum's Yugo which I passed my test in, and after that her Renault 11.

22) Which of your pets were still alive?

We had no pets.

23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?

No, I never thought I would actually be a computer programmer. I am lucky that I ended up doing a job I liked.

[grace0418]

10. my answers to 1996, the survey

1996:
Ten Years ago, it was early 1996. Take this survey, post the results, and see how many things have changed since then. 10 years ago.....

1) How old were you then?
26

2) What grade were you in?
Okay, clearly this survey is for teenagers. Uh, I was two years out of grad school.

3) Where did you go to school?
University of Illinois for my BFA, Columbia College for my Masters

4) Where did you work?
Uh, I hate thinking about this, but I worked at the Maya Romanoff Corporation. Only interior designers even know the name Maya Romanoff, but I know the person. And he is one effed-up dude.

5) Where did you live?
I lived in Chicago, as always. But at the time I lived in the Lakeview neighborhood.

6) How was your hair styled?
I had a fairly short bob with bangs.

7) Did you wear braces?
Not in 1996

8) Did you wear contacts
Not in 1996

9) Did you wear glasses?
Oh yeah.

10) Who was your best friend?
My friend Amie, same as today.

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
The man who is now my husband.

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
Neil Finn, same as today.

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
No one.

14) Were you a virgin?
Thankfully, no.

15) How many piercing's did you have?
2

16) How many tattoos did you have?
0

17) What was your favorite band/singer?
Crowded House/Neil Finn

18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet?
Yep, just one, never had one since.

19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet?
Sure, both. Although not very often.

20) Had you driven yet?
Sure, but I didn't have a car at the time.

21) If so which car?
I sometimes drove my boyfriend's Accord.

22) Which of your pets were still alive?
I had my cats Frank and Beans at the time. Now I have only Frank.

23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?
No, sadly. I thought for sure I would be living on the west coast by now. I've wanted to live there for what seems like forever. But I'm still living in Chicago. Blah. I am a graphic designer now, which was what I wanted at the time.

[eyesroll]

11. Mine:

1) How old were you then?
20

2) What grade were you in?
Junior year in college

3) Where did you go to school?
Beloit College

4) Where did you work?
I did office temping during the summer

5) Where did you live?
Beloit, WI during the school year; Buffalo Grove, IL durring the summer

6) How was your hair styled?
Hm...much as it is now, I think. Long and combed but not much else.

7) Did you wear braces?
Nope.

8) Did you wear contacts
Nope.

9) Did you wear glasses?
Yes

10) Who was your best friend?
My then-BF, now ex-husband

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
I'd say whoisalhedges, but he wasn't whoisalhedges yet.

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
Jadzia Dax (yes, the character, not the actress...I was/am a nerd.)

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
Honestly, I don't remember. My crushes were very, very fleeting back then.

14) Were you a virgin?
Nope.

15) How many piercing's did you have?
One functional one in each ear, one closed-up one in each ear, same as now.

16) How many tattoos did you have?
None. Same as now.

17) What was your favorite band/singer?
I'm not sure if I was transitioning from prog rock into my long musical wasteland of nothingness yet. Dunno.

18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet?
Yep.

19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet?
I'd been seriously drunk once, tipsy plenty.
By that point, I'd done drugs but I haven't used them since around then.

20) Had you driven yet?
Since 1991.

21) If so which car?
I had a '95 Neon.

22) Which of your pets were still alive?
No pets.

23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?
Oddly, life is about what I expected it to be, but with different people in it.

[dr.strangelove]

12. me

1) How old were you then? twenty-something
2) What grade were you in? the "real world"
3) Where did you go to school? life
4) Where did you work? Independent Health, an HMO
5) Where did you live? Portland, OR
6) How was your hair styled? Cut it that year from my old hippie pony tail to the short lawyer look I now sport.
7) Did you wear braces? No
8) Did you wear contacts? No
9) Did you wear glasses? No
10) Who was your best friend? Chris (who I almost never see, but talk to often)
11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend? My then girlfriend is now my wife
12) Who was your celebrity crush? Same as now, Drew Barrymore
13) Who was your regular-person crush? Wife.
14) Were you a virgin? No.
15) How many piercing's did you have? None
16) How many tattoos did you have? None
17) What was your favorite band/singer? Zeplin
18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet? Yes
19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet? Drunk and high a few times.
20) Had you driven yet? yes
21) If so which car? I had an old mustang and a honda accord
22) Which of your pets were still alive? none
23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?
sure, married to my beautiful wife, with a beautiful daughter, a good home and a decent job. Its where I hoped to be.

[Bassic]

13. Ok....

Here we go:

1) How old were you then?
17

2) What grade were you in?
Secondaire 5 (the equvilant of Senior High School year)

3) Where did you go to school?
In Gatineau

4) Where did you work?
No work back then

5) Where did you live?
Hull, Québec

6) How was your hair styled?
Almost completely shaved (that has not changed. Except I have less of it now)

7) Did you wear braces?
Nope.

8) Did you wear contacts
Nope.

9) Did you wear glasses?
Yep

10) Who was your best friend?
A high school buddy. Still is.

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
Completely single at the time

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
Alyssa Milano

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
Can't remember her name

14) Were you a virgin?
By a close margin, yes

15) How many piercing's did you have?
None

16) How many tattoos did you have?
None. Still don't, but I'm thinking of getting one

17) What was your favorite band/singer?
Pink Floyd and Dream Theater

18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet?
Yep.

19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet?
Yes (and how!) and not quite yet.

20) Had you driven yet?
Nope

21) If so which car?
Bleh!

22) Which of your pets were still alive?
Never had a pet.

23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?
Sort of yeah.

[no name no slogan]

14. Here goes:

1) How old were you then?
26

2) What grade were you in?
Five years out of kollidge

3) Where did you go to school?
School of Hard Knocks

4) Where did you work?
A Fortune 500 financial services company

5) Where did you live?
Minneapolis, MN

6) How was your hair styled?
Medium-length, parted on my right side

7) Did you wear braces?
By then, no

8) Did you wear contacts
Once in a while

9) Did you wear glasses?
Yes

10) Who was your best friend?
My fiancée (now ex-wife)

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
I was living with my fiancée, whom I married in August 1996

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
nobody

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
my fiancée

14) Were you a virgin?
um, no

15) How many piercing's did you have?
three, same as now

16) How many tattoos did you have?
none

17) What was your favorite band/singer?
three-way tie: My Bloody Valentine, Kitchens of Distinction, Slowdive

18) Had you smoked a cigarette yet?
Smoked a pack a day by then (have since quit)

19) Had you gotten drunk or high yet?
Plenty. Hadn't gotten high since college, though (still haven't)

20) Had you driven yet?
Plenty-- but I lived close enough to work to take the bus

21) If so which car?
A minivan of some sort, IIRC (good for moving band gear + good gas mileage

22) Which of your pets were still alive?
Didn't have any pets then

23) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 1996?
No. Not at all.

[FarLeftRage]

15. Ten years ago...

1 - 38
2 - well past school
3 - well past school
4 - Can't tell you... posting from work
5 - can't tell you... go to my journal for that answer
6 - short
7 - no
8 - no
9 - yes
10 - I never had one
11 - single
12 - sarah michelle gellar
13 - no one
14 - nope, lost it in 1972
15 - none
16 - none
17 - the Beatles
18 - yes, quit
19 - done both several times before
20 - had been driving for 22 years before
21 - chevy cavalier
22 - none
23 - no, it just sort of happened...