Meme swunked from sporty233

[fpb]

20 years ago, it was 1986. Take this survey, post the results, and see how many things have changed since then.


1) How old were you?
THEN: 23
NOW : 43

2) Where did you go to school?
THEN: ST.John's College, Oxford - I was sent down in September '86.
NOW: University of Life, Brockley, London.

3) Where did you work?
THEN: I did some translation work in Rome during the holidays (and after being sent down).
NOW : At my computer at home.

4) Where did you live?
THEN: Oxford; Rome.
NOW : Brockley, London.

5) How was your hairstyle?
THEN: Ordinary with a part on the left.
NOW : Ordinary with a part on the left and a little bit missing on top.

6) Did you wear braces?
THEN: No
NOW : No

7) Did you wear contacts?
THEN: No.
NOW : No.

8) Did you wear glasses?
THEN: No.
NOW : I am slightly short-sighted, but I rarely wear them.

9) Who was your best friend?
THEN: Franco.
NOW : Franco.

10) Which of your pets were still alive?
THEN: Never had a pet in my life.
NOW : Ditto.

11) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
THEN: I fell hard for another Oriental Studies student called Ruth.
NOW : If I ever had the horrifying experience of coming even close to falling in love again, you would not see me for dust. Of the two, I would rather be slowly tortured to death.

12) Who was your celebrity crush?
THEN: At that precise moment, nobody, but a couple of years earlier it had been Zola Budd.
NOW : I guess JKR and Paula Radcliffe.

13) Who was your regular-person crush?
THEN: Ruth.
NOW : See question eleven.

14) How many piercings did you have?
THEN: none
NOW : none - don't be ridiculous.

15) How many tattoos did you have?
THEN: none.
NOW : none.

16) What was your favorite band/singer?
THEN: Bruce Springsteen.
NOW : Bruce Springsteen.

17) Had you smoked cigarettes?
THEN: No.
NOW : That is one of the few stupid things I have never done and never will.

18) Had you gotten drunk?
THEN: No.
NOW: I got drunk three times in my life, did not enjoy it, and cannot imagine why people think it's fun.

19) Had you DRIVEN?
THEN: No.
NOW : No.

20) If so which car?
THEN: -
NOW : -

21) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 2006?
No. I was fairly sure I was going to become a university teacher.

Comments

[sporty233.livejournal.com]

So you dont even have a drivers license?? :O (I honestly couldnt survive with my car here..)

[fpb.livejournal.com]

It's easy enough in London, especially if you are single. In spite of all the efforts by administrators and politicians, public transport is still efficient and reaches pretty much everywhere; the only thing in which cars are really irreplaceable, in my view, are for large shopping trips and the purchase of big-ticket items - furniture, fridges, washing machines - which I very rarely need to do. When I do, I hire what is called in London a "Man with a van".

[fpb.livejournal.com]

And the thing is that a car is such a commitment and a responsibility, in and of itself, that unless I really needed it I positively would not want it. I've got trouble enough in my life as it is.