How Much Have You Changed in 10 Years?

Picked this up from Dyanna at MySpace…

10 years ago – April 27 1997

1.) How old were you? 27

2.) Where did you go to school? One semester removed from Jersey City State College, where I met Salomé.

3.) Where did you work? Poets & Writers

4.) Where did you live? Jersey City, NJ and/or West New York, NJ (long story)

5.) Where did you hang out? Random bars, mostly.

6.) Did you wear glasses? Yes.

7.) Who was your best friend? Claudia

8.) How many tattoos did you have? 1

9.) How many piercing did you have? 2

10.) What car did you drive? Didn’t have my own car; Salomé had a Toyota Celica.

11.) Had you been to a real party yet? Too many.

12.) Had your heart broken? Certainly.

13.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter: Taken, but right on the verge of breaking up for a while.

5 years ago – April 27 2002

1.) How old were you? 32

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

3.) Where did you work? American Express Financial Advisors

4.) Where did you live? Norfolk, VA

5.) Where did you hang out? On the beach, Chesapeake Bay.

6.) Did you wear glasses? Yes

7.) Who was your best friend? Salomé

8.) Did you party? Not much.

9.) How many tattoos did you have? 2

10.) How many piercings did you have? 2

11) What car did you drive? 1998 Plymouth Breeze

12.) Had you had your heart broken? Not recently.

13.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter? Married, with trouble on the horizon.

Today – April 27 2007

1.) How old are you? 37

2.) Where do you work? KQ&R

3.) Where do you live? Bronx, NY

4.) Do you wear glasses? Yes

5.) Who is your best friend? Salomé, Eric

6.) Do you talk to your old friends? Some of them; not nearly often enough, though.

7.) How many piercings do you have? 2

8.) How many tattoos? 2 (3rd coming soon…)

9.) What kind of car do you have? 1998 Plymouth Breeze

10.) Has your heart been broken? Not in a long time.

11.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter: Happily married with 2 kids.

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Written by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is the Chief Content Officer for LibraryPass, and former publisher & marketing director for Writer’s Digest. Previously, he was also project lead for the Panorama Project; director, content strategy & audience development for Library Journal & School Library Journal; and founding director of programming & business development for the original Digital Book World.