At Sarah's suggestion...

I am filling out this fairly ridiculous survey because I have little else to say...

20 years ago (1987)

Age?
Four.

Were you in school? If so, where and for what?
My parents sent me to a Hebrew pre-school, where I got to be Queen Esther in the play. I also learned the dreidel song. That's all I remember about it.

Where did you work?
I worked very hard at writing and hiding notes to my mom about how much I loved her, and thinking about animals.

Where did you live?
Little Rock, Arkansas. Uglytown, USA.

What were your regular haunts?
The alley behind our house was my only 'regular haunt' other than home. There was a lot of ivy back there. Good for hiding.

Did you wear glasses?
No. Little kids with glasses are cute, though, aren't they? I love those buggers.

Who was your best friend?
A boy named Jeffrey.

How many tattoos did you have?
I drew on myself a lot.

How many piercings did you have?
None.

What did you drive?
Nada.

Had you been to a real party yet?
I had a lot of wild parties for my preschool classmates. I spun some Raffi and we played seven minutes in heaven. No.

Heart broken yet?
I did tell my mom when we moved away from Jeffrey, aformentioned best friend, that I was going to miss him, but that love goes on and on until you die. Or something like that. I'm sure I was desperately in love with him.

Status on the market?
Sizzingle.


Ten years ago (1997)

Age?
14.

Were you in school?
Not exactly. Homeschooled what.

Where did you work?
I was a stablehand at Bear Creek Stables. I shoveled shit and played with horses. Perfect.

Where did you live?
Live oak and plenty of room for everyone land.

What were your regular haunts?
Flipnotics Coffeespace, Spiderhouse, Zilker Park, Schlotzsky's (cool, right?), Zachary Scott Theater, the "drag" in general, and Barton Creek Square Mall. I was awesome.

Did you wear glasses?
No.

Who was your best friend?
Kate. We loved horses and Rider Strong and Jonathan Taylor Thomas and this was the year we started trying to write a movie together.

How many tattoos did you have?
Nah.

What did you drive?
I had a bike I never rode, and rollerblades, and Pepper the horse I wanted to buy.

Had you been to a real party yet?
Homeschooler parties are more "real" than anything I have experienced since. Not really.

Heart broken yet?
Jonathan Taylor Thomas broke my heart by not appearing on my street, followed quickly by the beginning of teen angst and the four year long blue-eyed soccer player debacle, which I was in the midst of.

Status on the market?
Single and loving hating it!


Five years ago (2002)

Age?
19.

Were you in school? If so, where and for what?
No ma'am.

Where did you work?
Toy Joy, home of great art, mutant toys, and free candy.

Where did you live?
This was the year I moved out of my parents house and in with Bekkers, Homie Shangri-La. We did a lot of internetting and tacked up a lot of Toy Joy related ephemera everywhere.

What were your regular haunts?
Kerbey Lane on Guadalupe, everything surrounding Toy Joy -- Spiderhouse, mostly, Alamo Drafthouse, still and always Flipnotics, Brad and Laurie's apartment.

Did you wear glasses?
Contacts.

Who were your best friends?
Isaac, Sarah, Michelle, Bekkers, Josh, and Brad. And, by the end of this year, Brian Churchman and I had formed a quick and insanely intense friendship.

How many tattoos did you have?
Nope.

How many piercings?
Ears and my eyebrow, which seems weird now.

What did you drive?
Still nothin'.

Had you been to a real party yet?
Does watching Troll 2 over and over again count? Rebekah and I had a housewarming party and our alcoholic neighbor crashed her head into our house.

Heart broken yet?
Not really.

Status on the market?
Ass over teakettle for Isaac Medina.


As of today (2007)

Age?
24!

Are you in school? If so, where and for what?
Still no; not since third grade.

Where do you work?
I'm on my way out of BookPeople and into Jackson Ruiz salon.

Where do you live?
On South 5th and Oltorf with the best girl and the best boy in the world.

What are your regular haunts?
Flipnotics, still. The Green Muse, Cafe Caffeine, Sidebar, Emo's. Jeff's apartment.

Who is your best friend?
Rissa, Jeff, Patrick, Sarah, Michelle, Welly, Noah, Margaret, and Matt Russell <3.

Do you talk to your old friends?
Not as much as I wish I did.

Do you have a crush?
Who doesn't.

How many tattoos do you have?
I wanna.

How many piercings do you have?
So many.

What do you drive?
Still no.

Have you been to a real party yet?
Last night I was at a 'real' party. I don't feel very good now.

Status on the market?
Ellipses.

Besides ones of the pet variety, any dependents?
Does my four year old roommate count? Kind of, but not really.