Ten years ago today, it was August 1, 1996. I was two years out of college. I just became a supervisor of eight people at my gig. That was some scary shit for me, the college fuck-up. I was finishing the first year of a relationship with the woman I would later marry.
1) How old were you?
THEN: 25
NOW: 35
2) Where did you work?
THEN: The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments
NOW: The City of Satan's Anus, MI
3) Where did you live?
THEN: Lathrup Village, MI
NOW: Satan's Anus
4) How was your hairstyle?
THEN: Afro, perpetually uncombed
NOW: Locs
5) Did you wear contacts?
THEN:No
NOW: No
6) Did you wear glasses?
THEN: For reading
NOW: For reading
8) Which of your pets were still alive?
THEN: No pets
NOW: No pets
9) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend?
THEN: Katherine
NOW: None.
10) Who was your celebrity crush?
THEN: Halle Berry
NOW: None. I hate flaky Hollywood hoes.
11) How many piercings did you have?
THEN: 2 in my left ear
NOW: I guess 2 in my left ear. I haven't worn an earring in years
12) How many tattoos did you have?
THEN: None
NOW: None
13) What was your favorite band/singer?
THEN: De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest
NOW: De La Soul, Little Brother
14) Had you smoked a cigarette?
THEN: Yep. Swisher Sweets mainly.
NOW: Yep. Djarums Black clove cigs
15) Had you gotten drunk?
THEN: Oh yeah. I had one of my most infamous episodes. I came home drunk and I was still living with my parents. I started to earl and I went to the bathroom passed out. When I woke up, my mother was holding my head. That was some embarassing shit.
NOW: I don't drink nearly as much
16) What kind of car did you drive?
THEN: 1993 Suzuki Sidekick. I drove that little muthafucka right at the dawn of the ubertrucks. I saw a gang of little bastards driving Lincoln Navis and my big ass was driving this little truck. It was humiliating, but I wasn't making shit!
NOW: 2000 Chevy Tahoe. My Bluey, the Blue Bomba, Bomba Mama.
17) Looking back, are you where you thought you would be in 2006?
I thought I'd be dead. I'm not joking. I thought I'd be dead. I thought the world would end in 1999, so I wanted to accomplish as much as I could by the time I died.
KZ
LMAO. A sidekick! HHHHHHHAAAAAA!
ReplyDeleteOK, I was only 20, 10 years ago. But, when I was 25, I was pimpin' "Gladys", the oldie-but goodie, 1987 Jeep Cherokee Laredo. She was clean and in great condition. I ended up donating her at 281,000 miles. LOL I may just have to lift this MEME from you.
ReplyDeleteThought you told me you stopped smoking them shits
ReplyDeleteGimme a clove!
ReplyDeleteNo tatts? No brands either?
You and a Suzuki Sidekick??? I can't even imagine it. Would pay good money to have an opportunity to see that.
ReplyDeleteSmoking cloves LMAO!!! I'm going to need you to cut that shyt out.
Glad you survived 1999 LOL!!
oh shit, i did this one today too. The Sidekick was the shit back in the day. You was on the Y2K kick? I was on the Illumaniti kick back then.
ReplyDeleteMan, I took all my money out the bank right before 12am hit...*lol*
ReplyDeleteAll the bottled water and can goods were gone....so I didn't stock up on that, but I did fill up the tank...
DAMNNNNNNNNNN!!! The Sidekick !! DUDE!!! HAAAAAA!!! I RE.MEM.BER that joint!!! HAAAAAAAA!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, it wasn't ...uh.... befitting of you......
You were driving that, that night at Copper Canyon.......
right ? :-)
@Stilts
ReplyDeleteYeah I had a Sidekick. Yeah, I loved that bitch. It remains my favorite car of the six I've had in my life. And I know it's a hoe assed car.
@BZ
It's Nsane's meme (credit where it's due) but I loved it, too. I woulda took that Jeep. I had chicks like "Why don't you get a bigger truck?" As my man Cody Chestnutt would say "Bitch I'm broke!"
@Blah
Nope. I'm bringin' my shits to New York and blowin' smoke at you!
@Nsane
I don't have a tat. I have two brands, one on my left arm, one on my chest. I was question specific!!!
@RD
Here's your good money:
Click here
I truly planned to be dead. I didn't think there would be a 2006 for any of us.
@T Cas
I thought the Illuminati and Sigma Pi Phi was going to cause the apocalypse (sp?). I'm reading shit like The New World Order and shit. I was really shook.
KZ
@Nsane
ReplyDeleteI was literally fucking when 2000 hit. I said when all hell breaks loose, I wanna be in some pussy.
@Robyn
You know how broke I was!!! When I got the Sidekick in '94, my father was trying to get me in an Explorer. When he saw how bad my credit was, he was pissed. "I ain't helpin' you get shit!" And there you have it.
Yes, indeed, that was the car I was driving that night at Copper Canyon.
;)
KZ
can't stand flakey hollywood hoes huh?
ReplyDeletei think i take offense to that right there, although i'm not hoeish:-)
@Miss Ahmad
ReplyDeleteYou know good and damn well I didn't mean you! I meant actresses!
You ain't a hoe and even though you're Hollywood, you ain't "Hollywood".
KZ
Dude a sidekick?!?! How did you get in and out?
ReplyDelete@CG
ReplyDeleteDon't y'all go taking "Hollywood" and translating it to "Cali". They aren't the same in my eyes.
@Honest
High ceilings. The roof is high and the seat was low.
KZ
i might have to do this meme. i had been married almost 2 months ten years ago today. thanks goodness things have changed.
ReplyDeleteAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW What a cute pic!!! Too cute...but you were almost as big as the dayum jeep. I assume you wasn't getting busy in that ride...now you got plenty of room to do some waxing in the Tahoe *wink*
ReplyDeleteOh and I don't have to pay you now do I? Cause I am broke this week LOL!!
@Aqua
ReplyDeleteHow did a man get himself divorced from the "lips of paradise"?
@RD
I got busy a lot in that jeep. A whole helluva lot. I can't really explain how, but I did.
Oddly, only once in the Tahoe.
You can pay me in affection.
@Blah
Your comments are the worst.
KZ
@RD again
ReplyDeleteDo you see that plate? It says "AMBISHN". I had the ambition to get the fuck outta that little thing!
KZ
umm like the beard.
ReplyDeleteare you red headed?
@Miss Ahmad
ReplyDeleteAhhhh, no. Not at all.
KZ
You look so cute in your pic Zeddie :)
ReplyDeleteSince I have only been able to fall in love with your nostrils...(BITCH) It is nice to see you in all of your sexy!
I think you need to leave Michigan all together.
Pack yo' shit and move west... (and don't forget the couch african!)
@SanginDiva
ReplyDeleteI was young and unconvicted (as opposed to truly innocent) when that pic was taken circa 1995. It was the period just prior to the development of the persona known to my friends as "The Grizzly". All beard and afro, ungroomed.
KZ
What now that you have turned into Mr. Corporate AmeriKKKa... you think you too cute for the "Mr. Grizzly" get down?! *wink*
ReplyDeleteWhat about MY needs huh?
What about MY grizzly fantasies?
What about the CHILDREN?! hahaha!
I'll take you anyway you come...
as long as it's on the BEST, I mean West coast :)
Boy I tell you...Yous a pimp...LOL!!
ReplyDeletewell he didn't want to divorce me. i left him. and how do you know these are the "lips of paradise"? i might have the "lips of hades" or something.
ReplyDeleteNo.u.didn't.push.a.sidekick.
ReplyDeleteHi-fucking-larious!!!!!!!!!!!
are you red boned?
ReplyDeleteLol @ Ahmad
ReplyDelete@SanginDiva
ReplyDeleteYou gotta let me put the Grizzly to bed. There is a lot of animal like behavior that goes with it. Unless you're into that sorta thing...
@RD
You know I'm no such thing!
@Aqua
Not those lips. I can't believe they're anything but what they look like.
@Mack
When I was younger everything was an excuse not to game. All types of insecurities would crop up. We all do that.
@Supa
I pushed it and I loved it. That fuckin' Sidekick is still in the family believe it or not. I miss that fuckin' gas mileage!!!
@Miss Ahmad
Why I gotta be all redboned and lightskinned and stuff? I'm extra dark.
@Blah
Hi, Yella.
KZ
you look kinda reddish to me!
ReplyDeleteYES! YES! YES! another little brother fan! :-)
ReplyDelete@Miss Ahmad
ReplyDeleteYou need to stop. I'm extremely dark. They call me "Big Chocolate Amazing".
@FA
Little Brother gets SOOOOOO slept on. They oughta be running hip-hop.
KZ
i thought you lived in Florida for some strange reason
ReplyDelete@L and TV
ReplyDeleteNaw, my parents and two of my sibs live in Florida. I love my family, but I hate Florida.
KZ
Well, after ten years, you still have the same legs....Sorry, couldn't resist.
ReplyDeleteBig daddy in a sidekick! I can imagine the positions you were hitting in that mini-jeep...I know because I've done them in my first car 10 years ago (I was 20), a Honda CRX, HA!
Man, I've rode many a penis' back in those days.
@CC
ReplyDeleteLOL! Yeah, I do.
I think fuckin' in a small car builds character.
KZ
Big Chocolate Amazing???!?!
ReplyDelete...You better work on your tan before Saturday...
;-P
...Florida, Huh?
well the only thing that I'm shocked about was written in the comments.. i'm surprised that you gave into the branding... how old were you when you got the brands? What prompted you to get them (i'm sure I already know)? and how do you feel about them now?
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