Firsts

In keeping with my "I can't think of anything to post, so I'll swipe something off Facebook" theme...here are some firsts:

1. Who was your FIRST prom date?
Andy Holder. He went to the "other" high school so we bounced back and forth between two proms in one night. We had a pretty good time. A few months later he also became my first big heart-break. Punk.

2. Do you still talk to your FIRST love?
My first love was a chocolate lab named Maya. (Puppy love, get it?!)

3. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink?
Little sips of dad's beer when I was a kiddo. Funny that I don't really care for beer as an adult. Nice reverse-psychology, Pop! My first legal drink was a Bahama Mama at the RAM (after a three-hour rehearsal of a horrible contemporary opera). Honey and Jessie were good sports to join me, but we were so worn out that we hardly even finished our drinks. Heck of a 21er!

4. What was your FIRST job?
"The Corn Popper" - a gourmet popcorn shop in Missoula. I made about forty different kinds of flavored popcorn (from Creme de Menthe to Huckleberry, and beyond). Then they added ice cream and espresso and I really hit the big time.

5. What was your FIRST car?
A 1982 Ford Mustang (purchased for a mere $600) which my dad repainted while I was away at camp. It was shiny black with red interior and a faux wood dash. It died every time I came to the bottom of our hill, and was flooded by the leaky sunroof when I moved to Oregon. Man, I loved that car.

6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today?
SoundGuy

7. Who was the FIRST person you thought of today?
SoundGuy

8. Who was your FIRST grade teacher?
Mrs. Gingrich, and she was awesome. On your birthday, she would let you sit in her wheeled desk chair. Then she'd push you fast around the room, and twirl you around a few times while the whole class laughed and shouted. Nobody ever threw up. Increasing Mrs. G's awesomeness factor was her collection of scratch-and-sniff stickers.

9. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane?
The first airplane ride I remember was when I was 5. We flew to Kansas City for my grandmother's funeral. The flight attendant gave me a pair of those little wings.

10. Who was your FIRST best friend and do you still talk?
My first best friend was Jeremy Porter. His mom was my babysitter so we spent a lot of time together. Ironically, Jeremy ended up being my dad's Pharmacist! Now we're FB friends, so I guess we do still talk. Because I liked Jeremy so much, I shared my scratch-and-sniff stickers with him.

11. Where was your FIRST sleepover?
I don't remember! Probably Jeremy's house...

12. Who was the FIRST person you talked to today?
SoundGuy

13. Whose wedding were you in the FIRST time?
My Aunt Timi & Uncle Dennis were very sweet about including all their neices/nephews in their wedding. My Cousin Dirt and I shared two super-important jobs: we rolled the white runner down the aisle, and gave out bags of birdseed after the ceremony. We thought we were SOOOO fancy. So much so, that those are the only two aspects of the wedding I actually remember! Oh, to be 9 again...

14. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning?
Stood in front of my closet, wondering whatever happened to having fun cute clothes. Briefly contemplated wearing my pajamas to work.

15. What was the FIRST concert that you ever went to?
First concert ever? Probably something my mother was cooking up. First "real" concert (as in: paid too much for the ticket, overwhelmed by the stacks and stacks of speakers, and felt out of place for not screaming my head off?) was Moody Blues. It's a long story.

16. FIRST tatoo?
That's just crazy talk.

17. FIRST piercing?
Ears. First and only piercing. I watched other people's belly-button piercings do very strange things, and that cured me of ever wanting anything else pierced!

18. FIRST foreign country were in?
Canada. That sounds so boring. My second foreign country was France. Isn't that better?

19. FIRST movie you remember seeing?
Fantasia (the first version) and it scared the snot out of me! Creepy dancing brooms, and waves attacking poor Mickey. What kind of messed up kids movie is that? I still dislike it to this day.

20. When was your FIRST detention?
Detention? I'm not that kind of girl, thank you very much.

21. What was the FIRST state you lived in?
"My home's in Montana, I wear a bandana, my spurs are of silver, my pony is gray. While riding the ranges, my luck never changes. With foot in the stirrup I gallop away!" Everybody now! Wait - you don't all know the unofficial state song of Montana? It's a lovely partner with Home on the Range...nice around the campfire... No? Nothing? Fine. But if you'd been raised by a music educator in Montana you would TOTALLY know this stuff.

22. Who was your FIRST roommate?
Shauna McCaslin - freshman year at Willamette. When her mom dropped off that first care package bursting with snacks and treats I knew we'd be A-OK ;)