20-Firsts

1. Who was your first love?
James Tiberius Kirk, followed soon by Speed Racer.

2. Who was your first kiss and when?
Todd, in front of the Maplewood Presbyterian Church in my home town. I was 14. He knew how to kiss, and though it was my first time, I realized I knew, too.

3. Who was your first prom date?
Bruce.

4. Who was your first room mate?
Dexter P. Mannikin. Or maybe it was Noodle, then Dex. Dex? You remember that chronology?

5. What was your first job?
Snack bar girl at the Lynnwood Roll-a-Way.

6. What was your first car?
1956 Dodge Coronet, which had been my grandfather's.

7. When did you go to your first funeral?
I'm sure it was one of my dad's uncle's funerals, probably in the 8 or 9 year-old category.

8. How old were you when you first moved away from your hometown?
23. For college.

9. Who was your first grade teacher?
Mrs. Shadduck.

10. Where did you go on your first ride on an airplane?
New York, then quickly to Jersey City, NJ to visit my mother's family when I was 2 years old.

11. Where did you go for your first date and who was it with?
Hmmm. My first real date didn't happen until I was 40, so I don't know what to say.

12. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who was it with?
Greg and Mark, who had a Charger and was 21 and led us all into temptation.

13. Who was your first best friend and are you still friends with them?
Tracy, and no. By high school, she had become one of the desperate people who tried to be popular. I guess she was semi-successful, but she was mean to me and openly rude. I was sad, but it was her fear talking. I hear she's happy and healthy now, so that's a blessing.

14. Who was the first person to send you flowers?
Dexter again, maybe? Don't know.

15. Where did you live the first time you moved out of your parents house?
Edmonds, in a small apartment with Noodle (so Dex, I guess you were second).

16. Who is the first person you call when you have a bad day?
Glen or Rox or my mom.

17. Whose wedding were you in the first time you were a bridesmaid or a groomsmen?
My babysitter, Janice's. My mom made the blue satin dress. I was 5.

18. What is the first thing you do in the morning?
Turn on the computer, then shuffle off for a good pee while the computer warms up.

19. What was your first career choice?
Sign-language interpreter.

20. What was your first sport?
I rode horses in junior high and high school, tried gymnastics in junior high, but I can't say I ever did a sport. Well, softball in 5th and 6th grades, but that was more a lesson in farce than in sports.