Me Me Me: A Meme

I snagged this meme from Trinity Dechou, who found it on Kitty Lalonde’s blog, and decided to give it a shot. Here goes:

1. Who was your first prom date?
Prom. I went to my first prom as a sophomore in high school. It was a huge group thing, 7 or 8 couples, I think my “official” date was a guy named Jim. He was a senior and always good for a laugh.

2. Do you still talk to your first love?
Sometimes. He’s moved away, but I see his mom at the grocery store quite often and she keeps me up-to-date on his family. I think he was less my first love as my first crush, he was also a great friend and taught me to drive a car with manual transmission.

3. What was your first alcoholic drink?
I’m guessing it was beer. My grandpa drank Miller High Life and I remember he would let us kids steal a sip on occasion.

4. What was your first job?
I made shaved ice snow cones at a Tropical Sno. It was easy money and I got to visit with my friends who hung around there incessantly. It didn’t last long, though, as that same summer I started working at a summer camp.

5. What was your first car?
A 1983 Honda Accord. The car had 170,000 miles on it when it was handed down from my mom, and 200,000 miles on it when I totalled it…and it still ran like it was brand new. Gawd, I miss that car.

6. Who was the first person to text you today?
My mom. Telling me what time we will be leaving this afternoon.

7. Who is the first person you thought of this morning?
I’ll give you one guess. Think red.

8. Who was your first grade teacher?
Mrs. White. I still have the hand-painted Christmas ornament she made for each of us.

9. Where did you go on your first ride on an airplane?
When I was 6, I flew to Lansing, Michigan to spend a week with my mom’s cousin and her kids. I remember making mud pies in the field behind their house.

10. Who was your first best friend and do you still talk?
Emilee was my best friend for as long as I can remember. In my scrapbook, there are pictures of our first play date. We were two. Sadly, Em passed away from a terminal illness at the age of 27. I miss her everyday.

11. Where was your first sleep over?
My first sleep over was at Christy’s house. 14 girls, pizza, brownies and coke. We fought over who got to play Ms. PacMan on the Atari and then tried to scare each other running through the woods in the middle of the night.

12. Who was the first person you talked/will talk to today?
Online: my plurk friends and later, Codie, when she wakes up. In RL, my annoying office-mate, unless I can find a way to avoid it.

13. Whose wedding were you in the first time?
When I was three, I was the flower girl in my aunt Jackie’s wedding. I had a pretty white basket with trailing ribbons filled with rose petals. I just remember how pretty my mom looked, as a bridesmaid, with her floppy sun hat. I don’t think I made it long past the ceremony, though. In most of the pictures, I’m zonked out on my grandpa’s shoulder.

14. What was the first thing you did this morning/first thing you will do when you log in?
The first thing I did was turn off the 3 alarms screaming at me and gulped down a bottle of water. I’m always so thirsty when I wake up. Since I probably won’t get to log in until late Thursday night or Friday, I’m guessing I’ll be clearing the dozens of notecards, group notices and IMs that have come through.

15. What was the first concert you ever went to?
That’s actually a tough one. Growing up, my mom worked a lot, so I spent quite a bit of time with my aunt and uncle. Uncle Roger loves live music, so they were constantly dragging me to see various local bands. The first concert I remember, though, would be Bon Jovi. My girlfriends surprised me with tickets for my birthday. I was so mad at them for getting tickets without me and at my mom for telling me I couldn’t go…I didn’t know they were all in cahoots together until Shelly picked me up.

16. What was your first record/tape?
Wow. I really don’t know. I remember spending hours driving around in Leslee’s convertible listening to Samantha Fox. Wow. My stepdad had a huge record collection, though, and I spent many afternoons on my stage (AKA the fireplace) belting out Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart into my microphone (AKA the fireplace poker) while wearing some glitzy costume from my dance recital days.

17. First hospitalization?
I grew up in hospitals, sometimes with broken bones, cuts and bruises, sometimes just hanging out while my parents worked or were at meetings (I learned to roller skate in the hallway between the ER and the lab). My first real hospitalization was in 2000 when I had my gallbladder removed.

18. First foreign country you’ve been to?
Canada. When I was 8 we visited my aunt in Detroit and drove into Canada for a picnic.

19. First movie you remember seeing?
ET

20. When was your first detention?
5th grade. For talking in class. And a second that same day for passing notes. Obviously, I had something to say.

21. Where did you first meet your spouse/partner now?
Second Life via Twitter.

22. Who was your first roommate?
A really cool art major named Becky, who later became a religious freak and held prayer circles in our room. Our living arrangement came to a quick end when I woke to find her and her friends praying over me while I slept.

23. What did you do with your first paycheck?
Bought a cute purse and some sunglasses. Priorities.

Right. So, I think that’s about it. Who’s next?