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First and Foremost

bethje was off today for Columbus Day, because who better to celebrate than a genocidal explorer who thought the world was much smaller than it had been proven to be over a thousand years earlier? Not that I can necessarily fault him for wanting to find a magical shortcut, because I still sometimes seek those out myself, even though I'm aware of the physical impossibility. In my dreams I'm always finding weird shortcuts to places. Anyway, today we went out with Beth's friend Suzanne, whose birthday was yesterday. We ate at one of those hibachi places where they grill the food at your table, a sort of place I went to many times in my teenage years, but Beth never had. Then we went to the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange. I didn't think to bring my camera, though, so I didn't get any good pictures. Anyway, here's a survey on firsts that I took from Calvin. I couldn't think of answers for some of the questions, but I'm leaving them there anyway because I like to keep these things intact.

First Job: Usher at the movie theater after my freshman year of college. Yeah, I never had a job in high school. Guess I was privileged or something.

First Real Job: That WAS a real job, even if it wasn't a very good one. Most of my jobs have been part-time or temporary, if not both.

First Car: 2002 Ford Focus

First Record/CD: I can't actually remember, but I know I got Abbey Road pretty early on in life. That was on a cassette. My first CD was Weird Al's Greatest Hits, Volume 2.

First Sport Played: I was never in any organized sports except in gym class, and the less said about that the better.

First Concert: I guess my first real concert was Weird Al, when I was in high school.

First Foreign Country Visited: Canada when I was eight, and that remains the only one.

First Favourite TV Show: The first show I can remember watching regularly was The Smurfs, followed by The Flintstones.

First Favourite Actor: You know, I didn't pay much attention to actors as a kid. For my late teenage years, I might say Leslie Nielsen.

First Favourite Actress: I couldn't really say.

First Girlfriend/Boyfriend: I was twenty-two before I had a girlfriend, and it's the same girl I'm now married to.

First Encounter with a Famous Person: I guess it would be when I sat at the same table as Eloise Jarvis McGraw at an Oz Convention.

First Brush With Death: Can't really think of any. I'm boring, I know.

First Film Seen: While I can name some movies I remember seeing in the theater in my childhood (mostly Disney films), I can't recall which was the first one. I think the first film I saw at a drive-in might have been Superman, though.

First Favorite Recording Artist: Probably Weird Al. I didn't really start getting into different bands/artists until my college years.

First Favorite Radio Station: I never had any particular loyalties in this department.

First Book I Remember Reading: Winnie-the-Pooh. From what I've been told, the first thing I read on my own was a copy of Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Tree that had A.A. Milne's text and Disney illustrations.

First Comic Book - I never got into comics as a kid. I had a few, though, mostly purchased at farmers' market discount stores. Can't remember what the first one was.

First Action Figure - Probably something I got as a gift at an exchange in school.