Wacky Countdown Thingy...

Since ktbuffy and Doyce have already given this a try, and I don't get to be a follower often enough, and I have someone nagging me to do this anyways, I figured I'd give this a shot.

The hardest part of this will be remembering some of this, well, that and actually taking it seriously and not putting up random 'defensive humor' comments.

10 firsts:
...first girlfriend: Teresa Keller, friends, dated, engaged, ex-fiance
...first best friend: Britain Cumming, way back in 1st grade and the same soccer team
...first screen name: questor, C64 BBS via 300 baud modem sharing cracked games
...first kiss: someone in my 1st grade class (girls drove off boys with kisses and cooties so they could take the swings), first serious kiss would be Michelle 'Asian-Last-Name-I-Don't-Remember' who jumped me during a speach tournament in high school
...first piercings: Uhm? Piercings? None here.
...first crush: Jill Whittaker, in retrospect she was a bit of a snotty brat
...first music: First CD KMFDM 'Angst', First cassette was of some symphony playing Wagner, First vinyl was the Muppet Movie soundtrack I think
...first car: Uhm? Car? No cars here unless the little toy ones when I was a kid count.
...first stuffed animal: Bert from Sesame Street. Not sure what happened to him.

9 lasts:
...last cigarette: Never smoked, costs too much and smells too bad
...last alchoholic beverage: Pinot Noir with dinner four days ago
...last kiss: Sometime between February and June this year
...last movie seen: In the theatre, "Serenity" I believe. At home, "You've Got Mail" which I watch every few days
...last phone call: About two hours ago, to medical insurance people
...last cd played: Currently playing VNV Nation, 'Praise the Fallen'
...last bubble bath: A couple girlfriends ago, her apartments big bath tub, actual date escapes me
...last time you cried: Recently, within the last week or so, just can't remember which book it was
...last date: Last real date would be three (four?) years ago I think, really should start dating again. Last 'surprise blind date' was February when some friends tried to set me up with an ex- ( in their defense, they didn't realize that ).

8 have you evers:
...dated one of your best friends: yes
...skinny dipped: does outdoor above ground swimming pools count? if so, yes
...kissed somebody and regretted it: yes
...fallen in love: yes
...lost someone you loved: yes
...been depressed: yes
...woken up and not known where you were: most mornings I am not sure where I am

7 places you've been to:
...Canada ( British Columbia and whatever the one to its east is )
...Florida ( it isn't all retirement communities... )
...California ( and I have regretted it every time so far, with the scars to show for it )
...New York ( the city most recently, upstate to visit friends and Ren' faire in the past )
...Arizona ( if I'd worn alcohol based after-shave, I'd have spontaneously combusted leaving the airport, damn it was hot )
...North Carolina ( does it count if I lived there for a while? what if I lived there and hated it? )
...Pacific Ocean ( being in a boat far enough offshore that you can't see land isn't as much a place, as being in a 'lack of place' )

6 things you've done today:
...had Cheerios for breakfast
...read & written email
...played some CoH
...listened to some music
...dragged my space heater from room to room to stay warm
...started laundry so I eventually have clean clothes to get dressed with

5 favorite things in NO order:
...the sound of rain on the roof and the patter of it against the window
...being out on the end of the jetty's at the Oregon coast, surround by nothing by ocean
...lazy days curled up beneath a blanket with a stack of good books to read
...hanging out online with friends, playing CoH or just chattering by IMs
...cuddling with someone I care about

4 people you can tell [almost] anything to:
...They know who they are better then I, as I am not sure I could name 4

3 wishes:
...Good friends, because they are really what makes life worth living
...That I outlive my friends, so they don't have to try to eulogize me
...Good health, as I have seen quite enough of hospitals for this lifetime

2 things you want to do before you die:
...Get some of these stories in my head out to share with the world somehow
...Travel more, no where in particular, just to have seen more of the world

1 thing you regret:
...Not having said hello to a friend who passed me on the bus so many years ago

And that was actually a lot harder then I expected it to be... Bleagh...