This week I have the honor of suggesting the topic. (I had it last week too – but I slacked off. Thanks to Stasha for her gracious understanding of my laziness!) We’re talking about firsts. Everyone remembers their firsts right? First love, first heartbreak, first time being the heartbreaker. I’m not discussing any of those here. Here’s a list of less traumatic firsts!
Ten Firsts
10. First concert – Eight grade. Lee Civic Center in Fort Myers Florida. Poison with special guests Lita Ford and Britney Fox. Remember them?
9. First Movie – E. T., the internet says it was released in 1982 which would have made me 8-years-old.
8. First Album – Thriller by Micheal Jackson. It wasn’t actually a record, (I’m not THAT old!) it was a cassette. My sister and I spent hours dancing around the kitchen to it while my parents were at work. Good Times.
7. First Live Theatre Experience – I don’t remember how old I was, but my Mom took me to the Sarasota Opera to see The Magic Flute. I never developed a love of Opera, but I never stopped loving live theatre.
6. First Performance – Shortly after seeing The Magic Flute I became involved with school Theatre. My first play was Fame at Port Charlotte High School. I had three lines and hid in the corner of the chorus due to my lack of musical ability.
5. First Car – 1984 Chevette, standard, it was primer grey. My Dad bought her and had her painted pea green for me. Her name was Sweet Pea. Rumor has it she’s still seen occasionally around old Port Charlotte. (The gas I’m pumping was less than $1/gallon!)
4. First Vote – The first time I voted was in 1992 for Bill Clinton. (shocked, right?) I’d vote for him again tomorrow if I could, I don’t care what you say about him.
3. First Move Away From Home – Off to college in the fall of 1993. I moved from Port Charlotte, Florida to Bismarck, North Dakota to attend The University Of Mary. I haven’t been in one place more than four years since.
2. First New Car – Dallas and I shared this one, both of our first new vehicles was our previous minivan, a 2005 Chrysler Town & Country. I could say I missed that van, but I’d be lying.
1. First Race – I never thought I’d be one of those people who spent time, energy, and money running races. Until I ran one. The Snow City 5K in 2011. I’m hooked, it was like The Magic Flute for my feet.
What are some of your memorable firsts?
Thank you for such a great topic this week. I remember seeing ET for the first time when I moved to Oklahoma. I was a few years older than you…..
It’s still one of my favorite movies. I tried to show it to the boys, they were scared!
My first concert and album (actually vinyl) was Shaun Cassidy. I’d deny it…but some other Listicle has already outed me.
My mom took me to see Cats when I was little – I was hooked on live theatre. Then the first time I took the stage in a high school play; I was playing a maid and the tray holding a decanter bottle and glasses shattered all over the stage. Someone, in a misguided attempt to replicate the look or rye, put gingerale in the decanter — and put the stopped in. We never did find where the stopper fly to.
I love that decanter story! After surviving lots of theatre disasters, I know how it must have felt!
Oh my gosh, ET was my favourite movie! Bring me back to my youth you did! Oh, and Michael Jackson was my first album too!
I bet he was a lot of our generations first album!
Fun list topic! Sweet Pea is a great name for a car. I always tried to think of a fun name for my cars, but nothing really stuck.
I don’t think I’m the one who came up with Sweet Pea, I’m not that clever!
My first album: The Rocky Horror Picture Show – and my first movie was The Jungle Book (at least, that I remember). Wow, a move from Florida to North Dakota sure would result in a culture shock!
I was looking for culture shock I think. But, as always people are just people so it wasn’t that shocking!
First CD was Billy Ray Cyrus. . . Ya know “Achy Breaky Heart”
First concert was the Lillith Fair. Headliner was Sara McLachlan
First car was big white Ford Bronco (does OJ Simpson ring a bell) that was named ‘the beast’
I’m pretty sure I’ll never ever forget that the Lilith Fair was your first concert.
I will try to forget about Achy Breaky Heart though!
Great list. Pretty sure my first album was something by The Cure…
Is it just me, or do you look an awful lot like Taryn (or the other way around) in that photo of you pumping gas?
It’s just you, she’s wa prettier than I ever was at that age.
ET was a first for me too. And I recall the slight Michael Jackson addiction we seemed to have. Do you remember trying to get his home phone number from the operator? Or the infamous slumber party where we had the pleasure of watching “The making of The Thriller”. Good times indeed.
Oh. My. Gosh. Yeah, I totally remember that now!! Awesomely good times:)
A great set of listicles…that was actually not a bad first concert.
It was ok, I wish I could be cool like Jo and say it was The Cure or something though.
I remember sitting outside the Civic Center waiting on you and your friends while you were at the concert. I was standing by the fence smoking with Lita Ford and Poison who were inside the fence.
I also remember that you all saw ET before me, and when I took you all, you told me what was going to happen before it did.
Sweet Pea was a good car, also painted in a color easily recognizable. Couldn’t hide her.
I am glad you liked the magic flute. For a while there, you were into Opera, but it passed.
My first concert was Neil Diamond with Mary Darling in Ohio.
First car was a Dodge Dart (mint green) with push button drive.
Almost forgot, the first opera that got me hooked was when I was 16 and our English teacher, Ms. Mazell, arranged for us to see AIDA at the new Boston Opera. got me hooked.
Ha! I forgot you drove us there! And without a cell phone or a car DVD player!! Best. Mom. Ever.
I don’t feel so badly about my first car now. Sweet Pea…teehee
I miss those gas prices.
Those prices are gone for good, aren’t they?
Oh my God. E.T. was the BEST movie ever!! This is such an awesome list! I loved it!
Thanks! I had fun too!
Thanks for coming up with such a good topic! I was really racking my brain though for a couple of them. LOL! My mom reads my blog… LOL… I had to be careful. I may be 34 years old, but she would still yell at me. I have “almost” four year old twins. Can’t wait to read more!
Julia
http://www.momontherunx2.net
I watch out for the grandparents who read mine:)
I had a ton of records because, yes, I’m THAT old
I can’t remember first movies – probably something Disney. My parents used to take us to the drive-in (I’m that old too!).
We want to the drive in. I hope I didn’t lie in my list!! I’m 97% sure that was my first movie.
I <3 Bismarck! I fly in to there every time I go home, which is 3 hours north of Bismarck!
It’s a great town. I miss it!
Firat concert: Bryan Adams. Still love him <3
He is pretty great, still!
I voted for Clinton too and I was super-excited to vote! Great list. Erin
It was exciting and nerve-wracking. Still is!
I love E.T. and yes, I remember Poison with Lita Ford and Britney Fox and Thriller, oh yes, I even had a Michael Jackson doll…good memories. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
P.S. I wish gas were still that cheap!!!
DId you see that Poison tour too?
Hey! Found you through Stacie at Snaps and Bits – I have an identical twin – we are 44 years old now. Neither of us had twins though and after my Mom had us, was afraid she’d have twins again, so its just us and our brother who is 2 years older than us.
Though we live 60 miles apart, we don’t see each other that often, but of course, we talk on the phone at least 10 times a day. I am an empty nester already – my daughter is a junior in college and lives with her boyfriend.
My sister had 3 kids – 2 in high school and a daughter who is in 5th grade.
And in case you are wondering, I have a high tolerance for wine too!
I like anyone who has a high tolerance for wine. Being a twin makes you even better!
I echo other people’s thanks for the great listicles idea. I had more fun with this one than ever before. Here are a few I didn’t add to my own:
First movie: Fiddler on the Roof
First vote: Mondale/Ferraro
I can tell that I’m at least 10 years older than you, but our political leanings are the same!!
I remember watching Mondale/Ferraro and wishing I could vote!
Loved me some Poison! And Michael Jackson. And ET. I was 11 when it came out and wanted everything with his cute, little ugly face on it. I even had some ET earrings! I was a weird kid.
I had E.T. everything. There’s nothing weird about that!!
I also voted for Clinton although it wasn’t my first vote. I’m old so my parents took us to the drive in, however, first movie in a theater without parents was Star Wars. (Yep, that old!) I was 13. First brand new car, a Plymouth Voyager to hold my small army and the dog. “The Magic Flute” was also my first brush with live theater! My most recent, “Wicked”! Thanks for a great list and a sweet trip down memory lane!
I was 10 when I saw “The Magic Flute” it was a school field trip. Half of us loved it, the other half hated it.
What an odd/awesome coincidence! (The Magic Flute that is;))
I have 3 crates of Vinyl LP’s in the basement and I do actually remember 78′s…I AM that old! ;P
My first concert was Three Dog Night…I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t know them. Ha!
We had some 45′s when I was little & my mom had albums. They’re still way cooler than just downloading music from iTunes!
This is the first time I’m actually afraid of the weather. Don’t call me a wuss until Wednesday.
I will call you a wuss, but only to annoy you.
—Love your firsts!
Poison. E T. Thriller.
WOW! I Looooove.
My first concert was Led Zeppelin…
That first concert is the coolest one ever!
Is it weird that the first movie I saw in a theater was E.T. but I was born in 1982? Maybe it was for the 5th anniversary or something
I don’t like people who are younger than me, so yes. Yes, it’s weird.
Wasn’t Thriller just the absolute BEST ??? I have great memories dancing to it in our lounge room. You know, my husband has never seen ET. OMG…He must’ve been under a rock or something. How insane is that ?
I’d vote for Bill Clinton again in a heartbeat.
My only celebrity crush ever was Bill Clinton. I would still marry him but I happen to care about his wife so…
E.T. rocks. And my first cassette was Like A Virgin.