if we lived in a world without tears/how would bruises find the face to lie upon/how would scars find skin to etch themselves into...

1. Who was your first prom date? I skipped my prom to hang out with my aunt for a weekend. Ok I still wouldn't have gone.

2. Who was your first roommate(s)? X+J, followed soon by Lily

3. What alcoholic beverage did you drink when you got drunk the first time? Rum & Coke

4. What was your first job? Miami Springs Swimming Pool. I was a teacher's aide/cashier.

5. What was your first car? no car.

6. When did you go to your first funeral? When my Grandpa died about 10 years ago.

7. How old were you when you first moved away from your hometown? 31.

8. Who was your first grade teacher? Mrs. Grimsley, I think. I have vaguely fond memories.

9. Where did you go on your first ride on an airplane? From Miami to L.A. to visit the grandparents.

10. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who was it with? I don't think I ever had to sneak out of my house.

11. Who was your first Best Friend and are you still friends with them? Robbie E. was my first best friend. And no... surprise.

12. Where was your first sleepover? Probably this kid Chris, from my church. He had a pool. One night he ate too much pizza and threw up all over the patio. That was gross.

13. Who is the first person you call when you have a bad day? Apparently today it was J. Usually my mom or Lily

14. Who's wedding were you in the first time you were a bridesmaid or a groomsmen? Haven't had the "honor" yet- but I was a ring bearer when I was little. And blonder. And tanner. And all around more cute.

15. What is the first thing you do in the morning? Say "fuck you" and shut off the alarm. Unless I'm opening or off, in which case I promptly go back to sleep.

16. What was the first concert you ever went to? The Go-Go's. (ok ok I went to a Melissa Manchester concert with my mom & her friend when the 3rd person they were going with got sick)

17. First tattoo or piercing? none, thanks.

18. Age of first real kiss? REAL kiss... 17.

19. First crush? Jordan Knight?

20. First REAL love? "pfft!" (that's the same noise i made when i saw Mel Gibson as Braveheart last night during the awards)

listening to: WORLD WITHOUT TEARS/Lucinda Williams
bookbag: Mapping the Edge/Sarah Dunant- almost through, dammit, but i've got another Dunant novel lined up.
dvd player: Undeclared
title quote: "World Without Tears" by Lucinda Williams
celebrity sightings: 0- No, Norana- cute GQ models do not count
YTD Sightings-7
what i wish i would have said: to the customer who i had to babysit for 20 fucking minutes looking for something i knew we didn't have that she insisted we did while she constantly yelled at her fucking son: "dammit woman we don't have the fucking coupon book!!"