Personal count-down

Via ktbuffy:

10 firsts:
…first boyfriend/girlfriend: Annette (last name not remembered, it being the First Grade)
…first best friend: David Helgerson
…first screen name: dhill@pas01.[company].com
…first kiss: A stage kiss by a senior in the Little Theatre at GHS
…first piercings: N/A
…first crush: Debbie Needleman
…first music: First personally purchased music was “Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits” on cassette
…first car: 1971 Super Beetle, powder blue, Calif. license 625CHV.
…first stuffed animal: Earliest one I know of was “Mister Bear.” Currently lives in our guest room.

9 lasts:
…last cigarette: N/A. Last (only) cigar (partial) was at my bachelor party.
…last alcoholic beverage: A glass of Riesling last evening (thanks, Jackie).
…last kiss: Margie, yesterday. (Well, this morning, too, but neither of us was really awake.)
…last movie seen: In a theater – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
…last phone call: Jim & Ginger, yesterday, I think.
…last cd played: The Pirate Coast by Richard Zacks (audiobook), listened to this morning.
…last bubble bath: No idea, but, I suspect, on the order of decades ago.
…last time you cried: Cannot recall.
…last date: Hmmm. Been several weeks since Margie and I went someplace just by ourselves.

8 have you evers:
…dated one of your best friends: Usually.
…skinny dipped: Not that I can recall.
…kissed somebody and regretted it: No.
…fallen in love: Oh, yes.
…lost someone you loved: Yes.
…been depressed: Yes.
…woken up and not known where you were: For more than 10-15 seconds? No. For less than that? Frequently. I have a longish boot cycle.

7 places you’ve been to:
… Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales — yay!)
… Eire
… Vancouver Island
… Santa Fe
… Walt Disney World
… The Greater LA-San Diego Metroplex
… The Slough of Despond

6 things you’ve done today:
… Fumbled with my alarm clock.
… Driven 35 miles.
… Checked my office e-mail.
… IMed with Margie.
… Updated my blog.
… Sat on a phonecon.

5 favorite things in NO order:
… Reading (esp. at meal time).
… Lectoring.
… Making Katherine smile.
… Making Margie smile.
… Playing games with friends.

4 people you can tell (almost) anything to:
… Margie
… My Dear Readers Here [which, I think, gets us to 4]

3 wishes:
… Joy for Katherine
… A Long and Happy Marriage with Margie.
… Winning the Lottery

2 things you want to do before you die:
… Visit the Parthenon.
… Get published.

1 thing you regret:
… The numerous projects I’ve started over the years and never finished.