Hey, a Meme!

But first, a bit of an entry.

Ever have one of these moments?

I just decided to put some tea tree oil on my scalp, like a scalp treatment, because the itching is driving me crazy. So you gotta wet your hair, put the stuff on, massage it in, and then cover your head with something for awhile to keep the heat in. I put on a cheap shower cap I picked up for doing this. And I tucked it up behind my ears so I could put my glasses on, and then turned to face the bathroom mirror and then said out loud

"Boy, do I look like my mother!"

I kinda don't think I do, but I guess I do. And she did this kind of scalp thing all the time, did Shirl. She never said anything about itchy scalp or allergies, but she had fine, limp hair -- thanks, Mom -- and she was always trying to do something to build it up. She actually had a heat cap; you would put whatever the conditioner was on your hair and then put this thing on, snap the chin strap, and plug it in. To an electrical outlet. And sit where ever it was you had to sit for an hour or so until it was done. Boy, did we get good laughs off of that. She looked like Captain Video.

Anyway, more of a something here tomorrow; I got this meme from Fi, who posted it yesterday.

1. How old were you when you first went to the movie theatre? What movie did you see? The earliest movie I remember seeing is Around the World in 80 Days, which came out in 1956, according to imdb.com, but I think I saw it a year later, when I was four. In fact, if you look over at the picture of me with my mother, I saw it that same week. We were away on vacation in the country for two weeks, we went to see the movie, and when we got back to our hotel I had a fever of about 104, and was sick for half the time we were away. Which is why they wouldn't let me go swimming while I recuperated, and why my mother is wearing a bathing suit but I'm wearing clothes.


2. How old were you when you had your first child(ren)? I was 28 when R was born, 31 when K was born.


3. How old were you when you had your first real kiss? That was October 30, 1969, so I was 16+. We had taken a school trip to Washington DC for the day -- yes, a long trip for one day -- and Marc Weiss sat next to me on the bus on the way home and kissed me.


4. How old were you when you went on your first roller coaster ride? Where was it? I'll let you know.


5. When did you get your first cell phone? When the Sibs and I decided to drive to Florida with just the two of us and four children, having a cell phone seemed like the wise thing to do. You can read about the trip here. It was summer, 1993.


6. How old were you when you got your first car? I drove cars that my parents owned but that were given to me for my use, one car for a few months when I was 18 -- it was mine until the insurance expired -- and then my mother's old car so I could commute to college; I had that one from the age of 20 until the Hubs and I bought our first car, in 1977.


7. How old were you when you started your first job? What was it? I worked in a neighborhood fabric/sewing store when I was 16.


8. What was your first alcoholic beverage? I'm not much of a drinker, but I wasn't deprived of it, even as a kid. I had to drink some of that vile sweet kosher wine every year at Passover, after all. My mother was a scotch drinker, when she drank, straight, and once I asked her if I could have a sip and she said "Sure, go ahead" and I thought I was gonna die. I was maybe 10? I got a little drunk once in high school; my first real drunk was during my freshman year in college. It did not inspire me to repeat the experience, and I've never gotten sick drunk since then, although I've been very, very happy drunk here and there. It's not an activity that generally appeals to me. Thanks, mom.


9. Where did you buy your first house? Why, right here. We still live in the first house we bought, right here in Bizarro Town where the Hubs and I grew up. I thought we'd been here 20 years, but I realized the other day that this coming November will be 22.


10. When did you start your first blog? October 17, 2002, at dland.

watching Still Standing :: entry #1482