"The Friday Five (Part IV in a series)"

04/05/2002

1. What was your first job?
When I was 15 my cousin was an assistant manager at a local McDonald's. He used his vast Food Service industry influence to get me the highly sought after and prestigious job of Cashier. (Of course this was back when one of their main employee benefits was "free uniforms".) I worked there for most of my sophomore year of high school and played JV football at the same time. Let me tell you, that was rough. Not so much the football, but seeing what goes on behind the scenes at a fast food restaurant.

To this day, I won't eat restaurant pickles. *shudder*

2. How old were you when you had your first kiss?
15. Damn, that was a pretty good year for me wasn't it? Anyway, her name was Libby Rojas and she was a year younger than me. A friend of mine in my geometry class told me that this Freshman liked me. I didn't believe him of course but I did somehow manage to actually talk to the girl in question. Turns out she did like me and soon a heady teenage romance followed. She wasn't my first sexual partner but things did progress beyond just kissing fairly quickly. *ahem*

3. What was your first car? What happened to it?
The first car that I drove full time was a gray 1975 Volvo 244 GL. This was in 1983. It was of course a hand-me-down family car, but it had an electric moon roof! I know, I know... no matter what kind of face you put on it, a Volvo isn't much of a chick magnet. Naturally, it passed to my brother a couple years later.

After my first year of college, I bought a metallic midnight blue 1986 Ford Ranger XL 4-wheel drive. That was the first vehicle I bought myself and ended up owning in my own name. I learned the hard way how important vehicle maintenance is after I neglected changing the oil for too long and had to replace the engine because it seized. I also redneck'd that mo fo out. I gave it a 3-inch body lift, 31-inch tires on gold and chrome rims and a double/single metallic gold rollbar with four front-facing offroad lights and two rear facing ones. What??? It was the 80's.

I kept that until 1994 when I found out about my impending fatherhood. I sold the truck and bought a nice sensible 1994 teal Toyota Corolla. That's the car I currently drive but I'm starting to save up for another one. I'm looking towards getting a Jeep Wrangler this time. It's cheaper than an SUV, not as boring as a family car and still has a backseat for the lad.

4. What was your first concert?
The first one that I remember buying tickets to is Jimmy Buffett. This was back when he used to come to Merriweather Post Pavilion every year. A couple friends and I loaded up on food and beer and went up early to tailgate in the parking lot. One of my friends had an extended cab pickup truck (hey, it was the 80's!) so we actually did have a tailgate to party from. Since I was the youngest, I got stuck in the little jumper seat. Oh yeah, swift plan there. Put the fat kid with motion sickness in a cramped space riding sideways.

You can see that it was totally not my fault for throwing up later. Well, I guess the beers didn't help matters either.

5. What are you doing this weekend?
I'm going to NC for the North Carolina Renaissance Faire and to see my sweetie. Since she is smart enough to not try and change me, I have full permission for Roguish behavior. I'm not sure if being spoken for and having that kind of license makes me less dangerous or more dangerous. It's gonna be fun finding out though!

Have a weekend!

1. What was your first job? My senior year of highschool, I worked at a "Ben Franklin Cart" at the Gallery II. It was one of those kiosk kinda thingies on wheels in the mall. I sold ties and suspenders. 2. How old were you when you had your first kiss? Good Question. God, It seems like I've been kissing forever. The first one that I cared about happened when I was 16 and met the first love of my life. December 31st 1990. We kissed for the first time January 1st 1991. 3. What was your first car? What happened to it? Never owned a car. Still don't have a Driver's License. 4. What was your first concert? Believe it or not, I was just talking about this subject. It was Nelson. Wanna know who opened for them? Enuff Z'nuff. How funny is THAT? 5. What are you doing this weekend? Worked Friday, went to a friend's yesterday, working today. ~ Annette MacDobhran Mayden (^. .^) @ 8:53 a.m. EST on 04/07/2002