One was from Tim, an old friend of a friend who came to a lot of our shows when we were Vlad Smut and the Swanks. One was from Len, the drummer of the Swanks. I wrote back to both of them and sent a message to Todd, our really good friend in LA who just found out his wife is pregnant. Then I found out that my old high school friend (and first girl crush) Kristi had her baby, a cute little peanut named Zack. After writing back to Len on MySpace he then added me as a contact in MSN, so we chatted for awhile until he must have lost his connection and disappeared.
It was great fun, but I stayed up too late. I took the bus to work so I had to get up super early. I’m eating my bagel with veggie cream cheese. Queens of the Stone Age, Tom Waits and the Reverend Horton Heat kept coming up in my shuffle this morning. Maybe the kids will go to the grandparent’s this weekend? I will hassle Phil to call his mom today.
QotD - and I hope it’s not too boring!
What is your first childhood memory? How old were you?
I have a vague first memory of sitting on the front steps of our house on N 39th St. in Seattle with my mom, looking at a ladybug. She had long hippie hair (it was the late 70’s) and I was wearing a red dress. I must have been 3 ½ or so.
I have a very strong memory of sitting at the table at my mother’s friend Jeri’s house, eating breakfast. I told Jeri that I didn’t want to eat my eggs, but she said I had to. She held my mouth open, scooped it up on the fork and jammed it down my throat. I felt the fork hit the back of my throat. It was a really runny egg. I cried.
To this day I will not eat eggs of any kind, or eggplant and it took me until just a few years ago to try egg rolls. I must have again been about 3 ½ because I came to find out years later that the reason I was at Jeri’s house is because she was watching me while my mom was in the hospital giving birth to my sister.
Since my son is now 4 ½ he’s probably already stored away his first memory. I wonder what it is and I hope it’s good and not scaring or bad.
