Based on an idea from a G+ post, tracking the first times I did certain things in 2018. I’ll be updating it as the year goes on:
- First Food: Kefalotyri cheese, a household standard my father-in-law picks up in Astoria (1 Jan)
- First Liquid: some crazy blue tea (ginger) my wife got for Christmas (1 Jan)
- First Drink: mimosa made with Lamarca prosecco (1 Jan)
- First Meal: New Year’s brunch, mostly smoked salmon, shrimp and so on (1 Jan)
- First Meal Cooked: albondigas soup, in new Instant Pot (17 Jan)
- First Meal With Non-Family:
- First Restaurant:
- First High Five: My son, after a little spontaneous room cleaning (4 Jan)
- First Low Five: My son, for trying electronic piano lessons for the first time. (1 Jan)
- First Hug: My wife, who was sick. (1 Jan)
- First Use of “Dad Voice”: To my son, who left the freezer door open for three hours. (3 Jan)
- First Public Transport Taken:
- First Aircraft Taken:
- First Bike Ride:
- First Boat Taken:
- First Drone Flight:
- First Visit to Someone Else’s House:
- First Bare Feet in Body of Water:
- First Security Update Applied: Patch to this web server for “Spectre” and “Meltdown” (18 Jan)
- First Programming Language Used: Java (2 Jan)
- First Programming Language Used Outside Work:
- First Robot Task:
- First Electronics Recycled:
- First Lego Set Purchased:
- First Lego Set Built: 70612-1: Green Ninja Mech Dragon, mostly watching my son build it
- First Scavenger Hunt:
- First Plant Harvested:
- First Bill Payed: Water bill (3 Jan)
- First Item Bought Online: Heavily discounted Monsterpocalypse game bundle (2 Jan)
- First Item Bought in Store: cough medicine (2 Jan)
- First Item Made With Own Hands:
- First Kickstarter Backed: John Carter of Mars RPG (13 Jan)/li>
- First Charitable Contribution:
- First Regretted Purchase:
- First Doctor’s Appointment: Flu shot for son (19 Jan)
- First Injury:
- First Illness:
- First Movie: The Greatest Showman (2 Jan)
- First TV Show: Star Trek, “The Naked Time” (1 Jan)
- First Song: Something terrible on a New Year’s Eva show (1 Jan)
- First Live Performance:
- First Book to Read:
- First Book to Finish:
- First Roleplaying Game Played:
- First Roleplaying Game Worked On: The Mortice System
- First Board Game:
- First Console Videogame: Lego Jurassic World, Wii U, with son (1 Jan)
- First Mobile Videogame: Civilization VI, iOS (1 Jan)
- First Computer Videogame:
- First Software Downloaded: Lego Boost on son’s iPad, iOS (1 Jan)
- First Software Purchased: The Dicenomicon +1 (23 Jan)