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winded
Authored by: gg	Views 1377
the first time i had the wind knocked out, was at school. i was about 12. I was playing fighting, but not for real!! and my freind a very clumsy lad threw a punch, that caught me hard and square in the solar plexus. I felt every bit of wind... View Story
From: My First Time Getting The Wind Knocked Out Of Me

So Boring
Authored by: lindsayT	Views 1611
My first (and only as of publishing this story) 1/2 Marathon was in early November 2006. It was the San Francisco 1/2, and I was doing it because it was a good friend's birthday, and she wanted to do it. I decided to join her even though I... View Story
From: My First Time Completing A Half Marathon

little bean, big taste
Authored by: rosali	Views 987
Every meal was the same at my house from nursery school through 2nd grade: meat, starch and a veggie. I wanted to eat at other people's houses so I could try their tasty junk food - chocolate for desert - or change up the order of my meal to better... View Story
From: My First Time Eating Lima Beans

bike + bread truck = bad
Authored by: cheshcat	Views 1120
My freshman year in college, I had an 8am Calculus class. I have never really been a morning person, and this was especially true during college. It was a 20 minute uphill ride from my dorm room to the main part of campus, and there were not many bike-only... View Story
From: My First Time Falling Asleep On A Bicycle

My Hamster
Authored by: Ivan	Views 364
The first pet that I lost died in my hands. It was a hamster. I remember feeling his body grow colder as he neared the end. I desperately tried to keep him warm with my hands, but the coldness that gripped him was not of this world and he succumbed... View Story
From: My First Time Losing A Pet

Desperate Dopplering
Authored by: pacificstandard	Views 565
In the course of starting my bar in Brooklyn, Pacific Standard, there have been a lot of unpredictable messes. But the roof of our back room proved to be the unfit mother of them all. While we were replacing the roof (why we had to replace it is... View Story
From: My First Time Replacing A Roof

Lord of the Flies
Authored by: ninjadonkey	Views 529
The culture shock came in the form of a small child. There he was standing, flies crawling all over his face, in and out of his ears and mouth, up his snot crusted nose, and strolling leisurely across his eyeballs. It was my second weekend in Kenya. I... View Story
From: My First Time I Experienced Culture Shock

Just Don't Take the Chips
Authored by: Brison	Views 888
The first time I had a gun point at me, I was holding four jumbo bags of potato chips. I think I dropped them pretty quick, though. And to be honest, they didn't actually point the gun at me. But we'll get to that. I was on my way back from... View Story
From: My First Time Having A Gun Pointed At Me

Keeping One Day Ahead of the Students
Authored by: doctor_bob	Views 619
I've now taught about twenty courses at UC Berkeley in the 5 years since I supposedly "retired" from a successful decade working in Silicon Valley, but I will never forget the first course. I was asked by the Dean of what was then called the School of Information Management... View Story
From: My First Time Teaching A Course

First Speeding Ticket
Authored by: McG	Views 644
About four days after I got my driver's license, at age 16, I was racing home from a doctor's appointment on Route 128, the major highway that bypasses Boston. It was raining and I think I knew that I was driving recklessly, but I was following a Jetta who... View Story
From: My First Time Getting Pulled Over By The Cops