First time for everything

I wonder how important the first time really is...

• How often is the first time the best? (Experience does count for something!)

• How often is the first time the hardest? (Doesn't overcoming the difficulty of initiating a "first time" overemphasize the elation/joy experienced in the actual event and underemphasize the truly horrible effort it took to get this thing started!?!?)

• How often is the first time the worst? (Typically unexperienced, fumbling through a first time can be revolting...)

• How can anyone put so much pressure on one moment and ever expect it to be positively memorable (as opposed to negatively memorable!?)?

I guess the real power of the "first time" is the sentimentality of the moment: the fact that you'll always remember where you were and who you were with that first time...

So, here I am, a blogvirgin no more. The first time wasn't so bad...