August First Lines

Some pundits say short story first lines are crucial. I say they're fun to look at. Here are the first lines from our awesome August Electric Spec stories:

• The last of my buy-out pay got me as far as Utross IV.
• Gary and I fight, and afterward, I go shopping.
• A giant eyeball opens in Michelle's living room floor.
• I am walking in the city at night.
• Of all the apothecaries in all the neighborhoods in San Francisco, he has to walk into mine.
• They dropped anchor just after dawn.

Can you identify the story from the first sentence? Do you think first sentences are crucial? Talk amongst yourselves...