def peek(self):
        """Peeks at the first of the list without removing it."""
        c = self.connection.cursor()
        first_tweet_id = c.execute("SELECT tweet from tweetlist where label='first_tweet'").next()[0]
        if first_tweet_id is None:
            # No tweets are in the list, so return None
            return None

        tweet = c.execute("SELECT message from tweets WHERE id=?", (first_tweet_id,)).next()[0]

        c.close()
        return tweet
Peeks at the first of the list without removing it.