do you trust first impressions? do you even remember your first impression of me? i think i trust them but i don't let it stop me from seeing what else somebody could do or be. some people are really good at lying about who they are and it takes awhile to see their true colors, or sometimes it just takes more than a few meetings to be pleasantly surprised by somebody's qualities that don't show initially. i was thinking about this today because i was remembering the day i met somebody, and i remembered being really touched by my first impression of this person, and the second and probably third too... actually almost all impressions... because although they barely knew me (and i had some pretty geeky pink hair ...), having just met, they still made an effort when i only knew a few other people there. granted that it was an ice breaker and i think that we were supposed to pair up with somebody we didn't know so it's possible that their choice was limited but the continued gesture still means something. i remember thinking to myself, 'wow, if i get the chance to meet this person again i would be really lucky' (or something less dorky sounding...hehe). i just think that things like this say a lot about a person's character and when you have so many good impressions stacked up for you, it makes it a lot easier to ignore those that you get when somebody is having a bad day or is being really moody... which is why i say i don't stick with JUST the first impression because what if that happens to be the 'bad day'? i don't know, maybe it's just my eternal optimism kicking in again... or maybe i'm just getting stuck in a memory, but if i've learned anything from my constantly giving people the benefit of the doubt and creating characteristics and traits for people that they will probably never have, it's that if you can recall an ACTUAL moment in time when somebody did something that exemplifies such a trait you can usually use that as an accurate portrayal of the kind of person they are. wow... i kind of went off on a tangent here... all i really was thinking when i started this was how i actually feel blessed to know this person and that i wish i could tell them sometimes how glad i am that they are a part of my life, no matter how small it may be.