First Contact

Impressions. Ever have that awkward first meeting with someone and you royally screw it up? Sometimes it's hard to be true to our personalities, especially when we're trying to impress someone. I, personally, have been told on occasion that I make a horrible first impression. This, sadly, is very true. I come off as a socially-awkward, quiet girl that, while maybe cracking a joke or two, mostly just looks like she'd rather be anywhere else. And I really do avoid "first contact" as I put it, because I can't help but make it feel awkward for everyone involved. But, as my close friends will tell you, get past all that initial quietness and really get to know me, then comes the endless chatter. I have a chronic need to hear myself talk, and have others hear it too.

Once you get me talking, though, you start discovering things you hadn't expected. Would you imagine, just by looking at me, that I'm an avid PC gamer? Probably not. Nor would you guess that I have a special place in my heart for Star Wars and Star Trek. Or even that I could talk about old and new cartoons for hours. I'm not exactly "what you see is what you get," but I'll never lie about what really interests me. This is just how I am, but how many people do we misjudge just by a first impression?

I know for a fact that I've misjudged people because I didn't mesh well with them on our first encounter. But in some cases I've gone on to become friends, even best friends, with those people. However, more often than not, I let that first impression drive me away from truly discovering the uniqueness of that particular person. And we all have a story, or a personality quirk that makes us interesting. It's those that discover it, that really have the chance to become great friends. So I continue to challenge myself to dig around and try to find the redeemable qualities in everyone. They certainly have to struggle to find mine!

So, I talked to a few of the people who read my blog and asked if they would be interested in me adding a comic to each regular blog. (Basically, anything that is not an art update.) They said they'd love to see it, so I've decided that's exactly what I'm going to do. Typically the comic will just be a single panel that has to do with what I'm talking about. Also, the artwork is probably going to be poopy because I'm not going to spend a huge amount of time on it. *Hopefully* when I get a graphics tablet I'll be able to do this on the computer instead of by hand and it'll look MUCH better. But for now, enjoy a bit of my silly comic humor!