First Impressions

They say that first impressions can make or break you.


We interrupt this blog to bring you this public service announcement from the mind of Kpinion:

Let’s take a moment here to talk about the infamous “they”. I want to be one of the “they”. In fact, you may not realize it but I am one of the “they”. I am actually the only “they” there is in the world but you wouldn’t just listen to me so I had to make myself plural thus the “they” instead of the “she”. And then it couldn’t just be Katie of Kpinion said because then you wouldn’t give it the weight that you give it when it is just anonymous “they”. Funny that we will attack the suppositions put forth by a person because we can evaluate who they are and how we view their ability to reason but if “they” say it then we take it as absolute truth because who can argue with “they” if you don’t know who “they” is. I am so very crafty that I made myself into “they” because I will slowly but surely take over the world by spreading my kpinions as fact under the pseudonym of “they”.

And now back to your regular programming.

So where was I? Oh yes, first impressions and how they can make or break you. I often wonder exactly what type of first impression I make on people. Is it good, is it bad, or is it just ok? Then I also ponder if I make the same general first impression on everyone or do my surroundings, the nature of the meeting, or better yet the “role” that I am in at that moment distinguish between the impression I make. And then I begin to think, is my first impression a true impression of me? Or is my first impression just that, an impression of who someone perceives me to be by assumptions they make about me due to the context in which they first encounter me (and yes I think the word encounter is important here because to meet is to learn a name or to see a face but to encounter is to be impacted enough that you take away an impression of that person.)

I’m interested to know what people’s first impressions of me are. Now this is not a plea for praises and fawning over me (although that will in no way be discouraged). In fact some of my best friends had HORRIBLE first impressions of me. Thank goodness they decided to give me a second chance and get to know me a bit better.

This is also an ironic type question to ask on a blog because there is only a handful of you who know me personally, i.e. have encountered that which is Katie in person. So I’m wondering if I give a different impression on my blog then I do in real life and then if the specific post or general line of posts that you first encountered at Kpinion gave you a specific first impression.

Now I want you to be HONEST. In fact I want Eddo to state his first impression of me because I know for a fact it wasn’t the best in the world. And for those few of you (and this would really only be Steve and JCol) who met me first online and then in person I’m interested to know what each first impression was and what was different between the two.

Now I will not ask you to provide me this information without giving my impression of you in return (I’m a big fan of reciprocity). So if you comment I will, in turn, comment back