Well peoples, I'm gonna post this before I forget about it, and forget what it was like.
First impressions always fascinate me.
They are usually completely wrong and it's so weird to look back and try to picture people the way you first saw them and what you first thought.
I had many first impressions of lots of new people not too long ago. And now I'm going to tell you what they were BUT!.......in return you must tell me (honestly) what your first impression of me was as well. Even if it was something like...."wow that girl looks like a little tea pot" (you know the rest)
Courtney and Nick: I think they were actually the first people we ever saw.(it was either them or Josh.J) We went to wal-mart to get our pictures for the year book taken. We parked the van and this truck pulled in right beside us. A young guy and girl got out and they were both wearing red NAHSA shirts. They waited to make an appointment, and Courtney kept turning around and looking at us through the glass like "who are these strange people?" Nick paid us no mind.
Nick seemed like a normal calm guy, so when we saw him again at the family night I was totally taken aback and was like "whoa he's totally different than he looked the first time" I thought Courtney was nice. She reminded me so much of a friend I have in Lake Town, but not so much anymore. She has her own identity now.
Josh: Y'all have heard me say this before, but the first time I saw Josh was also at wal-mart. He was with his Dad (I'm pretty sure, even though I haven't met Mr.J) I remember him because I thought he looked alot like his Dad and I distinctly remember thinking to myself, and I think I even said so to Mom, "I bet that kid is homeschooled. He looks homeschooled." and I was right.
Joy: I saw her out in the field playing flag football. I remember thinking "That girl is really pretty, she's short too." and even though she was short I thought she was older, so when I found out she was only 15 I was surprised. I thought she looked like a lil indian maiden, and I wondered if we'd end up being friends.
Logan: We first met Logan at a family night. He was actually the first person we officially met. He was wearing his scout uniform and playing football which I thought was kind of strange, but I just figure he had come from a scout event and hadn't brought anything else to wear. He was very formal "Hi I'm Logan .S" shakes Branden's hand. "I'm Branden .S." and same thing pretty much with me. I remember thinking he was very friendly and nice seeing as he was pretty much the only person who was conversing with us. I remember catching the ball one time and trying to run through the swarms of little kids trying to grab my flag. In attempting to keep my flag I ended up falling rather hard on my bum. It didn't hurt (for it was well cushioned) but I remember Logan saying "whoa I could feel the vibrations.....it's like an earth quake" I wondered what he meant by that, but I decided not to take it the wrong way. besides I was pretty much too embarrassed to care. What a way to make a good first impression......Fall down on your bum, yup sure fire way to appear cool.
*Edit* yeah I forgot to say that I pretty much thought you were a nerd.....friendly and nice......but a nerd none the less. You didn't run around in flag football you just kind of hopped...it's hard to exlpain but it was interesting. but the more I was around you the more you astounded me. You did things that (at the time) seemed very out of character for you.
Jeff and Amanda: I met them at the family night too. They came later of course but I remember thinking "hmm she looks cool, I wonder how old they are?" Course I couldn't really tell which one was older since Jeff is like Mr. "I can break concrete blocks with my hands". She was pretty quiet during the capture the flag game and I made attempts to talk to her by asking various questions. Later I found out that she and Jeff were Brother and sister ( I had assumed as much) but that they were also 17 and 15. I thought that was awesome cause that was the exact ages of Branden and I. I was thinking to myself " I bet us four are going to be good friends" and later, the more we talked the more we found out how much our family's are alike....excusing the significantly larger number of people in ours. So from the start I knew and had a feeling that we would be good friends.
Steffen and Aarrin: I met these two crazy people at the white elephant party. I remember walking in and wondering who they were cause they hadn't been to anything that we had been to so far. Aarrin was pretty much playing four square that whole night while steffen was talking to people. I remember thinking, "hmm that Aarrin guy is pretty cute, but why does he let his little brother boss him around like that?." I'm not joking. I thought Aarrin was about 16 and Steffen was about 14. Sorry , but that's how it was. That night was hilarious. I sat on the porch swing with Steffen and Evan and listened as they conversed (or argued whichever way you look at it) about various things. One topic was the fact that the man who played Chewbacca was uglier than Chewbacca himself and he should just leave the costume on. All in all I liked Steffen and Aarrin and I remember actually being glad that the Muskrat was going to winter camp cause he seemed like a fun guy. Oh how little I knew then. I'm much wiser now.( I hope) Ha! do you guys remember the butt soap and Mrs. Reese? hahaha!
Leighanne: I don't actually remember when I first met her. I think it was in a group of several people and why I can't remember. But I do remember when I first really talked to her. It was at the skating party. And we talked about the choir that used to exist and theater and drama and venturing and other various things. I thought she was a nice girl, and I also thought she was older than she was so I was surprised (again) when I found out. In fact I thought the same thing about Courtney R. too. Maybe I'm just bad with ages. hmmm yeah , think so.
Caleb: I saw him from a distance on a grassy field in the middle of a bunch of scrambling people. They were all playing football.
I remember thinking as I watched him walk that it was a very smooth and fluid movement. He just kind of I dunno, He was always calm and poised, ready for whatever might happen. He made me feel rather stupid at one point. After we had gotten into the game and after I had fallen on my bum the teams were lining up for another down and I lined up on the wrong side. The first thing Caleb ever said to me was "You're supposed to be on that side." he said pointing to the other team. " oh.... right" I replied suddenly realizing he was right " I knew that." After falling on my bum and confusing my teams I was just like " yeah bet he thinks I'm smart."
I also remember he had one of the most intriguing faces I had ever seen ( intriguing in a good way mind you) and so he caught me looking at him perhaps more than a few times, but I might add that his mother was also pointing out who her children were, and I was seeing the similarities between him and joy, but I just couldn't see it in Josh at all. In fact I was in a very watchful state that night, just taking in all the new faces and people. I don't know if that made the guys uncomfortable or not but I remember they all got up and went over to the other porch on the side of the house. Oh and I distinctly remember at volley ball one day while everyone was choosing teams, being called( I don't remember if it was Caleb or not) "Branden's sister."
..........yeah.
Evan: I heard his voice before ever seeing his face. The day Branden and I came to our first speech class we were a tad late late (so what else is new?) and the class had already started.( great, just great) I didn't want to walk in there, but I decided to be strong and I led the way as we walked through the door into a room full of people we had never met to a class that was half way through it's year with a teacher we had also never seen. After scanning the room I realized that the only two chairs left were in the very front row. No slipping in the back pew unnoticed for us, "here we go". We sat down, and as soon as the teacher started to ask for opinions or suggestions I heard this unfamiliar voice. I wondered who it belonged to for I had never heard it before. It was the most prominent as far as giving opinions and suggestions. Once the class was over and we had introduced ourselves to Dr.Doyle, we were standing about in the living room watching as people put up chairs and put tables where they went. I remember seeing this tall fellow walk by first this way and then that, andwondering who he was cause he hadn't been at the family night. I remember thinking to myself (and I kidd you not) " I wonder who that is? He's the best looking guy I've seen in this group so far."
He then went over to Branden and introduced himself. (Evan told me that's what he was doing) I remember him talking to Branden but I don't remember what he said because I had finally made the connection of who the voice belonged to and was too busy thinking about that.
He later put Owen's hat on and wore it for the rest of the afternoon. He and Nick were crazy at V-ball and kept shouting "Pull it together Men!" His personality was totally different than he looked at speech. That night at the white elephant I pretty much just listened to him and Steff talk and quarrel, putting in my two cents here and there, but the absolute most hilarious moment was when he started to tell the story of Jesse and his Ketchup. I laughed so hard I cried, and it was wonderful. I hadn't laughed that hard and that much in soo long, it was pure bliss. I was sorely dissapointed when we had to go home because I had finally made some friends.
Anyways that's all I can think of right now. If I think of something later I will add it in. I would have put in Esther and Christa and Sarah and whoever else I missed but since they don't have blog I didn't know if they would see it anyways, which is really the whole point.
Be grateful for the post. It took awhile to think out and type out. You may not be getting another post from me for a while seeing as I need to seriously crack down on school since I will be leaving for two weeks in May.
Gosh! I'm so sad cause I'll never see anybody anymore. Only a few more times and then......who knows? *tear.........tear*
Okay.......Now you guys hold up your end of the deal!
