first impressions

Within the first three seconds of a new encounter, you are evaluated… even if it is just a glance. Once we had showed ourselves, we have been judged. This may not be a concern for some people, but for others the first impression is always a difficult one. This holds true for those of us with piercings, tattoos and wild styles that would include clothing and hairdos. I have a few friends, my boyfriend for one, that has always been judged for his long hair and for 2 years was unable to be employed and he also was judged by any other person that was around. Basically, if you didn't know him personally you probably where wondering "who the hell is this guy?". Finally, his hair was cut, my parents were happier, he got a job and got into university! Tada, first impressions improved! These things probably wouldn't have happened if he had long hair.
Even if you don't have these particular problems we seem to get ourselves wrongly judged on numerous occasions. My first impression ideal would just to seem fun outgoing and stylish....yea on a good day. Its aways interesting to hear how people think about you. Often these impressions are no fault of your own and are simply the result of the other person's predisposition. They may have meant someone like you before and they relate you to them. This could hold true for first dates, job interview, impressions of teachers, bands and so much more.
Bands are a good example of impressions. Bands have target audiences and if your not in one of those targets you might just not like them. They usually have under 5 minutes to get your attention and keep long enough so you might go buy a CD-which doesn't happen anymore anyways...
So can you judge a book by its cover, or is that terribly unfair? I think that you generally know the image you are portraying whether you agree with it or not. If you have a tattoo on your face, i'm gunna say you want to be like mike tyson, if you come up to me at a bar wearing a shirt with your collar popped- i'm over it and moving on.
First impressions are not just about looks. The situations you are in and also what you are conversing about is how we make the next decision about a person. If i see you walking out of the local crack house, you are not someone that i would even talk to at a future party. It all seems so judgmental but we all do it, and its unavoidable.