[Here's to muh first journal :3]

Surprising thing about people. They never fail to amaze you. Some people are just moving about in the background, not really interested in becoming a central character. Others do, and affect you in ways you can't begin to imagine. Some are very friendly, latching on quickly and helping to guide you through any and all hurdles. Some of those become closer, into budding relationships that may last as short as a day, or as long as a lifetime. Other people may come in to stir up trouble. Some may just be in it for the prank, to get a reaction out of you. Others have true malice in their hearts, and want to put you down - either because they hate having had the same done unto them, or becauase they themselves cannot process the effects of their actions. Sometimes people clash, and you find yourself torn as to who you should throw your support behind, if at all.

People never cease to amaze me, a blank canvas ready to be filled either from their own actions or the actions of others. Even then, anything that fills that canvas would also in some way be their own actions, whether or not they allowed the others to drip even a droplet of paint onto it. People band together and share their experiences, weaving their life paintings into magnificent mosaics of society, depticting centuries of history.

ANd after all that, after millenia of adding to our own paintings, or own stories, there's still surprises to be had. Good or bad, one thing can be said for certain. People certainly are surprising...