I tend to be a people watcher. I like to see how people behave in certain situations and atmospheres. Like anyone, I form a first impression and base my initial interaction with someone off of it.
I favor intelligence and creativity. If someone harbors both, they instantly earn my respect, regardless of their feelings or behavior towards me.
All types fascinate me nonetheless. There have been times I have watched a bum sit by himself at a bar, and stare into his whiskey glass for hours and hours. And I wonder what passes through his mind as he does so?
In a way, trying to understand someone else is like viewing the world, seeing everything through their eyes. A completely different color. While an engrossing task, it is impossible to manage with any profound accuracy. But I have explored my own mind as much as I can, and must find another hobby while I sit and wait for whatever end meets me.