So, it doesn't appear that the reverse Google worked, but Tony found me via Facebook. Some days, technology drives me insane and others it makes me very happy. Right now I'm pleased to be back in touch with such a great friend from my youth. Life has kept me in touch with George and the Intertubes have put me back in touch with Pete and Tony. Now if they can only help me figure out whatever happened to my pre-school crush, April Lux... >:)
“At Palatine High, we used to eat lunch with Anne, Karen, and Parith.”
Anne Skoglund became a nurse and I believe is living in Iowa with her doctor husband. I hope she didn’t get flooded out! I don’t know where Karen Heselbarth or Parith Thibodeau are. I think I had a little crush on Parith, but it was likely just hormones.
Our mission in that freshman year was to convince Julian Vassay, our resident atheist, about the existence of God. His buddy, Mike Rose, believed in the “uncaused cause” as the origin of the universe. It was an amazing time to be alive!
For all you youngsters, we were watching the *original* Battlestar Galactica then, and Baltar was a fat dude who didn’t get the hot babes. I still remember cursing Jimmy Carter for interrupting the 3-hour premiere episode for some absolutely forgettable speech.
And I have gotten more mantids since those days, but they don’t live very long.
Last I saw, Karen was still in or around Palatine. I used to run into her at Durty Nellies. Not sure if she still hangs out there because I haven’t been there since they moved to the new (and, I hear, clean) building. Not sure where Parith ended up. I actually had a bit of a crush on Anne. She, however, was dating a basketball player from Fremd and showed little interest in the Vice President of the computer club… Not sure why.