Then:
Now:
Joseph Kurpieski
The following people are looking forward to seeing Joseph Kurpieski: Steven Haase, Jennifer Moore.
The following people say they're still in touch with Joseph Kurpieski: Heidi Willhite.
The following people say they wish they were still in touch with Joseph Kurpieski: Shannon Beni, Jennifer Moore.
The following people are looking forward to seeing Joseph Kurpieski at the 15th reunion: Heather Simmons.
The following people said they wanted to go home with Joseph Kurpieski after the reunion (don't worry, I'm sure there's a perfectly innocent explanation): Anonymous, Heather Simmons.
Here's what Joseph Kurpieski has told us about his life so far:
| The Quickie Generalities | |||||||||||
| Name (now): | Joey Kurpieski | ||||||||||
| Your E-mail Address: | joeylikesit@hotmail.com | ||||||||||
| Married? | sleeping around | ||||||||||
| Children? | too many | ||||||||||
| Education? | some college | ||||||||||
| Job? | a student | ||||||||||
| Your job title: | Restaurant Manager | ||||||||||
| Lifestyle? | undercover | ||||||||||
| On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your life? | 0 | ||||||||||
| Are you coming to the reunion? | Yes, I'm coming | ||||||||||
| Essay Questions (I) | |||||||||||
So how's life been treating you?Slap it up, rub it, and flip it down. | |||||||||||
Are you the same person you were in high school? I have no feeling in most of my major appendages, and at some point I inherited an African-American nationality from the waist down, except for my legs of course. I guess the answer to the previous question is, yes. | |||||||||||
| Location, Location, Location | |||||||||||
| Location in 1989: | Lake Tahoe | ||||||||||
| Location in 1990: | Lake Tahoe | ||||||||||
| Location in 1991: | California (North) | ||||||||||
| Location in 1992: | Lake Tahoe | ||||||||||
| Location in 1993: | California (North) | ||||||||||
| Location in 1994: | Lake Tahoe | ||||||||||
| Location in 1995: | Illinois | ||||||||||
| Location in 1996: | California (South) | ||||||||||
| Location in 1997: | Maine | ||||||||||
| Location in 1998: | Hawaii | ||||||||||
| Location in 1999: | California (North) | ||||||||||
| Location in 2000: | California (South) | ||||||||||
Where do you live right now? San Mateo, California. Plenty of people attentively seeking success, while I search longingly for those old beer cans with the pop tops that peeled off. | |||||||||||
Describe the most interesting place you've ever lived: For a brief time I lived in an extremely humid climate that offered little or no view. I wouldn't know because my eyes hadn't opened yet...please... does anyone really care? | |||||||||||
What's your favorite place to visit?: San Diego. On New Years eve the city pays for all the transportation so that everyone can get really frigged up and not hurt anyone. That or New Orleans mostly because it's illegal to do anything legal in the whole dawn town. | |||||||||||
| Essay Questions (II) | |||||||||||
What are you most proud of in your life so far? The inability to deal with failure | |||||||||||
What are you least proud of in your life so far? The inability to deal with failure | |||||||||||
If you could change anything about your life, what would it be? Why? The ability to deal with failure. So that I might make it to our next reunion without pumping my stomach several times. | |||||||||||
| Social Climbing | |||||||||||
| What "class" would you say you are? | Dirt poor | ||||||||||
| How satisfied are you, financially? | Have nothing | ||||||||||
| What kind of car do you drive? | Pedestrian | ||||||||||
| What's your yearly income? | 40 less than I spend | ||||||||||
| How much money would you need to be happy? | any | ||||||||||
| How much money would you need to be set for life? | depends on inflation | ||||||||||
| Culture (and Merchandise) | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Essay Questions (III) | |||||||||||
Tell us something surprising: I have a gigantic &#^!$ | |||||||||||
Most interesting thing you've ever done: Gone through the Panama Canal | |||||||||||
What will you be doing this New Years' Eve? Going to Brazil | |||||||||||
| High School | |||||||||||
| Yearbook Clique: | Other | ||||||||||
| Did you enjoy high school? | Generally good | ||||||||||
| How does it compare with real life? | High school was infinitely better | ||||||||||
| How does real life compare with your expecatations? | Infinitely worse than I expected | ||||||||||
| Politics | |||||||||||
| Sex | |||||||||||
| When did you lose your virginity? | still trying to lose it | ||||||||||
| Happy about that? | no | ||||||||||
| Sex is... | Something that happens to other people | ||||||||||
| Drugs | |||||||||||
| Coffee? | no | ||||||||||
| Tobacco? | no | ||||||||||
| Alcohol? | yes | ||||||||||
| Antidepressants? | no | ||||||||||
| Nootropics? | no | ||||||||||
| Marijuana? | no | ||||||||||
| Uppers? | no | ||||||||||
| Serious uppers? | no | ||||||||||
| Downers? | no | ||||||||||
| Serious downers? | no | ||||||||||
| Hallucinogens? | no | ||||||||||
| Drugs are... | Something that happens to other people | ||||||||||
| Last Words | |||||||||||
In the yearbook, you predicted this for your future: I will probably be watching "Deal of the Century" and eating "Chef Boyardee" ravioles in the Nancy Reagan home for the Mentally Ill, or become a member of the communisty party and plot the destruction of America. | |||||||||||
Which parts were correct (or wrong)? Eating Chef Boyardee in the home for the mentally ill | |||||||||||
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Sailing around the world with 11 friends on a 70 foot ketch. | |||||||||||
In 20 years? God I hope I don't live this long | |||||||||||
Your tombstone epitaph: Nothing I want to be creamated | |||||||||||
How many answers on this page are lies? 5 | |||||||||||
Anything else you'd like to tell us? In truth, I really hope to see all of you, and hope that the reunion is not about ego, but just remembering some of the good times and reaquainting lost friends. | |||||||||||
| The Sordid Aftermath (questions answered after the reunion) | |||||||||||