Torrey Pines ‘93 High School Reunion
:: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2003 @ 11:52:40 am
:: Tags: General
Photographs from my high school reunion are up: [candids] [portraits] (Thanks, Shawna!) Some people look really, really old. Time definitely treats some people better than others.
I was told via e-mail that it was Adrian Kulinski who defaced my cardboard cut-out. It’s strange that he would do something like that, as we were sort of friends during high school. What he did turned what might have been a nice keepsake into something relatively useless. I guess his actions don’t surprise me that much; if I had to guess who did it, he’d be the first on my list. I’m currently looking for his phone number, and will be giving him a call soon. He lives down the street from Andy Manson, so it won’t be that hard to track him down. Hmm… doing a google search for “Adrian Kulinski” shows that I have complete control of his web presence. What shall I do? :)
I was excited about going to reunion before seeing the photos, but now that I’ve seen them, I’m not so sad that I missed it. Although… it would have been nice to chat with some of the people who were there. I’ll have to track them down some other way.
Update - I just called Adrian, and he apologized for what he did. He said that some other people were doing it, that he didn’t think I’d want to keep it, and that he didn’t remember what he wrote on it. I suppose the combination of alcohol, a pen, and a life-sized cardboard cutout is bound to lead to bad things. :)
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New topic: Let’s say, for argument’s sake, that you wanted to save one of the photos in that reunion site linked above. There are a few methods: 1) take a screenshot and cut the image out. 2) look in your temporary internet files directory (I couldn’t find it here). 3) view the HTML source of the page (through the menu, since they disable right-click), find the URL that renders the image, and open it. That will get you the .gif file. Download the .gif file and open it in an image editor that supports animated .gifs. The first frame is transparent (they really are trying to protect these images!), so if you open it in Photoshop you get nothing. ImageReady works well, though. Trash the first frame, and resave the file. There ya go. :)
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What an idiot! 10 years later and you think he would have learned a thing or two.
Hmm, it all makes sense- my personal favorite part of the evening was when Adrian told me to take my clothes off. Let me tell you, that just made the whole reunion for me… ;)
When I saw your figure there, I really did say: “I wonder how long it will take before someone draws some genitalia on it.”
You’re right… alcohol, pens, and pictures of people don’t mix. But I doubt it was meant personally, and I wouldn’t take it as such.
Hey, Adam. yeah, i am not taking it personally. but COME ON! these people are 28 years old. and from this point on, whenever I think of Adrian, I will think of him drawing a penis on my face, instead of thinking fondly of that night mission through his neighborhood.
Yeah, you didn’t miss much. Great Reunions ran a pathetic show. For the 20 year I say we just all meet at a bar instead of paying for that set up again. We missed you being there Eric, but you didn’t miss much. I never got to see the final cutout (the schlong was missing when I signed it) but I am sorry it happened. Thanks for the link to the pics too. See you soon.
People really haven’t aged as much as the pictures suggest. In fact I was surprised by how little most people have changed - I thought they would all look different, but most looked the same. Maybe it’s because I’m older, too! And everything’s relative for me.
The pictures posted are such poor quality that the compression is adding wrinkles to everyone. As proof, take a look at Jamie’s portrait - as you know, he really doesn’t have wrinkles in real life!
hmm. well, that’s good to hear. maybe it was just the crappy photos. :)
why does this remind me of that tv reality series? :P
ahh, school days.
Oh… dude. I didn’t know he drew a penis on your FACE. That’s sort of crossing the line. I just saw the vagina on your crotch. :)
I’ll agree with Oliver. People haven’t really matured as much as you might expect. I haven’t, at least. :)