Class of '88. Voted most talented. Musically, I was a metalhead like Shawn (yes, this is the same guy who went on to write Life Wish and Pre Dawn Rain ), though not quite so hardcore when it came to living the life; I stayed in school. Did just what I needed to do to graduate, and nothing more. Drove my parents crazy every year to hear the same thing at conferences: "Bright kid, we love it when he participates... but he's just not motivated." Had some good times and made a couple of lifelong friends, but I'd rather not reminisce. Too many regrets. They don't call you young and dumb for nothing.