[Updated February 9, 2009.] I'm looking for old friends and acquaintances from my past with whom I have lost touch. Finding these people on the Web has proven to be impossible, so I'm hoping they find me. If any of the below people is you, or someone you know, drop me a line. In order to prevent automatically-generated spam, mail me at mark@NOSPAMcassavafilms.com - first carefully removing the text "NOSPAM" from the domain name - and I will get your email just fine.

PEOPLE I AM LOOKING FOR...

Steve Kelly. Full name Steven Carl Kelly or maybe Steven Karl Kelly. A good friend from Cupertino High School. He went to college at UC San Diego.

Marc Diaz. I met this guy back in 1984 when I was first using my little 300 baud modem. He accessed Bay Area BBS lines under the handle "Surf Rat." Lived in Los Altos and went to Bellarmine High School. Graduated from there in 1989 or 1990.

Tim Fredrickson. Went to Cupertino High with me, and also De Anza college. Very blonde.

Rose Kunkle. Or possible Rose Kunkel. A receptionist at Digital Planet, a web design firm, in 1995. Got married to an Englishman and now she is Rose Smith.

Dallas Davis. My old English and Humanities teacher at Cupertino. She gave me much encouragement as a writer and also taught me a lot about art history. Doesn't seem to teach at Cupertino anymore. Lived in Scotts Valley I think.

If you're up there, please email and say hello. I would love to know how you are doing and take you off this list. If you're too shy to contact me, you can at least find out what I have been doing with my life by going to the site I made for my film production company, Cassava Films. Thanks.

Copyright © Mark Tapio Kines 2009