Hey Chami class of '87,
It's Linda here, and I'm a stay-at-home mom living in San Diego with my hubby of six years, Marko, and my two kids (Jake, age 3, and Naomi, age 1). I will most likely return to work part time when both kiddies are in school full time. I had previously been an editor at an aggressive inline skating magazine based in San Diego, called "Daily Bread", until I started having kids. Before marrying and moving to San Diego, I was living in Sherman Oaks, and working as an editor-in-chief for two tattoo magazines, if you can believe it (no, I don't have any tattoos!).
What else ... I got my B.A. in English from U.C. Santa Barbara in '91, and then moved to San Francisco where I briefly worked as an account assistant for an ad agency. While living there, I became very homesick for the SoCal lifestyle, so I moved back to L.A. in '92, and got my job at the tattoo magazines shortly thereafter.
I met my husband in '99 at a singles rotational dinner, as crazy as that sounds (it's where the men rotate around the room during the courses of the meal). Luckily, Marko sat next to me during one of the courses, and I liked him instantly. He proposed to me on New Year's day 2001, and we married that September at the Marina Del Rey hotel (with my Chami pals Mimi Hemmer, Beth Esters, and Jacque Rardin serving as my bridesmaids!). After our blissful Fiji honeymoon (during which the 9/11 attacks occurred, but thankfully it didn't affect our flight back), we moved to San Diego, where Marko had already been working as a banker for the past year. (He had previously been living/working in Orange County, but after he accepted the job in San Diego, he actually commuted down here from Laguna Niguel so it would be easier to continue dating me!).
I love the San Diego lifestyle, and whenever possible we spend our weekends at the beach. Luckily we bought our 3-bedroom house in a nice suburb down here in 2003, just before the home prices got totally ridiculous. I spend much of my time going to the local parks with the kids, and taking care of household duties (although the house is probably not as spic and span as it should be!). I have managed to improve my cooking abilities considerably, and regularly prepare nice home cooked meals (mind you, this skill this was totally unheard of before I had kids -- at that point I could barely boil water!).
I hope more classmates post their blogs, because I'd love to find out what everyone else has been up to!
-Linda
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
The Last 20 yrs
Wow i cant believe it has been 20 yrs already. Well my life has been kinda mundane. After graduation i went back to work in Catalina like i had the previous summers. Went to Pierce College for a year got my EMT and met my sons dad. Got engaged, and decided to not go back to school. Needless to say i never got married however i did have a beautiful boy William in Jan of 1990. And for those of you who didnt know my mom passed away in May of 1990. I lived with my dad for awhile then he got re-married and moved. I moved to Palmdale/Lancaster while i was working as a In-house Marketing Support Manager and Contracts Negotiator for a blood lab in the SFV. Then got transfered to run the Marketing Dept in Anaheim and then ran 4 Patient Service centers.
In June of 1997 I moved onto the Titanium industry and became their regional shipping manager and shipping contract coordinator.
In 1999 Moved to Palmdale with my son William. He is now a Jr at Quartz Hill High School, he is a straight A student and is involved with Drama and Key Club for volunteering. He was recently cast as Oberon in Midsummers Night Dream to be performed in May at school. He is now on the college decision process. Its great to see.
Backing up a bit back in March of 2004 My dad had a stroke. Things were very scary when they didnt think he would make it. But now he is as onery as usual. HE retires this yr from teaching. We had a big to do at a football game last year for his retirement but of course we should have known better he is gonna coach 1 more year. His wife is retiring this year also so they can spend time together.
Anyways thats really all thats been going on, being busy and being mom. Although my son William drives and has his own car i am still busy with his drama shows.
If anyone wants to say hello shoot me an email at jodikyman@hotmail.com
jodi kyman
In June of 1997 I moved onto the Titanium industry and became their regional shipping manager and shipping contract coordinator.
In 1999 Moved to Palmdale with my son William. He is now a Jr at Quartz Hill High School, he is a straight A student and is involved with Drama and Key Club for volunteering. He was recently cast as Oberon in Midsummers Night Dream to be performed in May at school. He is now on the college decision process. Its great to see.
Backing up a bit back in March of 2004 My dad had a stroke. Things were very scary when they didnt think he would make it. But now he is as onery as usual. HE retires this yr from teaching. We had a big to do at a football game last year for his retirement but of course we should have known better he is gonna coach 1 more year. His wife is retiring this year also so they can spend time together.
Anyways thats really all thats been going on, being busy and being mom. Although my son William drives and has his own car i am still busy with his drama shows.
If anyone wants to say hello shoot me an email at jodikyman@hotmail.com
jodi kyman
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Amy Keating's Update
Hello again! Now that everyone has had a chance to read the welcome message and gotten their invites to blog, I’ll start the ball rolling on the blogging!
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been pretty busy the past 20 years. After Chaminade, I headed off to Occidental College where I studied acting and started writing plays. I continued doing both at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Valencia where I got my MFA in Acting.
I worked at various actor-friendly jobs (1-800-DENTIST) while trying to break into commercial acting. I also continued performing on stage as a member of a theater company. But I decided to turn my focus away from acting when I got a job as a Production Assistant at Hanna-Barbera Cartoons on a future Cartoon Network show called The Powerpuff Girls.
I started this job just as a play I wrote was being produced in Hollywood. Powerpuff was having problems with their Head Writer and they knew I was a writer, so I started writing freelance for the show. By the end of that year, I was promoted to Head Writer of Powerpuff. During my years on the show, I received four Emmy nominations. The show’s popularity also allowed me to expand my writing as I went on to write Powerpuff books, comics, and video games. In the six years to follow at Cartoon Network, I also wrote for Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Johnny Bravo, and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.
However, life took another turn at this point in my personal life. Backtracking a bit, I met my husband Aaron while at Oxy. We’ve now been married almost 13 years and have 2 lovely children. Moira will be 7 in May and Soren will be 4 in September. At 6 months old, Soren started having visible seizures. At 9 months he was diagnosed with a hard-to-control seizure disorder called Infantile Spasms. The seizures have caused him global developmental delay making him a 6 month old in a 3 ½ year old’s body. This means he cannot walk, talk, crawl, sit up, hold toys, or feed himself. I could go on and on about Soren and all that we have done medically to help him. In fact, I have inSoren's Blog If you are interested, you can link there read all about him.
Soren’s medical issues were just being diagnosed as the first season of Foster’s was wrapping up. So I stopped working at Cartoon Network and my job for the past 2 ½ years has been caring for Soren. I’ve continued to write freelance animation scripts for Nickelodeon, Disney, and PBS Kids. Plus I was fortunate enough to write a number of Foster’s books, comics, and games last year. And in my spare time between paying gigs and Soren’s doctor’s appointments and therapies, I have written 2 feature romantic-comedies.
So that, in a nutshell, is what I’ve been up to for the past 20 years. But let's keep the blogging going. Please write in and tell us all what you’ve been doing!
Amy Keating Rogers
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been pretty busy the past 20 years. After Chaminade, I headed off to Occidental College where I studied acting and started writing plays. I continued doing both at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Valencia where I got my MFA in Acting.
I worked at various actor-friendly jobs (1-800-DENTIST) while trying to break into commercial acting. I also continued performing on stage as a member of a theater company. But I decided to turn my focus away from acting when I got a job as a Production Assistant at Hanna-Barbera Cartoons on a future Cartoon Network show called The Powerpuff Girls.
I started this job just as a play I wrote was being produced in Hollywood. Powerpuff was having problems with their Head Writer and they knew I was a writer, so I started writing freelance for the show. By the end of that year, I was promoted to Head Writer of Powerpuff. During my years on the show, I received four Emmy nominations. The show’s popularity also allowed me to expand my writing as I went on to write Powerpuff books, comics, and video games. In the six years to follow at Cartoon Network, I also wrote for Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Johnny Bravo, and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.
However, life took another turn at this point in my personal life. Backtracking a bit, I met my husband Aaron while at Oxy. We’ve now been married almost 13 years and have 2 lovely children. Moira will be 7 in May and Soren will be 4 in September. At 6 months old, Soren started having visible seizures. At 9 months he was diagnosed with a hard-to-control seizure disorder called Infantile Spasms. The seizures have caused him global developmental delay making him a 6 month old in a 3 ½ year old’s body. This means he cannot walk, talk, crawl, sit up, hold toys, or feed himself. I could go on and on about Soren and all that we have done medically to help him. In fact, I have in
Soren’s medical issues were just being diagnosed as the first season of Foster’s was wrapping up. So I stopped working at Cartoon Network and my job for the past 2 ½ years has been caring for Soren. I’ve continued to write freelance animation scripts for Nickelodeon, Disney, and PBS Kids. Plus I was fortunate enough to write a number of Foster’s books, comics, and games last year. And in my spare time between paying gigs and Soren’s doctor’s appointments and therapies, I have written 2 feature romantic-comedies.
So that, in a nutshell, is what I’ve been up to for the past 20 years. But let's keep the blogging going. Please write in and tell us all what you’ve been doing!
Amy Keating Rogers
Monday, April 9, 2007
Welcome Class of '87!
Hello everyone and welcome to the Chaminade Reunion '87 blog!
Very soon you will receive an email invitation to post on the blog. Then you will get a second email of directions on how to actually blog on the site. If this doesn't make sense or if you have problems with the directions, please email me (Amy Keating) at chaminadereunion87@pacbell.net. Or if you are just not comfortable with setting up the whole blogger thing, contact me. I can always post your information for you.
Please write in and tell us what you've been doing over the past 20 years. We'd love to hear how you are doing, what you are doing, and why you are doing it. Tell us about your families, your jobs, or some old memories of Chaminade. Feel free to post pictures of yourself and your family. It's been a long time, there's a lot to catch up on!
Also on this blog, we'll be posting updates about what's going on in the planning of our reunion.
So far our brave reunion committee, headed by Lisa Macias-Flavin and Carol Phalen Molnar, has chosen a date, a place, and a DJ!
The party is set for Saturday, October 13th at 6 pm at theChatsworth White House and providing music will be former KROQ DJ and flashback aficionado Richard Blade!
To find out more about the weekend (and there is a lot more) go to our officialChaminade Reunion '87 Website set up by the lovely Corinne Cabaret Mesner. Thanks Corinne! You can link to that site for more information here or on the sidebar.
Lastly, if you haven't done so already, PLEASE go toChaminade's website and update your information. You can't go to the party if we can't find you! (Though I guess if you're reading this, we found you, hunh?)
That's it for now! Looking forward to reading about you all soon!
Amy Keating Rogers
Very soon you will receive an email invitation to post on the blog. Then you will get a second email of directions on how to actually blog on the site. If this doesn't make sense or if you have problems with the directions, please email me (Amy Keating) at chaminadereunion87@pacbell.net. Or if you are just not comfortable with setting up the whole blogger thing, contact me. I can always post your information for you.
Please write in and tell us what you've been doing over the past 20 years. We'd love to hear how you are doing, what you are doing, and why you are doing it. Tell us about your families, your jobs, or some old memories of Chaminade. Feel free to post pictures of yourself and your family. It's been a long time, there's a lot to catch up on!
Also on this blog, we'll be posting updates about what's going on in the planning of our reunion.
So far our brave reunion committee, headed by Lisa Macias-Flavin and Carol Phalen Molnar, has chosen a date, a place, and a DJ!
The party is set for Saturday, October 13th at 6 pm at the
To find out more about the weekend (and there is a lot more) go to our official
Lastly, if you haven't done so already, PLEASE go to
That's it for now! Looking forward to reading about you all soon!
Amy Keating Rogers
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