Where Aren't They Now: 62

Herb can't hear rhyme.

He's failed every English class he can remember-- not because Herb isn't smart, because he certainly is. He can spell, form sentences, work an idiom or a simile. He simply cannot hear rhyme.

People have tried to explain it to him in all different ways. Herb cannot grasp the concept. He has read Green Eggs and Ham a hundred times if he's read it once, and does not understand the draw to that book. He can sense the rhythm behind it, but when people attempt to explain how words like "fox" and "box" relate, he's lost.

You'd be surprised how often it comes up.

Where Aren't They Now: 61

Chaz wrote and produced his high school's fall stage production this year: X-Men the Musical.

To tell you the truth, Chaz wasn't interested in theater at all before he had the idea to write X-Men. However, after seeing James Marsden's interpretation of Cyclops, Chaz knew his life had been leading up to this point.

Chaz studied like he'd never studied before, pouring over musicals to better understand the mechanics. He spent his entire junior year working and reworking his script, and the summer before his final year he put the finishing touches on it and sent his proposal to the school administration. They were ecstatic.

X-Men the Musical opens in March. In addition to his writer/producer credits, Chaz will also be headlining as Scott Summers/"Cyclops."

Where Aren't They Now: 60

Annette is the daughter of a famous movie star.

You may know her mother from such diverse films as: Quantum of Solace, Pineapple Express, 30 Days of Night, and Memoirs of a Geisha. Who is this talented and diverse actress? You may know her best as the Columbia Pictures model, the iconic woman known best as the "Torch Lady".

Growing up, Annette was constantly reminded of her mother's incredible success with nearly every video rental or visit to the local multiplex. It drove her inner diva, desperately pushing her to depths of drama in an attempt to outshine her mother's work.

Currently, Annette is acting in an Off-Off-Broadway production of the hit musical Wicked. She plays Nessarose, the insecure Wicked Witch of the East.

This entry is a GUEST POST! Ryan Garwood is taking the reins today. If you'd like to write a guest post let me know and I'll send a picture your way!

Where Aren't They Now: 59

Maddy has never heard music loud enough for her.

She can remember being very young and hearing white trash drive through her neighborhood, horrible music pumping from their shitty cars. She was attracted to the bass she could feel through her windows and started listening to her own music louder than her parents would have liked.

Eventually her tolerance to the music levels rose and she began looking for alternate sources for loud music. She hooked up with the white trash in the loud cars, bought heavy amplifiers when she moved out of her parents' house, attended any concert she could get tickets for and sat as near to the speakers as possible.

Doctors, of course, warn her that she will definitely lose her hearing this way. They figure she must have selective hearing.

Where Aren't They Now: 58

Stan takes his piano seriously. In fact, he has the rare distinction of being first piano at his high school.

Most high school orchestras hold auditions for first violin, first clarinet, etc. However, Nebraska's James Coburn High School is one of few where so many young pianists studied, a first piano rank is necessary.

You can tell that Stan is true first piano material. Just look at that posture; Stan has spent so much time tickling the ivories that it has had a noticeable effect on his spine.

Where Aren't They Now: 57

Yolanda misses the simple days.

No, not the 1950s. No, not the Victorian era either. Yolanda has always wished she could have lived during the caveman epoch.

She feels that there's too much excessive "want" these days. She wants to be part of a society that is basically carnal, living by the gut and by the primal need. She thinks life should be survival of the fittest and that men should make the mating advances.

Well, plus she has a thing for loincloths.

Where Aren't They Now: 56

Theresa has Attention Surplus Disorder.

In case ASD isn't self-explanatory, it is characterized by paying too much attention to what is going on. A hyper-focus, if you will. Theresa is a passionate student with a complete inability to tune out.

It's a blessing and a curse. Often Theresa wishes she could simply daydream... drift off into an unfocused mental meandering. She would love to be able to look out the window without assessing the landscape, analyzing the birdsong, calculating the temperature.

In the words of a legendary comedian, "There's gotta be more to that story."