Afterlife and the Apocalypse

I recently realized that my views on the afterlife and escatology were not only not my own, but were very possibly not even very biblical. I have no idea what a biblical view of heaven and hell is. I mean there is torment in hell, and there is Jesus and his kingdom in heaven, but what that will actually look like in either case I can't say. I was taught that hell was a place of complete separation from God. Biblical? I actually don't know, I don't even know where best to look(ok I know there's some stuff in the gospels but other than that I'm at a loss). And what of heaven, I've heard things like "perfect" and "no pain" ect, ect, but once again I find myself wondering if there is straight up biblical view of heaven. I know there will be praising and glorifying God, but I find myself unable to say things like, "I'll see you in heaven" or "when I get to heaven I'll ask Paul what he was talking about". Is there any biblical basis for actually recognizing people from this life in the life after? And then comes the Apocalypse. Although I questioned most of the theology presented to me in my years of private education I never once considered that there may be differing theologies on "Revelation" and end times theology. Now I find out that I was educated with young, "pop" theology that has been in exsistence for a relitively short period of time.

I'm not posting to get answers - if I do then great because I would like some - but to say that the current result of my ponderings on these subjects is that they are currently unimportant to me. Right now I just don't care. The way I see it is that, I'll find out about heaven when I die and that's good enough for me. And as for the end of the world? As my life unfolds I want to seek after God and the kingdom of heaven here on earth no matter what stage of the end times I may find myself in. I want to focus my energy on loving God, pleasing and glorifying him and on loving others. Maybe I will never understand the finer points of theology, but that never was the point of the gospel now was it.