Being from The Bronx means never having to say you're not

[bohemia]

Has anyone ever checked out alumni from their schools on Wikipedia? I know my own high school was pretty lame with the alumni. But I went looking through all the schools my friends went to, and omg. Dudes, I did not realize all these people went to school in the Bronx. The list of people from The Bronx is sketchy, at best because it includes people who randomly lived in The Bronx for a period of their lives, but graduates? Oh man.

I knew about Edgar Allen Poe dying here, obviously. I pass the damn cottage of his every day, along with Regis Philbin Avenue. I knew Martin Scorcese and Regis Philbin both went to Hayes. I knew about Bobby Darin and all those Rat Packer-ish dudes at Bronx Science-- but I didn't know about George Carlin!

And Don Adams and Ace Freely at Clinton? Jon Cryer and Jon Favreau at Bronx Science? ALSO AT BRONX SCIENCE-- JAMES KYSON LEE. BRONX SCIENCE IS LIKE, RIGHT NOW TO MY COLLEGE. SO. MUCH. WIN. I wanted to run around my room like, "Ando went to school in the Bronx!"

And then my dad wanted to look up his schools, and we found tons of people like Derek Drymon (from Spongebob), Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age director), Gerard Way, Jared Leto, Keith Haring and Basquiat (which I knew about, I just forgot-- dad says the SVA hallways were full of Haring's art)! Michael Giacchino and Bryan Singer too. DUDE, and that's just the college. My dad's high school? Basic font of creativity.

I love New York. It never ceases to amaze me. Like, Yunjin Kim, Method Man, Randy Savage and Robert Loggia are all from Staten Island, wtf? I LOVE YOU NEW YORK.

Also, nemo_88, look! The Bronx has Swedish connections!

Anyway, why am I still up? It's already tomorrow and I have a Russian final at 1pm plus an online essay exam. Wish me luck!

Lia

P.S. Oh, hey, it's totally my dad's birthday now! Happy Birthday Dad! And my nephew's birthday is tomorrow.

Comments

[splits_thesky]

BRYAN SINGER AND ETHAN HAWKE (well, for a little while, anyway)!!!! ...Okay, so that wasn't technically MY high school, but it's in the same district! Plus, when they were in high school we only had one, anyway. SO THERE.

Also GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD LUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you done after those, though???

Also also HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LIA'S DAD!!!! AND HAPPY ALMOST BIRTHDAY, LIA'S AWESOME POKEDEX NEPHEW!!!!

OKAY I SWEAR I'M GOING TO SLEEP NOW

...SOON, ANYWAY.

[splits_thesky]

ALSO LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL YR SUBJECT LINEEEEEEEEEEE

...I FEEL LIKE YOUR JERSEYORK ICON WOULD NOT BE AMISS HERE. :DDD

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

LMAO, IT FITS THOUGH! THANK YOU GABE FOR THE INSPIRATION! ALSO, WHY DOES GABE RANDOMLY LOOK LIKE JASON MRAZ IN YOUR ICON?

AHAHA, VERY TRUE. *USES IT*

[splits_thesky]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, HE TOTALLY DOES, YOU'RE RIGHT. IDK!!! WHAT GIVES, GABRIEL???
...YO, IMAGINE IF THEY COLLABORATED. IT WOULD BE WEIRD, BUT ALMOST TOO AWESOME TO COMPREHEND!!

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

SGAFHGDFDFSGDFS BEST IDEA YET. BUT YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY I THINK GYM CLASS HEROES AND JASON WOULD BE THE BEST MATCH. RHYMING EXTRAVAGANZA!

[splits_thesky]

YEAAAAAAAAHHHH, BUT I KIND OF FEEL LIKE GCH IS TOO COOL FOR JASON. HE NEEDS, LIKE - GERARD.

...OH GOD, HOW INSANE WOULD THAT BE????????

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

SAJDHSAJFDSA TRUE FACT, I GOT BOTH THEIR CDS ON THE SAME DAY. SO THEY'RE KINDA SMUSHED TOGETHER IN TIME FOR ME, LOL. A DUET OR WHATEVER WOULD PROBABLY BREAK MY BRAIN.

[splits_thesky]

HAHA, THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, THE MORE MY BRAIN IS LIKE, "WHAT." OHHHHH MAN, IDEK. ...OOOOHHHHHH DUDE, YOU KNOW WHAT'D BE AWESOME?? BRENDON&JASON. IT'D BE SO MUCH FUN!!

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

AHAHA, WHAT ABOUT IF JASON JUST RANDOMLY APPEARED IN BANDONIA ONE DAY? THOSE CRAZY PORTALS AND WHATNOT, WHO KNOWS WHERE THE NEXT WILL OPEN UP. IT'S LIKE... SLIDERS MEETS STARGATE MEETS NARNIA. O_O

[splits_thesky]

AHAHAHA, YYYYY!!!!! LIKE, JASON'S JUST CHILLIN' OUT, JAMMIN' ON HIS GEE-TAR, LIKE HE DOES, AND THEN ----- TRANSPORTED TO BANDOOOOOOOOOOONIAAAAAAA!!!!!!

LMAO, WHAT THE HELL IS EVEN GOING ON IN OUR BRAINS, LIA. ♥♥

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

Y! WHILE RELAXING SOMEWHERE, HE'S PLAYING THE GUITAR AND FALLS ASLEEP, FALLS THROUGH SOME PORTAL AND GETS TRANSPORTED. AND THEN HE WAKES UP THINKING HE GOT LOST AND KICKED OFF HIS TOUR BUS SOMEWHERE, AND DECIDES TO PANHANDLE TO RAISE MONEY TO GET BACK HOME. ONLY THING IS, HE'S STUCK IN BANDONIA! THE ONLY WAY TO LEAVE IS PLAY A SHOW WITH ALL OF THE BANDS AND WIN SOME... CONTEST ALA THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA, Y/N? (HAHAHA, WUT, IDEK.)

I DUNNO ABOUT YOURS, BUT THIS IS A NORMAL DAY IN MY BRAIN. ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES THERE'S MORE LAVA LAMP-ISH STUFF GOING ON. ...IDEK WHAT THAT MEANS, REALLY.

[splits_thesky]

SKGFJASOIDHUASFHJIDFIUADH LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL OH GOD, I WAS WITH YOU UNTIL THE 'DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA' BIT, AT WHICH POINT MY BRAIN HELPFULLY SUBSTITUTED 'DEVIL' WITH 'PETE', AND NOW I AM DYING OF LOLZ. :DDDD

HAHA, NO, I'M GENERALLY ON A SIMILAR WAVELENGTH!! JUST, LIKE, THINK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE - LIKE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF LJ!! - THINK, AND THEN COMPARE THAT TO HOW WE THINK. ...'M JUST SAYING!!

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

LMAOOOOO. THE RANDOM THING IS THAT WHENEVER I THINK OF THAT SONG I THINK OF YELLOWCARD AND THEIR RANDOM EMO VIOLIN. AND NOW MY MIND IS LIKE "YELOWCARD!PETE? WHAT?"

MY SISTER HAS NEVER SEEN A FANVID! WE WERE WATCHING CHOWDER VIDS THE OTHER DAY (BASICALLY EVERYONE BUT MOM) AND SHE LOOKED PRETTY CONFUSED.

[splits_thesky]

HAHA OMG, I LOVE THE RANDOM VIOLIN!!! LIKE, I KNOW PRACTICALLY NOTHING ABOUT YELLOWCARD, BUT THEY'RE AWESOME IN MY BOOKS, JUST BECAUSE OF THE VIOLINIST.

I DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT, HALF THE TIME. LIKE, A WHILE BACK I WAS GOING ON ABOUT BANDOM TO MY FRIEND, AND SHE WAS LIKE, "...WHAT'S BANDOM??". "A FANDOM OF BANDS!!", I SAID, AND THEN SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT FANDOM WAS, AND I WAS LIKE, "....UHHHH. IT'S...THIS THING??????"

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

SAME! I KNOW MAYBE THREE OF THEIR SONGS (BUT I HAVE TWO OF THEIR CDS, I THINK) BUT THE VIOLIN MAKES THEM WORTH IT. I MEAN, I KNOW SOME GREAT ELECTRIC VIOLIN SONGS BUT STILL, VIOLINISTS DO NOT GENERALLY EQUATE ROCK STARS.

AHAHAAHAHA, I'VE HAD THE SAME CONVOS. LIKE MY BEST FRIEND CALLS ME AND IS LIKE, "WHAT YOU DOIN?" AND LIKE, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN LJ AND FANDOM AND SLASH AND RPF/RPS AND COMMENTS AND ETC, ETC? I'M JUST LIKE, "...CHECKING MAIL, WATCHING YOUTUBE, READING BLOGS." BUT IT'S JUST SO MUCH MORE! IDEK.

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

OKAY, SO IT TOTALLY COUNTS. BUT LOOK AT IT THIS WAY. YOUR DISTRICT WAS SO AWESOME THAT THE NEEDED TO MAKE ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL. (That, or everyone got extremely horny for a few years and they needed places to edumacate the kids.)

YES! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S HOLY, IT IS FINISHED TONIGHT. FALL 2007, GOOD RIDDANCE.

YAYYYY!

OKAY, WELL I KNOW YOU'RE UP NOW, YES?

[splits_thesky]

LMAOOO, OR BOTH!! HORNY AND AWESOME. :DDDD

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 PAAAAAAAAAARTAAAAAAAAAAAY TIME!!! *HIGHFIVE!*

I AM!! AND WATCHING VH1'S GREATEST SONGS OF THE 90'S AND REMINISCING. IT'S GREAT!! ARE YOU ONLINE?? COME REMINISCE WITH MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

LIKE J2? MAYBE?

I JUST RAN TO THE LIVING ROOM AND WAS LIKE "I AM DONE!" *FIST PUMP* AND EVERYONE WAS LIKE *CRICKETS* :( DAMNIT, I'LL CELEBRATE ON MY OWN.

WELL, NO, I WAS TAKING A TEST BUT AHAHA THEY'RE GIVING LARRY'S XMAS NOW. I HADN'T SEEN THE BEGINNING! \O/

[splits_thesky]

HAHAHA, Y!!!!!!! \o/

LOOOOOOOL, AWWWWW. I'LL CELEBRATE WITH YOU!! ARE YOU ONLINE NOOOOOOOOOOW (I MEAN, ITS OKAY IF YOU'RE NOT, I'LL GO AND, LIKE, WATCH THE MUMMY LIKE I'VE BEEN MEANING TO FOR A WEEK NOW OR SOMETHING, BUT)????

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

HSAJKDHDSJKAFFDGFGHSD THE MUMMY!??! DUDE, I FCKING LOVE THAT MOVIE. IT WAS PLAYING THE DAY WE GOT OUR CHRISTMAS TREE, AND I STOPPED EVERYTHING TO WATCH IT. \O/

[splits_thesky]

I'VE NEVER SEEN IT!! BUT EVER SINCE I SAW NATIONAL TREASURE THE OTHER DAY I'VE BEEN ALL, "HISTORY, YEY!!!!1!", SO I DOWNLOADED IT. I JUST - HAVEN'T GOT AROUND TO WATCHING IT YET.

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

SHJDAJKHFDJAHFGDJKGVFDS I REALLY, REALLY NEED TO SEE NATIONAL TREASURE... IF ONLY FOR JUSTIN BARTHA. AND ALSO SO I CAN GO SEE NT2.

BUT SEE IT! AND THEN SEE THE MUMMY 2! AND THE IGNORE THE SCORPION KING! AND THEN WATCH STARGATE (YAY EGYPTIAN ALIENS? IDK)!!

[splits_thesky]

OH GOD, WATCH IT, PLEASE, SO I CAN TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT IT AND NOT GO INSANE LIKE I MIGHT RIGHT NOW. BUT MAKE SURE YOU WATCH THE SPECIAL FEATURES TOO, AND DO RILEY'S LITTLE HUNT THING (YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I MEAN WHEN YOU GET THE DVD), BECAUSE, LIKE. LIKE, SEE, THE MOVIE WASN'T EVEN THAT GREAT!! IT WAS OKAY, I MEAN, IT HAD A LOT OF THINGS GOING FOR IT - HISTORICAL ADVENTURE, SEAN BEAN, ETC, BUT BASICALLY THE ONLY THING KEEPING ME OBSESSING ABOUT IT (AND THE ONLY REASON I'M ACTUALLY CONSIDERING OWNING THIS MOVIE) IS, YEAH, JUSTING BARTHA. GODDDDDDDDDDDDD LIA, RILEY POOLE NEEDS TO BE MY BOYFRIEND AND LEARN ME STUFF ABOUT HISTORY AND OH GOD, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, BUT WAAAAAAAAATCH EVERYTHING PLZZZZZZZ AND THEN MAYBE I CAN STOP RAMBLING LIKE A CRAZY PERSON.


I WILL, PROMISE!! I HAVE HEARD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT. OOH, MAYBE TOMORROW, SINCE I'M FINALLY DONE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AND DON'T HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE!! \o/

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

LOLOLOLOL, OKAY! MY FRIEND TOLD ME JUSTIN WAS "THE MAN OF THAT MOVIE!" SO NOW I NEED TO CATCH UP, BECAUSE LIKE, EVERYONE'S SEEING THIS BEFORE ME. TRUE FACT, MY WHOLE FAMILY HAS SEEN IT ALREADY.

[splits_thesky]

YOUR FRIEND IS RIGHT!! I WAS JUST SITTING HERE THINKING OF PARTS I LOVED, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS A JUSTIN BIT.
SO YYYYY, SEE IT!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW