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

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

lol your icon!

Yeah, me too. Except I won't see the people for a while, so I don't have to worry much.

Yeah, some picture they posted on their website, lol

[short-chicka10.livejournal.com]

LOL! Yeah. McLovin! I want to get the 2-disc DVD. It comes with a fake McLovin ID thing. Haha, one of my friends got it for Christmas.

lol, That pic is so random. Whats that they're holding?

[bohemu.livejournal.com]

Awww, I should get that one then too!

I have no idea. I think it's some sort of wreath? The original picture was sort of small itself.