I can't believe they have Player's "Baby Come Back" on there. And "Sarah Smile"! My childhood, right there on AM radio.
You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Feb 14, 2011 11:10:06 am PST #22803 of 30001
Because books.
meara - Feb 14, 2011 11:12:55 am PST #22804 of 30001
Babyface went to my high school! One of few famous alums. Though I hear one of the nerdy catholic boys I did theater with is now writing and producing for Jay Sean. WTF?
I am feeling unreasonably irked at my roommate at the moment. Because his dishes are still in the sink, and I'm feeling like he's never going to do any cleaning. Now, granted, do I do much cleaning? Hell no. But first he irked me with loud music and loud sex last night, and now the dishes are still not done...argh.
aurelia - Feb 14, 2011 11:13:17 am PST #22805 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Wizard of Oz fans need to check out Jeremy Little's version of If I Only Had A Brain. It's super sweet.
§ ita § - Feb 14, 2011 11:18:24 am PST #22806 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I used to have a big crush on Babyface, and then I was on a flight with him...I didn't know who it was, but someone came down the aisle exclaiming "He looked right at my baby!" so I had to wander aimlessly up to first class to look and see.
Yeah, it was him, and he looked cute and shit, but I had the Motts from that fanstruck lady, and my crush disappeared.
Jesse - Feb 14, 2011 11:19:52 am PST #22807 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Babyface went to my high school!
Cool!
Jesse - Feb 14, 2011 11:29:06 am PST #22808 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I never had a crush on Babyface, really, but "Whip Appeal" still gives me The Feelings.
Daisy Jane - Feb 14, 2011 11:36:03 am PST #22809 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
What's The Motts?
The only famous people who went to my high school are Brian and Brady Blade (Brian, I think was the one my husband was in school with), Kenny Wayne Sheppard (I went to school with him), and Cedric Glover, the 1st African-American mayor of Shreveport.
There are probably more in other fields, just not that I know of.
DavidS - Feb 14, 2011 11:48:47 am PST #22810 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't know if anybody from my high school became famous.
JZ went to high school with Margaret Cho, Aisha Tyler (who I totally didn't realize was Ross's Black Girlfriend on Friends. She's so awesome on Archer), and Sam Rockwell. EM went to high school with Elizabeth Pena (a good friend), Ving Rhames (dance program, of all things) and Suzanne Vega. Both performing arts high schools.
§ ita § - Feb 14, 2011 11:55:47 am PST #22811 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I went to high school with Nadine Sutherland, who you've never heard of, and Vauna Hyatt, ditto, but Jamaicans have. In England I was a year behind Helena Bonham Carter, and a year ahead of Sarah Patterson (who didn't do much after her Neil Jordan debut).
What's The Motts?
Watch from the hall syndrome.
Daisy Jane - Feb 14, 2011 11:56:47 am PST #22812 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Aisha Tyler (who I totally didn't realize was Ross's Black Girlfriend on Friends. She's so awesome on Archer)
I did! She also hosted a dating show on late night called The Fifth Wheel.