Babyface went to my high school!
Cool!
So that's my dream. That and some stuff about cigars and a tunnel.
Faith ,'Get It Done'
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.
Jesse - Feb 14, 2011 11:19:52 am PST #22807 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.
Daisy Jane - Feb 14, 2011 11:57:13 am PST #22813 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Why's it called The Motts?
billytea - Feb 14, 2011 12:00:14 pm PST #22814 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
My high school produced Ricky Stuart, former halfback and coach for the Kangaroos, the Australian rugby league team; and George Gregan, former captain of the Wallabies, the Australian rugby union team; and Alex Jesaulenko, Aussie Rules hall-of-famer. Aside from sporting lights, I suspect my dad might be its most famous alumnus.
lisah - Feb 14, 2011 12:02:47 pm PST #22815 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Joe Biden's sister and the girl who plays April on Parks & Rec went to my high school. Many years apart, obvs, and neither when I was there. Also a girl, Val Whiting, who played basketball in one of the first, if not the first, seasons of the WNBA. She was a freshman when I was a senior.
And, looking at Wikipedia, the wife of Ed Rendell, gov of PA.
And a couple of other notable basketball players. We had a good basketball program.
Daisy Jane - Feb 14, 2011 12:05:35 pm PST #22816 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
We had no basketball (sad emoticon here).
In looking for more famous people, I have discovered my old debate partner died in 2007 after a sudden illness. Sad. We were actually able to use him as a source on cold fusion when the topic that year was space travel. Good times.