I went to school with Frank Iero. I'm not even joking.
K, so, I was reading this amazing Frerard fic by Bastard Son. And there's this repeated joke of Gerard not knowing Frank's middle name. Being incredibly curious after chapter 15, I went to Wikipedia to look up his middle name.
It's Anthony.
Anyhoo, his "childhood" thingy said he was bullied throughout high school. I knew that. But I never read the next part of the sentence until today. "He was bullied throughout high school at Queen of Peace in North Arlington."
Freaking God. I went to Queen of Peace in North Arlington. I lived right across from it. Me and my brother both went there. The high school kids were our "prayer partners" in kindergarten, which means that they come back to our little kiddie classroom with us after Church on Monday (I'm not even Christian) and talk to us about what the old dude said and draw pictures of the lesson with us.
But I can't believe it. I calculated the age. Frank Iero was born in 1981. He was also born in October, which means he was still 13 when he started ninth grade (high school) and didn't turn 14 until the second month of school. I'd know. I was born in October too. October 2.
Anyway, wow. He might have been in my classroom. I probably ran away from him on the playground (I ran away from the big kids in kindergarten). Hell, he might have been the one that took me to the nurse when I fell down that one time and I don't freaking remember!
*dies* I was in Queen of Peace the same time he was. Fate is so cruel. If only I'd stayed in North Arlington for a few more years...
But now I feel this freakish connection to a man I don't know. I feel stupid and elated at the same time. He grew up near the town my aunt lived in for 4 years. He went to the same school I did. He's from my state. Our birthdays are in the same month. It's not really a coincidence and you probably think I'm a desperate-stalker-MCR-fan or something, but I'm just...I don't really know.
I feel lame but I feel really, really good. Also, copying this from my Mibba journal was annoying because I had to go back and change my profanity to non-vulgar words.
It's Anthony.
Anyhoo, his "childhood" thingy said he was bullied throughout high school. I knew that. But I never read the next part of the sentence until today. "He was bullied throughout high school at Queen of Peace in North Arlington."
Freaking God. I went to Queen of Peace in North Arlington. I lived right across from it. Me and my brother both went there. The high school kids were our "prayer partners" in kindergarten, which means that they come back to our little kiddie classroom with us after Church on Monday (I'm not even Christian) and talk to us about what the old dude said and draw pictures of the lesson with us.
But I can't believe it. I calculated the age. Frank Iero was born in 1981. He was also born in October, which means he was still 13 when he started ninth grade (high school) and didn't turn 14 until the second month of school. I'd know. I was born in October too. October 2.
Anyway, wow. He might have been in my classroom. I probably ran away from him on the playground (I ran away from the big kids in kindergarten). Hell, he might have been the one that took me to the nurse when I fell down that one time and I don't freaking remember!
*dies* I was in Queen of Peace the same time he was. Fate is so cruel. If only I'd stayed in North Arlington for a few more years...
But now I feel this freakish connection to a man I don't know. I feel stupid and elated at the same time. He grew up near the town my aunt lived in for 4 years. He went to the same school I did. He's from my state. Our birthdays are in the same month. It's not really a coincidence and you probably think I'm a desperate-stalker-MCR-fan or something, but I'm just...I don't really know.
I feel lame but I feel really, really good. Also, copying this from my Mibba journal was annoying because I had to go back and change my profanity to non-vulgar words.
I have the same birthday as Gerard Way
The Black Parade, March 1st, 2014 at 07:29:54pm
That's pretty darn neat.
And Vegemite I nearly went to the same high school Chris and Scott went to :D
Fashion Zombies!, May 10th, 2007 at 03:05:17am
That is the coolest thing ever. O_O
And I bet you didn't run from him, he seems too sweet to be a big mean kid. xD
CrazyEyes, May 9th, 2007 at 08:01:01pm
The closest thing I can think of is the same birth month as Gerard Way...yeah, that's it.
But that's f*ckin awesome!!!
Demonic., May 9th, 2007 at 07:18:41pm
cool
Love, May 9th, 2007 at 03:33:28pm
awesome
Lykwoah, May 9th, 2007 at 02:04:47pm
That is so awesome!
I have the same birthday as Mike Dirnt...and thats pretty much the best thing I can think of. XD
The Brightside., May 8th, 2007 at 09:12:34pm
That is so cool XD
hollywood tragedy., May 8th, 2007 at 07:22:09pm
omg, id be freaking out if that were me XD. but im from melbourne and no one else is...well, the Living End, but theyre from the west in a place called Wheelers HIll, too far from here, but you never know. even though their thirty. You should do some tracing around and find some year books or something. Wikipedia????
Vegemite, May 8th, 2007 at 06:49:41am
Wow...it's a small world.
Riot on the Radio, May 8th, 2007 at 06:45:12am
lol XD
But, no need to be embarassed. You were, what? Five? Six?
dramamine;, May 8th, 2007 at 06:44:13am
No, not really. I'd be embarrased. Someone pushed me and I was bleeding, crying and wailing until this big kid (by big, I mean older than me at the time) kid was like "Come on," and took me inside to the nurse. I don't remember who it was.But if it was Frankie, I probably messed up his uniform. Man, he must have looked realllly good in the Queen of Peace uniform.
lyrical_mess, May 8th, 2007 at 06:39:35am
Wouldn't it be cool if he was the boy who took you to the nurse...?
dramamine;, May 8th, 2007 at 06:22:22am