I’ve known Michael 'Fred' Frederick for a year and eight months (not quite a year when this interview took place) and in that time, he has become a serious confidant of mine. A Dude on 'Dudes Night', left field on the softball team, and always down to hang (on the weekends) Fred and I have become very close. When you first meet him though, the explanation he has to give of himself is somewhat confusing.
FF: Consider for a second that, two of the main questions when you meet someone are ‘Where are you from?' especially if they know I'm not from Philly, and ‘What is your name?’ Both things get really annoying when they ask me. ‘Well I go by Fred but my name is actually Michael Frederick, but there were too many Michaels in my second grade class so people just started calling me Fred and it just stuck, I’ve gone by it ever since. I’m actually from Indiana. Indiana, Pennsylvania the county in Pennsylvania that shaped like the state of Indiana.’
