I REMEMBER DAVID DALTON'S BOOK THE MUTANT KING IS DEFINITELY WHAT CAUSED THE OBSESSION. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS OBSESSED AND IT WAS CONTAGIOUS OR IF HE PUT A SPELL ON THE BOOK OR SOMETHING WEIRD...ANYWAY BEFORE READING THAT BOOK I WAS NOT OBSESSED...I REMEMBER SEEING JAMES DEAN PORTRAIT OF A FRIEND IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN THE AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL MOVIE TIME SLOT AND MY MOM SAYING HE DIED ON HER THIRTEENTH BIRTHDAY. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. I REMEMBER THE FONZ ON HAPPY DAYS TALKING ABOUT JAMES DEAN...I GOT A REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE T SHIRT AND WORE IT WHEN I FELL INTO A BAND AND REMEMBER THE BASS PLAYER ASKING ME IF I WAS INTO JAMES DEAN AND I WAS LIKE HUH WHO AND HE POINTED AT THE SHIRT AND I WAS LIKE I GUESS SO...I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHO THE GUY WAS ON THE SHIRT I LIKED THE SAYING REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE...I HAD A SILVER PORSCHE WINDBREAKER THAT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT CONNECTION WAS TO HIM...BEFORE READING MUTANT KING I REALLY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT HIM MUCH... THIS STUFF HAPPENED MID EIGHTIES... THIS WAS A FACEBOOK NOTE THAT THEY ARE ELIMINATING SO TRYING TO PRESERVE AS MUCH OF IT AS I CAN...MAYBE MESSY WITH LINKS THAT MAY NOT WORK...
