Dec 12, 2003 23:26
Two more returned e-mails, but one person is willing to do a phone or e-mail interview.
That means, I have something confirmed on Elvis, no current inquiries about James Dean, and some question marks over Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marilyn Monroe. I think I need a break.
I will be disappointed if I can find nothing on James Dean, because he's a personal fascination. Last year, he was the basis for the short story I wrote in fiction. I remember that in one of my workshops, some girl complained that she didn't even know who James Dean was. The rest of the class just ignored her.
Leon's that way, too, though. I think I've quadrupled his pop culture knowledge in the two and a half years that we've dated. It's something that matters a lot more to me than to the average person. That's why this article could be so fulfilling if I can find people to talk to me, dammit.
college work,
celebrities,
entertainment journalism,
leon,
homework,
college,
fiction writing