Mortified by David Nadelberg

Author:David Nadelberg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SIMON SPOTLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
Published: 2008-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

I entered high school in Palatine, Illinois, during the late 1960s. There was a lot going on in the world then. Civil rights. Vietnam. None of which seemingly entered my world. Indeed, while radicals a mere thirty miles away in Chicago held protests, screaming “Down with Whitey,” I quietly battled my own version.

His nickname was Whitey, for his light-blond hair and pale skin, and I hated that I loved him. If I couldn’t be with him… I wanted to be over him. My obsession with Whitey began during the end of my freshman year in 1969 and lasted for my entire sophomore, junior, and senior years. I was finally liberated from him—appropriately enough—on the Fourth of July in 1972.

After two agonizing months of growing infatuation (on my part), we started dating after listening to a band at the New Place. While the band played Janis Joplin, I flirted with Whitey by singing along to the music: “Come on, come on… take another piece of my heart now, baby.” I had no idea that he would take me literally.

I should also point out that instead of a journal or diary, I recorded everything in four mini calendars.

1969

Mar 28 Started to like Whitey

Apr 15 I really like Whitey but he’d never like me.

May 12 I have a mad crush on Whitey.

May 21 I have a horrible crush on Whitey. I. L. W

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