DISTURBIA FRED & MARILYN

aloha again,
this is like a Tim Burton trip down memory lane.thanx Rampster...

MORAL DISABILITY @1980s
FRED comes to mind immediately.
a lil backstory here.i have read comic books/graphic novels since pre school and only gave up the habit when i could no longer afford it and housing.i have worked part time/off & on at comix stores in SF.now the people who work there are seldom hotties,usually fat basement dwelling comix trivia trolls of either sex but mostly males.then there was Fred, i forget her real name but it was something girly and bland which Fred was definitely not.now in the comix the ELEKTRA costume is lil more than scarves and red stretch bandages (unlike the movies) so Fred was an instant hit at comix convention with her dark curly hair,sexy lithe body and intense flinty gaze. now Fred was friendly enough as men drooled over and on her but there was an inner coldness about Fred.i think she had just dumped her BF and was looking to make some money.Iran was in the news then too as the Shah ahd fallen and refugees had come pouring into the US. so Fred hatched a plan by reading various newspaper ads from across the country,being a talented but starving artist she faked a series of legit looking IDs and went trolling.
as i rememeber it she went to half a dozen cities and married half a dozen men (no sex) for $5000 each, the men were all Iranians (Persians).now Fred came back and boasted to us,her co workers- as she had no friends,about how smart she was.i guess it was smart if you consider defrauding the Feds a great idea...then unfortunately Fred got greedy,she decided to blackmail her six 'husbands' for more money.like a permanent ATM right? WRONG! turns out the father of one of Fred's husbands was a member of SAVAK the Shah's ruthless and uber brutal secret police.Fred was informed that her body would never be found if she continued her greedy ways.
now Fred had NEVER USED HER REAL NAME Anywhere,so this sent chills down her pretty spine and we were instructed to call her anything else but her real name.i chose Fred and oddly enuff she liked it.so all was peaceful until one day Fred got a phone call at work then ran out like her hair was on fire never to be seen again.they mailed her last check to her parents.

SELF ESTEEM ISSUES @1970 NYC
she called herself MARILYN and she was blonde,busty,wearing wire rim glasses,sorta plain and broken.i met her at a commune forming meeting ( A NEW DAWN -sic) then later over a series of parties where 'getting to know each other' was the goal-several of us lost $600 each in this land & trust process.a lot of money in 1970 -sigh.
anyway i had my eye on the leggy feminist who would later leave me for the commune in SF not her.at a pot party in Brooklyn she was sitting with her shirt off (which some chose to do) exposing her large veiny breasts and asking if 'i liked her'. as opposed to what i asked? turns out Marilyn was homeless and was trading sex for a place to flop, she was being passed around the men like a soggy blonde joint. how sad. seems most of her life so far had been a variation on this theme .when this half hearted venture broke up Marilyn wound up in Brooklyn living with three other girls and a small sly pothead faux hippie guy who told her to 'earn her keep'.i went back to California....
there were no homeless services in those days except the Salavation Army and i have no idea if she sought help.
don't be like her,if you need help ASK!

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