User:Adametc/Adam Rosand

Born as Adam Christopher Price by parents Patricia “Pat” Jean Price, and Ronald Price, with older brother, Eric “Toby” Tobin Price in Seattle, Washington on July 7, 1971. His parents divorced before he reached 2 years of age; his mother than married Keith Edgar Rosand, who adopted he and his brother as part of the marriage. Prior to his birth, his parents lived within the stereotypical hippy way of life which notoriously included an assortment of alcohol and drug use. Additionally, his mother was prescribed various amphetamine based anti-depressants which led to unforseen drug abuse in the near future. His proclaimed father, Keith Rosand, an underground engineer for Seattle City Light, also a motorcycle enthusiast / Harley Davidson collector, fulfilled his commitment in raising Adam and his brother despite his monstrous anger that commonly frightened them. In grade school, Adam recalls seeing Leif Ericson in history books, identifying his dad as being his reincarnation. Hostility at home progressed when elders of the Rosand family started passing away and his brother developed various health problems that nearly killed him. Additionally, conflicts in the neighborhood progressed over property rights, and encounters with a neighborhood pedophile started taking place. Noticing his interest in acting, Adam’s mother, placed him in several acting and theatric classes as his imagination seemed to be taking over many parts of his life. Such as an imaginary friend named Andy, who he eventually claimed to his friends and neighbors that he had legally become. Close friends invited he and his brother to Calvary Lutheran Church, where they participated in Sunday school and the youth choir. Amazingly, the thrill of being Andy faded for him, possibly as a result of his religious experience; unfortunately, church was also a short lived interest. At age 12, Adam developed spontaneous and radical behavior; lying, stealing, and obsessive behavior toward girls, greed, and heavy metal. Various dissociative patterns led him to drugs, criminal problems, running away from home, and entering the foster system. After the state of Washington released him back to his parents, he eventually would run again, teaming up with various other street youth in Seattle’s U-District known as the “U-Crew”. But because of his young age of 14 and newness to the bunch they referred to him and others in his category as “Ave Rats”. It was a time when the name Ave Rat was derogatory, similar to being referred to as a “reject” or “crack head”, therefore he remained an Ave Rat, trying to outgrow the unfavored status. Im the meantime, he was introduced to harder drugs such as LSD, Cocaine, Crystal Meth and Heroine. A mentor of his, U-Crew Steve (RIP: Thanksgiving, 2005), introduced Adam to Gina Johnson who soon afterward brought him into her home supported by her grandfather, Earl Johnson, former pitcher of the Boston Red Sox. Living under the wing of her and her grandparents for the rest of his youth, he was able to outgrow his criminal habits, partly due to his love for artwork. For his drawings normally reflected his morbid, angry, and depressive side, Gina coerced him into drawing happier images such as teddy bear characters. However, their alternate love for drugs and alcohol can often be seen in his (unpublished) series “Pooh-Bear and Cozy-Pooh”, characterizing them as teddy bears.
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