text:  Oh, La Mesa in 1989, it was maybe 10,000 people. And La Mesa is oil country. It's flat for as far as you can see, mesquite everywhere. And this is where the lead character, Tali Driver, is from. Talk to us a little about him. Tali, he's 17. He has a best friend, Amber Big Plume Dennison. They're outsiders together in the whole social scene of La Mesa. They just ride around in her rabbit truck on Friday night and pretend like they belong.