eep.

[jazzfish]

I have, on the desk next to my trackball, a copy of Mary Edwards Wertsch's Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress.

I don't think I've ever been actually frightened by the prospect of reading a book before.

I've still got half of _The Princes of the Air_ (which so far appears to be a con movie, a la Shade or The Sting, dressed up as space opera) to get through. After that I'm going to read _The Chains That You Refuse_ because if I'm reading Bear's journal I really ought to read some of her fiction.

I'm diving in after that, though.

"There are no ceremonies to mark the end of our career as military brats, either. We simply walk out into our destinies, into the dead center of our lives, and try to make the most of it." --from the introduction by Pat Conroy

Comments

[jazzfish]

Yes! Not only will four out of five military families have bamboo trays, when you ask about them they will look at you as though you're psychic. It's really impressive.

[wyrdone.livejournal.com]

Its just the underground conspiracy of the DoD "PX" (or the person ordering for the PX). :D

(And yes we had/have a set...including the TV trays.)

[fishy1.livejournal.com]

i don't think we ever had bamboo trays/plates..
maybe i am the 5th of 5...