Brigit's Flame entry for December, Week 2: Blue Skittles & M&Ms

[thefaeway]

Well, getting into week two was pretty crazy. I tied for the last spot on the first poll, then on the second poll. Thanks to everyone who finally voted me into week 2!! As an odd sense of gratitude, I'm going to share something I've never shared with anyone outside the experience itself. I wish it could be better presented but I wrote the whole

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so I'll respond to the editor :D

[thefaeway]

"and MRE sounds a tad weird :(" -- many things in the Army sound weird, though I could do without the long form. I debated whether or not to include it but ultimately figured I ought because I dunno how many people know what an MRE is.

I used "Fail" because that's pretty much my thought on the situation heh.

I like semicolons, thanks aplenty for suggesting a good one :D

"'them' packs more punch." -- I agree, though, since this particular piece is as faithfully from my POV as possible, I try to be more me and less not me. ;) I'm just far too much of a pacifist to be using isolationist language

Re: so I'll respond to the editor :D

[thefaeway]

I don't recall outright inventing any slang during BCT. There were certainly a few inside jokes -- one pertaining to the 'hustler' of this particular piece. (Names are all made up, by the by

[vyvyan_wilde]

Neat story; I like the atmosphere and the little things the soldiers do to enjoy themselves.

[thefaeway]

:)

and the little things the soldiers do to enjoy themselves.

In a place like BCT, we had to be rather creative in our enjoyment. -_-

[ct_hol]

I am not much for war stories, but must say this was interesting.

Here where I live we call them rat packs and we mostly have corned beef in them. M&M's would be a luxury ;-)

Good Luck I look forward to reading more of your writing.