Growing Up White...it's weird!

Mom (is dead). Yep we all have one, well at least we all came out of one! RIP June 14, 2020. Nurse (at a prison). Child of the great depression.  High school smoking lounge. Vo-Tech cooking. Dishwasher at 12 years-old. Flies in the fryer pop! Fake cousin. Pedophile boss. Remember 8-track tapes in the car? Bakery bully. TWA silverware? "Son, go buy me some Kotex pads." Rolf, the Master Baker, yes Masterbaker, and loved Hitler. Pre-Med college major? No such thing. The morgue.  What is a D.O.? I was "Schroeder." Marching Band and white bucks and tenor drum. Black band struts! Teacher pedophile smacks my butt. PE at 13 and showering with boys and teachers? Whiskey bottle lamps. 

Philly NHL champs Flyers!  Remember "Streaking!" Cool mom. More family lies. Atlantic City. Hippy family. Steel Pier diving horse. Freak/Sideshow. Jungle woman transforms into a gorilla! Alice Cooper concert. Guillotine. Weed. Wine Bag. Throw up. Firecrackers. Glow Sticks.  Yep, more white weirdness for you.

"God is dead but don't worry Mary is pregnant again."  Noogie Queen Nun. Holy communion Altar boy. Puberty and Boners.  My first kill. Basketball All star Champ. Bang those drums, but not during Sunday mass. 

"Cute enough to be a girl." Hippies. Rape. Fake family sleepovers. "Don't say a word." Choppers. Fast cars. "Tardo." Cut the seatbelts out of the car.  A gentile child goes to an all Jewish exclusive camp. The Wedgie Machine. Superlegs. Fractured finger. Late night visit.  "I won't hurt you." Safe in the infirmary. Loxs, bagels and cream cheese.

Honolulu 1968. A ghost visits. Brides of Blood. Naked virgins. Army brats. Slingshot fights on Diamond Head. Shooting rifles at 8 years-old. Surfing Waikiki beach. Skateboarding. Cemetary food. White kid minority at school. Centipedes. Banana trees.

Dad is dead. Family secrets and lies. I start working at age 12. Identity borrowing. Mom and grandma are pregnant at the same time. My fake aunt and cousins. Jumping off the roof. Fifi meets her end. 

The preface sets up Book 1 of the series. An army brat for 10 years. An all white middle class neighborhood. Newspaper for curtains. Our home, the"mausoleum." 

Hawaii 1968. Living on the side of Diamond Head crater near a cemetery.  Why do people leave food on the graves? Do those on the other watch us? Was this a dream or was it real?

Hawaii. 1970. Should a ten year old boy be taught how to shoot a military rifle? Where will this training lead him? Will a "BB" Gun be just the beginning of killing?