Dramatic monologue
Melanie is 17. She lives with her mucin an affordable flat. She is perched upon the kitchen counter, it is the morning.
Even today I can't imagine my life any different. The last eight years have been a blur. I try to keep busy and not think about how I live such a different life to all my friends, a very different life (that goes without saying) but I guess early to bed and early to rise has been my permanent routine for a while now. Every day is the same, wake up, make breakfast, then see mum. "Good morning" I say, but all she gives me is a harsh crack of a smile etching itself into her bare face. No words. Her room is filled to the brim with pills and medicine bottles - it may as we'll be a pharmacy. This is how I see mum everyday, struggling to talk, barely managing to move but still grasping on to the remaining flicker of light left burning in her eyes. But that wasn't good enough for my father. He saw the flame disappear, and soon followed. I like to think that the same person is still inside her, and memories of us three all together skip around in her mind, fuelling her to get through the day. However, my dad always used to say that she no longer knew any of us - the nurse said the same thing. They had to be wrong, hadn't they? "How could you love someone if they are no longer the same person you fell in love with?" He always muttered these words under his breath. She had to be the same, or why would I still be here?
Thursday, 25 September 2014
Monday, 8 September 2014
Instructions for your Josie doll
Your Josie doll is unique has many fun and sparkling qualities especially the items included within her purchase. She even has some items not listed below such as her thriving enthusiasm for fun filled adventurous days out, along with her caring and loving characteristics that she shares with her family and friends.
Included with your doll:
-a huge variety of clothes (long length jeans for her long legs)
-a fluffy pet dog (whose fur goes absolutely everywhere)
-hard wearing hair brush for extremely knotty hair
1. Firstly make sure that it is not an absurd hour eg 12pm-10am otherwise you toy Josie will not wake up.
2. When Josie is awake pick out an outfit for her to wear, make sure it's super stylish and adorable. (Nothing pink or she may cry) Don't forget to style her hair, she doesn't like it natural.
3. Next you need to feed your Josie or she will become very grouchy.
TIP- She especially dislikes Seafood but loves anything sweet that she can get her hands on.
4. Your Josie is now ready to go out and about anywhere with you. Take her everywhere from shopping in town to a friends tea party.
(Don't forget that Josie likes to hang with her family and friends) family and friends dolls purchased separately.
5. Take Josie on holiday with you in the sun. (she comes with a very full suitcase)
TIP-use a low SF sun-cream to achieve that sun kissed bronze tan that Josie loves.
6. Don't forget to change her batteries every so often, she will become very tired and will have no energy for another fun filled day.
7. Your Josie enjoys the outdoor recreational activities; take her for picnics or for a walk in the park with her very own pet.
8. Josie's clothes are waterproof so you can even take her to the beach; she loves water-sports eg jet-skiing, waterskiing and speed boats.
Your Josie doll is unique has many fun and sparkling qualities especially the items included within her purchase. She even has some items not listed below such as her thriving enthusiasm for fun filled adventurous days out, along with her caring and loving characteristics that she shares with her family and friends.
Included with your doll:
-a huge variety of clothes (long length jeans for her long legs)
-a fluffy pet dog (whose fur goes absolutely everywhere)
-hard wearing hair brush for extremely knotty hair
1. Firstly make sure that it is not an absurd hour eg 12pm-10am otherwise you toy Josie will not wake up.
2. When Josie is awake pick out an outfit for her to wear, make sure it's super stylish and adorable. (Nothing pink or she may cry) Don't forget to style her hair, she doesn't like it natural.
3. Next you need to feed your Josie or she will become very grouchy.
TIP- She especially dislikes Seafood but loves anything sweet that she can get her hands on.
4. Your Josie is now ready to go out and about anywhere with you. Take her everywhere from shopping in town to a friends tea party.
(Don't forget that Josie likes to hang with her family and friends) family and friends dolls purchased separately.
5. Take Josie on holiday with you in the sun. (she comes with a very full suitcase)
TIP-use a low SF sun-cream to achieve that sun kissed bronze tan that Josie loves.
6. Don't forget to change her batteries every so often, she will become very tired and will have no energy for another fun filled day.
7. Your Josie enjoys the outdoor recreational activities; take her for picnics or for a walk in the park with her very own pet.
8. Josie's clothes are waterproof so you can even take her to the beach; she loves water-sports eg jet-skiing, waterskiing and speed boats.
Saturday, 6 September 2014
My Idiolect
My Idiolect contains quite a few fillers such as 'um' and 'err'. I normally use these when I can't think of what to say or when I forget what I was about to say. I use fillers out of habbit now but I think they are used in general to try and retain the attention of the listener. I have notcied that I also use the word 'like' constantly when I speak. I think this is a very common American term to use and has possibly been fed through to us by television programmes. It could also be a very easy habbit to pick up off of your friends as they tend to have a significant influence in the way you speak.
Along with my Bristolian dialect, I also have a few habits in my body language when I am being spoken to. Two of my most common habits are fiddling with my hair or touching my ear. I think I do this because I feel a bit awkward and uneasy talking to people that I do not know and and by playing with my hair, it keeps me distracted from feeling like this. When I listen to people speaking I tilt my head to the side slightly, I guess this could show that you are concentrating and really trying to understand what you are being told.
One word I dislike saying is my name. I dont like to say my name outloud to people because I feel as if I say it wrong even though it's my own name. Another reason I dislike saying my name is because on the rare occasion I am miss heard and mistaken for "juicey" I have even been called "gypsie" before, then I feel awkward because I have to correct them unless it's someone I will never see again so I won't bother correcting them.
Finally I noticed that the pitch of my voice changes depending on the mood I am in. When I am annoyed or angry. I don't really know why I do this but one way of looking at it is a warning that I am in this mood and to not make me any more annoyed. I also raise the pitch of my voice when I am on the phone to make me seem more friendly rather than using my usual grumpy tone.
My Idiolect contains quite a few fillers such as 'um' and 'err'. I normally use these when I can't think of what to say or when I forget what I was about to say. I use fillers out of habbit now but I think they are used in general to try and retain the attention of the listener. I have notcied that I also use the word 'like' constantly when I speak. I think this is a very common American term to use and has possibly been fed through to us by television programmes. It could also be a very easy habbit to pick up off of your friends as they tend to have a significant influence in the way you speak.
Along with my Bristolian dialect, I also have a few habits in my body language when I am being spoken to. Two of my most common habits are fiddling with my hair or touching my ear. I think I do this because I feel a bit awkward and uneasy talking to people that I do not know and and by playing with my hair, it keeps me distracted from feeling like this. When I listen to people speaking I tilt my head to the side slightly, I guess this could show that you are concentrating and really trying to understand what you are being told.
One word I dislike saying is my name. I dont like to say my name outloud to people because I feel as if I say it wrong even though it's my own name. Another reason I dislike saying my name is because on the rare occasion I am miss heard and mistaken for "juicey" I have even been called "gypsie" before, then I feel awkward because I have to correct them unless it's someone I will never see again so I won't bother correcting them.
Finally I noticed that the pitch of my voice changes depending on the mood I am in. When I am annoyed or angry. I don't really know why I do this but one way of looking at it is a warning that I am in this mood and to not make me any more annoyed. I also raise the pitch of my voice when I am on the phone to make me seem more friendly rather than using my usual grumpy tone.
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