Missouri Eight - Text
Caucasian female, 16 years old. Born in Portsmouth, VA, but raised primarily in the St. Peters area. Recites Comma Gets a Cure, a childhood memory, theatre story, and finishes with a decscription of her day. Interviewed by Shawn M. Muller and Tim Hansen. Edited by Shawn M. Muller on 9-22-00. Recording length 00:03:22.
TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH
(Um) I remember-- Okay, my childhood. I remember-- this is one thing that sticks out a lot. (Um) Me an’ my brother-- he’s 18 now-- we were playing in my room. An’ my mom an’ dad had a bunch of friends over, an’ family an’ stuff. An’ we were bored, ’cause, you know, it’s not fun with a buncha adults when you’re little. So we were playing in my brother’s room, an’ we were jumpin’ on the bed. At first of all we were jumpin’, then, you know, we’d stand by the side of it an’ have the other one push on the bed ’n’ see how far you could bounce back. Well, yeah, (um) I was standing on the side of the bed, an’ wasn’t ready, an’ my brother pushed me, an’ I hit my head on the frame of the bed, an’ I got stitches in my forehead. You can still see the scar to this day. Last year I was in Greater Tuna, an’ this year I’m in the Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Oh, it was-- it w-- since it’s my first experience, it was pretty fun. I mean, I-- I was expecting it to be really hard, but everyone made it pretty easy. ’Cause we all get along, so… It was fun. In my first show, I’m-- I’m-- I had a good experience, so I’m gonna keep doin’ it. It was great. I love it. I feel so (um)-- I love it. I woke up, splashed my face, took a shower, ate breakfast, (mmm) came to school. First hour-- oh, zero hour, zero hour, have to be here at six-twenty. I don’t like zero hour. Oh, we watched a movie about (uh) segregation, an’ it was the Montgomery bus boycott, an’ that pretty much put me in a better mood the whole day, ’cause it showed everything. An’, so… But-- I’m gonna-- I’m cheerin’ up, because I’m goin’ to a birthday party this weekend, so….
UNSCRIPTED SPEECH TRANSCRIBED BY JACQUELINE BAKER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR TRANSCRIPTIONS, July 1, 2008