Blog Entry #4 - Finding Your Voice

Wow, all the exercises on finding your voice on the blog Men with Pens looked incredibly fun and interesting. However, I've never tried to be a bunch of different people at once. So I chose to write as best I could in a few different styles, and see how that turns out.

Here is the prompt:
Try on vastly different roles or personas, and write 200 words in each one. Be a Hell’s Angels biker. A lawyer. A stripper. A little kid. A pirate. A scientist. A parent. Switch around and try on as many roles, occupations or personas as you can – and then pretend you’re you. Write the last 200 words in that voice. See the difference?

I've decided to try to tell basically what I did today in a few different "voices", to get a feel for the exercise. Here goes nothing!

A Little Kid
Today, I went to school and do you know what? I saw a bunch of cool stuff and I talked to my friends but then I got in trouble and now I'm sad. The teacher said not to talk but I did it anyways because it was reaaaallllyyyy important and I just had to tell Brandon but he wasn't really listening anyways and he shushed me and then my teacher shushed me too.Then we had circle time and all talked about our homework and I did my homework last night so that was good. Then I went home and I had a playdate with my other friend Samantha and we got yummy food from a store that my mom goes to lots but I don't know what it's called. Cuz I forgot. Then I had to play with kids younger than me and they fell asleep really early and we had to watch a really boring show. It was stupid but I had to be the big girl when I was with them so. Did you know I'm up past bedtime?

A Teen Boy
I got to school and got yelled at for not paying attention. It was really pretty lame. I dunno, I had to tell my friend something and the teacher like, glared at me. Whatever. We had to talk about this totally stupid assignment too. Samantha came over. We got Taco Bell. I forgot my wallet so now I owe her money. I had to babysit tonight and it just really sucked. The kids were total brats and they would not listen to me. Shit. I gotta go to bed man. Nite.

Valley Girl
So like, today I went to school and I was a tiny bit late right? And my teacher just really was yelling at me! It was like she was picking on me because I was talking to Brandon while she was talking. Which is completely unfair! He is so totally cute by the way. Dibs. Anyways, so like, after that, we had to do this weird discussion of our homework. It was like interesting and stuff, and I feel like sooooooo many people in my class are totally smart! Afterwards I saw Samantha and it was really cool. We got some Taco Bell but I actually didn't eat anything because do you legitimately know how many freaking calories are in that? Samantha is so lucky she can eat that crap and still stay like totally skinny. I hate her. JK I love her! Then I had to babysit for these kids. They were so totally cute but like for some reason they weren't listening to me. It was absurd. Totally absurd. So I just told them that if they didn't like, start listening to me and stuff, I would send them bed and tell their mom. It worked sooooo well. I babysit for them like, all the time. They're just soooo cute! Anyways, I gotta sleep or I'm gonna be totally grouchy and like, ugly in the morning.

Famous Movie Star
I was definitely in class today, and I was talking about something very important when the instructor told me to stop talking. She told me to stop talking. Does she even know who I am? I met with Samantha directly afterwards, and she encouraged me to get some food. I told her I would have to work out with my personal trainer for days if I ate what she ate. But I ate it anyways. I don't have another movie shoot for a while, I can afford to get some fast food once in a while. Like I said, I'll just have to work out tomorrow. I babysat for some kids too. I got them to behave by offering to sign some posters for them. It worked pretty well. I have an early interview with Vogue tomorrow, so I have to catch up on some sleep now.

Myself
I went to my mass media class today. My boyfriend isn't usually in that class, but today he showed up outside the door to bring me a coffee (because he's awesome) and I got up to get it. Well, my teacher didn't exactly like that, and she told me not to do it again. Oops. Still, I got my coffee, and I didn't get in too much trouble. And it was so sweet of Brandon, I couldn't bear to tell him I got in trouble for his surprise delivery. Afterwards, I got to spend some time with Samantha. We didn't have much time, so we just grabbed some lunch at Taco Bell and caught up on life. I had to babysit all evening for some family friends, which was pretty cool because the kids were actually behaving decently well. They got into a few little spats, but it was nothing I couldn't handle. Unfortunately, I didn't get home until really late, and now I'm exhausted and dreading having to get up at 7 tomorrow morning. Alas, what can be done? So I really ought to sleep now, but before I do, there is a moth buzzing around my head, and it must die. It has disappeared, but I shall find it, and when I do, I shall kill it. Then and only then will I be able to sleep soundly.