awesomesprout

Ok so I have a dilemma. And I need advice.

First, it's whether or not I should take the sleep job and I'll go into the details of that in a moment.

Then, it's what monologue I should do. I'm going to post both and have people say which they think is better based on what the Kaiser people are looking for.

Ok. So here's the work

I showed up and we talked. I have the job if I WANT the job. Here's the catch. In order to be on payroll you have to get trained. Training takes approx. 2-3 weeks all the way up to a month based on how quickly you learn things and can retain knowledge. And that's just the first part of training.

The first part of training is unpaid.

After you've learned how to " Hook people up " ( hook them up with electrodes and make sure they're all working. A process which equates to a 4 hour shift ) you move on to learning how to go " solo " or staying the entire 12 hour shift monitering patients.

That training takes about 2-3 months to complete.

After I complete the hook up training I'll get put on payroll making approx. 12-15 dollars an hour. Working about 12-16 hours a week. And that can go up to a total of 20 hours a week if I wanted to work every night of the week. ( that would also require commuting between s.f. and menlo park. )

One I learn how to go solo, I will still be making anywhere from 12-15 an hour but she said that it's rare that people make less than 15. But I'll be working full time which is 3 12 hour shifts a week.

That's 2-3 months away.

With this job I will be able to go to school or get another job part-time during the day. I will also have weekends off.

So. Do I find a way to make it through the next month financially and work my ass off on completing my training faster and find some part - time job while I'm training to go solo.

Or do I just tell them no?

I mean at this point. The only other thing I have is the Kaiser Audition and that's no garuntee. And that won't even start til Late July. And If I get that job I can still work both at the same time.

And I'm not totally sure but I believe that if I get the training at this job it'll bypass my needing to go through the radiology program I had originally intended to go through and I just go straight into Sonography.

Ug. I hate this.

Ok the basis for my monologue is that it has to be a minute long. And the character has to be between the ages of 10-18. And it has to be youthful.

This is a monologue from Alice in Wonderland. The part is Alice and it's right before she goes into the rabbit hole.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

A monologue from the book by Lewis Carroll

NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll. London: MacMillan and Co., 1866.

ALICE: [Angrily] Why, how impolite of him. I asked him a civil question, and he pretended not to hear me. That's not at all nice. [Calling after him] I say, Mr. White Rabbit, where are you going? Hmmm. He won't answer me. And I do so want to know what he is late for. I wonder if I might follow him. Why not? There's no rule that I mayn't go where I please. I--I will follow him. Wait for me, Mr. White Rabbit. I'm coming, too! [Falling] How curious. I never realized that rabbit holes were so dark . . . and so long . . . and so empty. I believe I have been falling for five minutes, and I still can't see the bottom! Hmph! After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling downstairs. How brave they'll all think me at home. Why, I wouldn't say anything about it even if I fell off the top of the house! I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time. I must be getting somewhere near the center of the earth. I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny that would be. Oh, I think I see the bottom. Yes, I'm sure I see the bottom. I shall hit the bottom, hit it very hard, and oh, how it will hurt!

This is a monologue about a kid who keeps getting bullied at school by getting their head shoved in the toilet and how they're going to deal with that.

Thank you by Jon Dorf

“Thank You…” is from THANK YOU FOR FLUSHING MY HEAD IN THE TOILET AND OTHER RARELY USED EXPRESSIONS, my new play-in-progress about bullying.

STUDENT

(A student with wet hair, early to mid-teens, in or near a school bathroom.)

That’s how it goes in my mind. He shoves my head in the bowl, flushes, and up I pop, jack in the box: thank you!
(beat)
The problem is that in real life, I never get past choking on the bowl water. My brain is trying to say “thank you,” and the rest of me is gagging, and if the toilet hadn’t been flushed before I--let’s not even go there.
(beat)
Since “thank you” doesn’t seem to be happening, I’m working on another strategy: vomiting. I’m very optimistic about vomiting, because it’s all I can do not to vomit already, so this would be like going with the flow, and even better: his legs are right there.
(demonstrates by getting on his knees and swiveling to one side)
It’s just point and shoot. And if you knew that every time you gave me a swirly you were gonna’ have to go home and change, you’d think twice about it. It’s the power of retaliatory vomiting.
(beat)
And that’s just the beginning. They say that the best defense is a good offense, which is why I’m taking it to the next level: preemptive vomiting.
(beat)
Bully incoming, four o’clock.
(feigns vomiting)
Dispatch chunk squadron alpha to repel invader. Fire projectiles on my mark.
(more barfing)
We’ve got on ‘em on the run. I repeat. The enemy is in full retreat.
( beat)
I hate vomiting. It’s the worst feeling in the world. Almost as bad as having your head stuck in a flushing toilet.

HELP!!!