Verbatim 13.04.23
… [preamble]
So, it starts with, um
I wake up at my with my alarm
I get out of bed
I open my window
listen to the birdsong
and drink the rest of my water
and have a look at the day
and this is normally
I’d like to say
I get out of bed about eight
and probably set my alarm for about half seven
and then I’ll go into the bathroom
I’ll have a wee
dab my face with cold water
and then I go back
get my phone into my room
take all the dirty pots and mugs and all that
go downstairs and then the first thing I do
when like when I walk through into the kitchen
I put the kettle on, that’s the thing that takes the longest
to be fair the our toaster’s really shit as well
so I have to wait a little bit around
but I get my crumpets or my frozen bread
and I put it I get two put it down
and then I get my cafetiere and my mug
hopefully I’ve got one that’s already clean
if not I’ll wash it up quickly
bit of cold water or whatever
and then I’ll get my er coffee
pop it into the cafetiere that by then
is probably when the kettle’s boiled
so I pour that into the cafetiere
and I let that simmer or whatever for a while
and then I get my um
butter
marmite
knife
spoon
and plate
and I spread that all out
cos I’m I’m making time for when my things come up
because i wanna don’t wanna want to be standing round
or i just feel like I don’t whatever
and then I have to normally
our toaster’s really shit
so I have to after about five minutes
before I put it to about three
and then then it pops up
and it’s how I want them perfect feel them
get them get the butter put it down
get them out put it down
and that’s when the cafetiere and the coffee is all lovely
so I get my oat milk
I pour it in with the cafetiere into my mug
and I have my phone in my pocket
and then I’ve got my my crumpets
and my coffee
I take it upstairs
and then on my bed I move my pillows
so they rest on the wall
so I sit with my legs dangling over the bed
and I prop my phone up on
y’know the little um wooden ledge
just of above the bed head
prop my phone up
and then i watch an array
of whatever tv show I’m watching
so at the moment it’s Friends
before it was
something
it was yeah um there was Merlin was one for a while
and then I just watched I watched that tv show
while having my crumpets
and my rule
is once my I’ve finished my coffee
that’s when I get out of bed
and then I shut the window after that
cos I don’t want any
I’ve got a massive spider’s web
in the corner of my window on the outside
and I can and it’s like ginormous this spider’s web
and the spider’s ginormous as well
and whenever it catches something
cos it’s like very windy or whatever and it goes
it’s comes out I’m like oh my god
I’m gonna shut it
because its I’m too scared it’s gonna come into the room
it’s so big and it’s right in the corner of my window
so I have to shut it just in case
that that concludes my breakfast routine
Transcription from the morning routine of a 19yr old in Halls of Residence at Leeds Beckett University – recorded 13th April 2023 19.28pm
[running time 3:32.41]