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\f0\fs24 \cf0 Hi I'm Taryn. Since I believe that life's greatest lessons are learned from

our failures and shortcomings, not our achievements, this is my Draw My Life video: Failures Edition.\

\ Let's start from the beginning. Here I am

in my Mom's tummy. Yep, those are my spongebob boxers. Within a few hours of popping outta

there, my parents realized I had one deformed ear. here's a normal ear. Here's a deformed

ear. Something tells me that grandma just got a little hungry in the hospital waiting

room. \ \

Some people might say that growing up in Kansas is a failure in and of itself - but I'm proud

of my home state -- where else can you live at the center of the US and yet be close to

nothing?! It was like living in miles of emptyness and then WHAM! tornadoes come and uplift your

house! And the local shopping malls!\ \

We also have one of the largest population of serial killers per capita in the whole

of the United States - including BTK, who actually targeted me while I was in high school.

But that's another story for another time.\ \

Anyway, growing up, I failed at a lot of stuff. I never found a four leaf clover in all of

my years of searching on the playground. I never received a response from any of my fan

letters to Jonathan Taylor Thomas and the Hanson boys, despite the amazing stickers

I would attach. Apparently they just aren't interested in marrying me and living a perfect

life. I could never wear black and red as well as Claudia in the babysitter's club book

series, and I resented her for that. I could never get past level 9 of Mario Brothers Nintendo

game.\ \

I was also a really bad listener, something that's carried over into my adult relationships

and work. I was also horribly coordinated. once I tripped and my arm got stuck underneath

the garage door. i crashed my bike into a wall and cried. One day I snuck into the basement

of my church with some friends and accidentally stepped on the water pipe, causing thousands

of dollars in flooding. I still don't know if God forgave me for that.\

\ Given my lack of coordination, I tried to

pick up other fun activities, like reading by myself on the playground so that I wouldn't

have to socialize with other kids, and creating elaborate funerals for my pet hamsters. RIP

little guys.\ \

I even attempted programming my first website, dedicated to my beanie baby collection, but

that ended the second I got a scary cease and desist legal letter from Ty Beanie Babies

for building an unauthorized fan site on geocities. Needless to say, that was the end of my programming

career.\ \

As a teenager, I screwed up all the time. I over plucked my eyebrows. I accidentally

got a toddler stuck in his high chair while babysitting. I ran my car over a curb in an

attempt to miss a squirrel on the road. I tripped on a hurdle in my first track and

field meet. I also may or may not have been caught sneaking alcohol out of the house at

one point in time. In the even that my mom is watching this video, let me state for the

record that the alcohol was ONLY to do scientific studies on it's effectiveness as a alternative

fuel source for vehicles.\ \

In college, I tried out for American Idol and made it to the finals, only to forget

my lyrics and cry on national TV. Even Ryan Seacrest thought I was a failure.I also once

woke up on a boat in Key West and hitchhiking back to school with people who may or may

not have been drug dealers. So many other stories, but they aren't appropriate for a

Draw My Life video. \ \

I graduated a bit early for my age, so I moved to LA to try and pursue a career in entertainment.

Since then, everything's been a giant roller coaster of successes and failures, but I attempt

to fail a lot less at stuff and apply the lessons I've learned from my childhood to

be a better person, such as:\ \

- Don't eat mac 'n cheese to save money, unless you want flatulance.\

- Stop stressing about auditions, you'll lose out on 99% of them.\

- Stop trying to reshape your eyebrows, they are permanently messed up.\

\ Just be yourself. It sounds cheesy but it's

true. You're weird, weird self. \ \

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