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Taryn

Throw yourself into the road darling, you haven't got a chance!

About Me

I have 3 pet birds that rule my life. I love the coarse grain sea salt. I believe in sending the laundry out, as it comes back clean AND folded. I live by the docks, and I like watching the loading and unloading of shipping containers, it's like watching a giant play Legos. I shop for records like some women shop for shoes. I'm feeling a Morrissey phase coming on.

My Interests

music, cooking, art, travel, pilates, snowboarding, riding my bike through busy traffic.

I'd like to meet:

The executor of a long lost wealthy relative's estate. I'm not holding out much hope though. Either that or a winning lottery ticket.

Music:

I can't possibly list it all, it numbers in the thousands. I fear I will also have to re-catalogue my records soon too as my latest inventory was lost in my latest computer crash.

Movies:

Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Sunset Boulevard, Chinatown, Apocalypse Now, Withnail and I, The Big Lebowski, Hard Day's Night.

Television:

No Reservations, My Name is Earl, Scrubs, The Office, Flight of the Conchords, and the Liam Lynch stuff on You Tube.

Books:

Valley of the Dolls, The Odyssey, Pride and Prejudice, The Plague, The Stranger, The Balcony, Picture of Dorian Gray, Sula, Hollywood Babylon, and Nausea.

Heroes:

William Brennan, Thurgood Marshall, and even though she disappointed me many times: Sandra Day O'Connor.

My Blog

Unsent Letter 1

Dear Sir:I would urge you never to wear those "breathable ass spandex" again on your next circuit around Prospect Park. They are rather on the threadbare side, so much so in fact, that I thought you ...
Posted by Taryn on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:43:00 PST

6 Years in Brooklyn

As of today, it's been 6 years since I said my goodbyes at Marcy's wedding, and got on the bus in Boston, to make Brooklyn my home. The Sunday night before starting my new job. Even though it was al...
Posted by Taryn on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:02:00 PST

Lou Barlow thinks we’re lame.

Ah I'm so exhausted.  I'll post my review and pics of the Webster Hall Dinosaur Jr. Show later tonight, but I thought I'd let you all know that Lou Barlow thinks we were a lame audience...
Posted by Taryn on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:14:00 PST

My Trip to the Great New York State Fair 2007

So I got involved in a tipsy promise to my friend who was mourning her 34th birthday. I said "shit isn't that bad, for reals, you haven't seen how bad shit can git." And with that I let her in on my...
Posted by Taryn on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:14:00 PST

Bowling Scores

Winners: The other team. Losers: Can't Believe It's Not Gutter My high score: 106 Number of Pitchers of Beer finished by Legal: 1 My ball: 8 Pounds, pickup with a 6.  Number of Drunk Co-Workers ...
Posted by Taryn on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:18:00 PST

Over the line Smokey!

Praise The Jesus, breakout the purple polyester pantsuits, the Creedence, and the white russians. Tonight is the first night the legal department is letting loose its bowling team upon ...
Posted by Taryn on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:33:00 PST

Into everybody’s life a little rain will fall...

and seriously mess up your commute.  2 hours people, 2 hours due to just a little bit of rain. There were hardly any puddles even.  This is the third time in less than a month that this has ...
Posted by Taryn on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:48:00 PST

Survey Says...

Michaela had this survey posted on her blog, and I was not at all shocked to see that our lives had a similar trajectory.  Anyway, I'll be going back home to visit next weekend, not for a highsch...
Posted by Taryn on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:58:00 PST