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About Me

i like assigning names and personalities to inanimate objects. try it. it's the most fun ever!

My Interests

noticing things, riding my bike to things, writing reviews on things, making things, taking pictures of things, alphabetizing things, writing letters about things, drawing things, telling spronk about things, poking fun of things, reading things, making oops fetch me things, planning things, sleeping on things, sleeping through things, dealing with things.

I'd like to meet:

wow me.

Music:

all my ex-boyfriends' bands

Movies:

i am extremely disappointed with drew barrymore's recent work.

Television:

certified addiction to anything showtime puts out as of late. fx doing gods work lately too. and one tree hill.

Books:

my favorite short stories are by: kate chopin, anton chekhov, henry james, james joyce, joyce carol oates, shirley jackson, margaret atwood, hemingway and hans christian andersen.

my favorite novels are by: nick hornby, francesca lia block, roald dahl, janet fitch, arthur nersesian, dickens, wilde, salinger, orwell, woolf, shakespeare, austen, ibsen, steinbeck, the brontes, and my buddy andrea seigel. you should buy both her books.

Heroes:

ari gold

the important stuff

Status: happy
Orientation: straight
Physical Stats: 5 foot 1, brown hair, brown eyes, small feet, big heart
Sign: virgo
Hometown: Johannesburg, South Africa
High School: Woodbridge High- Irvine, CA '97
Education: UCLA - BA English Lit
FIDM - AA in Cosmetics and Fragrances
Orange Coast College my own enlightenment n shit
Occupation: cosmetics and skincare industry - product development
Employed by: Then: Christian Dior Cosmetics, Urban Decay Cosmetics, Smashbox Cosmetics, Too Faced Cosmetics, Mama Mio Skincare

Now: Intelligent Beauty Inc.

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My Blog

and while i’m on a roll...

so speaking of using south africa as a marketing tool - match.com is using my homeland in one of their ads too. i found that one to be pretty cute, so i didnt include the...
Posted by tarynleigh on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:56:00 PST

long overdue

so remember when i used to be super bored at work and have nothing but time on my hands to blog about the stuff that i found irritating? oh! and remember when there were actually enough of my fri...
Posted by tarynleigh on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:31:00 PST

meet ooops

Posted by tarynleigh on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:56:00 PST

because it's my last day at the office

and because emily brought british cocktails in.... i'm at my desk. and i'm sorta drunk. ;) immortalized: CLabouchere (3:35:54 PM): ur drunk texting on ur last day of work?
Posted by tarynleigh on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:41:00 PST

taryn rules @ good eats and pretty faces

after the relief i felt after posting my last blog i realized that clearly i need to be writing more. ranting and raving just makes me feel better. actually just putting my opinions to paper makes me ...
Posted by tarynleigh on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:13:00 PST

apparently i really miss writing essays

disclaimer 1: apologies in advance for this totally excessive rant. so the only thing that annoys me more than the people who use their myspace music section to ever so subtly declare their ...
Posted by tarynleigh on Thu, 17 May 2007 01:30:00 PST

florence hits laguna

awe..i love these people that's my new purse in the front. i know, i know. it's AWESOME. that's it birthday boy...keep drinkin. or gen will drink it for you. not s...
Posted by tarynleigh on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:32:00 PST

sunshine blog

wanna see me living it up in mexico?sure you do.click here for more cabo!!! ...
Posted by tarynleigh on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:18:00 PST

6am madness

garage sales are tons of fun. even if you barely make enough to cover the signs you bought to advertise the sale. even if people try to steal the shit you were only charging .50 for to start...
Posted by tarynleigh on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:25:00 PST

actually i was totally making fun of your costume

i'm not sure how irony failed me this year. but only 3 people "got" my costume without having it explained to them. i went as slutty _____. this was vs. eric's 41. perhaps its because people tend to p...
Posted by tarynleigh on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:35:00 PST