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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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Draw My Life - Taryn Southern

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    姚易辰 posted on 2014/07/17
Video vocabulary

Keywords

state

US /stet/

UK /steɪt/

  • adjective
  • Concerning region within a country
  • noun
  • Region within a country, with its own government
  • Situation or condition something is in
  • verb
  • To say; declare as fact
life

US /laɪf/

UK /laɪf/

  • noun
  • All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • Period of time things live, from birth to death
stuck

US /stʌk/

UK /stʌk/

  • verb
  • Past tense of stick; adhered or fastened.
  • Past tense of stick; endured or persevered.
  • (Informal) Past tense of stick; tolerated or endured someone or something unpleasant.
  • To push a sharp or pointed object into something
  • To join together using glue or paste
  • Past tense of stick; continued with something despite difficulties; persisted.
  • Past tense of stick; pierced or punctured.
  • Past tense of stick; extended outwards; protruded.
  • Past tense of stick; remained attached or fixed.
  • To remain in one place or position for a long time
  • Past tense and past participle of stick.
  • adjective
  • Not able to move
  • Fixed in a particular position or unable to be removed.
  • Unable to move or be moved.
  • Unable to get free of a person, situation, etc. that you do not enjoy.
career

US /kəˈrɪr/

UK /kə'rɪə(r)/

  • noun
  • Particular occupation in professional life
  • The course of a person's life, especially in a particular pursuit or profession.
  • An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.
  • An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.
  • The general course or progression of one's working life or one's professional achievements.
  • A profession or occupation, especially one offering advancement or social prestige.
  • adjective
  • Relating to someone's job
  • Relating to a job or profession that someone does for a long period.
  • Relating to a job or profession that someone does for a long time.
  • other
  • To move rapidly or without control
  • To cause to move rapidly; to promote the development or progress of.
  • other
  • To advance or make progress rapidly
  • To follow a profession as a life's work
  • To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction.
  • To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction.
  • To advance in a profession or occupation.
  • To move swiftly and often uncontrollably in a specified direction.
  • verb
  • To move forward very fast and without control
failure

US /'feɪljər/

UK /ˈfeɪljə(r)/

  • noun
  • Lack of success.
  • When things go wrong; lack of function
  • Act or result of not achieving your goals
  • other
  • A breakdown or collapse, especially of a structure or mechanism.
  • The act of failing to reach the required standard in an exam or test.
  • The inability of an organ to function properly.
  • Lack of success; the inability to meet an objective or desired outcome.
  • The state or condition of not functioning or operating.
  • An omission or neglect of an expected or required action.
  • other
  • An instance of failing or not functioning correctly.
  • A person who has not succeeded; someone who has failed.
attempt

US /əˈtɛmpt/

UK /ə'tempt/

  • noun
  • Effort made to try to do or accomplish something
  • verb
  • To try to do something challenging or difficult
draw

US /drɔ/

UK /drɔ:/

  • noun
  • Something that attracts people to visit a place
  • A lottery or prize
  • Result of a game, contest where the score is equal
  • verb
  • To attract attention to someone or something
  • To get closer to or approach something or someone
  • To influence a person's involvement in something
  • To move an object by pulling
  • To create an image using pen or pencil and paper
  • To take one thing out of a container, etc.
  • (Of 2 teams) to finish a game with the same score
alcohol

US /ˈælkəˌhɔl,-ˌhɑl/

UK /'ælkəhɒl/

  • other
  • A colorless volatile flammable liquid produced by the natural fermentation of sugars; also the intoxicating ingredient of wine, beer, and other drinks.
  • Any organic compound whose molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups attached to a carbon atom.
  • noun
  • A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
  • Drinks such as wine, whiskey, beer
trip

US /trɪp/

UK /trɪp/

  • other
  • To activate or trigger a mechanism.
  • To cause someone to stumble or fall.
  • noun
  • A hallucinatory experience caused by a drug.
  • A hallucinatory experience caused by a drug.
  • A journey or excursion, especially for pleasure.
  • A state of mind or behavior motivated by a particular desire or obsession.
  • Act of falling down; falling over an obstacle
  • Journey or visit to a place
  • other
  • To make a mistake.
  • To move with quick, light steps.
  • To stumble or fall as a result of hitting an obstacle.
  • verb
  • To release an electrical switch
  • To fall by catching your foot on something
video

US /ˈvɪdiˌo/

UK /'vɪdɪəʊ/

  • adjective
  • Of a moving film, with sound
  • Relating to or using video.
  • noun
  • Recording capturing action with sound
  • Moving visual content.
  • The medium of moving visual images.
  • A recording of moving visual images made digitally or on videotape.
  • verb
  • To make a moving film of, with sound
  • other
  • To make a video call.
  • other
  • To record something using a video camera.