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Hey there! I'm Tara, I'm old enough to know better but young enough to do it anyway...I'm a tattoo artist and a truck driver.

Yes, sir, I drive 18 wheels. My typical load is 40,000 pounds. How many of you can say THAT and still retain your girlish figure? ;-) (That's a joke. No, really, a joke.)

I've had a fun life so far...From studying automotive mechanics in college to subbing an art class at high school...I've experimented in every career field that's interested me, from auto mechanics to freelance graphics arts. What I've really wanted to get into is sound for movies or theatre. Unfortunately, with my luck, I've been unable to go any further with it. I have all the wrong contacts, in all the wrong fields, with all the wrong amounts of authority on the subject.

That being said, I am a product of destiny. In other words, I'm probably going to end up being the most intelligent pizza broker in New York in thirty years unless someone saves me from a life less interesting.

=)

I'm an optimistic pessimist. I paint pictures like I'm going to become blind tomorrow. I take pictures with 35mm film and have approximately 120 undeveloped rolls sitting in a box inside of my halfway-restored 1964 El Camino. One day, I'll put an engine and a tranny inside my car...Probably on the same day that I develop all that film. That car is like my time capsule.

I have a strong sense of kinship with just about everyone. I get embarrassed and flustered in front of people I find attractive. I'm outgoing and personal and have few, but lasting, friendships. I have more acquaintances that I'm on a first-name basis with than cousins...Which, being Irish, that's a hard thing to come by.

I want to drive the ice road one of these days. I laid on my stomach when I was 6 and gazed into a mile-long chasm. I crave responsibility and shirk success.

I'm not religious. More like a naturalist without the 24/7 nudity.

I love the 'dead' arts. Literature that people groan over in highschool, languages that no one has spoken seriously for hundreds of years, paintings that have been forgotten and written off as 'poor examples of the period.' Sounds that people take for granted. Visions that don't happen any more, except for in the back of your mind.

I'm a collector. And while I collect Star Wars, comic books and fine art, I'm also a collector of sounds, images and words. My mind is a trap for anything that happens its way.

I replay old movies on mute and create my own sound effects. I love mystery and hate mystery novels. I believe Che Guevara would have made a better president than George Bush. I love rain, how it feels and how it sounds. I have this pressing need to take care of homeless animals. I've spent much of my life traveling.

I will probably like you.

- Tara