Damn you and your untouchable face.

I was in a blogging mood earlier, but now I'm not and I'm doing this to kill time.

Hmmm, blogging mood. Bloggable mood?

According to Hayley and her new blog, I have a musical face.
"You poke it and it makes various musical noises? Or something like that i think thats how musical faces work..." (oooo italicness)
OHHHH bless you, Hayley.

There is also someone else who deserves a serious blessing this fine day of frying (that's a Friday to those of you who had to think about it).
There are 2 words that sum up my entire week: CLOWN SONG. And this is thanks to everyone's favourite, tall, Musing-clarinetist.
Laura Prime, you are an utter genius. Nothing else to say.

But Ellingwoof isn't getting a blessing. Ohhh no. She has found a GCSE Music revision song, which okay, is very helpful and everything but once you get it in your head it is IMPOSSIBLE to get out. I have never heard anything like it in al my 16 years.
I was about to dare to write some of it out for you, but I realised that'd be a bit of an idiotic thing to do because I'd start singing it in my head and then it'd continue to stick there.
See, a battle has begun inside my head with this song. "GALLIARD IS 3 IN A BAR" it was trying to tell me ALL Graphics. not helpful when we're doing product analysis and the like.
At least I can name a Minmalist composer in a Northern AND a posh accent. I can also tell you that Bhangra makes the harvest run or something.
Ellingwoof, I think I've paid back for everything bad I've ever done to you with the torture incurred by this song.

On the upside, at least we stand a damn good chance of passing the stupid exam if we listen to this before we go in...

Ohhh revision.

Revision = BLEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Doesn't really feel like the weekend...I think it's because I never had PE first thing on Monday; that one lesson sort of sets the tone of the week for me, gets the balls rolling lotto-style. That was an appalling analogy, Taylor.
See, I got promoted to AS Music TWICE this week so I could sing with Clare and Laura. If I talk about that anymore though we'll end up on the topics of giant pencil sharpeners and the clown song, and this would be dangerous...

John Butler Trio. They're GOOD. And Australian :) I don't think I have any other Australian artists on my iPod? Maybe Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge.

Yes, I have Moulin Rouge on my iPod, that's not sad at all.

Well, actually, it's a very sad film, but you know what I mean...

Yeah, John Butler Trio. DAMN NO GET OUT THE DOOR DON'T WANNA SEE YOUR FACE NO MORE. That is a GOOD song :D
Recently I've started putting songs on repeat and playing them a hundred times each while I do stuff. I have no idea why.

I've just realised I still have all our band demos untouched from last Friday? We should really set up an account for ourselves.

I have my first real life bass player role! Erm, well, in Novemeber. For my Dad. His school is doing West Side Story, which just so happens to be my 4th favourite musical, tis beautiful :') But yeah, anyway, he's that desperate that he's called on me to take up the position.
I'm so terrified I've started preparing 7 months in advance. To say it's difficult music is like saying a deep-fried Mars bar isn't really that healthy.
At least they're using recordings for the symphonic dances...

You know what dear bloggers, I've really missed the theatre. The last show I worked on was the panto, but I only had 3 weeks of that and I wasn't even on the stage. Before that was The Last 5 Years, which I co-directed and played a number of random instruments for. The last time they let me actually tread the boards was JUNE! :O
It's been too long. I MISS IT.
So, with this in mind, I came across an advert in the Harborough Mail for people to join the town's music theatre group as they're doing Summer Holiday in October, and I've always had a soft spot for that outrageously cheesy show - when I was about 7 we had a video tape of it (aha, remember good ol' VHS back in the day?) with Darren Day that we used to play over and over. Can't believe I just admitted that. Darren Day is an idiot.

Anyway, so I went down on Wednesday evening with high hopes, but mehhh. I felt so out of it. Not just because I haven't done that kind of thing for almost a year, but the people were so...mehh. Not that nice either.
Auditions are 6th May, but to be honest I think I can just about hang on in there till September to get one huge theatrical fix. School production, West Side Story, Extended Project (fingers crossed), then to sneak my way into the BTEC Panto again...

The tiniest bit disappointed though. Maybe it's just not meant to be? Still in 2 minds about it all though...

One of my ol' Northampton dramatical types is trying to webcam with me from his friend's garden. It's times like these I sit and reflect on how my life is so bizarre.

Righty ho, weekend here we are. I shall hopefully avoid procrastinating any more than usual and get on with some French revision. 2 weeks today I am once more put through the HELL of a speaking exam.

Except, tis no longer a mock.

*Gulp*

Yes, bloggers. One. Giant. GULP.

In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee...

Dearest Blog, I apologise for not posting onto you last night, and I apologise in advance for the lack of updates there is about to be. It's because of a little thing called EXHAUSTION.

2 days back and I'm already shattered. OH TODD HELP ME.

Dearest Computer, syncing my iPod is NO reason to go in a huff with me, so GROW UP and behave for once.

Dearest self, shut up.

The more seriously I took things, the harder the rules became.

Whoever said 'life's a bitch' wasn't bloody joking.
On the absolute brink of 'I've-had-enough'-ness. I'd quite like someone to give me a break, here, please (yeah, blah blah, Kit Kats).
If I was foolish enough (which I probably am) I'd put something vague here about wanting to find something/someone to make me stupidly happy again, but what's the point, since what goes up must come down - moods included.

Sorry for such an incredibly pessimisstic (sp? blehh) opening, it's genetic. My Dad is a CONSTANT moaner, and to him everything is going downhill.

So tomorrow we're back to school. OH WHOOPY DO.

Just thinking about school lowers my mood further, so lets leave that subject for now. Don't get me wrong, I'm really looking forward to seeing people again, I just can't be doing with getting back to 'normal' and the like.

Had a really nice day yesterday though, went over to Essex to see my second cousins. Thanks to Facebook we've been forced to reconnect, but it's actually a good thing; it was lovely to see them again and stuff, especially considering they are REALLY theatrical TOO :') (It really is a family thing with us Taylors :P)
The oldest is in his second year at UEA doing English Lit and Drama, and the youngest is 18, but is basically me. Seriously, we have so much in common we can't really believe it, and we get on so well! It's strange to find you have relatives who are so similar, that have been out of your life for so long.
And to add to the drama, their Mum is a drama teacher. Flippin' heck, no escaping the art :P

So, I guess, if you're just skim-reading tonight's rant, the general gist of the above paragraph was that Facebook DOES have it's advantages (an example of a disadvantage being total addiction, of course).

The weather has been lovely too :) Sod's law it brightens up as soon as we go back to school, but I can't say I was expecting much else...
To celebrate the actual SUNSHINE my brother and I got out the cricket kit for the first time since October, but he's quite a vicious bowler really. And he's also not the safest batsman, either (lets just say my Grandad nearly ended up without a satelite dish...and a conservatory...and a few roof tiles).
There was one time a few years ago where he got a bit angry at his lack of runs, and I happened to be Wicket Keeper, and in pure frustration he threw his bat behind him and into my stomach. DONT LAUGH YOU MEAN PEOPLE.

I have no idea why I end up as Wicket Keeper, I can't keep wickets for toffee.

Muse make everything better.

Over the Rainbow on later. HAHAHAHAHA. Pure SCHADENFREUDE (had to think of the song to spell that then) watching them kick out a Dorothy, simply because of the total pantomime that is the 'goodbye sequence'. In short, the other Dorothys sing something a bit mocking in my opinion, can't remember exactly what, and then the loser Dorothy takes off her shoes and they get handed to the Lord (my Dad calls him Lord Wobbly - and we always end up discussing his crazily coloured shirts), and then she sits on a moon and flies over everything and disappears, singing Over the Rainbow. WHY?!?!?!
I find it insanely funny with the strange sense of humour I have.

It took me the WHOLE of Plug in Baby to write that last paragraph. Slow, Taylor, slow.

That's when I realised, miracles ain't real.

Oh. My. Todd.
I've just realised.
It has JUST hit me.
We're back to school on Monday.

MEH?!?!?!

But we only just BROKE UP?!?!?!?!

*Heads to fridge for comfort in the form of (many) Creme Eggs*

Had a beautiful day with the fiancee yesterday, talking about everything and anything, buying gallons of coffee, endlessly walking in the rain, bookshop times...
She's quite incredible. Todd, she's a fellow alto, what can we say? ;)

Then I was left to hang around for YEARS waiting for my dear mother, because I had an appointment at Specsavers (after a forever - which according to my techie friend is an actual form of measurement now - of trying to book one).
Well, Specsavers, you do just FAIL don't you. When the adverts say "Should've gone to Specsavers", oho, I wouldn't be so sure.

They sit you down after 3.7 forevers to go over a few details and ask a few questions.

They asked me the following:
"Do you do any hobbies involving your eyes?"

Am I the only person who thinks that is a really stupid question?

I seriously thought it was a trick question at first; please someone put me out of my misery and name me a hobby which you can do which DOESN'T involve eyes?!?!....
(They also asked me if I used a computer, but lets not go there...)

Then they sent me away again. Now, my appointment should've been at 4pm, but 5.1 forevers after, they still hadn't sent me in. Hmm. By this point I kind of wanted to get home and, you know, SLEEP.
Finally the nice optician man came over and said that he'd been sat in his room waiting around for a patient who'd actually gone in next door. Ohhhh hardy ha.

The whole reason for me going back to the eye people was because of the small problem that I could actually see better without my glasses on, and I didn't really think that's the way things are supposed to go.
To cut a long story short, apparently my eyes have improved, and my sight without glasses is pretty good, minus the slight longsightedness and the evil turn which makes me look ODD.
Thing had been these lenses I got last time had been FAR too strong, and although they are okay for close up stuff, they were making distances crazily blurry. The guy showed me the chart of letters WITH my glasses, then without, and I could see the smallest lines WITHOUT them where with I could barely see the big lines...no wonder things have been difficult :P

Ohhh, I don't get it. I bet it was just a mix up with the lenses last time, I can't believe my eyes have changed quite so much though.

Why the HELL am I waffling about my optical health to you all?!
That is, of course, if you are still actually here.

I have barely touched on the fun stuff either, for today at approximately 10:30am, the House of Taylor was graced with the presence of our very own Burty and Ellingwoof.
Yeah, it WAS as dangerous/manic as you are imagining it to be.
We got through (and cast the next school production of) The Lion King, and Hairspray, and ate pizza because pizza is GOOD, and had a rather jolly time.

Tomorrow, I believe I am meeting with the definition of awesomeness that is my musical partner in crime, Hayley. And, if all goes to plan, we're going to be musical.
And music is also awesome.

Finally 'laying down some demos' for our little band ;) And soon we'll be begging for gigs and the like? BEGGAR! Sweeeeeeney.....tangent...

Meh, I've kept you for long enough and I'm getting bored. Ta-rah, all :D

And though I hardly know her, I let her in my veins and trust her with my life.

OHO, you're doing the whole text thing again.

GOOD MORNING, WORLD OF BLOGS! :)

I feel rather loved, about 4 people all BINGED me at once as soon as I signed on MSN. Thing is, I don't think my computer feels too loved by it all, because it went all slow and did it's normal 'na na na na na I'm going to crash on you in a minute because I hate you' thing.

Today I finally saw Alice in Wonderland after weeks of meaning to go. It was great :) I seriously believe Johnny Depp is the greatest actor alive. He's just so....awesome.
And, there is one quote from this movie which I think just sums up life:

"You're bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret: all the best people are..."

Describes pretty much everyone I know :)

I don't really understand why suddenly I've become known by my surname, but oh well :) Interesting trend...as long as I don't get confused with the Swift one. Not that that would be a bad thing, far from it, but, you know....ohh, tangent...

I'm also a bit wary of this local celebrity status I seem to have gained recently. One time this random man at the bus stop commented on how he'd heard me sing somewhere, before going on about his 1930s film collection (I'm deadly serious!)and then there was the incident with the reception person at school while I was innocently purchasing talent show tickets, and then I was just served by Ailish in Waitrose who happened to bring my music Myspace into conversation (shameless plug: www.myspace.com/bethanytaylormusic). It's all very flattering, but really bizarre.
It's when you hear your Dad whistling the melody of Summer Rain whilst doing the dishes things DO get odd.

Erm, look, this text...pleeeease?....

Right, I'm off to count how many songs Hayley and I have written. Hopefully we're
having a little band recording 'sesh' on Friday...AT LAST....
Thursday I'm SUPER excited about, what with my favourite Graphics/Music buddies invading and that.

EXCITING TIMES :D

Think it's time for you and me to take over the world.

Happy Easter all :D :D :D

Don't you just LOVE Easter?!!?! A time when PEOPLE GIVE YOU FREE CHOCOLATE!!!

Okay, that sounded oh so materialistic and spoilt.
Think of Jesus and churchy stuff too, people.
Sorry for the sarcastic religious moment there, probably a bit offensive, it's just I don't get why it's okay for my church to abandon me and not ask me to help out anymore. Well, their loss, I was their youngest congregation member. Pah.

Anyway, on from religious ramblings...how've we all been?
I love the fact Laura obvously hasn't been reading my blog in weeks, so she's had to read all the posts in one blast and leave a little comment on them all :') My phone has been buzzing all night :P
OHO you lovely Muser, you...

Erm, sooo, what've I done? Not a great deal. Eaten a bit too much, slept for lovely amounts of time, indulged in more rubbish and watched TV. Been using this crazed sound mixer too, it involves about 386 wires, but it's really fun :)
Given me an idea for another career path too, listen to this...
I've tread ON the boards in the cast, stood to the side of them with props, sat under them with a keyboard, but maybe I'm missing a trick...maybe next time I'll be sitting opposite them terrifying people with my manic lighting ;)

(I just had a vision of myself endlessly switching strobe lights on and off and getting a load of theatrical types very annoyed. Or, if you've ever seen 2DTV and George Bush with the weapons of mass destruction...'I CAN PRESS THE BUTTON, I CAN PRESS THE BUTTON'

Oh, the rig just blew.)

I LOVE getting new music :) Tis so exciting :') Yesterday I actually bought a real life CD, a rarity these days what with iTunes and Amazon etc etc...the purchase happened to be The Courteeners' new album Falcon, tis really good :) I'd seen it advertised on Spotify, and for once decided to acknowledge a Spotify advert and have a further look; I was impressed. So, armed with the other rarity of spare cash, I ventured into HMV.
Money well spent. Look up the album if you can, it's simple but very beautiful :)

Quite a few plans for this week, makes a change. My social life is usually pretty dull.

Today was Easter Sunday and I met my 6 week-old cousin for the first time :')

Go on then, all together....AWWWWWWW :D

The sight of my Dad with a baby is hilarious. The sight of my Dad trying to dish out Creme Egg ice cream is even better.
But whenever my parents see a baby, they always feel the need to delve into the histories of my brother and I, and how I was an appalling, ill, constantly-screaming baby, and how he was an angel in comparison. PAH.

My reply is, I was constantly screaming to strengthen my vocal chords, and look at me now? Fairly decent set of pipes I'd say, they serve me well :)

My Mum was telling us that the other day at work (she works at the Doctors Surgery) she was asked to hold a baby in the waiting room for a bit, and some randomer walked in and asked if she was a Grandma.
My Mum said 'Well, it is technically possible...'

Cue MAJORLY awkward looks around the room, and an innocent, thoughtful look from my 7 year-old cousin (who it seems is pretty unlike her older cousin as she says she's good at Art...oh lordy...).
I can assure my Mum there'll be none of THAT anytime soon. And I don't mean Art.

But talking of awkward conversations, my brother has finally caught up to the stage where everything is 'wrong'.
Here are a few examples:
Madame Morrible on the Wicked soundtrack: 'OHHH Miss Elphaba...'
My bro: 'EWW THAT'S WRONG.'
Gangsta bloke on the radio:'Ima rock ya bod-EH'
My bro: 'LOL THAT'S WRONG.'
Me: 'I'd beat you on Fifa 10 anyday.'
My bro: 'YOU'RE WRONG.'

I have no idea where this is going.

Have no idea what I'm doing tomorrow, either :)

I think this is my cue to leave....Tetris time...

YES I'M THAT BORED.

I can't believe how you looked at me with your Johnnie Walker eyes...

Fairly happy tonight :)

Been an alright week :) Well, bar the fact that this stupid automated number keeps ringing our house at 8AM, waking me up since everyone else is out! :O UNFAIRNESS.
Usually, once something like that wakes me up in the morning, I can't get back to sleep :/

Revision hasn't been TOO painful...for some strange reason I feel a bit guilty when I DON'T revise, so revising a tiny bit makes me feel better :P

Went into Harborough today, but twas SO busy!!! All worth it for our beloved Costa, though :)

Can't believe it's almost Friday already...nearly one week down! I'm fed up of how these days move by faster and faster.

My Dad finished work today (Northamptonshire schools have different holidays, because they are silly), and brought home half his school's sound cupboard for me to play with :') YAY :D
A bit worried I might accidentally blow everything up though. The amount of sliders and inputs ad outputs and FX buttons and pans is slightly unreal. I'm only used to hitting a few buttons on my trusty ol' notebook...
If you've seen the opening scene from Back to the Future with the huuuuuuge guitar amp, well, that's what I'm worried might happen :P

BIG thanks to the Ellingwoof for making me realise what a true musical genius Lady GaGa actually is (YES I JUST SAID THAT!). For all people may say about her, she's a great songwriter. I'm in LOVE with Speechless at the moment :)

Earlier my brother and his friend discovered one of those websites where you type something in and a computer voice reads it back. They're very easily amused.
Granted, it was hilarious at first, but 7 hours later it's annoying.