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Omggggf these are SO cute!

TIS THE SEASON FOR TAYLOR SWIFT ORNAMENTS ON YOUR TREES @taylorswift

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Took Lover to the dahlia farm today and she looked beautiful there. We blasted the album all the way there and all the way home.

“I once believed love would be burning red, but it’s golden like daylight, like daylight”

What a journey it’s been to this album @taylorswift but I’ve loved every bit of it - thank you for this one.

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We are PACKing up all our extraness and taking it to Santa Clara Night1!! Featuring: @longlivethatlook @likeimbrandnew @tinylou-13 @mtmcgrew @icanmakethebadguys-good @maddiwonders @i-always-try-to-shine We will be dancing all night from Section H, Row 3⚡️🖤🐍

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i hope taylor knows that even at her worst times i saw the best in her 

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Having my “I am Jesus” moment. 😜 It’s been fun to put this usher jacket back on the past few weeks! But today’s the last day of the run and I am ready to go back to just working one job!

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guys she was partying around the world in miami and tokyo searching for her end game and then ended up in london ft. the new years eve party + the necklace bc she found her end game so now im gonna cry!!!

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22 music video: Who are you?

End Game music video: I’m you but we drink now

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We went from eating straight from the cake to drinking straight from the bottle and I’m here for it

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Less than a half hour. Get hydrated. Take your pee breaks. Write your wills.

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I had a blast painting those NY pieces for @science-mulder! Thank you so much Emma!

Commissions are still open! If you guys wanna buy a piece and make sure to get it before Christmas, now is the time to come and talk to me, or else it will soon be too late 😉

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Tag yourself I’m Paul standing back and watching Taylor with a proud face

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remember when taylor said she didn’t feel particularly sexy and the interviewer asked “so what are you then?” (as if being sexy is the only thing a woman is good for) and taylor immediately responded with “i’m imaginative, i’m smart and i’m hardworking" because i think about that interview a lot and i still think it’s one of the most important things she’s ever said

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If you have a taylor follow and you could reblog this it would seriously mean the world to me.  She doesn’t follow me and has never seen my tumblr I wrote a long tumblr post to go with this pic as soon as I got it (using the app) and it didn’t post…. so let me try again.

I thought I was invited by Taylor Nation, not Taylor her self.  When I walked up to her she didn’t say my name, so after we hugged I introduced my self- I said “Hi, I’m Tyler” and she grabbed my shoulders and was like “I know who you are!” in an almost offended tone, and I looked shocked and dumbfounded and I said “Stop! I did not expect you to say that!” and she grabbed my hands and said “I see how positive you are online, you’re so supportive of other fans, and you’ve been a fan for so long, and it was so important to me that you were here tonight so I could say thank you for that” (or something like that!) You guys…. like she really knew me!  Never in a million years did I think that if I finally met her she would know ME that SHE would have wanted to meet ME.  I couldn’t even wrap my mind around it.  

I told her that there has been so much ugliness thrown at her and that there have been times I just wished I could hug her and be there for her (and I started tearing up, and hugged her) and she grabbed my hands and said “Don’t worry about me ok” (or something like that! it all get’s blurry right after you talk to her!).  Then I told her that she is doing everything right, and that we need women to re-write the rules in every way, and that she is doing exactly that and I’m so freakin proud of her.  She smiled and said thank you.

When she asked me what I wanted to do for my picture I said: “Can we hold hands and look at each other like we are strong women ready to take on the world together?” and she said “YES WE CAN” hahaha, so we posed like this and we were looking at each others eyes and it was like kinda intense so we were both giggling a little bit!

As I walked away I heard her say “Taylor and Tyler! Taylor and Tyler!” so I turned around and said it back to her: “Taylor and Tyler!”

I got my DM on Friday night, my phone call on Saturday, and I made it to LA in time to go to Taylor’s on Sunday!  So hold onto hope that you can be invited to something at the very last moment! The album was amazing…  it’s so honest, smart, bold, and SEXY.  I was brought to tears by her bravery to tell her story and to share so intimately with us. I’m in awe of her insistence that she hold control of the narrative of her life.  I’m inspired by her love story.  I’m just so damn happy for her, and so incredibly proud of her.

Also- Taylor if you’re reading this, of course I had so much else I wish I could have said.  I wish I could have told you how much JOY you have brought to my life, and how you’ve been there for me in ways no one else could.  I wish I could have told you about the amazing swifties who have become some of my very best friends.  About how Ally had the most beautiful swifty wedding, and a second baby boy, and how Tyler followed his heart fearlessly and moved to New York to follow his dreams.  I wish I could have told you that I teach kindergarten, which is a career I wanted since I was 14, and it is SO much harder that I ever could have imagined.  Teaching is so emotionally and mentally challenging that I sometimes wonder if I can manage it, but I love my students SO freakin much, and that I see my work as an act of social just every single day… and that means everything to me.  I wish I could tell you how much it’s meant to me every time you’ve complimented another swifty teacher, because we really don’t get appreciated often.  I wish I could have asked you about your new favorite NYC spots - maybe a great brunch place Tyler (Conroy) and I should check out.  I wish I could have told you that I too have found the love of my life, and isn’t it just mind blowing and gut wrenching and terrifying and amazing and perfect and beautiful all at once?!  I wish I could have asked you how I can be the friend you need from afar, beyond buying albums and coming to shows, which battles do you want me to fight for you? Which bullshit do you want me to pay no mind to? I wish I had the time to say thank you at least 13 times, because I could truly never thank you enough for everything. Taylor, I taped the picture of us up behind my desk in my classroom.  I look at it and remember what you said to me, that you appreciated how positive and supportive I was of other fans.  I try and remember that in every interaction I have with another person, especially my students.  That conversation we had will inspire me to be my best self for the rest of my life.  I love you Tay.   Taylor and Tyler!!!!!!!

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If you have a taylor follow and you could reblog this it would seriously mean the world to me.  She doesn’t follow me and has never seen my tumblr I wrote a long tumblr post to go with this pic as soon as I got it (using the app) and it didn’t post…. so let me try again.

I thought I was invited by Taylor Nation, not Taylor her self.  When I walked up to her she didn’t say my name, so after we hugged I introduced my self- I said “Hi, I’m Tyler” and she grabbed my shoulders and was like “I know who you are!” in an almost offended tone, and I looked shocked and dumbfounded and I said “Stop! I did not expect you to say that!” and she grabbed my hands and said “I see how positive you are online, you’re so supportive of other fans, and you’ve been a fan for so long, and it was so important to me that you were here tonight so I could say thank you for that” (or something like that!) You guys…. like she really knew me!  Never in a million years did I think that if I finally met her she would know ME that SHE would have wanted to meet ME.  I couldn’t even wrap my mind around it.  

I told her that there has been so much ugliness thrown at her and that there have been times I just wished I could hug her and be there for her (and I started tearing up, and hugged her) and she grabbed my hands and said “Don’t worry about me ok” (or something like that! it all get’s blurry right after you talk to her!).  Then I told her that she is doing everything right, and that we need women to re-write the rules in every way, and that she is doing exactly that and I’m so freakin proud of her.  She smiled and said thank you.

When she asked me what I wanted to do for my picture I said: “Can we hold hands and look at each other like we are strong women ready to take on the world together?” and she said “YES WE CAN” hahaha, so we posed like this and we were looking at each others eyes and it was like kinda intense so we were both giggling a little bit!

As I walked away I heard her say “Taylor and Tyler! Taylor and Tyler!” so I turned around and said it back to her: “Taylor and Tyler!”

I got my DM on Friday night, my phone call on Saturday, and I made it to LA in time to go to Taylor’s on Sunday!  So hold onto hope that you can be invited to something at the very last moment! The album was amazing…  it’s so honest, smart, bold, and SEXY.  I was brought to tears by her bravery to tell her story and to share so intimately with us. I’m in awe of her insistence that she hold control of the narrative of her life.  I’m inspired by her love story.  I’m just so damn happy for her, and so incredibly proud of her.

Also- Taylor if you’re reading this, of course I had so much else I wish I could have said.  I wish I could have told you how much JOY you have brought to my life, and how you’ve been there for me in ways no one else could.  I wish I could have told you about the amazing swifties who have become some of my very best friends.  About how Ally had the most beautiful swifty wedding, and a second baby boy, and how Tyler followed his heart fearlessly and moved to New York to follow his dreams.  I wish I could have told you that I teach kindergarten, which is a career I wanted since I was 14, and it is SO much harder that I ever could have imagined.  Teaching is so emotionally and mentally challenging that I sometimes wonder if I can manage it, but I love my students SO freakin much, and that I see my work as an act of social just every single day… and that means everything to me.  I wish I could tell you how much it’s meant to me every time you’ve complimented another swifty teacher, because we really don’t get appreciated often.  I wish I could have asked you about your new favorite NYC spots - maybe a great brunch place Tyler (Conroy) and I should check out.  I wish I could have told you that I too have found the love of my life, and isn’t it just mind blowing and gut wrenching and terrifying and amazing and perfect and beautiful all at once?!  I wish I could have asked you how I can be the friend you need from afar, beyond buying albums and coming to shows, which battles do you want me to fight for you? Which bullshit do you want me to pay no mind to? I wish I had the time to say thank you at least 13 times, because I could truly never thank you enough for everything. Taylor, I taped the picture of us up behind my desk in my classroom.  I look at it and remember what you said to me, that you appreciated how positive and supportive I was of other fans.  I try and remember that in every interaction I have with another person, especially my students.  That conversation we had will inspire me to be my best self for the rest of my life.  I love you Tay.   Taylor and Tyler!!!!!!!

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If you have a taylor follow and you could reblog this it would seriously mean the world to me.  She doesn’t follow me and has never seen my tumblr I wrote a long tumblr post to go with this pic as soon as I got it (using the app) and it didn’t post…. so let me try again.

I thought I was invited by Taylor Nation, not Taylor her self.  When I walked up to her she didn’t say my name, so after we hugged I introduced my self- I said “Hi, I’m Tyler” and she grabbed my shoulders and was like “I know who you are!” in an almost offended tone, and I looked shocked and dumbfounded and I said “Stop! I did not expect you to say that!” and she grabbed my hands and said “I see how positive you are online, you’re so supportive of other fans, and you’ve been a fan for so long, and it was so important to me that you were here tonight so I could say thank you for that” (or something like that!) You guys…. like she really knew me!  Never in a million years did I think that if I finally met her she would know ME that SHE would have wanted to meet ME.  I couldn’t even wrap my mind around it.  

I told her that there has been so much ugliness thrown at her and that there have been times I just wished I could hug her and be there for her (and I started tearing up, and hugged her) and she grabbed my hands and said “Don’t worry about me ok” (or something like that! it all get’s blurry right after you talk to her!).  Then I told her that she is doing everything right, and that we need women to re-write the rules in every way, and that she is doing exactly that and I’m so freakin proud of her.  She smiled and said thank you.

When she asked me what I wanted to do for my picture I said: “Can we hold hands and look at each other like we are strong women ready to take on the world together?” and she said “YES WE CAN” hahaha, so we posed like this and we were looking at each others eyes and it was like kinda intense so we were both giggling a little bit!

As I walked away I heard her say “Taylor and Tyler! Taylor and Tyler!” so I turned around and said it back to her: “Taylor and Tyler!”

I got my DM on Friday night, my phone call on Saturday, and I made it to LA in time to go to Taylor’s on Sunday!  So hold onto hope that you can be invited to something at the very last moment! The album was amazing…  it’s so honest, smart, bold, and SEXY.  I was brought to tears by her bravery to tell her story and to share so intimately with us. I’m in awe of her insistence that she hold control of the narrative of her life.  I’m inspired by her love story.  I’m just so damn happy for her, and so incredibly proud of her.

Also- Taylor if you’re reading this, of course I had so much else I wish I could have said.  I wish I could have told you how much JOY you have brought to my life, and how you’ve been there for me in ways no one else could.  I wish I could have told you about the amazing swifties who have become some of my very best friends.  About how Ally had the most beautiful swifty wedding, and a second baby boy, and how Tyler followed his heart fearlessly and moved to New York to follow his dreams.  I wish I could have told you that I teach kindergarten, which is a career I wanted since I was 14, and it is SO much harder that I ever could have imagined.  Teaching is so emotionally and mentally challenging that I sometimes wonder if I can manage it, but I love my students SO freakin much, and that I see my work as an act of social just every single day… and that means everything to me.  I wish I could tell you how much it’s meant to me every time you’ve complimented another swifty teacher, because we really don’t get appreciated often.  I wish I could have asked you about your new favorite NYC spots - maybe a great brunch place Tyler (Conroy) and I should check out.  I wish I could have told you that I too have found the love of my life, and isn’t it just mind blowing and gut wrenching and terrifying and amazing and perfect and beautiful all at once?!  I wish I could have asked you how I can be the friend you need from afar, beyond buying albums and coming to shows, which battles do you want me to fight for you? Which bullshit do you want me to pay no mind to? I wish I had the time to say thank you at least 13 times, because I could truly never thank you enough for everything. Taylor, I taped the picture of us up behind my desk in my classroom.  I look at it and remember what you said to me, that you appreciated how positive and supportive I was of other fans.  I try and remember that in every interaction I have with another person, especially my students.  That conversation we had will inspire me to be my best self for the rest of my life.  I love you Tay.   Taylor and Tyler!!!!!!!

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If you have a taylor follow and you could reblog this it would seriously mean the world to me.  She doesn’t follow me and has never seen my tumblr I wrote a long tumblr post to go with this pic as soon as I got it (using the app) and it didn’t post…. so let me try again.

I thought I was invited by Taylor Nation, not Taylor her self.  When I walked up to her she didn’t say my name, so after we hugged I introduced my self- I said “Hi, I’m Tyler” and she grabbed my shoulders and was like “I know who you are!” in an almost offended tone, and I looked shocked and dumbfounded and I said “Stop! I did not expect you to say that!” and she grabbed my hands and said “I see how positive you are online, you’re so supportive of other fans, and you’ve been a fan for so long, and it was so important to me that you were here tonight so I could say thank you for that” (or something like that!) You guys…. like she really knew me!  Never in a million years did I think that if I finally met her she would know ME that SHE would have wanted to meet ME.  I couldn’t even wrap my mind around it.  

I told her that there has been so much ugliness thrown at her and that there have been times I just wished I could hug her and be there for her (and I started tearing up, and hugged her) and she grabbed my hands and said “Don’t worry about me ok” (or something like that! it all get’s blurry right after you talk to her!).  Then I told her that she is doing everything right, and that we need women to re-write the rules in every way, and that she is doing exactly that and I’m so freakin proud of her.  She smiled and said thank you.

When she asked me what I wanted to do for my picture I said: “Can we hold hands and look at each other like we are strong women ready to take on the world together?” and she said “YES WE CAN” hahaha, so we posed like this and we were looking at each others eyes and it was like kinda intense so we were both giggling a little bit!

As I walked away I heard her say “Taylor and Tyler! Taylor and Tyler!” so I turned around and said it back to her: “Taylor and Tyler!”

I got my DM on Friday night, my phone call on Saturday, and I made it to LA in time to go to Taylor’s on Sunday!  So hold onto hope that you can be invited to something at the very last moment! The album was amazing…  it’s so honest, smart, bold, and SEXY.  I was brought to tears by her bravery to tell her story and to share so intimately with us. I’m in awe of her insistence that she hold control of the narrative of her life.  I’m inspired by her love story.  I’m just so damn happy for her, and so incredibly proud of her.

Also- Taylor if you’re reading this, of course I had so much else I wish I could have said.  I wish I could have told you how much JOY you have brought to my life, and how you’ve been there for me in ways no one else could.  I wish I could have told you about the amazing swifties who have become some of my very best friends.  About how Ally had the most beautiful swifty wedding, and a second baby boy, and how Tyler followed his heart fearlessly and moved to New York to follow his dreams.  I wish I could have told you that I teach kindergarten, which is a career I wanted since I was 14, and it is SO much harder that I ever could have imagined.  Teaching is so emotionally and mentally challenging that I sometimes wonder if I can manage it, but I love my students SO freakin much, and that I see my work as an act of social just every single day… and that means everything to me.  I wish I could tell you how much it’s meant to me every time you’ve complimented another swifty teacher, because we really don’t get appreciated often.  I wish I could have asked you about your new favorite NYC spots - maybe a great brunch place Tyler (Conroy) and I should check out.  I wish I could have told you that I too have found the love of my life, and isn’t it just mind blowing and gut wrenching and terrifying and amazing and perfect and beautiful all at once?!  I wish I could have asked you how I can be the friend you need from afar, beyond buying albums and coming to shows, which battles do you want me to fight for you? Which bullshit do you want me to pay no mind to? I wish I had the time to say thank you at least 13 times, because I could truly never thank you enough for everything. Taylor, I taped the picture of us up behind my desk in my classroom.  I look at it and remember what you said to me, that you appreciated how positive and supportive I was of other fans.  I try and remember that in every interaction I have with another person, especially my students.  That conversation we had will inspire me to be my best self for the rest of my life.  I love you Tay.   Taylor and Tyler!!!!!!!

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Balloons, target, tattoos, and…. WAX FIGURES!!!!!!  Best. Day. Ever.

We love you @taylorswift