half past two: tara

in the vein of hollywood, let me add the side story of myself, tara, to the half past two story. i do think about its randomness all of the time.

it actually starts a very long time ago. i think i was 10 years old. i was sitting at my grandma and grandpa's breakfast table, exclaiming to both of them that when i grew up, i wanted to be a singer. they told me i wanted to be a teacher.

i thought about being a teacher but i really liked singing. i sang in everything i possibly could in elementary school. snuggles (patrick holder) was especially good friends with my little sister, erin. i can still remember his silly hair cut :) then in middle school i joined choir. middle school choir is funny because its such a hodge-podge of students. you had to be a 7th or 8th grader to join and the older kids always got the good solos.


(musicals!!)

christmas show was coming up and i really wanted to audition with a solo but i really didn't have the guts to do it, being the shy girl i was. my teacher suggested i try out with a duet, but i didnt know anyone well enough to sing a song with them, she tried to set it up for me. MY FIRST MUSICAL EXPERIENCE WITH DAVID PARRIS. she tried to get us to sing "16 going on 17" from the sound of music together, though it never did come to fruition. funny right? i also met curtis in middle school, but we weren't "friends" :)


(all day choir rehearsals... yuck!)

in high school i was THEEEE CHOIR GIRL! (watch GLEE, i was rachel berry...) I LOVED SHOW CHOIR!! the dancing the singing. i could be loud and rowdy, there was brotherhood and sisterhood, competition and it got me out of class a lot. my senior year, i was show choir president... haha!! i can distinctly remember watching free jeff play behind our PAC, thats how i remember tyler and david in high school. i also can remember seeing tyler and curtis (did patrick and david also do jazz band??) eaaaaaaarly in the morning for zero period when they had jazz band and i had concert choir. i didn't hang out with any of my now bandmates in high school, but i knew who all of them were.


(thats shelby. we're not friends anymore, but she talked me into this whole band thing... i joined the band with blonde hair, haha)

i remember jacob green. is that weird? i never listened to them or anything but i remember hearing about their band. after high school i missed singing so much that i still went to high school choir competitions. one day i was sitting in my room at my apartment with my friend shelby, singing hide and seek by imogen heap under my breath, when shelby said to me "you should join a band." my sister overheard and said she knew some guys from our high school that needed a lead singer for their band and that i should try out.



i got the spot in the band. now im the singer for half past two :) AND not only is half past two my first band, it is also my first attempt at singing by myself. even in high school i rarely sang solos, i wasnt fond of my voice alone (thank you grandma and grandpa for telling me i couldnt be a singer...). now im having a great time!! im singing, so IN YOUR FACE STUPID FAMILY!

i kinda do want to be a teacher someday.