Here are some photos of Taylor Swift out and about in Hollywood on Tuesday and Wednesday. She had two costume changes for the paps, and both costumes involved legs for days. If I had Tay-Tay’s legs, I would be showing them off too. But I worry about her miniskirts. That brown suede mini is WAY too short. I’m assuming she has, like, bloomers or hot pants on underneath, because how could she not? How can you wear a skirt that short and not be constantly worried that your butt is literally hanging out?

So, what’s up with Swifty this week? Lots. This week she became the second woman in history to have TWO albums on the top of the Billboard charts for ten weeks. The first was Whitney Houston. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you feel about Swifty’s live performances), Swifty will not be performing any of her hit songs at the Grammys on Sunday. She wrote on her Tumblr this week:

Hey guys! A lot of you have been asking about the Grammys this week and I just wanted to give you an update. I’m really excited to be nominated for 3 Grammys this year and even more excited that I’ll be there having a dance party/rage fest in the audience. I will also be presenting the award for Best New Artist. Since my whole life is wrapped up and entangled in the planning of The 1989 World Tour right now, I’m not going to be performing on the Grammys this year. I need this time to focus only on the tour.

I hope I’ll see you out there at one of the stadiums this summer having a rage fest of your own!

Love you.
Taylor

[From Swifty’s Tumblr]

I don’t think there’s any conspiracy with this. I believe her – she’s prepping her tour and Swifty’s tours are very important to her (and that’s how she makes most of her money too), so she didn’t have the time or energy to put together a Grammys performance. But she’ll be there, dancing in the audience.

Last story: you know how Taylor applied to trademark “This Sick Beat”? Yeah. Well, people are freaking out about it and one punk musician named Ben Norton wrote a protest song using phrases from Swifty’s album, like “This sick beat,” “party like it’s 1989” and “cause we never go out of style.” You can hear his song here. The New Yorker also ran a hilarious parody of other phrases Swifty could try to trademark, like: “Welcome to Newark”; “I Am an American Citizen”; “My Name is Hillary Clinton, and I Approve This Message”; “How Did You Get This Number?”; “Taylor Gyllenhaal”. YES!!!

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.