We Might Not Come Back At All

In honor of today. 

I am officially half-way through high school.

Junior year, here I come.

And the title of this post is a lie...I will be coming back. In the Fall. 

But now it's time for summer. And no homework. And no tests. And no getting up early. And no uniforms.

My friend is having her annual 'Burning Party" tonight. 

I know what I'll be burning.

Goodbye, Canto XXIII of Dante's Inferno.

I'm gonna go have a snowcone, cause I can.

K, bye.

Darling, Save the Last Dance for Me

Last Saturday was my school's Spring Formal. Which is essentially Prom, but way cooler. Cause we do English Country dancing. Yup. Like Jane Austen. I know, we're so hipster.

Anyways. It's super fun. It was Paris themed. So everything was decorated super cute, and the food was fabulously French and delicious.

The tornado sirens started going off during dinner. And there was golf-ball sized hail. So, that was super exciting! And we all survived...which was even more exciting.

I brought my friend, Emily, with me. Because she's really cool. And I thought everyone at my school needed to know her. We got to the dance about 45 minutes early...not entirely sure why, but it just happened that way. So, we decided to kill some time by going to McDonalds and getting a shake. (Bad idea, by the way. The strawberry shakes taste like dying babies. No, I've never tried a dying baby. Stop taking everything so literally.) When we pulled up to the drive-thru window, the following conversation took place:

Drive-thru man: What are you two ladies all dressed up for?

Me: We're headed to prom.

Drive-thru man: OHMYGOSH. CONGRATULATIONS!

Me: Umm...thank you?

Drive-thru man: Here's your change. And, again, ladies- Congratulations. Have a GREAT time.

We were so confused. But, I mean...he was nice?

So, then we sat in my car watching Miranda Sings videos on Emilys iPhone, and got stalked by these creepy demon-possessed birds. And then we got to Formal at the right time.

And we did the little Tony-Maria dance from West Side Story about forty times. Perfectly, step by step. Everyone was pretty jealous...obviously.

What's a school dance without stereotypical posing?

And this is the entire girl portion of my class. And I love them all dearly. And I love this picture. Because it pretty much sums us all up perfectly.

So, yup. I'm pretty sure you're all caught up on my life now. As if you really care.

Well, I'm off to memorize Canto XXIII of Dante's Inferno for my Humanities class. DEATH! Literally....cause it's the Inferno. Get it? Haha. WHY AM I SO FUNNY?!

The Midnight Hour is Close At Hand

I've realized that this post may completely ruin my chances of ever having friends in the future. Because...it's incredibly weird. At least Nunsie will have the same problem. So we can live together in our weird solitary world. Or maybe we can start a cult with other weird people who have lost all their friends due to their obsession with floor-length velvet skirts and awkawrdly delicious food. That'd be exciting. We can all listen to Marina & the Diamonds while drinking Japanese soda together, and Nunsie will provide us with Rosemary cupcakes with goat cheese frosting. Yum.

I need to stop writing about this before I convince myself it's a good idea.

Because, in all seriousness, if I could live off of Nunsie's cupcakes and Peace Tea for the rest of my life...I'd be okay with that.

Enough of that. Here's some pictures. Enjoy. Or be freaked out. Preferably enjoy, but I won't blame you if you freak out. K, thanks.

It was dark. And Nunsie had brought over some animal antlers, an animal skull, and a candle. And a mango. Of course. So, yup, you guessed it. Photo shoot.

I have the bust of Shakespeare sitting on the piano in my house. So, we kinda had to take this shot. No judgements. And please pardon that awful glare.

Downton Abbey, anyone? I'm a bit in love with it, myself.

Sybil and Branson are cute. And don't even get me started on Mr. Bates and Anna.

Okay, I'm done. For now.

FIERCE AND LOVE,

Tyra.

Hahaha...totally joking.

Spring is Here in Shoes of Green

I'm sitting here in my sibling's 11th floor apartment looking over Lake Michigan and downtown Chicago. Yes, I'm back :) Told you I love coming here. My dad and I rode the train up here yesterday. Today, we spent the day with my brother's fiancee, Kezia. We went down to Navy Pier and walked around and took a ride on the ferris wheel. Which, if I'm being honest, was absolutely terrifying. I hate heights, haha.

Tonight, my dad and sister are taking my brother out for his 21st birthday while Kez and I go to the original Gino's for some Chicago-style pizza. Yum!

On Sunday night, my friend Jackie and I went on a hike in Castlewood State Park. She had a photography project to work on, and you know I love to take pictures there. Here were some of my shots.

I've always thought grafitti was kinda cool.

Have you had any Spring Break adventures?

If I Get Murdered in the City...

There's been many exciting things happening in my life as of late.

The first of them being this,

My new violin, Albert Johannes von Froenig. He has THE most beautiful sound, and I'm absolutely in love with him. My old violin, Wilhelm von Froenig is a little jealous...but hopefully he understands.

The second was my recent trip to Chicago to see my brother and sister. Let it be known, I WILL be living in this city one day soon. You can't stop me. It's one of my favorite places in the world.

This is the view from my sibling's apartment. *swoon* I'm so jealous.

It's even more incredible at night.

I'm seriously in love with this city. It's just a bit ridiculous. My dad and I are riding the train up on Wednesday for a little Spring Break trip. I'm counting down the minutes, people.  

The third, and perhaps most exciting thing of all is this,

My brother is getting married to this little cutie. Her name is Kezia, and I absolutely adore her. I told my brother that if he didn't marry her, I would. Because I just need her in my family. I'm glad it worked out this way, cause let's be honest...I really didn't want to marry her :P

I'm so happy for them both :)

Anything exciting happening in your life?

The title of this post is a line from The Avett Brothers' 'Murder in the City'