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I can't say this out loud.

 

You probably understand. Or maybe you don't, after all. Either way, it is jumping around inside me and if I don't let it out soon all my carbonation will fizz up and run over the side of my glass and I don't want to waste all that sweetness.

I want to kiss you underwater.

I want that kiss to be the only thing keeping us alive. Down there we are foreigners, aliens. Grasping, I want to feel your flesh in stark contrast to the smooth wetness all around me, like a secret.

All that life where we cannot live. Exotic, forbidden, so lovely. I am sick with love.


- Amanda Jerry

South Mountain

Little Bench

Last week, I went on an adventure to find waterfalls with some friends.  After walking around a lot, we discovered that the waterfalls were much closer than we thought.  Unfortunately, the area is fairly close to an urban area, and there is a lot of graffiti (which looks cool) and a ton of broken glass (which sucks for the dogs who walk here a lot).  If you live in NJ I highly recommend this as a fun little escape.  We hiked around for only a couple of hours, and it was very pretty.   

Heart

Reflection

Easy as 1,2,3

My friend Erin over at and her heart it is in ireland posted a nice little survey, so I thought I would share!  Thanks Speedy!!

Age: 30
Bed size: Full
Chore you hate: doing laundry
Drink of choice: Coffee  Coke and Zero
Essential start to your day item: Coffee!!!
Favorite color: Orange Gold or silver: Both - I actually like how gold looks with my skin tone
Height: 5'9.5"
Instrument(s) you play: I try to play the piano
Job: Youth and Teen Director at a Y
Kids: None.
Living arrangements: I have a great one bedroom apartment down the street from my job
Mom's name: Marnee
Nicknames: Em, Emmers, Bear and Mac
Overnight hospital stay other than birth:  Appendectomy
Pet Peeve: Parents who dont watch their children
Quote: "If your actions inpire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader" - John Quincy Adams
Right or left handed: Right
Siblings: Older half brother (Joe), Younger Brother (Jay), basically my little brother (Jack)
Time you wake up: 8am
Underwear: comfortable?
Vegetable you hate: Squash
What makes you run late: getting distracted by my cat, and good tv
Xrays you've had: ok, regular x-ray: teeth, knees, hip, back, shoulder, neck, ankle, elbow;  MRI: both knees, hip; CT Scan: neck, head and abdomen
Yummy food you make: Spaghetti sauce
Zoo favorite: PANDA BEARS (finally saw them in San Diego last summer!) Flamingos, Tigers

Oh Deer

This ones called "Expecto Patronum" ;)

This ones called "The Birches" or "Boring Brown Buck"

 I've been doodling a bunch lately.  Tonight, it was a stag, which I scanned and made into a coloring page :)  So now I can put him where ever I want!  My insomnia had been pretty terrible lately, so I have been trying to stay off the computer (failing miserably) and drawing instead.  Unfortunately, I have had a bad headache every night this week, which has made drawing, reading, and (of course) sleeping difficult.  Doctor said it was from my sinuses so I am on a lot more allergy meds than I was before.  Hopefully, this will clear up in the next few days so I can get some good sleep & be more comfortable at night!

For anyone out there who reads this (both of you, anyway) any requests on what I should doodle next time I can't sleep?  Leave me a comment, I'll dedicate it to you! ;)