a study in life: let me live like this forever.

52 books in a year.
okay, so i just now realized why jessica does 52 books in a year. there are 52 weeks in a year. yeah, i am awful at math... and equations? bad excuse! so i have upped the ante. i will attempt to read 52 books this coming year--one for each week. i may fudge, however, and start my year early.along with reading all of these books, i plan to journal (if not publically, then for myself) about how each book affected me, and my thoughts of it. i hope, at the end of several years, to have a wonderful collection of thoughts and references.my list so far:(already owned...)a thousand splendid suns (

these girls fall like dominos, dominos.
last friday i had a bonfire. weather was unbelievably perfect for it. i usually have several fires a summer--but this summer i had none. boo. so dan, amy, and jojo came over early to start the fire (as dan is the master firebuilder). soon after, heather, whit, lydia, larissa, and laura arrived. a bit later, mike, brittany, tommy, and brittany's friend (who's name escapes me) came as well. it was such a good mix of people! sometimes i get nervous about introducing friends from different circles together, but everyone was laughing and sharing stories. we had "scary story" time (which helped me to not sleep all night), and we had "let's write out a horror movie of our lives" time. mike brought

i'm ready for whatever's comin'.
below is the latest video from justin's dino trail. there are many videos over at the dino trail website that you should check out, but i am posting this one because i like how the girl freaks out, the nicest man ever (dan from ok go) makes an appearance, and a small bit of my favorite song from the new album is in it.here is dan's (ok go's) new video. stick with it. SUPER TRIPPY!

subjuctive!
there is such a surplus of MCS stuff happening right now!keep checking www.mydinosaurlife.com for videos, pictures, etc from the dino trail! also check @jcpmcs on the twitter machine for other interviews and videos he is doing.

vicious, vicious.
say hi:on the 28th of october i happily, happily was able to see my favorite band, say hi, at the turf club. eric, the lyricist and frontman, graciously put me on the guestlist +1. i had already bought a ticket, so i was then able to bring two friends with me (as lydia, heather, and laura already had bought a ticket as well). i proceeded to call tommy, because tommy is as much of a fan of the music as i am, but i know he was trying to save money and wasn't planning on going. he agreed. and then i got ahold of brittany, since i think she is a rad chic, but i never get a good excuse to hang out with her, and she is friends with tommy.anyhow, i