bexistential crisis

these are my musings on life as i teeter on the brink of my third decade

i'm an avid reader, a dinosuar enthusiast, a student of science, a lover of animals, and a music junkie.

to quote the great john lennon, "i don't believe in magic... i just believe in me."

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December 8

The Girl with the 8mm Camera: Date A Girl Who Reads by Rosemarie Urquico

littlemissdorkette:

(In Response to Charles Warnke’s You Should Date An Illiterate Girl.)

Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she…

(via bestmatedonnanoble)

December 2

i must have these!!!!

(Source: ieffinglovedinosaurs)

November 28

The Science of Sarcasm? Yeah, Right

discoverynews:

scientists are finding that the ability to detect sarcasm really is useful. For the past 20 years, researchers from linguists to psychologists to neurologists have been studying our ability to perceive snarky remarks and gaining new insights into how the mind works. Studies have shown that exposure to sarcasm enhances creative problem solving, for instance. Children understand and use sarcasm by the time they get to kindergarten. An inability to understand sarcasm may be an early warning sign of brain disease.

See, I always knew my sarcasm made me awesome!

“ Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (via jfs1)

November 25