Jurrassic park was one of the highlights of my senior year (a distant third to my first kiss and seeing real boobs for the first time :D), but i have been a dino nut since i could read (4 years old)
i actually gave serious thought to paleontology as a carreer, but i didnt go to college, and i dont quite have the patience.
my favorite for the longest time was deinonychus:
it was discovered before velociraptor, and it was a lot bigger (10 feet long, as opposed to raptor's 6 ')
I always liked the flying and swimming reptiles, and was disappointed to find out they were actually dinosaurs. they are still cool though.