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Samuel F.

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends and Networking

About Me

Probably about time to post an update.I am (still) a member of the great Portland, Maine twenty-something community, and have started to reach the seemingly inevitable "jaded" stage that hits young people who live here. It'll be interesting to see if it's permanent. I'm working hard on a Master's Degree in Biology (at the University of Southern Maine), studying the effects of Arsenic poisoning on the structure of cells in the developing nervous system. I've got about a year left, and it's looking like Peace Corps after that. I've studied the effects of poisoned water for so long I think it's time to go and dig a few wells. My interests are (still) pretty wide; I've gotten more into outdoor stuff like geocaching, snowshoeing, and climbing. In addition to the research I teach high school science with the Maine ScienceCorps and work with the League of Young Voters to generally start trouble. Still a giant god damn hippie, looking at a sustainable agriculture mission in the PC, we'll see how it goes.

My Interests

Environmental toxicology, ecology, agriculture, developmental biology, public health, sustainable development, travel, local community development

I'd like to meet:

New friends.

Music:

Ani DiFranco, Johnny Cash, Utah Phillips, NOFX, Death Cab For Cutie, J.S. Bach

Movies:

Amelie, Mother Night, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Spirited Away, Saving Private Ryan, Princess Mononoke, Ghost World, Serenity (just shut up, okay)

Television:

I don't own a television, but will occasionally watch via DVD The Simpsons, Futurama, Chapelle's Show, Family Guy, Firefly

Books:

The Gift of Good Land (Wendell Berry), Guns Germs & Steel (Jared Diamond), Tess Of The D'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy), American Gods (Neil Gaiman), The Years of Rice And Salt (Kim Stanley Robinson), The Rise of Hyperion (Dan Simmons), H.P. Lovecraft, The Unsettling of America (Wendell Berry), Oresteia (Aeschylus)

Heroes:

Wendell Berry, Paul Farmer, Jeffrey Sachs

My Blog

For What It's Worth

Does anybody know what the point of all these unsolicited emails from people on MySpace? Specifically, the ones from improbable people who send these improbable stories of why they want to talk with y...
Posted by Samuel F. on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:01:00 PST

I'm Graduating Motherfuckers

Yeah...so the title is only funny the way it sounds in my head. Imagine it being screeched by a shrill '80s metal singer, right after "Hello Cleveland!" Sorry, it just strikes me from time to time tha...
Posted by Samuel F. on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:31:00 PST

This Is A Pretty Long Post For Someone With Nothing To Say

Well, if anyone has any good ideas for integrating a MySpace blog and a Livejournal, I'd love to hear them. I've got two bodies of friends, some using MS and others using LJ, but it seems a little rid...
Posted by Samuel F. on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:41:00 PST

Trying Out MySpace Features

Interesting. Just trying out the blog feature and seeing how it compares to Livejournal.
Posted by Samuel F. on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 04:36:00 PST