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downs, sam

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

"i just like people, man."

My Interests

being free. painting. natural disasters. cooking better. tripping. gardening. flowers. snackies. road trips (mostly with people that i secretly want to kiss). birds. meeting people who don't think they're too cool to read. oranges. heady nuggets. porch parties. the prospect of retirement. drug phases. falling in love with girls...and boys. the right time. wearing black and brown together. cooling off. dinner parties. cuddling. the moon when you can tell it's an orb. not work. mountains. immortality. loosing my footing. getting it back. vitality. commercials. quiet places. estrogen. moving. anthropology (the lens not the store). summer sausage. personal nostalgia. bricolage. genderfucking. lists. ethnic food. breaking shit.

I'd like to meet:

norman mailer, patti smith (fuckin tuff!), neal cassady, gary snyder.

Music:

billie holiday, howlin wolf, thelonius monk, bird, pre-cool miles davis, jelly roll morton, cole porter, woody guthrie, BD, patti smith, hound dog taylor, ma rainey, john lee hooker, bob carlin, leadbelly, ella fitzgerald, robert johnson, chic corria, lightnin' hopkins, xemhiah "skip" james, son house, t-bone walker, bob marley, mmw, vincent gallo, astor piazolla, paco de lucia...RJD2, kimya d, nick drake, iron and wine, wilco, fiona apple, beck, ani, jane's addiction, the pixies, violent femmes, the flaming lips, tortoise...mostly like the older varieties of folk, delta blues, ragtime, and bop jazzzzzzzz, also reggae and...missy elliot

Movies:

buffalo 66', any altman (RIP), all academy award nominees for 2005 best picture (besides crash)

Television:

globe trekker

Books:

book of the month: "the judgement of paris" by gore vidal, norman mailer, nabokov, juan rulfo, isabel allende, gabriel garcia marquez, carlos castenada, camus, edward abbey, henry miller, gore vidal, anais nin, toni morrison, burroughs, kerouac, bukowski, william blake, thomas wolfe, spengler, hegel, salinger, i read a lot of poetry...

Heroes:

elizabeth fucking king, professors who couldn't care less and certain loyal dogs.

My Blog

jesus what is wrong with me?

i love you.there's no turning back...i'll die with regrets...when you take people for granted, you lose. there is no such thing as unconditional love and there shouldn't be. it's hard to realize that ...
Posted by downs, sam on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:22:00 PST

why would i post "spam" to your account?

SHUT UP BABIES. I didn't fucking post spam on your profile...I don't know what spam is. What are all these catty fucking comments about?Chill yourself. It's a fucking myspace.
Posted by downs, sam on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:15:00 PST

then, she...

i don't even know what i'm doing here sometimes.college is: 1. privilege2. typical3. obligatoryi have this class that i hate with this bitch that doesn't know how to teach, and it's a core class so th...
Posted by downs, sam on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:41:00 PST

i don't know what to do with myself here

i don't think it's healthy moving around this much. i was happy a few months ago before i moved into liz's house, and then i was happy living in liz's house before i had to move to portland, and i'm h...
Posted by downs, sam on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:45:00 PST

i don't even brood anymore...

i remember how to create things here. i build stuff. i am outside all of the time. i am with people who want to be outside all of the time. i feel curious instead of cynical. i dance a lot. i wait for...
Posted by downs, sam on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:14:00 PST

who is, what is

last night we went camping in a sack the wilderness. i feel like i'm dreaming. there's no hope of accurately describing the terrifying, hopeless, wonderful, confusing feelings that i am living out rig...
Posted by downs, sam on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:48:00 PST

whaaas happening 2000+ miles away?

i'm happy and the new friends making process is going very well...BUT...i'm starting to get homesick...and i really miss my old chill cats...:(drop me a line, and keep me in check.peas
Posted by downs, sam on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 03:12:00 PST

and...go!

it's hard to be suitably depressed about how ridiculous and complicated everything is when you are so fucking happy. i blame it on...you.
Posted by downs, sam on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:11:00 PST

hey kansas city, wanna fight?

what was that? WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!!!????? i have been trying to forget about it, and make excuses for people, but i must say, it's pretty fucking hard to decipher your insta-friends fro...
Posted by downs, sam on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:02:00 PST

so unbelievable and fast

everything terrible and terrifying is all happening at the same time. everything is transitioning. everything is in question. we're all just waiting, patiently, and our eyes, cast towards mysterious h...
Posted by downs, sam on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 08:34:00 PST