The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. ~~WALT WHITMAN~~

Your name on Tribe.net:

samantha

Location:

ames iowa

Gender:

female

Age:

in my 30s

Your Tribe profile:

http:///people.tribe.net/sassysami

Your online business:

http://sassysumoart.deviantart.com/

Additional web addy:

http://thedb.com/samanthacunningham

5 Random Things About You:

Hooper, Artist, Photographer, Sassy, and Crazy

Relationship status:

married

Fav movies:

Movies are too many to mention....but I will give it a go.
I love ALL Horror films;ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES ZOMBIES
(Ramero esp.---Dawn of the dead is my fave (Zack Snyder, the '78 version is awesome also) ---running zombies, kick ass!!)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE ZOMBIES AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH ZOMBIES!!!
I like the British version of Human Traffic....Contact....Donnie Darko, V FOR VENDETTA....THE BIG LEBOWSKI...
ANYTHING by quentin tarantino, AMERICAN PSYCHO(ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER!) , GrindHouse, memento,fear & loathing in las vegas,DETROIT ROCK CITY, hamlet, Crash, great expectations, dogma, clerks 1 & 2, mallrats, back to the future, flight of the navigator, indiana jones, mid summers night rave, trainspotting, dead poet society, NATURAL BORN KILLERS (i guess that would be under quentin tarantino), fargo, american quilt, birdcage, ace ventura, wonder boys,cinderella man, near dark, Constantine, sunshine of the spotless mind, beautiful mind, 300, sin city, garden state, dream a little dream, dazed and confused, SUPER BAD, terminator (s), monty python, spaceballs,gladiator, anchorman star wars (4,5,6), history of the world,WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW, running with scissors, the royal tennanbaums, children of men, grapes of wrath, the burbs, national lampoons vacation (all), girl interupted, shaun of the dead, monster squad,All of the Bourne movies, killer klowns from outer space, SWEET NOVEMBER(I love love love this move...I want to be Sara Deever LOL),2001 space odysessy, lolita,pink flyod the wall, Bittersweet motel, goodfellas, casino, lock stock and barrel, beetlejuice, boondock saints, scarface, one flew over the cukoo's nest, requiem of a dream , BIG, BMX Bandits, The Street fighter, ALL OF the BRUCE LEE MOVIES, life of david gale, muholland dr, any Indie film,coming to America, scarface, the godfather(s), mothman prophecy, election, napoleon dynamite, outside providence, stand by me, Goonies, benny & joon, 28 days, romeo & juliet, norma rae, planes trains & automobiles, spies like us, funny farm, great outdoors, three amigos, fast times at ridgemont high, almost famous, house of 1000 corpses, devils regects, best in show, lord of the rings, clockwork orange, braveheart, apocalypto,and I have a special place in my heart for Jeremiah Johnson ; the list goes on and on. I am all about movies---I even have ideas for some kick ass movies...but cant afford it----yet.

T.V. rots your mind....and turns you into a zombie---so I try to do better things with my brain. ex; music & art

Fav books:

"A River Runs Thru it" By Norman Maclean And anything by Alexander Gray---a wonderful artist. He's amazing.
Street Art by Louis Bou, Japanese Design Motifs, The Zombie Survival Handbook, Through the Looking Glass, Graffiti World by Nicholas Ganz, and any Greek Mythology. Legacy of Luna, is one of my all time faves. Anything by Jack Kerouac, Frost, Hemingway, Yeats, Tennyson,Poe, Blake, Sartre, Whitman, Silverstiein, Plath, Wilde, Browning, Bronte, Bernard, Carroll, Dickenson, Dahl, Longfellow, Livingston, Stevenson, Tolkien, Thoreau Maya Angelou & Kurt Vonnegut.
I also enjoy Outdoor Photography, National Geographic/Traveler, Juxtapoz, Popular Photography, & Outdoor/Backpacking Magazines.
Way too many books to mention.

Fav music:

I love all kinds--my 1st love would have to be
Les Claypool-
--and I will take him any way he comes!!!!
(i.e PRIMUS;FROG BRIGADE;OYSTERHEAD;COLONEL CLAYPOOL'S BUCKET OF BERNIE BRAINS...ETC)
At my wedding we had a solo guitarist and he played my two fave songs: Ripple (which I walked down the isle to) , by the DEAD, and Harvest Moon by Neil Young(Our song)....it was wonderful and perfect.

My fave music to seduce my man is Plastyc Buddah, !!!(chk chk chk), De Phazz, Citizen Cope, Enigma, Michael Franti and doing strip teases to Portishead (esp. All Mine)....sexy as shit.

Anything live is awesome (Bluegrass, Jam band, Rock, Folk, House, Funk..etc..); string cheese, moe, Nightmares on Wax, sativa gumbo(great guys), mmw,Phish, ozric tentacles, wood bros, BREAKSTRA, BOOTSY COLLINS, richard cheese, Fugazi, ray charles, BoomBox, Orbital Vision, Dirty Little Rabbits, Flamming Lips, Cracker, Family Groove, Euforchastra, Jimmies Chicken Shack, PNUMA TRIO, Von Cello, Johan Smith, Moreality, Brazz Tree, FRANK ZAPPA, King Crimson, James Brown, wookiefoot, CITIZEN COPE, stevie wonder, Old Crow Medicine Show, portishead, neil young, okenfold, Portishead, The Crystal Method, Propeller Heads, rusted root, talking heads, leo kottke, Caribbean Jazz Project, david cross, Gilmore, Grisham, dj mark farina, dj nu-mark, dilated peoples, dr. didge, funky meters, frank Sinatra, garaji mahal, greyboy allstars, jim croce, Jazz is dead, fogerty, kamal, john prine, Emmett nershi band, kruder & dorfmeister, liquid soul, long beach dub allstars, perpetual groove, radiohead, robert walter, soulive, sly and the family stone, strawberry larry, the clash, misfits, ramones, sex pistols, tenacious d, dirty dozen brass band, ultra lounge,lauren hill, Stone Temple pilots, john butler trio, broke mountain, wayword sons, infamous stringdusters, travis book, dj shadow, dj logic, VHS or BETA, fatboy slim, lunar funk theory, hobo nephews of uncle frank, new rebelution, northwoods band, unity band, pert'near sandstone, fat maw rooney, trampled by turtles, high strung string band, god johnson, stealin strings, jon wayne and the pain, dance band, down lo, hanab, steel pulse, pietasters, lovewhip, will hoge, lotus, montbleau, drive by truckers, spearhead, lee boys, toussaint, mofro, johnny cash, scofield, blind melon, foo fighters, counting crows, jimmy buffett, thevery corp., benevento russo duo, the biscuit brothers, matisyahu muse, jack ingram, sublime, dj Q-bert, jimi hendrix, incubus, ziggy marley, tracy chapman, wyclef jean, iggy pop, louis armstrong, t-bone walker, coltrain, stevie ray vaughn, 311, eagles, Blue Highway, Ricky Skaggs,David Grisman, The Gibson Bros.,Metric, rage against the machine, billy joel, alice in chains, chili peppers, mellencamp, macy grey, velvet underground, jethro tull, herbie hancock, bela fleck, perpetual groove, garaj mahal, the new deal, tea leaf green, lotus, vida blue, strangefolk, modereko, steve Kimock band, aquarium rescue unit, hot buttered rum, arlo guthrie, de la soul, bob dylan , shins,everyone band, darkstar orchestra, g.love, eric clapton, robert randolph, sisters of mercy, oysterhead, primus, los lobos, Beck, bryan eno, capt. beefhart, willie nelson, bob schneider, umphrey's mcgee, jamiroquai, younder mountain string band, north mississippi allstars, allman bros., keller williams, STS9, afrobeat, bad boy bill, LED ZEPPLIN , Ratdog, ben harper, de phazz, buckethead,phil lesh & friends, bob marley, nirvana (something in the way) ,the grateful dead, pink floyd, the doors, the trio, (i confess coldplay is a weakness), mand project, dj saltine (good friend).

I also still have a soft spot for the Hard stuff, i.e. Rob Zombie, Tool, Prong, Clutch, Cold, Lords of Acid, Type O Negitive, Corrosion of Conformity, Manson, Pantera, Faith No More, Sepultura, Fear Factory, Lamb of God, Cannibal Corpse, System of a Down(powerful lyrics)...and just way too much to even try to mention. Right now I am listening to ORBITAL'S "BELLFAST" and it's kick-ass!

I LOVE MUSIC--my collection is beyond sick.

Fav holiday:

HALLOWEEN

Passions & Obsessions:

I am big time into NATURE /ART/MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY, Hooping, Poi, Painting, Music, Jewelry Making, Funky Dresses, Glass, Festivals (art, music...etc), Tai Chi, Meditation, SEWING, Farmers Markets, TREES, Gardening, INDIAN FOOD, Hiking, Listening to Jesse play guitar, hobgoblins, Frisbee Golfing, Kick Ball, Fruit, Hummus and Falafel, Beaches, Jamaica, LES CLAYPOOL!!!,
Avacados, Mountains, Canoing, SEATTLE, My local CO-OP, Art Galleries, Sling bags from South America, The Bass, Getting Lost, Anything Jesse cooks, Miso soup, Flowers (no bouquets please!), Pottery Wheels, FLY FISHING, Dancing for hours, Crafts, WYCC PORTLAND, German Shepards, SKYDIVING!!, Being a wild women, Cowbells, FRANZISKANER DUNKEL, Horseshoes, CHAKRAS, Wrestling with Jesse, Softball, and Writing. I have detailed journals of my life....and love looking back and reflecting on my growth.

I dig camping, hiking, laughing, drinking good beer from breweries, dirt bikes, traveling all over the world and my face in the sun. I am a sun lover!!
I love my friends, family and all of my animals.
I am a herbivore and a health freak.....my body is my temple. Worship it!!

Person(s) on your awesomeness list:

MY WONDERFUL~AWESOME HUSBAND....IS ON THE VERY TIP TOP OF MY LIST: LES CLAYPOOL; ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY;

~ANYONE WHO LIVES THEIR LIFE WITH LOVE IN THEIR HEART, AN EXTENDED HAND FOR THOSE IN NEED, SEES THE BEAUTY IN ALL THINGS, TAKES CARE OF MOTHER EARTH AND ALL OF HER CHILDREN, STRAYS FROM THE PATH OF FOLLOWERS AND SEES THE EVIL IN IT'S DISGUISES.....THOSE WHO STAND UP FOR THEIR BELIEFS AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND BELIEVE IT HOLDS PEACE.~

Person(s) that should be rocketed to the sun:

GEORGE W. BUSH AND ALL THE GREEDY S.O.B.'S WHO TAKE MORE THAN THEY NEED AND ABUSE OTHERS TO GET WHAT THEY WANT.....START WARS FOR GAIN AND LIE ABOUT IT TO GET SUPPORT.....WATCH PEOPLE DYING AND LIVES RUIEND, CHILDREN STARVE......ALL FOR POWER.