Statistics:

Given Name:

Shannon

Nick Names:

Samson, Sammy the Rail, Hollywood, Fuzzy, or just plain ol' Sammy

Home:

East Tennessee

Marital:

not yet no big rush either

Height:

5'11"

Weight:

250 lbs (down from 265 baby YEA!!!!)

Build:

Stocky

Gender / Type

Male / Heterosexual

Eyes:

Can be either hazel, blue, or green depending on my mood

Hair:

Brown with red and blond tints - very curly, and I keep it shaved off most of the time

Beard/Moustache:

Brown /red /grey Fu Manchu

Tattoos or piercings:

not yet and 2 in left ear: gold ball and gold #14 hoop gold ball in right ear

Contacts:

Mirc / Any messenger, AOL or others

Irc occasionally, MSN messenger as Samson
yahoo messenger as sammy_darail

Email:

samsonREMOVE@samsonlabsALLTHECAPS.com

 

 

Game / Photoshop System

  • Thermaltake M9: aluminum version /windowed
  • all hex screws replaced with anodized silver thumbscrews
  • All fan and light wiring custom designed, constructed and sleeved by me in polyethylene terephthalate (Flexo PET)  from Silicon Valley Computing
  • PC Power and Cooling Quad 750 Watt
  • Cpu: Intel P4 e8400 Core 2 Duo 3.0Ghz
  • Motherboard: eVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 nForce 780i SLI
  • Memory/Ram: 8 Gig Muskin PC6400 DDR2
  • Storage/ Hard Disc: Western Digital 250 gig 16 meg cache SATA 3.0
  • Storage/ Hard Disc: 2 x Western Digital 750 gig 16 meg cache SATA 3.0 for 1.75 TB total
  • Optical dual layer DVD burner: LiteOn LH-20A1L
  • Multimedia/ Sound: Creative Fata|1ty Pro
    Yamaha RX-595A A/V Receiver and (2) Klipsch 3.1 bookshelf spkrs (2) Yamaha Satellites & (1) Klipsch 8" Powered sub
  • Video: 2 x eVGA 512-P3-N801-AR Geforce 8800GT run in SLI mode for 1 GB total video ram
  • Primary Monitor: Acer X243W 24" WS LCD
  • Secondary Monitor: ViewSonic VX2035wm 20" WS LCD
  • Misc: Logitech Deluxe Access USB Keyboard
  • Intellimouse  Optical Explorer USB
  • Sandisk USB flash card reader
  • Wacom Graphire3 Digital Tablet/Pen
  • Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Racing Wheel
  • Thermaltake Muse external storage

Burn / ICQ System

  • Generic Full Tower Case / Sparkle 400 watt
  • Cpu: Intel p4 1.6A northwood (OC'ed to 2133mhz)
  • Motherboard: ASUS P4B266-C
  • Memory/ Ram: 1024 meg of OCZ SystemsDDR pc2400
  • Storage/ Hard Disc: Maxtor  Diamondmax plus 8 meg cache 120gig
  • Storage/ Hard Disc: Maxtor  Diamondmax plus 8 meg cache 120gig
  • Optical/ CD Rom: Asus IDE 52X
  • Optical burner/ DVDR: Plextor PX-712A IDE
  • Network card/ Linksys LNE-TX100 version 5.1
  • Multimedia/ Sound: Aureal Vortex SuperQuad piped through same set up as the photoshop sys
  • Video: Asus Ti4800 V9820S2 128 meg Dual monitor capable (DVI) with TV out, svideo in (stock)
  • Monitor: Dell 2001FP 20" LCD
  • Misc: Logitech Deluxe Access keyboard USB
  • Misc: Intellimouse Explorer Optical USB
  • PDA : HP Ipaq rx3715
  • PDA #2: HP Ipaq 2215 with CF wireless card - both pdas are wireless through the Linksys WRT54G wireless router along with all my computers hardwired to same
  • Misc: Magellan Meridian Color GPS used in tandem with Ipaq rx3715
  • Bytecc USB external storage
In depth about me

 

What I am about:

 I am a typical Gemini, ( although I don't study astrology ) never finish anything I start usually, unless it is a major challenge for me. And I usually end up movin on quickly as soon as I master something. I enjoy hard work mostly, but I despise carrying someone else's load for them. I am totally enamored of computers and webdesign, Adobe Photoshop and graphics, and almost any little gadget that comes along the pike for computers. I have recently gotten into photography, having bought a Canon Digital SLR camera that I love to use - having 3 gigs of CF cards means I can take alot of pics too hehe. I pretty much have also been a hardcore gamer since Quake came out - now I am up to Call of Duty 1 & 2, BF2 and BF2: SF, but I guess my favorites would be CS:Source and Unreal Tournamnet 2004. I collect knives and swords, have some good pieces but the really good stuff  I can't afford...(who can?) I like guns too but I am far from being a gun nut. I believe In God but am far from where I should be in that  endeavor. I love to read and will read a good book many times over and over. I hate summers because of the heat and love spring and fall because of the  minor lack of it. I guess this comes from being pretty hairy a guy..hehe.  I swear I can feel heat comin off of me most of the time so why be in a hot environment? I make my own heat hehehe. Winter is ok but I live on a hill and shoveling snow off a driveway 16ft wide and almost an 1/8th of a mile long sucks hehe :-) I despise prejudices and believe in live and let live to some extent. Love animals, nature and being outdoors. I don't hunt at all anymore but I love to fish when I get a chance. I like goin 4 wheeling and drive a 2004 Dodge Ram SLT 1500 4x4 with the sport appearance group 20" rims etc etc. It's a beautiful truck and has more power than you really need, but it really doesnt hold a candle to my old 98 Silverado that I traded for it. Worst mistake I ever made I reckon. I am a big music buff, liking all music usually with a few exceptions (which I won't name because a few of you out there voiced disdain at my opinion of their music heroes..) I hate Nascar racing because it is so blown out of proportion that I can't see the entertainment value of it. I mean when ya get into a fight over a velvet wall hanging of Dale Earnhart (may he rest easy) with a family member that lasts a generation, then something is really wrong with that in my book. I love motorcycles and speeding which is why I ended up selling my 600 ninja I had. hehe I got so many second chances from being pulled over for wheelies, triple digit speeds etc, that I gave it up for now, but there will be another one in my garage before it's over :-). I enjoy my friends and seeing people but despise crowds or being cramped up around alot of people. As far as fashion, I like big clothing in shirts but think that the droopy britches that could house 3 generations of farmers and their livestock in are for the birds. Pull Ya damn britches up, grow up and act like ya got the sense God gave a grasshopper!!!!

I went in the Navy after high school and ended up about tearing my kneecap off in basic training, losing out on my job because of an orthopedic injury. I was gonna be an "AW" which stands for anti-submarine warfare technician. I would have stayed in if I hadn't gotten hurt, probably for the full count. I loved the life but I took my discharge anyway as I couldn't be on a ship, sub, or plane  after I got hurt. Got out, went to college and quit because I hated it...I did well, had a 4.0 up till the end but it just wasn't what I wanted to do at that time. My new job requires a degree at some point so I will be going back real soon.

I used to really like chatting in MSN messenger till I found out exactly how friggin lame and ridiculous most are in that realm. If I have you on my list and I talk to you then you dont fit in that group. There are plenty of good folk out there and I still enjoy talking to them but you drama bitches and shit starters and out and out  two-faced liars really make me wanna puke up a toenail...so dont be surprised when all of a sudden you never see me online anymore. AND I FRIGGIN DESPISE FORWARDED EMAILS FROM ANYONE SO DONT DO IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE BLOCKED/BANNED. Show me a little respect and remove me from those "forward to all in address book" messages ya'll like to send. And also dont cry about how slow your connect is...those emails ya'll pass back and forth are partially to blame...GRRRRRRRRRR

I work about .5 mile down the road at a Chemical plant and will be entering the Apprenticeship Program sometime in May of 08 (I hope). I like the job pretty good, the pay and benefits are 10 times better than what I left in 06 and the people are generally good to work with. I will be employed there 2 years in Sept of this year (2008).

Well I reckon thats the main part of me in a nutshell...haha everytime I redo this part of my webpage it just gets bigger and bigger ever time. Pretty soon I will have to do a paragraph a page and have one with all the links to the others if I don't watch. At any rate if ya wanna know more then hollar at me on icq, chat me up, and learn all ya want. I'm almost always online....

p33ce,

Sammy