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Sam was a fun guy. Blistering red hair, freckles, and a laid-back attitude. He played sax in music class, but hung out with the artsy kids and the smokers and the stoners. That's the kind of guy he was. Never tied the laces on his Converse high-tops.
He moved to California the year after Grade Nine. I remember hanging out with Sam at Jay Sparling's Christmas party in Grade Nine and he was playing a bunch of Seven Seconds tapes. I'd never heard of them before, but they did a kick-ass cover of Nena's 99 Red Balloons.
I also remember one day in homeroom when he passed out for no reason and came to with a nosebleed about ten seconds later. We didn't think much of it at the time. Now I wonder what the hell was up with that. Huh.