• Journal

    Losing weight

    By Joy Lynn Clark January 12, 2022 Just before I headed to State University I’ll head couple of goals. One was to brush up on my math skills (I hadn’t done any of this math and 20 years and I didn’t want to play catch-up learning things new). The other was to lose weight. My meds let me put it on fast and I was not comfortable in my clothes. I had just put my record out online and I hate it all of my photos. I looked well, fat. I knew that I was better off adding my photo to the cover but none of them looked right. At…

  • Journal

    Giving it up

    By Joy Lynn Clark January 10, 2022 After I had my baby boy I settle down quickly. I had a live-in guy for a couple of years and then we broke up. I was back in treatment because I was getting sick again and I was making some of the best music of my life. I quit everything – Meat, pot, and cigarettes. In reality, the mest was because I really wanted to lose weight. The pot and the cigarettes were mainly for financial reasons. And Chicago cigarette prices have risen an extra three dollars a pack and I just refuse to Pay that much. Also, I didn’t like buying…

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    Exploring Education

    By Joy Lynn Clark January 10, 2022 As an honor student at city College I was invited to attend a two week session for students who are interested in pursuing a career in education. In addition, after completion of the course, it counts as, “teacher credits”. I wasn’t all the way sure about becoming a teacher but I did want to visit this university. All of us candidates boarded the charter bus and headed to the very large university campus that was an hour and a half to two hours away. When we arrived, we got our own rooms and a tour of the campus. This campus was so big…

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    The Isis spacejet Chronicles: the almost complete collection

    By Joy Lynn Clark January 8, 2022 I was really proud of this album. The work environment was really good. I took my time on the production I was very pleased. I recorded the whole thing in my room at my dads with my toddler in the bed next to me watching cartoons. I also was getting into new wave again and it came out cool. The publishing on the other hand was rough. I decided to try this online distributor and was not prepared for all of the steps involved. Wow, this music is going to be everywhere. I am hating my artwork. Oh well, I have already come…