Journal
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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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I only have eyes for . . . B2K
By Joy Lynn Clark January 8, 2022 Before my Bestie and I decided to look for a place, we went to a free performance that was advertised on the radio. There was a group performing there that I just had to see – B2K. I remember it like yesterday, B and I entered the room and my eyes quickly diverted to the stage where the opening act was performing and dancing. Someone grabs B and asks, “do you vote, are you 18?”. In my mind, “barely but yes”. “Let me introduce you to this old guy politician who is distracting you from the concert.“ I think next. I take the…
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A conversation with Dad – Film
January 7, 2022 By Joy Lynn Clark This was probably when I moved back home with my toddler. I started watching this documentary about the Chicago theater when my dad entered the room. “That there are used to be called the Iroquois theater” said Dad. Then he told me that he even was in the, “black film projectionists” guild or something. I guess that’s what a guy like my dad can Get back in the day. Imagine that, film.
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This one cool dude that I’ve never met
By Joy Lynn Clark January 5, 2022 Technically, this isn’t love but it is in the pursuit of. I met this one dude online five or six years ago. He was an armed services veteran with a prescription for cannabis. We talked on the phone and had a deep conversation about our disabilities, he had brain damage. When it came time to meet, he lives kind of far. I was hoping we could meet halfway but, duh no car.
