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Clark's Site http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/ Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:37:44 -0000 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:32:00 -0000 Clark's Site http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/logo http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com 100 100 American Boy <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI1/1.jpeg?et=tm%2BeX04muhzP0gdvOqoEtA&nmid=0" height="333" width="244">* The Lord is my shepherd and He/She knows I'm gay. * ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* * ~One of my latest tunes from <a style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.energy927fm.com/">Energy_92.7</a> I've been dancing/exercising to in my new pad.... <a style="font-weight:bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VbzEqXaThY">American- BOY</a> <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI3/2.gif?et=26WT3n6X7uDFfNzojvOpQg&nmid=0" /><img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI5/3.gif?et=9CVJqmQHY7LYSJEQFA1www&nmid=0" /> ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/2002/American_Boy Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:32:00 -0000 Superstition: Definitive 'Ol School! <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI9/1.jpeg?et=C6kyCCZrj15g%2BCd7irhRdA&nmid=0" height="296" width="300">* "He was a terror to any snake that came in his path, whether it was the cold, slimy reptile sliding along the ground or the more dangerous snake that oppresses men through false teachings. And he drove the snakes out of the minds of men, snakes of superstition and brutality and cruelty." * * * ~Arthur Brisbane * ************************************************************************************************************************************ * ~This IS a big part of my life now actually... Fending off those superstitions. I no longer "knock on wood" or cross my fingers. 13, if anything, appears to be a "lucky" number for me often. I walk under ladders and open umbrellas inside. Well, not a regular basis. LOL I also no longer go by "good luck" or "bad luck" either. LUCK is relative and YOU create your very own goodness or badness around you. That's a HUGE part of better emotional intelligence. So that's why I can make fun of my fascination wi... http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/2003/Superstition_Definitive_39Ol_School Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:15:00 -0000 Poll: On the Edge <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI15/1.jpeg?et=ArGCx4Z1xwD0gXNporl9Ng&nmid=0" height="333" width="169">* "Sanctify them through thy TRUTH: Thy word is TRUTH." * ~The Bible John Chapter 17 Verse 17 * ***************************************************************************************************************************************************** * ~O.K. gang... * Help me out here PLEASE... * I'm still seeing the number 17 fly up in my face * everywhere. * As well as hear it said in different forms. * (Yesterday, it was from the Bible and not the quote I've chose to use here but from another Chapter. And that Chapter was... Numbers. WoW!) * The pic chosen was yet another example of it appearing to me months ago actually. No, I don't even drink anymore ('cept an occasional wine or beer.) and I couldn't handle Scotch or Whiskey no-how anyway. I'm quite aware also that maybe if I put my mind on another number maybe that would be appearing all the time also. I tried that and it hasn't happened. It is always a 17 still. * I've also decided quite awhile back to laugh it off and say to myse... http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/2004/Poll_On_the_Edge Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:40:00 -0000 Metamorphosis <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI23/1.jpeg?et=RI8Ub%2CbaAPIwy5FEBSfA7Q&nmid=0" height="333" width="333">* "Astrology can clear up or mix up a person as much as any other psychological, philosophical, or religious mirror, a looking glass in the endless mirror hall of life." * ~Markku Siivola * *************************************************************************************************************************************************** * <h5 style="font-weight:bold;">Solar Eclipse </h5><h5 style="font-weight:bold;">August 1, 2008 in Leo </h5>* August 1, 2008 9° Leo 32 at 10:14am * * An eclipse occurs when the orbits of the Moon and the Earth align closely enough together with the Sun and the Moon to block the light of the Sun from the Earth (a Solar Eclipse), or the Moon (a Lunar Eclipse). Every month we have a New Moon, but only every six months do we have eclipses. A Solar Eclipse is when the Moon is exactly between the Sun and the Earth and blocks the light of the Sun from the Earth. Solar Eclipses are very powerful New Moons and are known to herald significant endings and beginnings. The ancient rule is that the ... http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/2005/Metamorphosis Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:54:00 -0000 New <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI29/1.jpeg?et=NlbDhMb1dhJMDN0ihqnumw&nmid=0" height="333" width="333">* "That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon." * ~Percy Bysshe Shelley * ********************************************************************************************************************************************** * Today, it's my one-year anniversary moving to my beloved new City. WOOO HOOOOO!!! * It was the Full Moon exactly on that day then. * Tomorrow, is the NEW moon. * I featured the star chart on how it's all gonna be laid out. * Also some NEW tunes to listen to... * <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtStjGHttGM">Click here: </a> <a style="font-weight:bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtStjGHttGM">NEW</a> * <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI31/2.gif?et=PQ%2B3I%2C%2Bw2f1ZQKoYf%2BT%2CKA&nmid=0" /> ********************************************************************************************************************************************** http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/2006/New Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:10:00 -0000 Urban Love <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI35/1.jpeg?et=ltOIMR%2CEiMZVuDlyq6de5g&nmid=0" height="333" width="250">* "LOVE is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart." * * ~Kay Knudsen * *************************************************************************************************************************************************** * I Told You So * * You said you needed your space I wasn't where you wanted to be I didn't stand in your way I only want you to be happy And so how surprised am I to see you here tonight CHORUS: Well can't you see That for worse or for better we're better together Please just come back home No don't say that you're sorry And I won't say I told you so Sometimes in our life We get to where we wonder if The long road that we're on Is headin' in the same direction When it comes to you and me We're right where I know we should be CHORUS: Oh can't you see That for worse or for better we're better together Please just come back home No don't say that you're sorry And I won't say I told ... http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/2007/Urban_Love Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:22:00 -0000 H O M E <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI43/1.jpeg?et=jvDmwYvpjRc249oP0Ddn6g&nmid=0" height="268" width="333">* "HOME is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place of CONFIDENCE. It is the place where we tear off that mask of guarded and suspicious coldness which the world forces us to wear in self-defense, and where we pour out the unreserved communications of full and confiding hearts. It is the spot where expressions of tenderness gush out without any sensation of awkwardness and without any dread of ridicule." * ~Frederick W. Robertson * * ************************************************************************************************************************************* * <h1>Home </h1> I'm staring out into the night, Trying to hide the pain. I'm going to the place where love And feeling good don't ever cost a thing. And the pain you feel's a different kind of pain. I'm going home, Back to the place where I belong, And where your love has always been enough for me. I'm running from. No, I think you got me all wrong. I don't regret this life I chose for me. But these place... http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/2008/H_O_M_E Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:40:00 -0000 Cecilia <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI49/1.jpeg?et=5z4XXvGgusQ5GqE9c7ixjg&nmid=0" height="300" width="300"><a style="font-weight:bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smdMCR4okp4">Click here </a> <a style="font-weight:bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smdMCR4okp4">to hear my latest music </a> <a style="font-weight:bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smdMCR4okp4">LOVE </a> <a style="font-weight:bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smdMCR4okp4">while walking throughout my beloved City.</a> http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/2009/Cecilia Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:27:00 -0000 Escaping Sweetly <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI53/1.jpeg?et=u7OZJE103gDxJYURDAiAGA&nmid=0" height="333" width="271">* "We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire." ~Eric Hoffer * ********************************************************************************************************************************************* <a style="font-weight:bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tEROk-Y27Q">ESCAPE</a> with me. <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI55/2.gif?et=3mfSvLNuUhGZtrq6HgjgFw&nmid=0" /><img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI57/3.gif?et=bDSAVFb4es2QRXiP9HtONg&nmid=0" /> http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/2010/Escaping_Sweetly Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:53:00 -0000 Brave New World <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI61/1.jpeg?et=lypB1%2BXL24w7X3u7eeTtpA&nmid=0" height="225" width="333">* * "Nothing eliminates boredom more successfully than engaging in the search for ways to end it." * ~Bruno Bettelheim * ************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ~Now, if Eddy doesn't sound just like me . . . LOL * Excerpt from, "Up From Boredom, Down From Fear." By Dr. Bruce Leckart * * Why do so many people look back on their youth as the best years of their lives? Why does a baby have the power to charm even the gruffest adult? Perhaps it's because, as children, we haven't learned that "Life is grim, life is earnest, and the end is the grave." The sense of fun, the desire to play with others and the material universe is still very much with us. But it gets buried somehow under layers and layers of OUGHTS and SHOULDS. __Fast Eddy is the best body and fender man on the West Coast. He's not only twice as fast as the average guy, but his work is always perfect the first... http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/2011/Brave_New_World Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:47:00 -0000 Knit One, Pearl Two . . . <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJnq3QoKCroAAA0W@yI65/1.jpeg?et=Y5Xo9LQVG3Ql6BqcrbXw5w&nmid=0" height="306" width="333">* "Knitting is a boon for those of us who are easily bored. I take my knitting everywhere to take the edge off of moments that would otherwise drive me stark raving mad." ~Stephanie Pearl-McPhee "At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much." * ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************* * ~Yep . . . Knitting. I've been wanting to do this for quite awhile and now that I'm all settled in my cozy new home I can proceed with it as well as other things now. I went to the library today as every third Saturday there's a free knitting class/get-together. MaryAnne was my wonderful teacher (God Love HER! It's tougher than I thought and she was so patient and kind.) I'm determined to get the hang of it though as I wish to knit little items for children in hospitals, etc (As MaryAnne does now also.) plus eventually knit a cute doggie sweater I saw in a book fo... http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/2012/Knit_One_Pearl_Two_._._. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:54:00 -0000 Boredom, Curiosities & Loneliness <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SH@O2woKCroAABCYIKQ1/1.jpeg?et=TcH33YwmeKVKC%2CqrMI0U1Q&nmid=0" height="333" width="224">* * "<font style="font-style:italic;" face="georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif" size="5"> Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is." ~<font face="georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif" size="2">Thomas Szasz * * ********************************************************************************************************************************************** * * * ~HIYA GANG! <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SH@O2woKCroAABCYIKQ3/2.gif?et=XpAaM8Yud5%2C1qQmlW4nJHw&nmid=0" /> Today's topic is that dreaded BOREDOM we all can experience from time to time. <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SH@O2woKCroAABCYIKQ5/3.gif?et=ZJkbF%2CfIp5PgIU7xS2pcHw&nmid=0" /> It falls in line with the other couple evils of curiosity and loneliness. (Which I'll touch more on in future blogs.) When we start feeling these ways, oh my, the trouble they can bring us. They can also help us in positive ways and help MOTIVATE us. I was motivated enough to check out this book from the library as I was starting to fall into the boredom trap and even some of the loneliness one, the lone-wolf that I am even. <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SH@O2woKCroAABCYIKQ7/4.gif?et=lkh7TsU9lmvq5fPdmrjOYw&nmid=0" /> ~CL * * Excerpt from "Up from Boredom, Down from Fear." By Dr. Bruce Leckart * * * * The Fine Art of Making Trouble * * * ... http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/1992/Boredom_Curiosities_amp_Loneliness Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:10:00 -0000 In the Arena <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SH@O2woKCroAABCYIKQ13/1.jpeg?et=ig5Ri52X2hIK4W0%2Cy3rymw&nmid=0" height="222" width="333">* * "The proper function of man is to LIVE, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time." * * ~Jack London * * * ******************************************************************************************************************************************************* * * * "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achieve... http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/1993/In_the_Arena Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:47:00 -0000 Between <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SH@O2woKCroAABCYIKQ17/1.jpeg?et=dp5mLOVCTIv2gaEceuD%2B3A&nmid=0" height="223" width="333">* "The world bruises us ALL, but some heal faster than others -- * and some bleed to death." * * ~D.H. Mondfleur * * **************************************************************************************************************************************************** * * * "<font style="font-style:italic;" face="georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif" size="5"> You're obliged to pretend respect for people and institutions you think absurd. You live attached in a cowardly fashion to moral and social conventions you despise, condemn, and know lack all foundation. It is that permanent contradiction between your ideas and desires and all the dead formalities and vain pretenses of your civilization which makes you sad, troubled and unbalanced. In that intolerable conflict you lose all joy of life and all feeling of personality, because at every moment they suppress and restrain and check the free play of your powers. That's the poisoned and mortal wound of the civilized world." * ~Octave Mirbeau, Torture Garden * ********************************... http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/1994/Between Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:51:00 -0000 Humano Societatem <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SH@O2woKCroAABCYIKQ20/1.jpeg?et=8yzx2obzsFqMcDJVNfX4zw&nmid=0" height="333" width="234">* Oremus . . . Libera nos a malo . . . Lumin de Lumine . . . Per omnia saecula saeculorum . . . Deo Gratias. * *************************************************************************************************************************************************** * * <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SH@O2woKCroAABCYIKQ22/2.gif?et=NiwMOJ29giy3i%2B3ld6BDeQ&nmid=0" border="0" /> What pleasure can it give a cultivated man to watch some poor fellow being torn to pieces by a powerful beast or a superb beast being pierced with a hunting spear? Even were such things worth looking at, you've seen them many times, and we saw nothing new this time. The last day was devoted to the elephants. The vulgar populace was enthusiastic, but there was no pleasure in it; indeed, the show provoked some sort of compassion, a feeling that there is some kinship between this great beast and human-kind. —CICERO, Letters to Friends* *****************************************************************************************************************************... http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/1995/Humano_Societatem Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:48:00 -0000 Spreadin' the L O V E <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SH@O2woKCroAABCYIKQ25/1.jpeg?et=dFjOYfaY3GRsEnLPcT1Htg&nmid=0" height="333" width="230">* "<font face="georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif"> We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers." * * ~Seneca * ************************************************************************************************************************************************** * * * ~Speaking of sticky fingers... After I passed out some of the cold water and oranges yesterday to other human-beings out in the hot on my new block not as fortunate, I dolled out peanut butter sandwiches to still some more humans later. I AM truly BLESSED these days and finally have my stable home with a tap of running water. I get alot of food from a couple pantries for myself and have plenty of extra bread anyway and end up with more oranges than I can keep up with also. The waters cost me a whopping $4 for 12 bottles and had extra ones given to me also to make a total of 17 waters... http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/1996/Spreadin39_the_L_O_V_E Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:17:00 -0000 BLESS Gabby's Warmth, Love, & Radiant Smile <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SH@O2woKCroAABCYIKQ31/1.jpeg?et=IFgQDEIJ%2B2061kS%2BAHuhMw&nmid=0" height="253" width="333">* "There are no seven wonders of the world * in the eyes of a child. * * There are SEVEN MILLION." * * ~Walt Streightiff * * ************************************************************************************************************************************************** * ~This is a couple of e-mails I had received from one of my dear angel friends here that had given me permission to set into a blog myself. Let us all reflect on it and say deep prayers not just for Gabby, but for all of our young angels suffering and moving on from this earthly plane.... * * Hello. I have gotten home from taking Ashley back to school since her sickness. The update, she had a very bad stomach virus and many of the classmates, also. Ashley has lost a lot of weight from not eating since last Friday but upon awakening this morning...she was up in bed and smiling at me with those big brown eyes. My heart was very happy an... http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/1997/BLESS_Gabby39s_Warmth_Love_amp_Radiant_Smile Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:21:00 -0000 Moment of the Now <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SH@O2woKCroAABCYIKQ37/1.jpeg?et=xHMh3799oS71mJAMWd6ZZA&nmid=0" height="187" width="333">*________________O M *********************************************** ***************************************** ************************************ ****************************** *********************** ________________The tao of now and zen: ________________Development of discipline _______________to experience mindful awareness of each moment, ________________evolving into a mindless awareness of the now. http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/1998/Moment_of_the_Now Tue, 8 Jul 2008 19:53:00 -0000 Tabula Rasa <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SH@O2woKCroAABCYIKQ40/1.jpeg?et=4OI0%2BQ1MTX55tngcNitUiw&nmid=0" height="333" width="333">* A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountaintop. * *************************************** ********************************************* ************************************************** ***************************************************** * Excerpt from "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" By Robert M. Pirsig * * * Afterword * * * The receding Ancient Greek perspective of the past ten years has a very dark side: Chris is dead. He was murdered. At about 8:00 P.M. on Saturday, November 17, 1979, in San Francisco, he left the Zen Center, where he was a student, to visit a friend's house a block away on Haight Street. According to witnesses, a car stopped on the street beside him and two men, black, jumped out. One came from behind him so that Chris couldn't escape, and grabbed his arms. The one in front of him emptied his pockets and found nothing and became angry. He threatened Chris with a large kitchen k... http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/1999/Tabula_Rasa Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:24:00 -0000 Enter Here . . . <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SH@O2woKCroAABCYIKQ96/1.jpeg?et=xJKIvFnp0mxucL4F8tJlRg&nmid=0" height="333" width="211"><a href="http://virtualschool.edu/mon/Quality/PirsigZen/">"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig</a> <img src="http://images.clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SH@O2woKCroAABCYIKQ98/2.gif?et=jKFRaDJegHLjdJ5D0WHCYQ&nmid=0" /> http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/journal/item/2000/Enter_Here_._._. Tue, 1 Jul 2008 23:18:00 -0000 Yahoo! 360° - Clark's Profile http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/links/item/1/1 Tue, 27 May 2008 17:08:41 -0000 Go fly a KITE! http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/photos/album/3/Go_fly_a_KITE Mon, 12 May 2008 17:50:16 -0000 Not in any photoset Not in any http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/photos/album/2/Not_in_any_photoset Sun, 11 May 2008 19:57:09 -0000 JOY http://clarksaintjohn.multiply.com/photos/album/1/JOY Sun, 11 May 2008 19:57:05 -0000