Stephen Clay Smith works as a senior student at Providence Christian College in Ontario, CA, USA. He studies the Bible and Christian theology, emphasizing in the biblical languages. He is 24 years old. His home is in Corona, CA, USA. Periodically, he publishes what he’s writing. He also takes amateurish photos and shoots home movies. Send Clay a message at s.clay.smith@gmail.com. Or add him on Facebook and Google. Tumblr (3.0; @claysmith)http://fromclay.com/<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz7d5gsbU71qa0yheo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I don’t want to know what secret Victor’s keeping.</p>http://fromclay.com/post/444650817http://fromclay.com/post/444650817Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:15:18 -0800<p>I’m thinking about driving down to WSC tomorrow to use their library. Anybody want to come with?</p>http://fromclay.com/post/444314897http://fromclay.com/post/444314897Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:17:03 -0800<p>I just recalled that I said “hella” yesterday in conversation. That is my life’s greatest regret.</p>http://fromclay.com/post/442831152http://fromclay.com/post/442831152Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:21:24 -0800languagedialecthellanot funny<p>Since it’s available for instant viewing on Netflix, I thought I’d watch a bit of “<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045778/" target="_blank">Year One</a>” so that I could say I turned it off half-way through. It ceased being funny before the opening credits were over.</p>http://fromclay.com/post/442537204http://fromclay.com/post/442537204Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:39:32 -0800movienot funny<p>Part of me wants to stop losing weight as I have only just discovered that right now I’m exerting against the Earth a force of about 1 kilonewton. That’s a nice <em>round</em> number.</p>http://fromclay.com/post/440295554http://fromclay.com/post/440295554Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:04:12 -0800weightforcephysicsconversionsfunny<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10026624&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10026624&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10026624&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Clay’s family celebrates with him in 1987 on his second Easter. Appearing are his parents Alan & Jane Ellen Smith, grandparents Charles & Evelyn Brooks, and uncle Fred Brooks.</p> <p><em>From my grandfather’s home movies. Digitized in its entirety.</em></p>http://fromclay.com/post/436366531http://fromclay.com/post/436366531Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:43:00 -0800home moviechildhood1987<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kywfvdCtPe1qa0yheo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>(You’ll definitely have to click to view the large photo in order to see what I’m talking about.)</em></p> <p>This evening I watched “<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997233/" target="_blank">Without a King</a>” (on <a href="http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Without_the_King/70064320" target="_blank">Netflix</a>), a documentary about Swaziland, the last absolute monarchy in Africa. In one final scene, I noticed something <strong>awesome</strong>. When HRH First Princess Sikhanyiso goes out to see an HIV/AIDS orphanage, a crowd of children gathers around her. For a brief moment, you see a kid wearing a white t-shirt with the words, “CLAY SEX”, emblazoned on the back. That’s all.</p> <p><em>Anyway</em>, I recommend this film. The country is predominately Christian, and for all of the complaints the people and the international community have about the king, the filmmakers follow his first wife to church where she worships with sincerity. Plus, the First Princess attended Biola in the mid-Naughts. Be warned that a few scenes have <em>National Geographic</em>-style nudity. (Some people may recognize my appreciation of this film to be the result of my interest in monarchy.)</p>http://fromclay.com/post/431864305http://fromclay.com/post/431864305Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:40:25 -0800funnyAfricaSwazilandmonarchyname<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9943245&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9943245&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9943245&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Going under bridge overpasses is the best part of driving in the rain. It’s a very soothing rhythm. California freeways are great for this because overpasses are so frequent.</p>http://fromclay.com/post/428830618http://fromclay.com/post/428830618Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:05:11 -0800drivingcarrain<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kytmjzbp6V1qa0yheo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My sister Anna Li’s in-class doodles are significantly more advanced than mine. <em>(To see the sweet narwhal up-close, click the photo to enlarge.</em></p>http://fromclay.com/post/428609439http://fromclay.com/post/428609439Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:11:59 -0800Anna Li Smithdoodles<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9932748&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9932748&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9932748&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><em>(Warning: Parts of this movie are kind of gooey and gross.)</em></p> <p>Joy was born with a double cleft lip and palette. She recently had scar revision surgery to update the work that had been performed when she was an infant in China before my parents adopted her. For a few weeks, Joy had stitches in her lip and a rubbery device up her nose to provide structure as she healed. That had to come out.</p> <p>My father captured this movie with Joy in the doctor’s office. She was a cute little trooper, wasn’t she?</p>http://fromclay.com/post/428470246http://fromclay.com/post/428470246Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:20:12 -0800Vivian Joy Smith<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9932069&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9932069&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9932069&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>I’m babysitting my sister while our mom is out of town. I don’t know why Joy was tormenting the cat. I never understand half of the things she thinks are sensible. I have to say, though, that’s a pretty docile cat.</p>http://fromclay.com/post/428464124http://fromclay.com/post/428464124Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:15:09 -0800Vivian Joy Smithcatme: hey<br /> her: hi<br /> me: sorry, firefox froze<br /> me: so, i figured i'd move from the desktop to my laptop in the meantime<br /> her: ooo<br /> me: we never have complete conversations<br /> her: yeah that's true<br /> me: one of us is always leaving<br /> her: yeah<br /> her: speaking of which, brb<br /> me: khttp://fromclay.com/post/427856160http://fromclay.com/post/427856160Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:58:36 -0800chatfunnyirony<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kysq4fKImW1qa0yheo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Web developers, if you absolutely <em>must</em> use a drop-down widget to select birth year, and if you <em>insist</em> on populating the list with what you think is every possible birth year, then at least be thorough. Currently, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_living_supercentenarians" target="_blank">the oldest living person</a> is Kama Chinen, a 114 year-old woman from Japan. She was born in 1895, but apparently, she’s too old to use the <a href="http://aviary.com/" target="_blank">Aviary</a> website. That’s sloppy and ageist.</p> <p><em>P.S. Don’t use drop-down widgets to select birth year. It’s irritating to scroll through 109 years to find yours.</em></p>http://fromclay.com/post/427820980http://fromclay.com/post/427820980Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:31:27 -0800user interface<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kysadw8NkW1qa0yheo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The parks I played on as a kid had metal jungle gyms and swings. They required a tetanus booster and a bit of faith. This thing is great! And there is another one for smaller children just to the right. <em>(Make sure you click on the photo for the full effect.)</em></p>http://fromclay.com/post/427185268http://fromclay.com/post/427185268Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:51:00 -0800Vivian Joy Smithpark<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kys4hmNMr81qa0yheo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Joy got her stitches and that nose support out today. Look how cute she is!</p>http://fromclay.com/post/426956418http://fromclay.com/post/426956418Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:44:00 -0800Vivian Joy Smithfood<p>I just passed a “Studio Rental” fake police car driving through Norco. I wonder what it’s doing way out here? Is there filming going on locally?</p>http://fromclay.com/post/424884132http://fromclay.com/post/424884132Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:41:05 -0800<p>I just submitted my online application to begin studying in the Fall at Westminster Seminary CA towards a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies.</p>http://fromclay.com/post/424729384http://fromclay.com/post/424729384Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:10:00 -0800college<p>I just saw a Muslim woman impatiently honking her horn at some student driver in a high school parking lot. Religion of peace, my butt.</p>http://fromclay.com/post/422770170http://fromclay.com/post/422770170Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:39:05 -0800<p>We just saw lightning, and the thunder lasted fifteen seconds, shook the ground, and set off a car alarm. Sweet!</p>http://fromclay.com/post/416423918http://fromclay.com/post/416423918Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:58:00 -0800weather“I want you to shave your face off. It tickles you. You will get a new one.”<br/><br/> - <em>Joy, commenting on my beard</em>http://fromclay.com/post/413940849http://fromclay.com/post/413940849Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:46:34 -0800Vivian Joy Smithfunnybeard