Well, I think that the main problem is the fact that Clark still seems to be stuck on the idea of finding his 'soulmate'.
Ditto to several people here. Personally, I think soul mates in general is a bunch of hogswash. Instant connection. BOOM. You're in and ready to go. And...I'm just out of things to say heh. He's only 22, and I don't expect him to learn overnight what love's all about at 22; we learn things at different ages. Love is a verb, and so is happiness, and fact is Clark hasn't woken up and tried to make the best out of most of his days, so how can you possibly build on a bunch of crappy days? I wonder what's going to make him stop spending all of his time gabbing about his tortured soul to people and start taking life by the horns.
Great parts,
JD