Letter to Julia 20110801

How are you, my beloved Julia? Ah, you sexy thing. You certainly are at your loveliest when you smile. Some people look their best when they are serious, but you are just absolutely endearing to me when you smile. No, not one of those "I don't feel like smiling" smiles, but a sincere expression of happiness. I guess I want to make you sincerely happy.

Oh no! We're stuck in the real world right now, and it's far from perfect! There's no denying that I need some solid wealth to marry you properly. I certainly wouldn't want to give you the life of poverty of this musician, and to keep you out of touch with your beloved buddies. But Allah is certainly the Miracle Maker. Ya Allah, please grant me the means to give Julia and I a happy life and marriage together.

It's the beginning of the fasting month for us Muslims. I have grown to enjoy the fasting month, for some reason it suits me. I wouldn't want to be fasting all the time, I just like the fasting month. I seem to have time under my control right now, and that makes me feel like the wealthiest human on earth. Alhamdulillah. So, for the fasting month, I spend most of the night awake. I would like to be working, but my laptop is down and out right now, and this ancient computer I'm using is only good for writing love letters, and for watching Shadowplay TV. That puts "Woo Hoo" on hold for the time being, but I need to slow it down anyway. For this month, I eat a full meal before dawn, and eat lightly for breakfast at sunset. There is extra prayer activity at night, which is very social, but it only takes up about 1 1/2 hours of time, tops. My greatest challenge in my routine is to be able to tend the yard when it's not blistering hot, because I plan to spend most of the morning asleep. Oh, you! Busybody! How would YOU fit all this Islam into your routine? Well, that's what makes you a supermodel, huh? Just do the best you can with what Allah gives you, and do it in the way which makes you feel no resentment. Allah does not place a burden on any soul greater than it can bear.

Obviously, the Pagans are bolder and more obnoxious where you are. I'm sure you've come across blatant witchcraft, Satanism and vampirism, and they practise so under the guise of "civilization". It's their money, right? Here, there is a Muslim majority, and we are not allowed to do the Pagans any harm without just cause. The world is a tightrope nontheless, with all these humans. But Allah doesn't like the Pagans, and has planned punishment and isolation for them, regardless of what you and I try to do.