Monday, September 16, 2013

Letter to Julia 20130917

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Hello Julia, my beloved.  How are you feeling?  I think of you all the time, and I pray you aren't overworking.  Please remember that the goal of our marriage is to slow down, stay put, raise a family, and enjoy our life and love together.  After all, I'm trying to build a tourist attraction here.

You're probably wondering why I'm not using my time to accumulate as much recorded music as possible.  Actually, this music is a very heavy burden, and there is more to do than anyone can ever dream of, and I have had to do everything myself, with little to no equipment.  So I slow down.  Soooooo sloooooww... For instance, the last time anyone checked, I was redoing the vocal parts for "Shadowplay's Greatest Hits part 3: the Struggle to be Normal".  Right now, I'm remixing the bass drum on "Revenge", but I'm doing it oh, so slowly.  Sooooo damn sloooowwww...  I still haven't come across a slide whistle.  I thought it would take some time, but I still can't find a slide whistle.  Yeah, I have all this music in my head.  When the time comes, I'll have to put them all down faster than how I am now, but now is not the time.  Where's the money, so I can buy equipment?  Partly.  I'm not going to say I have a huge backlog of original music.  The music comes from Allah to begin with, so if Allah kills me off whenever, there's nothing I can do other than say my "shahadah", inshaAllah.  I want to live too, and be with my Julia.  Also, I'm stockpiling a set list as a chick singer right now.  No Julia, I don't want the high heels.  I don't pass anymore.  YOU be the pretty one.

Oh yeah, I'm also very lazy!

Well, I have been doing this for over 30 years now, and Allah has granted me guidance on how to conduct my affairs, and take care of the music.  You Julia, my wife, you and I are as one.  So please don't prefer the friendship of unbelievers and hypocrites.  You know the type, those who don't take their prayers seriously.  The good news is that the hypocrites have a nice severe punishment prepared for them.