Letter to Julia 20131022

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

Ah, my precious soulmates!  How are you feeling?  How are those raging emotions today?  Are you a hurricane or a whirlpool?  Are you a spring dripping from a desert rock, or are you a suffocating, humid day?  Are you a passionate and super-sexy Julia, or a sensitive and super-feminine Erin?  As for me, my heart is a nuclear bomb that has been converted into an energy source, and my faith being the control rod.  Do I need your love?  Yes, with all my heart.  My heart is a nuclear bomb.

I just bought half a kilo of cuttlefish at the night market.  I've never handled cuttlefish before, so this is the first time.  But I know that pretty much every other creature in the sea eats cuttlefish, so it can't be too bad to eat.  It's like a chewier squid, with a backbone.  It took me a while to get a system going in prepping my cuttlefish.  I can't seem to get any rings because the backbone is in the way, so it's going to have to be strips.  Looks like it's fried calamari on the menu for tomorrow night.  Or maybe even for a midnight snack tonight.  I have some excellent hot sauce.  How about it, ladies?  Wanna come over for some munchies?  Suddenly I got hungry, so I'm not waiting for you this time.  Mmmm mmm.  Very tender.  Not chewy at all.

Oh Julia, how's your Mom, by the way?  Please give her my regards.  Please say hi for me to your parents, Erin.  Tell them I'm going to marry you, if God Wills.  On second thought, keep it a secret for now (if you can).  Wait until I can afford to get you a nice ring.  Both of you, please pray.

Qur'an 20131022

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

8.  They say, "Why is not an angel sent down to him?"  If We did send down an angel, the matter would be settled at once, and no respite would be granted them.

9.  If We had made it an angel, We should have sent him as a man, and We should certainly have caused them confusion, in a matter which they have already covered with confusion.

10.  Mocked were messengers before you, but their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.

11.  Say, "Travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth."

12.  Say, "To whom belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth?"  Say, "To Allah."  God has inscribed for Godself Mercy.  That God will gather you together for the Day of Judgment, there is no doubt whatever.  It is they who have lost their own souls, that will not believe.

13.  To God belongs all that that dwells in the night and in the day.  For God is the One who Hears, and Knows all things.

14.  Say, "Shall I take for my protector any other than Allah, the Maker of the heavens and the earth?  And God it is that feeds, but is not fed."  Say, "But I am commanded to be the first of those who bow to Allah."  And be not you of the company of those who join gods with Allah."

The Cattle 6:8-14
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Travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth.

To whom belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth?

To Allah.

Shall I take for my protector any other than Allah, the Maker of the heavens and the earth?  And God it is that feeds, but is not fed.

But I am commanded to be the first of those who bow to Allah.