Sunday, May 15, 2016

Letter to Erin 20160516

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

Hello again beautiful Erin!  How are you today, my beloved?  Are you following the trail of philanthropy?  I guess it would be just as good to follow as to lead in this case.  Beautiful heart.  I love you and I need you.

There seems to be heavy rain on the horizon here right now.  I learned from experience that rain is heavier when the sky is grey than black.  The thunder is rolling, there's a constant rumble of thunder in the near distance, like a feedback loop.  But Allah is the One Who brings down the rain.  I was about to break down the trash on my yard to be burned, when I was distracted by some fried noodles.  I've accumulated much wood and bamboo and stuff from chainsawing around your house inshaAllah, and I need to burn it.  The local government has been very touchy lately about open burning, with sound environmental reasons, but I have a bricked in fire pit over concrete and a water hose, and I'm not setting fire in a forest or pasture.  It's not as if I can stuff all that trash in the dumpster.  And it's not just a matter of destroying trash, I need to accumulate soil for my baby mangoes.  So I have to wait until it rains, and hope all that trash burns in the rain.

I have been watching a new show available on YouTube: public freakouts!  Oh my God, it's so entertaining.  These freakouts are usually stoked by drugs and alcohol, but some of the people are clearly sober.  Always at a burger shop, pizza joint, bus, train and I found one in a lecture hall.  Can you picture yourself freaking out in public, you emotional fish?  The world is a stage, so keep your cool!  People instinct is to laugh, but I think it would be funnier to do a tap dance or a series of back flips while someone is freaking out in public.  Spread the distraction!  I'm joking!  They're all entertaining, but I hope you catch the blonde in NYC slamming into taxicabs saying "I'm sorry!  I'm sorry!"