Hello Beautiful

Sorry I'm late, but it's been a busy day for me.  Just running errands, you know.  This morning, I had to take my Dad to the hospital because he had an appointment with the specialist.  While I was waiting for him, I got my hair cut, had brunch at Omar's, did some shopping, and still had time to catch the breeze at the park.  Nice shady, breezy day.  I had a wonderful nap.  After my voice training, I had to dismantle a banana tree after portioning out the fruit, and clear up the area.  Bat Cat turned on the faucet in the cage again even though it was wired shut, so I had to clean that up.  Yeah, the new Bat Cat is up to the same old tricks.  Then I had to go out again to the pharmacy to get some drugs for my eye, my cat, and my Dad.  Just eye drops.  Plus gasoline... that's getting expensive again.  Say Erin, I hope you are getting an account on Second Life.  That's where we will meet face to face for the first time, and I have a feeling that the time will come when you least expect it.

Natty, you look awesome!  I love your confidence.  And those shades look great!

Just another ordinary day

And I just called to say I love you.  How are you doing today, my Precious?  You are so beautiful, my love.  Oh, how I long to be married to you.

And Natty my dearest, are you all gong ho to take them on now?  You can do it, Natty.  You can be a great businesswoman, and keep yourself at the same time.  Have tons of fun, OK?

Otherwise, it's just another ordinary day here for me.  Very windy, though.  The wind blew over my baby mangoes, so I had to straighten those up.  I went to the DMV (here it's called the JPJ) this morning to renew my driver's license.  Wow, they were quick today!  I didn't even have a chance to play my cell phone game!  They have an orthopedic foot walk at the JPJ, so I exercised my feet for a bit.  Damn, that thing hurts.  But my feet definitely feel different.  I must try to make one of my own someday.  I had noodles in soup for lunch.  Oh, I forgot to take a snapshot.  And for dinner I bought fried chicken and fish sausage at the night market.  I had a craving for french fries, but the stuff they had there didn't look that great.  I'm very fussy about my fries, anyway.  They have to be perfect, and hot.  I could never get home made fries to taste right.  The frozen fries at the supermarket always taste better.  McD's fries always taste better too.

The chicken and the hawk

Oh yeah Erin, I do remember that dream I had, was it last summer of the summer before?  When you were about to go do a photo shoot in the massive heat wave, and I warned you not to.  I had a dream that ravens were picking at your body in the hot sun.

But last night's dream was about you, Natty.  Birds in a dream is either good or bad news, it depends on what they're doing.  You were sitting on the floor in a lotus position and pondering at the floor, in a massive elegant ball room, where the floor was made of black and white tiles like a chessboard.  There was a chicken and hawk accompanying you, but I didn't see them.  We raise chickens for food, so chickens are good of course, but it does take some time for them to generate food.  Plus they're chicken you know, easily scared!  The hawk is a sharp-eyed predator of course.  Things will be troublesome for you at first, but you will get over it.  But beware of a swindler who will take your money away from you if you're not careful.  Remember the old adage, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

Qur'an 20170226

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

74.  But how many generations before them have We destroyed, who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye?

75.  Say, "If any man go astray, the Most Gracious extends to them until, when they see the warning of Allah- either in punishment or in the Hour- they will at length realize who is worst in position, and weakest in forces."

Mary 19:74-75
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I think it would be easier if you told me your dream and I interpreted it for you.  Talking about dreams is such a personal and romantic conversation, it's really a "buzz kill" to talk about it in this public situation: I would rather be alone with you.  If you're wanting to know what dreams I have had of you, to be honest with you, I don't remember them all.  You were mostly there observing: I'm the one that had to do all the work.  There's this one dream about 3 years ago, where you just grew and grew and grew and became a giant.  2013, I think.

I told you before that I believe that all dreams are pure: it is the spiritual reality of the dreamer that distorts the interpretation of the dream.  For instance, a person can dream while intoxicated, but it is the intoxication that corrupts the dream.  Sure I've read many books about dreams, but I base my interpretations on knowledge I get from the Qur'an.  I found in the Qur'an that the sleep we sleep is a Sign from Allah, thus the dreams we have is a Sign from Allah.  Just as animals, the earth, the sky, the mountains, the sea etc. are all Signs from Allah, and that is how dreams transmute into reality.

When I was young, I read "The Interpretation of Dreams" by Sigmund Freud.  Psychology is considered a science: scientists need to think, right?  But Ziggy placed so much weight on archetypes, that he pushed science back into metaphysics.  Archetypes are definitely metaphysical, even though Ziggy discussed so many case examples in the book that he made it boring.  Verification by experimentation rationalized with metaphysics is in denial of science, just as science was created in denial of metaphysics.

I am mostly interested in dreams transmutation into reality.  The Qur'an serves me best in this.

Social Butterfly

It's nice to be popular, huh?  You are certainly hanging around a different crowd than you were 3 years ago.  I would almost say that you're becoming an intellectual.  Do you like to read?  Do you have time to read?  I used to do a lot of reading, but now I'm trying to master one book.  I may never be able do that.  My data quota is almost up, so I won't be able to socialize at Kuula until it resets next month.  What little data I have left will be spent playing with my dolly and programming my TV station.  So there won't be any fashion snapshots of me for a while.  I have to do something about this data cap, but for now I'm afraid I have to stick to budget.

Natty honey, are you suffering from social burnout?  I go through that a lot, but you're not a recluse like me.  You like having lots of friends.  The problem is that you're becoming successful.  I warned you that it's lonely at the top.  You want to be successful AND keep your friends?  It's possible, but not probable.  The problem is jealousy.  You're just going to have to grow up and be a professional, Natty.  Take the money and run.  And don't worry about love, because you have it made in matters of love.  Many people love you, and won't abandon you.

Hot and steamy

But the rain didn't fall.  Which made it hotter and steamier.  And how was your day, my love?  I spent the morning making my generic curry base, after cleaning up the cat area, watering the plants, and hanging up some drapes for my Mom.  My Mom showed the basics of curry, but what I like to do is make a thick base for not only making curries, but curry pups and other curry goodies.  I portion them out and keep them in the freezer to defrost and use whenever.  In the evening, I spent time in the yard burning stumps but it was so windy, I didn't dare do more than a couple.  These damned stumps are all over the compound ant your house inshaAllah, and would easily grow into trees if not kept in check.  I think I'll buy a blowtorch.  For killing stumps and for cooking.  For dinner, I wanted to make some sausage rolls, so I pulled out the sausage in the freezer to defrost, but it turned out I pulled out the chili instead.  Oh no!  Frozen chili looks like frozen sausage!  Which means for dinner I had.... burritos!  I'm so full.  I could only eat 3.

Natty, I need a new pair of glasses!  All the opticians here sell the same type of glasses, you know those small rectangles which I call Korean style glasses.  I don't like that!  I don't want to look like that!

Pina, the type of leather jacket I want your bosses to get for you is the type of leather jacket that makes you look like a rock star's wife.  If they don't give you said leather jacket, then they don't endorse you as my wife.

Aw Erin

My beautiful Erin.  How are those emotions?  How are you feeling, my love?  Mucho hugs and kisses my Queen, I love you so much.  Don't you worry so much.  Ooh, it's already the end of February.  My, how time flies.

Natty honey, how are you feeling?  Wow Natty, your natural look is just awesomely beautiful.  Love that duck face!  So is it true you're having your wisdom teeth out?  I read somewhere that models do that to improve their profile.  Your looks don't need improving, Natty.  I've told you already.  So I hope you got your wisdom teeth out because they were hurting.

I would like to give the public an update about the Shadowplay's next album, "Woo Hoo".  As you know, I started "Woo Hoo" in 2007.  Yeah I'm slow and lazy, but I also got evicted and moved to another country since then, and lost my musical instruments.  But now I'm down to the vocal tracks, which happens to be the last instrument.  I originally planned "Woo Hoo" to be a concept album with sound effects and acting, but now that I'm on the last stretch, I've decided that it doesn't need sound effects and acting.  Seriously folks, I'm not just being lazy.  It's pure music.  Wow, it's 2017!  There are 11 tracks on the album, and I've completed tracks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 11.  Right now I'm preparing for vocals on track 5, which is to me the most difficult track on the album, plus I haven't written the lyrics yet.  So I'm looping the instrumental track over and over, until I get a full grasp on what needs to be done.  This song will take a while folks.  Once "Woo Hoo" is finished, I promise that it will be released quickly and be easily available.  InshaAllah.

I made an error with my black outfit today.  I wore the wrong skirt, that it looks like I have my tank top tucked into the skirt.  With the jacket the outfit looks fine, but without the jacket it looks a but weird.  Also, here's a photo of my fried noodles in the wok about to get stirred and served.  It looks impressive, but it's missing an ingredient.

Society

How are you feeling today, my Dearest?  Busy in the sports world?  I am feeling quite exhausted today.  I've been putting in extra work being social, and being social is hard work for me because I'm a recluse.  People like to say, "Be like the Prophet (peace be on him)".  The Prophet (peace be on him) was magnanimous, I am reclusive.  Nobody can be exactly like the Prophet (peace be on him).  Nobody can match the Prophet (peace be on him) in demeanor and deeds, that's why he is the Prophet (peace be on him).  I can only do the best I can, and be grateful that Allah is my judge, not the humans.  I'm feeling weary of humans right now.  So I stayed in and tried to sleep as much as possible (which hasn't added up to 6 hours yet), and cooked my dinner early.  I had fried calamari.  Alhamdulillah.  God said in the Qur'an that in heaven, we will never suffer fatigue.  I'm not in heaven yet.

Natty honey!  How are you feeling, Precious Girl?  I hope you are keeping safe, and eating properly.  Are you having fun with your buddies?  Enjoy your career, OK?

Other voices

Oh, that corn bread looks good Erin.  Corn meal is hard to find here, actually I have never seen it here.  I'm going to have to make masa from scratch, and I don't think it would have the same texture as corn meal.  I'm sure there's some white flour mixed in with the batter for corn bread, otherwise it won't rise.

Little Luca has such a sweet personality, and she's very well behaved other than having a more sensitive than usual tummy for a cat, which affects her relationship with the toilet.  It's almost as if she doesn't want anything in her stomach at all, not pee, not poop.  So even if there's a tiny bit of pee or poop in there, she has to get it out.  Luca, it's not as if you have to go outside.  It's not as if you have to use the public restroom.  But anyway, she had been smelling of kitty litter, so I had to give her a bath.  I can't snuggle a kitty that smells of kitty litter!  Oh, she doesn't like bath time.  Such a dainty thing, yet she mustered up enough strength to pry the bathroom door open and make a break for it.

Natty, somehow I get the feeling that you talk and use social media more than you reveal on your Instagram.  Which is fine with me Sweetheart, do as you feel is right for you.  I'm just letting you know that if you need to talk to me then go ahead.  I'm sure I would have different info for you than your buddies and your immediate family.

Lunch was rice vermicelli in soup.  For dinner, I got some fried chicken at the night market.

Sunday

Nothing much to report today my dearest, just the same as usual.  Every Sunday morning, I clean my mother's bedroom and toilet plus my other daily routines.  It's a nice setup isn't it, as arranged by Allah?  That I combine my career and home life, so as to not be separated from my wife.  Aw Erin, you are so beautiful to me.  I love you.

And Natty, you must be busy.  Well enjoy your success my dearest, make the most of it, have tons of fun, and save what you make now for your future.  Please make sure you eat properly, and pray.  You are such a beautiful girl.