The Catwa hdpro Majer mesh head

 Hi Natty!  How's life today as a Hollywood star?  Yeah this is it, this is the gig, even though everyone always expects something different.  Try to relax and enjoy yourself, and don't get worked up about little things.  Take your time.  How about a hobby?  Instead of social media, how about you master a video game?  Second Life, perhaps?  I had the opportunity to invest in Mary Unknown7's avatar, so I took it.  Get it while you can, you know what I mean?  I bought her the Catwa hdpro Majer mesh head.  It's not necessarily prettier than the Akeruka limited edition head she's been using.  After all, Mary has a certain look that she wants to maintain, so a new mesh head isn't going to deviate from that look.  What makes this mesh head better is that it's more expressive: she can smile much easier now!  It also seems to have a built in face light, which not only illuminates the face but the whole avatar, making it brighter than other avatars.  Some people would call that cheating, but I like face lights.  So Mary will be using the Catwa Majer mesh head from now on.  You can compare it below with the Akeruka head, tell me which one you like better.  I also bought her the Slink Physique mesh body.  She's currently using the TMP/Meshbody Classic mesh body.  TMP/Meshbody mesh bodies kick the competitions' asses because of the smoother lines and beautiful armpits, but the Slink Physique isn't bad.  Plus, Mary has hundreds of Slink shoes which she's not going to discard anytime soon.

What is an A-lister?

 Hi Natty!  Are you having lots of fun being Rock and Roll Queen?  I hope you are.  Please keep yourself healthy and safe.  Lately, I've been wondering what an "A-lister" is.  According to Google, An A-list celebrity is a professional at the very top of their career. ... It may be a bankable movie star who has a very strong track record of box office successes, or a pop star with a string of #1 hit singles and albums.  So if the box office is dead because of the coronavirus, would that same movie star still be an A-lister?  How about a pop star with 20 million views on YouTube but crappy sales on her last album?  I kind of thought that an A-lister would get invited to all the great parties and get in free at night clubs and restaurants.  Somebody who is very popular.  Here is a screen capture of trending searches on Yahoo:

Hm.  I can see how Kim Kardashian and Scarlett Johansson could be A-listers, but I don't know who Trevor Lawrence or Blaire Erskine is.  Those are just trending searches.  I suppose if people aren't looking them up, then they're not popular.  Or that Kim Kardashian and Scarlett Johansson are about as popular as home refinancing and yard signs.  Does that mean if you were to bring a yard sign to a nightclub, you can get in for free?  Sometimes the trending searches list has no people in it...

Who knows what popular is nowadays.  Most people are just "some guy on YouTube" lately.  It's those damned cell phones, I tell you!  Nobody is a celebrity anymore!  Cats rule the Internet!

Purity

 Hi Natty!  How are you today, my love?  I hope you are feeling great, and having a marvelous time.  I want you to know that I love you with all of my heart.  You are MY girl, and I will marry you inshaAllah.  So how's life in Hollywood?  Yeah I know you're in Venice Beach, but in reality you are in Hollywood.  Life is like a stage, so some people say.  It's despicable though nowadays how reality TV has permeated mass mentality, and how Hollywood (USA) cashes in on everyday misery since it can't come up with new ideas on its own anymore.  So nowadays we have telephoto, infrared and hidden cameras.  And drones, of course!  I know you like LA and I'm guessing that you've always wanted to stay there.  Have you thought of why you are there now?  Not because of social and work connections.  God put you there to test your purity.  It is your purity that Hollywood is interested in.  Don't be influenced by what people have to say about your purity.  Pure women are for pure men, and impure women are for impure men.  So please keep your nose clean and don't party.  If you need to make a personal appearance, make that appearance then leave to safety immediately.  Stop thinking in terms of career advancement.  You are already at the top of the mountain.  Crest of the wave, rather.

Ginger

 Hi Natty!  How are you?  I hope you are healthy and enjoying yourself.  It's Wednesday here, and it started out a bit wet but it soon got hot again.  I like it better when it's cold.  I bought a bunch of ginger yesterday, I thought I would experiment with it a little.  Ginger is costlier than I remember, so I planted some in a pot.  That will take a few months, but they are able to grow around here.  I wanted to make ginger chicken, so for the fond I chopped up a lot of ginger with some garlic, browned it up, then added the chicken.  I made it too salty though, but with white rice it balanced out.  I figure I don't even need it to balance out, just cut out some salt and everything would turn out on the sweet side.  Next time, perhaps.  You want to try some ginger chicken on rice?

 

Qur'an 20201028

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

47.  And they used to say, "What!  When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?"

48.  "And our fathers of old?"

49.  Say, "Yes, those of old and those of later times."

The Inevitable 56:47-49

Bedbugs

 First off, I would like to apologize for the interruption during Mary Unknown7's set today.  The Internet cut out at 45 minutes into the set, and returned at 25 minutes left to go in the set.  Service seems to have been restored right now, so tomorrow there should be no such interruption inshaAllah.

Hi Natty!  How are you, my darling?  Is it nice and warm over there, or have you gotten soft from being away from Canada and it's still too cold?  It was a hot day today, you must come and live in the tropics with me since you like warm weather.  Do you get bedbugs in LA?  You can get bedbugs anywhere especially in hotels, I think they're attracted to body heat.  I discovered a couple of days ago that my rug has bedbugs.  I like to sleep on the floor, as you know.  I find that sleeping on the floor to be more comfortable, and it's great for my lower back.  But I don't exactly sleep on the floor, I have an old rug that dampens the cold of the concrete floor a bit, and that's where the bedbugs were.  So I fumigated the rug on both sides with industrial strength pesticide that I use on crops, and baked in under the sun for a few hours.  I also sprayed my bedroom floor.  At least I don't sleep on a bed, that would be more difficult to fumigate.

Monday

 Hi Natty!  How are you today?  I hope all is well with you.  It's Monday here for me.  It rained all morning, and I even felt slightly cold, which is very rare for me around here.  The rain stopped in the evening, I guess God gave the night market a break.  I didn't do much of anything other than prep food.  I didn't want to do any yard work, I just didn't feel like it.  Instead I made some shepherd's pie pups (basically curry pups without the curry.  I've become weary of curry seasonings.  I could have added peas or even broccoli, but I didn't want to go out), and watched "One Punch Man", which I intend to watch more of after getting my usual responsibilities out of the way.  Anyway, you take care my love OK!  I love you!

Popular

 Natty, I'm more than happy that you are having fun!  I guess you are still in LA, and that's fine as long as you keep yourself safe and healthy.  That's a nice clean street too, but I'll bet the scenery changes at the end of that street.  You like being popular, huh?  Just don't forget who you are: you are MY girl, and I love you.  I will marry you, inshaAllah.  I'll have to admit that it's all the same to me, because I don't really enjoy socializing.  Popular or unpopular, they're both the same to me.  Anyway, please don't party.  LA is a party town, and partying is very dangerous.  And just because you don't go to parties, being popular means the parties follow you.  The same rule applies: DON'T PARTY.  All it takes is ONE mistake, and the Public Eye wants you to make that mistake so they can be entertained.

I made fried flat noodles for dinner tonight.  Below is a stock photo of the stuff, I made mine with chicken.  It's a different dining experience from the fried noodles I made last night, and a different flavor.  And today, I ate the whole wok.  It's less filling than the other stuff, Honey.  Did you want some?

Fried noodles

 Hi Natty!  How's it going?  I hope you are healthy and peaceful.  Is there a lot of snow there yet?  It doesn't snow here, but it's not obnoxiously hot right now.  The weather cooled down since morning.  Allah gave me the evening off again, so I made my dinner slowly.  It's actually very enjoyable and relaxing to cook very slowly.  Of course it's not practical in food service to take an hour to fry up one wok of noodles, but I don't work in a restaurant anymore!  Thank God!  I don't miss it one bit.  So I made some fried noodles.  It looks like the stock photo below, but my version has chicken and prawn fritter cake along with the other stuff.  There were a couple of grains of sand in the plankton sized shrimp that I used to make the prawn fritter cake, but otherwise my fried noodles were a success.  At least it stopped me from over-eating.  I could put down a whole wok of noodles.  Not easily, but I could.  Next time if I'm going to use that kind of shrimp, I will need to take the time to sift it first.  Want some fried noodles?  My recipe is great when cold.  Perfect for a midnight snack.