In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
60. The Truth from your Lord alone, so be not of those who doubt.
61. If anyone disputes in this matter with you now after knowledge has come to you say, "Come! Let us gather together, our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then let us earnestly pray, and invoke the curse of Allah on those who lie!"
(The Family of Imran 3:61-62)
Yeah, blond roots! Natty, you are a pure beauty. I love you with all of my heart. I guess I'm a pure bred too. But being a pure bred doesn't make me a Godfather. There's no such thing as a godfather in Islam anyway. Nah, I'm just a regular guy. A Bill, Bob, Chuck or Joe.
I did buy a big block of cheese today for the Great Pizza Day! Well it's about a kilo, which is a big block to my budget. I have have all the basil I need too. But basil needs to be cleverly harvested, otherwise I will have withered or mottled leaves on Great Pizza Day. Timing is crucial! I also gave in to gluttony and bought a chicken for BBQ. I haven't cooked BBQ chicken in years! Not that I don't want to, but BBQ was making me bloated. I also scored a whole lot of free livers and giblets, because people don't know what to do with them. I don't eat the giblets, but the cats love them. I need to cook them up before they become rancid, so it looks like Lookie and Adolf Kitler are going to be porking out on giblets for the next few days.
Hi Natty! How are you, Mrs. Rock Star? You're so pretty! I hope all is fun and easy for you, my darling. Please keep yourself safe and healthy for us. Oh, it's just a regular day here for me. I did my laundry in the morning, plus all sorts of miscellaneous tasks throughout the day. The graveyard task yesterday left me with a limp, but it's the type of limp that needs to be walked off. I had fried rice for lunch, and chicken strips with fries for dinner. I didn't have any breadcrumbs, I didn't want to go out and buy it, so I experimented with alternative coatings for the chicken. Needs work, but the cats thought it was gourmet. I've become fussy about what I dip my fries into. Dammit! I bought an alternative brand of ketchup at the local supermarket, but it's crummy. Sweetened red corn starch, if you know what I mean. It looks like I'm going to have to do some research into fry sauce, or fork out the bucks to buy Heinz.Do you miss Venice Beach? I don't. I've never been there, I don't ever want to go there, but I have been to Santa Monica. This is the best video I think that German in Venice has ever done. He wasn't even trying, either. It's so entertaining! Those cops look like they came straight out of Police Academy. You're German too, aren't you? Anyway, the award for "Best Video He's Ever Done" goes to German in Venice!
Hi my beautiful Natty! How are you today, my love? I'm sure whatever it is you're up to, you're going to perform fabulously. I hope everything is easy going and enjoyable for you. I think of you always, and I love you with all of my heart. It's Monday over here for me. I cleaned the filters and fans in my mother's house this morning, and I tidied up my grandparents' grave in the evening. I ate out for both lunch and dinner today. It's a job, I know. Ah but the most enjoyable part is watching the music come together, like a set of perfectly fitted gears inshaAllah. Right now, I'm on the final bass part and about to move on to drums next. Noisy and scary! No electronic drums for Shadowplay! Actually I have one bass part left to do, because the first instrument was guitar. That's going to be the most difficult song on the next album: guitar with pulsating tempo then drums then bass.
On the Venice Beach Boardwalk video today dated 6/26, the homeless encampments are about the same in number, but moved south further away from the Santa Monica border.
There are more cops and less tents in today's Venice Beach Boardwalk video tour dated 6/25.
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
29. Say, "Whether you hide what is in your hearts or reveal it, Allah knows it all. God knows what is in the heavens, and what is on earth, and Allah has power over all things."
30. On the day when every soul will be confronted with all the good it has done, and all the evil it has done, it will wish there were a great distance between it and its evil. But Allah cautions you Godself, and Allah is full of kindness to those that serve God.
31. Say, "If you do love Allah, follow me. Allah will love you and forgive you your sins, for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, most Merciful."
32. Say, "Obey Allah and God's messenger." But if they turn back, Allah loves not those who reject faith.
(The Family of Imran 3:29-32)
Hi Natty! How are you feeling today, Honey? Are you ready to take on the world again? You can do it! I told you you were resilient. Now don't worry about a thing my beautiful, precious darling. Everything is going to work out just great for us inshaAllah. Wow, it's almost past half the year already! It's almost time for the Great Pizza Day. I have to start preparing. Make sure you celebrate the Great Pizza Day, OK? Oh wait a minute, your birthday falls on the Great Pizza Day, so you will automatically be celebrating it. That's good, now you don't have to worry about losing the Presidency or something like that.
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
26. Say, "O Allah! Lord of Power, You give power to whom You please, and You strip off power from whom You please. You endue with honor whom You please, and You bring low whom You please. In Your hand is all Good. Verily, over all things You have Power."
(The Family of Imran 3:26)
Natty you're so beautiful, it's arousing. I always thought you can be so sexy with just a head shot. Seeing your lovely shoulders is a bonus. When I woke up this morning, I couldn't stop watching that little video clip. Natty, I love you. By the way, shade is better than sunblock. Please protect your precious skin.
Oh, you love the Internet? So do I. I spend most of my Internet time on Second Life and YouTube. But will we watch the same channel when we share the same bed inshaAllah? In this video tour of the Venice Beach Boardwalk dated 6/22, the homeless encampments seem to be creeping further south beginning at the Ben and Jerry's, with the bulk of it after the LA Fame building as usual. I would say there are more tents than the last video I posted.
Natty I want you to know that I love you with all of my heart, and I appreciate your love. I give my life to you for us to be married inshaAllah.
Do you remember the busy day on the Venice Beach Boardwalk yesterday? I found another video by some other person made on Monday June 21. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, and it's summer by the beach. But there are less people.
Maybe it's because it's a Monday. Maybe it's not a Hollywood production. It doesn't matter, really. The American homeless need to be taken care of.
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
20. So if they dispute with you, say, "I have submitted my whole self to Allah and so have those who follow me." And say to the people of the Book and to those who are unlearned, "Do you submit yourselves?" If they do, they are in right guidance. But if they turn back, your duty is to convey the message. And in Allah's sight are God's servants.
(The Family of Imran 3:20)
Hi Natty! How are you, Honey? I sure hope everything is going well for you. I think you are going to do just fine inshaAllah. What's for dinner? You know I always think of what you eat. I've been reflecting on what I usually eat, and I find that I've been eating street food most of the time. Even when I cook for myself, I eat street food. It's the damned budget, plus the time constraint. I haven't had sushi for a long time. Whether it be local or Western street food, that's what I've been making and eating lately. Boy, that BBQ lamb sure looks good. I had to give up BBQ because it was making me bloated, but I think it's almost time to break that fast. Chicken is the cheapest way to go, but now I'm thinking about lamb... That Japanese lady in the video does all of the tasting on camera. She must enjoy her job, as would I if I were in her situation, but she used to be a lot thinner. Now that there's a pandemic going on, she's had time to take a break from street food.
You can see more encampments and trash from this angle of the video tour of the Venice Beach Boardwalk. That doesn't stop the summer crowd, though. I've seen long lines at restaurants in front of the north parking lot where there is a large concentration of tents. It's as if the homeless are part of the view, with a strange kind of celebrity status. We can thank YouTube for that.
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
12. Say to those who reject faith, "Soon will you be vanquished and gathered together to hell, an evil bed indeed!"
15. Say, "Shall I give you glad tidings of things far better than those? For the righteous are gardens in nearness to their Lord with rivers flowing beneath, therein is their eternal home with companions pure, and the good pleasure of Allah. For in Allah's sight are God's servants."
(The Family of Imran 3:12,15)
Hi Natty! How are you feeling today, Honey? I hope you are feeling marvelous, and at peace with the world and your place in it. Did I ever tell you that I used to be in sales? People say you have to have a good attitude in order to do well in sales. I found that I did best when my emotions were neutral, as opposed to being in a good or bad mood. But I never wanted to be in sales, so inevitably my attitude became rotten. Neither did I want to be in the food business. However I am grateful for the knowledge in cooking that Allah granted me, so alhamdulillah for that. Eventually every salesperson will have to talk to a stranger over the phone, and try to sell him/her something. This guy above has some solid tips for phone sales plus he seems to enjoy what he does, which makes him a hundred times better salesman than me. I got other shit to do. It's not that I look down upon salespeople. Did you know that prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) was a salesman before he became a prophet?
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful
