We love music

 

Grace, I'm not messing around!  I need to be married, but I can't afford to pay for it.  I'm not allowed to profiteer off the Qur'an and the music thereof.  Of course I feel and look like a jackass, but I have to have faith that Allah will grant me the means somehow, even if I have to wait until I die and go to heaven.  I hope that you will have faith in me.  You're young enough to still get high off of traveling and playing live, but every musician finds out eventually that touring sucks unless you have your own private jet (that doesn't crash).  I find myself in a situation where I don't have to tour, I have the time to be married, raise a family, and play live everyday.  But I'm broke, so I can't get married yet.  Please don't get into debt, Honey.  Nowadays you can record an album on your cell phone, plus songwriting gets better when you get older.  Don't let them con you into believing that their production is best, when you are already better than them.  Wait it out!  Don't get into debt!

Ugh, I've fallen in love with Grace, even though she makes me feel totally inadequate on guitar.  You're beautiful, Grace.  So I will be trying to connect with you.  The easiest way to go is for me to comment on one of your videos, and you can respond.  Sounds good?

Do you think she'll answer, folks?

The April 3 massacre

 

I want you folks to know that Grace is now under my observation.  I will be watching for any predators or traitors.  Please help me protect her, folks.  Grace, I'm afraid your life is going to get weirder than ever before now that I've found you.  Please keep clean and guard your chastity.  That will help keep you safe, and protect your fortune.

Look at this guy above trying to downplay Gaza.  Of course if you were about to die, you would still go to the beach!  People like to die in the name of fun!  They do it all the time, everywhere!  Israel has figured out that their media has no credibility when they show a Jewish-looking face, so here comes this guy. 

Of course, what you believe on TV depends on whose side you're on.  I'm on the side of the Qur'an.

I like this girl

 

Grace is 17!  17 is legal, right?  RIGHT?  18 is legal for her in Malaysia.  But I might as well put in an interested bid right now, what the hell.  A 17 year old female musician who's beautiful and talented is very valuable indeed, more valuable than any billionaire.  What about it, Grace?  Mary doesn't need an accompanist, but a sure way to get the job is to marry into it.  It's already global, and you don't have to tour.  No rush, Honey!  I'm still broke right now, so go ahead and be a guitar hero.  Would you like me to talk to Anna Wintour and get you all dolled up in a pretty dress, with your picture in Vogue magazine?  Let me know if you want that!

This is my guitar, Grace.  I don't know what year it is, but it's USA.  Its name is "Raven among the crows".  The guy who owned it before me rewired it so it's noisy as hell, unless it's clean.  I don't have a nice amp anyway, so I only play it clean then post-process for the dirt.  The trouble with being a multi-instrumentalist is that I don't pick up the guitar for months sometimes.  When I do, I just play it clean out of a cheapo practice amp.  I only use the neck pickup at full volume and use the tip of my index finger as a pick.  The amp is loud but I pick very gently.  I don't practice in any way, I just do a lot of thinking.  I let my fingers go wherever they will go, it helps to relax my mind.  I try to explore, and avoid habitual riffs and keys.  And I let my mind wander: is she a good person?  Will she make a good Muslim wife?

Movie night

 

It's movie night again!  "Whiplash" (2014).  At last, a movie for musicians!  I don't read music, though.  Well, maybe just a little bit.  I used to be a drum teacher for Yamaha.  I'm surprised they put up with me.  Actually they got sick of me after a few months, then commanded me to go to the big city for an unpaid internship.  I'm done with travel, so I didn't go.  Plus it sure seemed like a mob hit setup.  Mary is musically illiterate, too.  She is a 100% emotional singer.  Never ask her to play the drums, because she doesn't care about tempo.  You folks can hear this during her set: she's always catching up to the music.

Anyway, I like this movie.  I feel that the "cruel to be kind" approach for generating great musicians is bullshit.  It's all the same horse race.  This explains the ending of the movie: "Do you want to ride the winning horse?"  This is why music is not religion.  The world is a stage, and it belongs to God.  When God puts you center stage, that's where you have to be, whether you can handle it or not.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

168.  The ones that say while they themselves sit, "If only they had listened to us, they would not have been slain."  Say, "Avert death from your own selves, if you speak the truth."

The Family of Imran 3:168

I like this girl

 

I like this girl.  She looks just about my size, and she's way prettier and more feminine than Dylan Mulvaney.  Is she a good person?  Will she make a good Muslim wife?  She's already famous though, so it might be too late for her to ride in my Ark.

Promotion!

 

My cats used to have the rank of lieutenant, but Allah gave them all a promotion!  Congratulations, guys!  You all now carry the rank of captain!  Although all the cats have the same rank, of course the parents have seniority.  Ya Allah, please heal and protect my kitties.  Give them long lives and dignified deaths.  Grant us kittens when the time is right.  Have my cats coexist in peace.  Grant me compassionate birth control for my cats.

Congratulations, Captain Adolf Kitler!  (Those spots on his nose are actually black hairs.  Interesting huh!)

Congratulations, Captain Lookie Floofysdöttir!

Congratulations, Captain Otto Floofyson!

Congratulations, Captain Helmut Floofyson!

Congratulations, Captain Jane Rambo Floofysdöttir!

Congratulations, Captain Anna Floofysdöttir!

Congratulations, Captain Gunhilde Floofysdöttir!

All fall down

 

My old laptop from when I was wandering the streets of Tempe finally passed away.  Goodbye, old friend.  18 years old!  A dinosaur among computers, nowadays you can get 10 times more power from a cell phone.  Ah, but you can't get the past.  Many old and not-so-old things are breaking around me at this time, but I expected that.  All fall down.

I understand this was a live performance.  They must have stuffed all those kids' voices in the keyboards, because everyone else looks too embarrassed to sing.  Whatever happened to Arsenio?

Game of Thrones

 

I don't know, folks.  I like Daenerys, but am indifferent towards Emilia.  Why is that?  She's probably already married, anyway.  I need someone younger, anyway.

Nobody

 

Most people pursue the good things in life and persist in sin.

4?

 

No, absolutely not.  I don't have enough lust.  And even if I did, I don't have enough time.  It would be drop by, drop off a packet, then get back to work or get some rest.  Unless I get them all together in the same room at the same time, even then it would only be one packet at a time.  Then the kids... I would barely know them, especially if I don't choose a favorite.  No, absolutely not.

White horse

 

Ya Allah, please grant me a beautiful blonde Muslim wife who is chaste and faithful.  Please heal and protect us and our loved ones.

Viral 2

 

I think we all know by now that we can never get an accurate or honest account of views and streams on our online content.  It's just not logical: why would they assist you with what works against their agenda?  On the other side of the coin, we now have streaming farms.

In my case, online data is completely crushed by face-to-face activity. Falsified data is also data to me, and to Allah as well.  Habitual lies are observed, remembered and calculated, wouldn't you agree?

Who cares about social media

 

I guess I'm not a social guy.  I go to the mosque and join the congregation in prayer, that's as close to a party that I would willingly attend.  As for social media, it seems that I don't need to say anything at all now that I have nobody to marry.  Let me build the house first.  Of course sometimes I have to be a righteous busybody but for the most part, social media is just idle talk.

Coachella

 

Whoops!  I was making stuffing for my burritos, and I let a rotten egg slip past me.  I guess that's my fault for taking all eggs as the same.  They probably were bad when I got them.  If the egg floats in water folks, then it's rotten.  Plus, it stinks.

Just like Coachella!  Actually, I wouldn't know, I've never been to a music festival.  Going to Coachella is a status symbol, isn't it?  It looks like a hassle to me, plus I don't need the status boost.

The bus

 

In a dream if you were on a bus, it means that someone else is running your life.  You and others like you.  I think Kirsten Stewart needs a fashion coach.  She either lost her elegance, or never had it.

Mary did a fabulous job of sporting a mullet yesterday.  I guess it's all about aura: the dress should amplify the aura.  What many women suffer today is the backlash of feminism: not only the abolition of men, but the murder of femininity.

Movie night

 

Yesterday had its troublesome moments.  I blew a channel on the mixer just as Mary started her set.  Then Jane punched Gunhilde in the face and left a scar above her snout.  Jane, don't punch your sister in the face!  That's not ladylike!  Speaking of which, it's movie night again.  "Madu Tiga" (1964).  This movie is on YouTube!  This is a slapstick comedy about a man and his 3 wives.  The locals know this movie well, I thought it would be great to educate the Americans on the politics of my marital status.  There are subtitles, but they're not accurate.  You folks will have to guess the nuances for yourself.  It's a ridiculous situation, thus the humor is ridiculous.  In real life, with those wives, he would be a dead man.  P. Ramlee died at 44, overweight and unsung.  But he never had more than one wife at a time.  Usually when a man has many wives, the wives have appropriate attitudes for the situation.  I had the nerve a few years ago to seek 3 wives.  As it is now, I am not up to it.  I simply don't have the libido anymore.

Relationship

 

Wouldn't it be lovely to have the perfect relationship?  I believe love does exist, but probably not the perfect relationship.  The best we can do is try our best, but that doesn't seem to be enough.  We need the power of God to strengthen love.

Modern man

 

I put my fear in Allah, so I'm not afraid of women.  I had many opportunities to be married when I was younger.  It just didn't happen.  Now I'm just preparing for death, and trying to publish as much music as I can before then.  I will build a house for my wife, though.  InshaAllah.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

28.  Say, "Do you see?  If Allah were to destroy me and those with me, or if God bestows God's mercy on us, yet who can deliver the unbelievers from a grievous penalty?"

The Dominion 67:28

Oppression

 

A close examination

 

Hm, I guess nothing is perfectly clean.  New clothes can be uncomfortable, though.  I got a new sarong lately, and I wore it without washing it first.  It wasn't very comfortable, but I ignored that.  No, I don't want a Victoria's Secret model.  Not unless she's a virgin and believes in God.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

16.  Say, "If Allah had so willed, I should not have rehearsed it to you, or would God have made it known to you.  A whole lifetime before this have I tarried amongst you: will you not then understand?"

Jonah 10:16

I watch things on YouTube

 

Selamat Hari Raya!  Have a safe and happy Eid!

I don't watch much TikTok.  Unless it's on YouTube.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

9.  Is one who worships devoutly during the hours of the night prostrating himself or standing, who takes heed of the hereafter, and who places his hope in the mercy of his Lord...  Say, "Are those equal, those who know and those who do not know?"  It is those who are endued with understanding that receive admonition.

The Crowds 39:9

Social media is the new Record Label

 

I'm still uploading to TikTok.  The stats they give me are bogus, and that makes them the same as Google and Twitch.  They need to figure out how to falsify the numbers I get from face to face interaction, because the Eid is tomorrow and I can't cope with all those people.

Barbin ili the Chinese doll girl who dances like a robot made her fame on TikTok, I believe.  For some reason they cancelled her, plus she has problems with pirates, an example below.  She is cute, but I think she looks best in normal clothes.  She seems to have an endless supply of outfits but I don't think she's wealthy.  I think social media did a "record label" on her.  She's active on YouTube now.  I think she'll find her sustenance eventually, she just needs to hang in there.  Her speaking voice is scary, though.  It's like Chinese military.

Loyalty

 

Muslims don't date: we marry.  Same risk, right?  Maybe.  I don't want an unfaithful slut for a wife, so she must be chaste and believes in God.  And because I don't have a big dick, she must be a virgin.  Does that upset you?  Then leave me alone and go marry a billionaire with a big dick.  18 years old is legal, right?  She doesn't have to be 18.  She could be 33, as long as she's a virgin.  Plus blonde and gorgeous.  I like gorgeous blondes.

Thoughts 2

 

I don't know if I will ever get married.  I will certainly put in the effort and try, inshaAllah.  I suppose we all want the perfect spouse.  But I have important work to do, and I can't have my wife mess it up by being an unfaithful slut.  She must corroborate what I do, with her actions and demeanor.  Anyway, I must build a house first.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

140.  Or do you say that Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob and the descendents were Jews or Christians?  Say, "Do you know better than Allah?"  Ah, who is more unjust than those who conceal the testimony they have from Allah?  But Allah is not unmindful of what you do.

The Heifer 2:140

The end of fasting

 

Ramadan is almost over.  Just a few more days, and it will be over.  I don't think I leveled up this Ramadan.  I merely survived.  I guess that means something, so Alhamdulillah.

What were the Israelis thinking when they massacred those relief workers?  "No more fasting for you."  "The April 3 massacre."

The unknown singer

 

Wow, that girl in the video looks just like Mary!  Maybe she is Mary...  Check it out folks, I found on YouTube a video of the Carpenters performing live at some college campus for the Ed Sullivan show.  From the way Karen looks, it has to be around 1970.  What's most fascinating to me is how solemn the crowd is.

Push through

 

Hey, Ramadan is almost over!  Time flies when you're having fun.  Less than a week now, then I can drink coffee in the afternoon.  Now that I recall, Allah did increase my workload.  So fasting this year came with extra pressure, plus it's been hot and humid.  It's 5 effing am right now and I need to shower to cool down.  I have to push on.  Plus Mary needs to be protected, again I'm the only one who can do that.  Doing it all alone isn't a blessing, but at this point I don't care anymore.  I've run out of time.  Ya Allah, thank You for a great Ramadan.

Not invincible

 

This Ramadan has been difficult for my body to handle.  Either I'm getting old, or the work has become more difficult.  Well, we all have to die.  From Allah is our origin, and to Allah is out return.

Feeding frenzy

 

I had dinner at the mosque last night.  No there wasn't a feeding frenzy going on, rather I had been absent from dinner there lately because of the rain.  "Nasi kerabu Kelantan" was served again, but this time with fried chicken instead of fish.  Wise.  Most of the locals took the package home.  I like this stuff.  I ate it without any of the sauces, though.

I bought some raw peanuts this morning.  I thought I would roast them in the evening, but I still had some lentil fritter mix left, so I decided to use that up first.  I had been cooking up lentil fritters for the guys at the mosque and I had some mix left over.  Strangely enough, every batch of cookies I fried up turned black no matter what I tried.  That was a first for me.  I didn't ponder on why, I just chucked the whole lot away then roasted the peanuts.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

151.  Say, "Come, I will rehearse what Allah has prohibited you from."  Join not anything as equal with God.  Be good to your parents.  Kill not your children on a plea of want: We provide sustenance for you and for them.  Come not nigh to shameful deeds, whether open or secret.  Take not life, which Allah has made sacred, except by way of justice and law.  Thus does God command you, that you may learn wisdom.

The Cattle 6:151

Thoughts

 

I don't really think too much lately.  I'm rather busy with the Qur'an right now, so I guess I'm letting God do my thinking for me.  I have made a decision about my wife, though.  It's absolutely ridiculous that I seek a wife while I'm broke, so I'm going to build the house first before I find a wife to put in it.  InshaAllah.  I like blondes, ya Allah.  God knows what's going to happen to me.  Perhaps Allah will grant me a gorgeous and faithful blonde wife along the way.  That girl in the video above is pretty, but she had better learn to mellow out because she's definitely going to turn into a Karen.  Learn to speak with grace, and it will influence your thoughts.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

43.  What!  Do they take as intercessors others besides Allah?  Say, "Even if they have no power whatever and no intelligence?"

The Crowds 39:43