Hypocrites!

These hypocrites are dangerous!  They are pleasing to the eye, and they say things you want to hear.  But when they find a weakness, they will betray you and sell you out to your enemies.  So how do you spot a hypocrite?  The best way to spot a hypocrite is to deal with them face to face.  Observe the expression on his/her face when he/she turns away after talking to you.  It is the expression of disgust.  Don't forget to pray.

Natty, I told you to move to Paris.  If you had gone to Paris, you would have had more fun, made more money, and it would have been YOUR town.  But it's too late now, you made your decision.  That you are in NYC seems like a setup to me.  Someone is having entertainment at your (and Erin's) expense.  So what's the solution?  Don't be entertaining.  Be boring.  No, it won't cost you your business.  InshaAllah.  Don't forget to pray.

No time to waste

Hi Honey!  How's business today?  Oh, I have so much to do that I didn't do any yard work today other than water the plants.  I prefer music and computer work primarily, but today I had to spend a lot of time shopping and in the kitchen as well.  I hope you do as I ask of you, and spend regular time with me in Second Life.  Just say to your bosses, "I have to spend time with my husband inshaAllah, everyday from 7 am to 9 am PST."  I don't really do anything that intensive.  Just stand around looking cool, speaking mostly when I'm spoken to, and working on wardrobe on the days when I'm not mingling with the crowd.  This would give you plenty of time to wake up everyday, so you can have nice, slow mornings.  After we're done, then you can go entertain your bosses.  I myself am on the other computer at the same time I do Second Life.  Too much to do, and running out of time.

Hey Natty Honey!  How's it going, beautiful girl?  Did you watch "Wall Street"?  The computer made me watch it 2 days in a row.  But it's a great movie, no doubt.  It's one of those movies that I could watch over and over again.  However, it's technically a "guy" movie.  The only main female role, the "femme fatale" was a ho.  So there would not be any dignified part for my Natty in that movie, even though there were no sex scenes.  Dignified part?  What's that?

Anyway, gotta go!  No time to waste!

Be with me

Hi Honey!  Instead of overworking, come and be with me on Second Life.  I'm usually there at Kuula everyday from 7 am to 9 am PST, if not you can use the Instant Messenger to contact me.  First you have to open an account.  Then you choose an avatar, and download the viewer.  Once you've logged in, you can come find me or contact me with the Instant Messenger.  Here's what I look like:

Of course, I change my clothes and hair every day.  Fashion!  The top name is the name I chose for myself, and the bottom name is my username.  The username is what you use to IM me.  You will have to make the effort to convince me that you are you, it is the Internet after all.  Hopefully you will discover that SL has a myriad of uses, and you will enjoy it as much as I do.  I admit that I am there to work, but if you are with me then I will have no need for an apprentice.  Oh, you are afraid of meeting me?  Please don't be.  I love you and I will marry you inshaAllah.

Hey Natty Honey!  How's it going today?  Uh oh, today the computer wants you to watch "Wall Street" from 1987.  Oh no!  The dog has fleas!  SELL!  SELL!  Teldar Paper!  Bluestar Airlines!  Anacott Steel!  Ha ha ha ha 😁  This movie sure has a lot of quotables.  It sure is a family business too.  They should have cast Kirk Douglas in there, maybe as a street sweeper.  I guess in order to get past the nepotism of Hollywood, we're just going to have to create our own family circle.  Is that justice?  I don't know.  What I do know is that I'm not going to have any old blonde be a movie star.  I can only endorse my wife.  "Breed is good".  Sigh.  We must try to keep our kids away from showbiz.  InshaAllah.

Qur'an 20150816

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

5.  The similitude of those who were charged with the Mosaic Law but who subsequently failed is that of a donkey which carries huge tomes.  Evil is the similitude of people who falsify the Signs of Allah.  And Allah guides not people who do wrong.

6.  Say, "O you who stand on Judaism!  If you think that you are friends to Allah to the exclusion of humans, then express your desire for death, if you are truthful!"

7.  But never will they express their desire for death because of what their hands have sent on before them!  And Allah knows well those who do wrong!

8.  Say, "The death from which you flee will truly overtake you, then will you be sent back to the Knower of things secret and open, and God will tell you the things that you did!"

9.  O you who believe!  When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday, hasten earnestly to remembrance of Allah, and leave off business.  That is best for you, if you only knew.

10.  And when the prayer is finished, then may you disperse through the land and seek of the bounty of Allah, and celebrate the praises of Allah often, that you may prosper.

11.  But when they see some bargain or some amusement, they disperse headlong to it, and leave you standing.  Say, "That from the Presence of Allah is better than any amusement or bargain!  And Allah is the Best to provide."

Friday 62:5-11
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Standard recipe

When we are married and together inshaAllah, I think that would be a pretty good feeling do you agree?  I believe we really love each other.  And since I have no friends, I would be with my wives pretty much 24/7.  But right now, America loves Erin.  Check out this page I found this morning:  'The Sandlot' turns 25
Baseball is a standard formula, right?  Some tactics produce better results than others, and some athletes are better than others, but you're not going to find an island in a pond in the middle of a baseball diamond, right?  That would change what baseball is and what people want out of it.  The same goes with food.  Sometimes creativity is important, other times standard recipes are appropriate.  For lunch I made "keow teow kerang" (fried flat noodles with cockles), a local staple and one of my favorites.  It's made out of flat noodles, garlic, cockles, soy sauce, egg, bean sprouts, and chives are optional.  It has to be made the same way every time, otherwise it wouldn't be "keow teow kerang".  It can only be average, because you can't do or add anything to it, otherwise it wouldn't be "keow teow kerang".  You may add more bean sprouts or cockles, you can make it nice and tidy, but the best version is always the average version.  Because it is a local favorite, it is what people expect to eat, it is a standard recipe.  It is NEVER exceptional.

Natty, that is a smart looking coat.  But escapism is an emotion, as opposed to an intellectual pursuit right?  The desire to get away from reality.  Desire is an emotion, right?  Not to be confused with creativity, no matter how it feels, escapism eventually leads back to reality.  Because it needs reality to escape from.  I didn't feel like cutting the grass this evening.  I would rather be doing something else, or nothing at all.  If I escape doing chores, is that escapism?  I am probably the world's laziest person, but I still do my chores.  Otherwise my house would be filled with cat poo.

There is no such thing as "The Perfect Feeling"

I told you this many years ago, in fact it's the first thing I talked about when I wrote to you the first time.  That's why people drink and do drugs: they get drunk or high, and it's better than reality.  Then the buzz is gone, and so is "The Perfect Feeling".  We can get a glimpse of "The Perfect Feeling", then the glimpse is gone and that's what makes it imperfect.  The imperfections of life are certainly frustrating and irritating, but perfection is what God promises the righteous if they get to heaven.  But what if someone says, "I don't believe in God"?  Then let them find out when they find out.  In the meantime, let them stay out of my life and out of my way.  So Honey, please don't go wanting for "The Perfect Feeling".  Just settle for the next best feeling, which is patience.  So here we go on with life, dangling onto one situation to the next, completely out of control.  Has it ever occurred to you that your life doesn't belong to you?  Life, and death, belong to God.

Natty Honey, you look so cute!  Oh are you finally getting some sun?  Well, have plenty of fun Sweetheart, and enjoy your career.  The computer wants you to watch "The Gods Must Be Crazy" from 1980 again.  You don't have to focus on it: just let it play, with the volume on, while you do whatever it is you are doing.  Please watch these movies along with me as I ask you, because the world is watching us watch movies together.  Please take the movie business seriously, Movie Star.

Please don't overwork

You don't have to.  Allah has given you wealth enough, that you don't have to work so much.  Then comes the time inshaAllah when I will pay for us.  Please don't do drugs or booze, please don't harm or kill yourself.  Have faith, that we will be together.  I love you, and I want you to be safe.

If you want to be with me, then be with me.  I am always on Second Life, and if you are here with me, then I don't have to use an apprentice.