Sunday

Hi Honey!  How are you today, my beautiful love?  It's Sunday today.  Just another average day, every Sunday morning I clean my mother's bedroom.  I had ramen for lunch, and I ate out at Ina's for dinner, because I didn't want to be bothered with cooking, since I cut the grass at the side of the road.  I won't be on Second Life for about a week, so don't look for me there.  I will be putting bass tracks to the first song on Shadowplay's next album.  I'm keeping the name of the album, the names of the songs and all of it secret.  Just for the fun of it.  It is a concept album, I guess it sort of picks up where "Woo Hoo" ended.  I liked the way the story went on "Woo Hoo".  It's like there are many ways to tell the same story, because it's pure music.  If it were a movie, then there would be many movies about the same story.  I like this approach so much, the next 3 albums are going to be the same way, 4 concept albums in a row inshaAllah, and I have the stories, and the music, written out already.  It's all in my head.  Not having a drum set is an irritating compromise, but not a paralyzing one.  I wish I had a fretless bass, but I don't.  But that's the way the story goes.

Hi Natty honey!  Oh you beautiful sweetheart, please look after yourself.  Don't scar up your beautiful skin.  I suppose you have the travel bug, you might as well travel, it's something to do.  I used to be very into photography.  I had an slr camera, it was 35mm film though.  The old days.  I didn't do any developing.  You have probably never seen or touched 35mm film.  I like digital cameras so much better- just delete the crappy shots!  But now I have no more time for photography.  It's been  many years since I took a selfie!  Anyway this next video is for you, Natty.

Toil

Verily We have created humans into toil and struggle. (The City 90:4)

Hi Honey!  Are you busy?  Put on your crash helmet, let's go and get some gasoline.  Some guy parked his car in front of my house, saying he ran out of gas.  Hm.  I get that a lot, people coming up to me at my house asking for some sort of help.  Since I live in the Public Eye, and I have no friends, the probability of such an approach being some sort of setup is 1:1.  But I had some extra gasoline which I use for the grass cutter, so I gave it to the guy, then went out later to get gasoline.  But really Honey, you will have to expect that.  Let me handle the sob stories, OK?

Oh Natty Honey, you do have a DSLR.  Is it magnesium alloy?  How many lenses do you have?  I've always wanted to get a DSLR, but nowadays I just can't be bothered with that possession anymore.  No time.  A nice new cell phone with a good on board camera will be good enough for me.  What's that scar on your forehead?  Did some bug bite you?  On your precious skin?  Oh my poor beautiful Natty...  

Emotions

Hi Honey!  What's going on today?  How's work coming along?  I hope things are easy going for you.  I remember your outfit for the VS fashion show 2011, the "Aquatic Angels" segment.  That's my top look, I give that a 1000.  Yeah, I'm biased.  I love my Erin.  I hope you have learned to accept your emotions and control them without booze or drugs.  Yes it's hard, and it's harder to do it alone, but you are not alone.  You are never alone.  You don't know what alone is.  You have all these people who love you, and I love you.  It helps to have a pet to practice your love.  To pour your love on to.  Never be cruel to your pet.

Hi Natty Honey!  Still in Africa?  Oh, that's a beautiful snapshot of an African sunset.  I'm sure that it was even more beautiful than the photo you took.  Maybe you should get yourself a DSLR, and be an expert photographer?  Go magnesium alloy!  Anyway, the computer wants you to watch a movie.  "The Big Boss" (1971) starring Bruce Lee.  Did I tell you to watch this before?  I think I did.  Well please watch it again, Movie Star.  This movie is a pretty good representation of third world politics, aka gangsterism, whether it be South America, Africa, or South East Asia.  This embed has no subtitles, but it's on YouTube.  I also included its link to Wikipedia.

Peace

Peace to you too, my love.  Pussycat.  I hope everything is going great for you, and that you are feeling great as well.  Oh, I have to mention how much I love those photos of you, Alessandra and Adriana in the back seat of the car/van.  Those are awfully short dresses.  Yeah, I know everyone wants to be serious right now, but I never promised to be absolutely serious.  Sometimes a good dose of silliness is necessary to lighten up the mood, so that's why I posted that "Dumb and Dumber" song.  Otherwise, I can be too damned serious.  Nothing special going on here today.  Just chores in the morning, and cutting grass at the graves of my grandparents in the evening.  Leftover fried rice for lunch, and lots of fry bread and curry for dinner.  When I get back from the mosque after posting this letter, I'll be making a batch of dough once I'm done logging in to Second Life.  I'll have to show you how to make dough someday.  You have to do it all the time to get good at it.

Hi Natty Honey!  Those vacation photos of yours definitely look real.  And that guy is right: only you can look good doing field work.  Ah, but to do it every day...  We all know you have the money to spend on travel, so go ahead and do it.  I suppose tea has some amount of caffeine in it, but only coffee gives me that jolt, and it has to be in certain amounts at certain times.  Have you noticed that if you drink too much coffee, it doesn't quite keep you awake anymore?  Maybe it depends on the person.  I love tea though.  I have to have my tea ice cold, but with no ice.  And the day has to be hot.

Mockingjay

Hi Scrapper!  How are you doing today?  Ready to take on the world again?  Well, you just take your time and take it easy.  You are MY girl, and I will take care of you inshaAllah.  What's cooking today?  Maybe you should have your gang post their favorite foods.  Food, glorious food!  I had cheeseburgers for dinner, and fried rice for lunch.  Yeah food budget is poor, so no fancy projects.  I used chicken liver as the meat in my fried rice.  Liver is strong in flavor, so it weighed down the fried rice a little.  But a chicken liver is small, so it wasn't bad.  With liver you have to use heavy seasoning, so I marinated the liver in salt and curry powder.  I have some leftover, should make a nice snack.  Want some?

Hi Natty Honey!  How's your vacation?  I read on Yahoo that millennia like to fake their vacation photos.  I guess they're too broke to really travel.  I just saw the entire "Hunger Games" series, well not "Mockingjay part one".   I really enjoyed it, great story.  Oh but it's so tough to be a movie star nowadays, when action and superhero flicks are the best sellers.  Gotta have that great body, and do lots of jumping and running around.  Not my bag, but I think it suits you though.  Don't you agree?  Make sure you are strict on your own safety OK?  I don't want anything bad to ever happen to you.

Shepherd's pie

Hi Honey!  How are you today?  Are you hungry?  What are you having for dinner?  For dinner, I'm having leftover curry with bread.  Nothing special.  But for lunch, I made shepherd's pie.  Shepherd's pie is usually meat and veggies with mash potato on top and baked, sometimes with cheese.  I thought about making shepherd's pie balls (like rice balls), but I kept it safe and made it in a pan.  I'm actually lactose intolerant, but I love cheese, and I can handle the homemade alfredo pasta I sometimes make.  I had a dream a couple of days ago that I blended mint and parsley in milk to make mash potato.  So that's what I did: I bought a kid's size box of milk, and blended mint and cilantro in milk (I didn't want to travel for the parsley).  I only used a little milk, then drank the rest.  The mash potato was awesome, the problem was that there wasn't enough of it.  I should have used a whole kilo of potatoes instead of half.  The shepherd's pie was OK, just needed more mashed potato.  But the combination of milk and ketchup (I shouldn't have eaten it with ketchup) turned the whole thing into Turbo-Lax.  Sigh.  Why can't I be wiser when I make and eat the stuff?  I'm going to have to try again.

Hey Natty Honey!  Are you having tons of fun?  You certainly look like it.  That vegetation is what the gorillas eat, I presume.  Do you like the jungle?  I suppose since you were on a mountain, there weren't that many bugs.  You may enjoy the jungle around here, but it's wet and hot.  My grandfather used to have an fruit orchard in the jungle which I used to go to, and stay overnight sometimes.  It's probably still there, but I have no interest in maintaining it.  Yes Honey, such a thing is a massive undertaking of labor, and I'm busy being a rock star.  That's the job given to me by Allah, and that is how I will sustain my family inshaAllah.  You are too beautiful to suffer the hardships of an outdoor life Natty, even though you have fun there sometimes.  But to do it all the time...  I just want to take care of you.  Have some shepherd's pie.  Don't eat it with ketchup.

The Hunger Games

Hi Honey!  How are you feeling today?  I hope you are feeling nice and calm and happy, and that everything is running as smooth as silk for you.  I was going to make shepherd's pie today, but I've run out of time- it's already sunset.  I spent too much time running around for the ingredients.  Good thing shepherd's pie is within budget.  I had a dream about the mash potato recipe, too.  But it's already sunset, and I have to start on my night work.  Crammed schedule, you know you know.  I'm not hungry, though.  I made a couple of cheeseburgers instead, that's quick and easy.  Want one?

Hi Natty Honey!  How's African food?  It sure looks like "Gorillas In The Mist" there.  Oh, that movie was depressing though.  I sure hope you don't pursue a career as a selfless naturalist, honorable though it be.  It would be impossible for me to protect you.  Africa is already out of my reach of any influence.  You need God's help for that kind of work.  I saw "The Hunger Games" for the first time today.  Hey, that's your big brother!  He sure looks young.  He makes a pretty good bad guy.  Oh no, I'm not asking you to watch it too.  You've probably already seen it a million times.