The sneaky drummer

Hi Natty honey!  Hi there, beautiful girl!  How are you today?  How's school?  I hope everything is easy going for you, and that you are doing and feeling well.  I care for you deeply, you are my girl!

That's an awesome drum, isn't it?  It's loud, but it's also very touch sensitive.  I made it myself out of an old water barrel.  My Mom doesn't like to hear this drum, I think it scares her, so I don't play it very often.  My parents told me yesterday that they were going to see the doctor this morning, so I took the opportunity to set up to record the drum parts for the second song in Shadowplay's next album.  But then they cancelled their plan to see the doctor, but I decided to go ahead and record anyway.  It was also school time for the elementary school down the street, so I had to be sneaky.  I had to hit the drum hard enough to make it sound aggressive, but not too hard that it would shake buildings.  I could only play one phrase of the song at a time, so the drum doesn't continue more than a few seconds at a time, then piece all the phrases together later.  This sucks for emotion, especially for fills when they don't sound crazy or angry enough, but what to do?  I have to play the cards I'm dealt.  I got a few decent takes.  If they don't work, I'll have to try again.

Today the computer wants you to watch a movie.  "Life or Something Like It" (2002) starring Angelina Jolie.  She doesn't really strike me as a blonde, but the suits she wears in the movie are so totally gorgeous.  I love beautiful suits.  I think a beautiful woman in a beautiful suit is so absolutely sexy.

The foolish mouse

Hi Natty honey!  How are you feeling today?  I guess you are excited, but not the same kind of excitement as being on the catwalk or doing a photo shoot.  You can't escape who you are, even if you are hiding out at Dartmouth.  You're my girl.  Big business (and its minions) will follow you there because they need you.  You might feel scared, and it's OK to be afraid.  Put your fear in Allah, and pray.  If God protects you, none other can harm you, no matter what the situation.  Of course I love you and pray for you.  So don't worry Honey, things will turn out just great inshaAllah.  Meanwhile, be smart.  Stay away from boys, especially groups of boys.

A mouse foolishly wandered into my house this morning.  It's been years since a mouse came into my house, because a gang of strong and bored cats live here.  Usually a mouse knows that, or knows it by scent, but perhaps it was chased into the house by Bat Cat, who is an excellent mouser.  So it instantly attracted the attention of my cats, and it ran and hid under some heavy furniture.  It will have to come out eventually, and my cats know that.  So they wait and sleep around there, just biding their time.  The situation is obvious: it's just a matter of time.

Sunday is BLACK!!!

Qur'an 20180923

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

142.  The fools among the people will say, "What has turned them from the direction of prayer to which they were used?"  Say, "To Allah belong East and West."  God guides whom God will to a way that is straight.

(The Heifer 1:142)
-------------------------------

The Mystery of the Missing Poop

Hi Natty honey!  How are you feeling?  Each day is a challenge with raging emotions, I guess.  Don't let them rage, my dearest.  They can be controlled.  Otherwise, I hope everything is going smoothly for you, and that you are having a grand old time.  As you know, Floofy has an abnormal digestive tract, which causes her to get constipated, because her poop is bigger than other cats.  I have been doctoring her with laxatives to soften the poop, and feeling her tummy to make sure there isn't too much in there, and if there is, then I have to give her an enema.  You should try to give an enema to a struggling cat, it's not easy I tell you.  But I worry so much about my kitty, I love her so much!  😭  The laxatives seem to be working, and the other day a big old poop was in the litter box, which she obviously excreted all by herself without any help from me.  This was very encouraging, and I left it there temporarily to be removed later.  But when I went back to get rid of it, it had vanished!  Who would want to steal poop?  Maybe she had flung it out of the cat box, but it was nowhere to be found.  Since then, I had been feeling her tummy for poop but her tummy was empty, even though she had been eating a lot.  I thought to myself, "Perhaps her poop has shrunk in size, and I can't tell the difference anymore between her poop and the poop of the other cats in the house."  Hm.  What a mystery.  I pray it isn't a symptom of a serious illness.  I worry so much about my kitty, I love her so much!  😭  Anyway, I just felt her tummy a few minutes ago, and there was a little bit of poop in there.  Not a lot.  We'll see what happens to it.

Qur'an 20180922

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

139.  Say, "Will you dispute with us about Allah, seeing that God is our Lord and your Lord, and we are responsible for our doings and you for yours, and that we are sincere in God?"

140.  Or do you say that Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob and the descendants were Jews or Christians?  Say, "Do you know better than Allah?"  And 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 1:139-140)
-------------------------------

Shot again

Hi there, Natty honey!  What's up today?  How are you feeling?  I hope you are doing great and everything goes easy for you.  Hey, I looked again at that cat at your feet in that video, and it has really spooky eyes.  Oooooooh...  Don't you worry Honey, everything will be just fine inshaAllah.  I'm always with you.  You are my girl.  You are beautiful, and I love you.

I got shot again today, during voice training.  This time, it was a guy who said he was just having fun.  There was another guy there who didn't approve of what he did, and they started fighting and shooting each other dead.  What did I do?  I got back on stage and continued singing, that's why I was there.  In the end, I guess my assailant felt sorry for me, and gave me a 7L tip.  I can't do much with 7L, though.  I can't even buy a decent pair of shoes.  Oh, well.  I guess he was the type of guy that would take his date to a Circle K, buy her a 24 pack of Keystone Light, then shoot her later.

The yellow rose

Hi Natty honey!  What's the news?  Oh, aren't YOU the center of attention!  Well I hope you are having tons of fun, my darling.  Please make sure you relax, and enjoy your situation.  Oh, I love cats!  You don't buy into that superstition about black cats, do you?  That cat of yours looks kind of fluffy and pampered.  Incidentally, I had a visit from a black cat Tuesday night.  I was at the mosque, sitting in the outside room, listening to the elderly Qur'an teacher.  This little black kitten was crying and squealing outside.  Then he came inside, and rubbed himself against me, begging and crying.  He was a soft and clean little kitten, but sorry little fella, I can't take you home.  And I have to put you outside the mosque and shut the door.  I had a dream last night that I was popping balloons to scare cats.  Cats in dreams means deceit, unless you chase it away or it is a friend.  Life is but a dream, huh?

I haven't made dinner yet, and I'm hungry.  I have some rice ready for fried rice, but I didn't get to it because after I cut the grass this evening, I got sidelined by processing tamarind, which took longer than I hoped.  Messy stuff.  After I post this, I'll go make my dinner.  Come join me!

Here's a snapshot of a yellow rose blooming on my porch that I took half and hour ago.