14 year old girls

Hi there, my incredible Ladies!  How's it going?  Thank you for being a cheerleader for li'l ol' me.  I love you so much!  Hey Erin and Natty, I'm getting reports that there are a lot of 14 year old girls who want to join my band.  Well, that's the average age.  I've seen these girls on YouTube, and some of them are really talented.  Is that a problem that my band be made of 14 year old girls?  I don't think it would be a problem if they are competent and we never actually meet in real life.  That's how I would prefer it, because I have absolutely no intention nor desire to tour, nor be seen performing in public.  Let them just hear my voice and look at my avatar.  It's because I'm too lazy to tour and I'm not pretty in real life, so I let my avatar handle the appearance issues.

This poses the challenge to whoever wants to be in my band: you're going to have to get good at Second Life.  Then you're going to have to learn the songs the way I sing them, and learn them by ear.  You can always come over and jam with me over at Fireside Karaoke, but if the fans don't like you then they are going to chase you away.  Plus I'm not going to be listening to you because I mute the game so I can focus to sing.  However if you are there all the time, then I guess I would have to listen to you eventually.  So it's talent, persistence and Second Life.  Pretty girl avatars only!  Right now, I don't have any money to give you.  I'm still as poor as ever, and could get evicted at any given moment.  So you need to have loyalty and faith as well.  You can go ahead and use the stream, just don't use the voice feed because I'm using it, but like I said I won't be listening to you unless you are there all the time.  At this time Fireside Karaoke is not accessible to anybody under 16, but that gives you 2 years to learn the songs!  😁  Right now I'm doing just fine singing a capella.  In fact, I do that on purpose.  😁  But if it works out, by the Will of God, then maybe I'll name the band "Mary and the 14 Year Old Girls".  No wait, the band already has a name.  Shadowplay.  It's a registered business.

Hello there

Hello there, my gorgeous and precious Ladies!  How are we today?  Busy, busy, busy?  I hope you are keeping yourself safe, especially if you are jetting about on your supermodel commute.  I haven't been going anywhere other than to the mosque or to dump the trash.  Nothing's open anyway, and public holidays aren't the wisest time to be seen.  I just stick to my routine, and that keeps be busy and responsible enough.  Nothing special on the menu either, I'm just trying to finish off what was in the cooler for the fasting month.  Anyway, please do take sweet loving care of yourself, because I love you so much.

Coffee!

Hi there, my beautiful Ladies!  Selamat Hari Raya!  That's what the locals the Eid al-Fitr, literal translation is "safe day celebrate".  I'm so happy, I get to drink coffee in the afternoon again!  Ah, the simple things.  What a difference that cup of coffee makes and means to me.  I was really bummed out when Doris passed away, but she left me some knowledge, for which I am grateful.  Alhamdulillah.  Today I got to combine knowledge with coffee, which is an excellent combination.  Add focus to that, and the mixture becomes potent.  Praise be to Allah!  Ya Allah, thank You for a great Ramadan.

Qur'an 20190605

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

9.  If we give man a taste of mercy from Ourselves, and then withdraw it from him, behold!  He is in despair and blasphemy!

10.  But if We give him a taste of favors after adversity has touched him, he is sure to say, "All evil has departed from me."  Behold!  He falls into exultation and pride!

11.  Not so do those who show patience and constancy, and work righteousness: for them is forgiveness, and a great reward.

12.  Perchance you may give up a part of what is revealed to you, and your heart feels straightened lest they say, "Why is not a treasure sent down to him, or why does not an angel come down with him?"  But you are there only to warn!  It is Allah that arranges all affairs!

13.  Or they may say, "He forged it."  Say, "Bring you then 10 Surahs forged like it, and call whomsoever you can, other than Allah, if you speak the truth."

14.  If then they answer you not, know you that this Revelation is sent down with the Knowledge of Allah, and that there is no god but God!  Will you even then submit?

15.  Those who desire the life of the present and its glitter, to them We shall pay their deeds therein, without diminution.

16.  They are those for whom there is nothing in the hereafter but the fire.  Vain are the designs they frame therein, and of no effect are the deeds that they do!

Hud 11:9-16
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One more day

Hi there, my precious Ladies!  How are we feeling today?  I hope you are feeling great.  No squabbling, please!  I am feeling absolutely worn out.  This last day of fasting feels like the first day for some reason.  I don't think anybody else out there has to belt out 2 hours of singing while fasting.  But tomorrow is the Eid, and that will the end of this year's Ramadan.  I'm so happy!  I get to drink coffee in the afternoon!  Nothing special on the menu today.  Just steamed rice with leftover curry, some mangoes, and my Mom gave me some sweet treats.  Thanks Mom!  I could cook up something better, but I'm just not motivated.  I just want to veg out and watch TV while I wait to break fast.  And that's what I will do right now!

Patience and the broken pastry

Hi there, my pretty Ladies!  How are you?  How's work?  I hope it's easy for you, and you are having a great time!  Oh, it's a weary day for me today.  One more day!  Yes, one more day and Ramadan will be over.  How was it this year?  It was spiritual and uplifting, of course.  Alhamdulillah.  My singing improved.  I discovered I had a second mother.  Among other things.  Today, I made some pastries with the pastry squares and my leftover extra thick curry.  The pastry squares were fractured at the corner, all of them, so I lost 10% of each square.  Which means I had less room to stuff with.  I don't know how that happened, maybe the packet got dropped while frozen on its corner.  But I stuffed them all the best I could, and fried them up on medium low heat.  Frying them is greasier than baking them, but they cook more thoroughly.  And if you give them time to cool down, the dough will absorb most of the grease.  I don't have any snapshots of them though.  They look more like trumpets than triangles.  I'm sure they taste OK.  I'll know for sure in half an hour.