YOOOOOOLIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!
Hi Julia! No, I'm not upset with you: you are my girl, my love, my beautiful Julia. If anything, what I am is proud of you, and protective of you. I don't want you to get hurt, or come into any harm. I want you to be happy, I want us to be happy together. But we must remember my dearest, that this world is not perfect, but we can have strong resolve, so that we can earn perfection in the next life. Sure, we make mistakes, but we must try with all our might to be good and faithful and righteous, in the sight of Allah. Then Allah will make the world recognize us as righteous people.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Letter to Julia 20111022
"She's got a ticket to ride, and she don't care!" It's nice to be the woman, huh? Men have to become soldiers, and stuff like that. Can you live without me?
Well, I do want you, and you to be my bride. What matters most is that you be sincere with God, and maintain your prayers. Try to make your business revolve around your prayers. Think you can do that? In times of chaos, the most important thing to do is maintain your prayers. It is the order and consistency sanctified by Allah, it is the soothing security amidst the loss of control. I believe that making business revolve around your prayers is the greatest form of control a human can have, insyaAllah.
Have you ever met an angel? I have. Perhaps someday, I will describe the encounter. Allah only sends angels to decide a matter and they generally appear in human form, so a visit from an angel would not benefit a skeptic. Skeptics believe in what their ancestors practised, and that illumination and intoxication are one and the same.
Well, I do want you, and you to be my bride. What matters most is that you be sincere with God, and maintain your prayers. Try to make your business revolve around your prayers. Think you can do that? In times of chaos, the most important thing to do is maintain your prayers. It is the order and consistency sanctified by Allah, it is the soothing security amidst the loss of control. I believe that making business revolve around your prayers is the greatest form of control a human can have, insyaAllah.
Have you ever met an angel? I have. Perhaps someday, I will describe the encounter. Allah only sends angels to decide a matter and they generally appear in human form, so a visit from an angel would not benefit a skeptic. Skeptics believe in what their ancestors practised, and that illumination and intoxication are one and the same.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Letter to Julia 20111020
Yay! I finally got my old laptop running again! Alhamdulillah! Thanks, Mom! Thus, I can continue work on "Woo Hoo". I started "Woo Hoo" way back in 2006, while I was still in the USA. Actually, it goes back even further than that, when the mysterious piano player put down his part on one of the songs, way back in 1993 (I think) while I was still living in Salt Lake City. Yeah, I'm slow, but since this is a labor of love, and love for Allah, I totally intend to be finicky and meticulous in the production of this album. SLOW SLOW SLOW. Anyway, I don't usually give away the concept of a concept album, but since I'm being so slow, I might as well this time. Not that it's going to make me work any faster on future albums. Anyway again, "Woo Hoo" is a concept album about the Curse of Allah on those who impose interest and slavery. The story will be told from the perspective of evil, except the last word will be from Allah. I'll probably be misunderstood anyway, but oh well. It is not the Plan of Allah to guide everyone. It is part of the general warning that all will be brought to face their deeds on Judgement Day.
I am in the process of finishing off the instrumental tracks, just tidying up and making sure everything is in place, so I don't have to backtrack. Then I will do the vocal tracks, which may take forever. God, I hate chick singers sometimes: damn divas! Then I will complete the storyline, which may take forever again. After that, the whole thing will be taken to America for the mysterious piano player to do his piano parts. I may have to go with the album to Salt Lake City. How many years so far? 5 years since 2006. Finally, it will be mastering, pressing/packaging, and distribution. Then maybe I'll set up a stall by the roadside, and sell mangos and cds. Might as well, seeing how destitute I've been kept.
But I'm sure Allah has a better plan for the music if it pleases Allah. InsyaAllah. I love you, Julia!
I am in the process of finishing off the instrumental tracks, just tidying up and making sure everything is in place, so I don't have to backtrack. Then I will do the vocal tracks, which may take forever. God, I hate chick singers sometimes: damn divas! Then I will complete the storyline, which may take forever again. After that, the whole thing will be taken to America for the mysterious piano player to do his piano parts. I may have to go with the album to Salt Lake City. How many years so far? 5 years since 2006. Finally, it will be mastering, pressing/packaging, and distribution. Then maybe I'll set up a stall by the roadside, and sell mangos and cds. Might as well, seeing how destitute I've been kept.
But I'm sure Allah has a better plan for the music if it pleases Allah. InsyaAllah. I love you, Julia!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Letter to Julia 20111018
YOOOOOLIIIIIIEEEEEE!
Hello, my luscious beauty! Do you believe? We all run out of time, Julia. So, now is your, and others who believe, time to maintain regular prayers, and spend out of the sustenance that God has given you, secretly and openly, before the time comes when there can be no more deals, and no more making friends.
I'm sure you've seen me nowadays. I really don't have much to give at all. I've been eating amra, and cooking everything out of my rice pot. You must have observed from way over there wherever you are how so many people make money off the music while I get nothing? It's obvious to the world, isn't it? I can only ask Allah to provide me with the few worldly things I desire, and better yet, an honored place in heaven. But what do I want right now? Ya Allah, please give me my Julia, and a home with all the necessary things to make us secure and happy together. Please make us great Muslims with good health, beauty, and safety together, with beautiful, happy, healthy, and pious children. Please give me a small local car, and a truck for the big hauls if I have the room for it. Please give me what I need to experiment, record and perform music, therefore I don't have a precise list of items I need: creative experimentation is a go-with-the-flow thing for the purpose of staying unique and ahead, as You know. Please give me the parts I need to fix my old laptop so I can continue my work on "Woo Hoo", and also a modern console computer, and the tiniest laptop for me to take anywhere and everywhere. Please stabilize my finances so I never have to worry about money ever again: I don't want to be filthy stinking rich, I just want to complete my work/worship in comfort, and eat well.
You should ask Allah for what you want as well, Julia.
Hello, my luscious beauty! Do you believe? We all run out of time, Julia. So, now is your, and others who believe, time to maintain regular prayers, and spend out of the sustenance that God has given you, secretly and openly, before the time comes when there can be no more deals, and no more making friends.
I'm sure you've seen me nowadays. I really don't have much to give at all. I've been eating amra, and cooking everything out of my rice pot. You must have observed from way over there wherever you are how so many people make money off the music while I get nothing? It's obvious to the world, isn't it? I can only ask Allah to provide me with the few worldly things I desire, and better yet, an honored place in heaven. But what do I want right now? Ya Allah, please give me my Julia, and a home with all the necessary things to make us secure and happy together. Please make us great Muslims with good health, beauty, and safety together, with beautiful, happy, healthy, and pious children. Please give me a small local car, and a truck for the big hauls if I have the room for it. Please give me what I need to experiment, record and perform music, therefore I don't have a precise list of items I need: creative experimentation is a go-with-the-flow thing for the purpose of staying unique and ahead, as You know. Please give me the parts I need to fix my old laptop so I can continue my work on "Woo Hoo", and also a modern console computer, and the tiniest laptop for me to take anywhere and everywhere. Please stabilize my finances so I never have to worry about money ever again: I don't want to be filthy stinking rich, I just want to complete my work/worship in comfort, and eat well.
You should ask Allah for what you want as well, Julia.
Qur'an 20111018
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
30. And they set up as equal to Allah, to mislead from the Path! Say, "Enjoy! But verily you are making straightway for hell!"
Abraham 14:30
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Enjoy! But verily you are making straightway for hell!
30. And they set up as equal to Allah, to mislead from the Path! Say, "Enjoy! But verily you are making straightway for hell!"
Abraham 14:30
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Enjoy! But verily you are making straightway for hell!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Letter to Julia 20111017
You are a beauty, Julia! Ah, how I LOVE the way you look. Please don't change a thing about yourself, you are the perfect girl for me, how I love you so. I love your intensity, I love your lips, I love your neck, I love your nose, truly you are the most beautiful girl in the world to me.
There's always something to do in this yard. The trees are big and fully grown, and I can't take all of them down even if I wanted to. I've been clearing out the back, by the cesspool. It's doesn't smell like anything, there's just too much vegetation there growing by a ditch which is the neighbor's property. It needs to be bricked up, but it must be cleared out first. Now my parents want me to clear out the entire area which belongs to my mother's family, which is a lot of work, and I'm slow. I work like an ant, I have an increasing pile of work to do, I have more work to do than anyone I know, and I'm rather lazy as well. Only human, you know. Anyway, there's nothing harder to clear than tree stumps, and the ground here is too hard to dig all by my lonesome. I will need a machine for some of this work.
Ah, you must be the practical and shrewd half of our affectionate pair! You ponder on every word of each contract and agreement to make sure you get the best monies thereof, and the best loan factor. Perhaps you perceive that what is practical for us is to have a house large enough to fit your 2000 piece fine china collection, with a walk-in air conditioned closet filled with $10,000 dresses, expensive jewelery, plus extensive hat and shoe collection, for it reflects our rockstar and supermodel couple status. I do not want to restrict you, but I say I am practical and shrewd as you, plus I'm older than you, and I don't want to drag around superfluous and heavy glitter that I don't need. I want to grow slowly, because I have yet to truly know you, my beloved Julia, and our little house grows gradually with the roots of our love and family. Like a tree. And didn't I say you can have an entire room for your wardrobe? Instead of being the flashy and extravagant wealthy celebrity couple who intent on showing off their power and popularity, we are a spiritual and humble wealthy reclusive couple who focus on our love and happiness together. And to do it all without oppressing the poor by consuming interest. InsyaAllah.
There's always something to do in this yard. The trees are big and fully grown, and I can't take all of them down even if I wanted to. I've been clearing out the back, by the cesspool. It's doesn't smell like anything, there's just too much vegetation there growing by a ditch which is the neighbor's property. It needs to be bricked up, but it must be cleared out first. Now my parents want me to clear out the entire area which belongs to my mother's family, which is a lot of work, and I'm slow. I work like an ant, I have an increasing pile of work to do, I have more work to do than anyone I know, and I'm rather lazy as well. Only human, you know. Anyway, there's nothing harder to clear than tree stumps, and the ground here is too hard to dig all by my lonesome. I will need a machine for some of this work.
Ah, you must be the practical and shrewd half of our affectionate pair! You ponder on every word of each contract and agreement to make sure you get the best monies thereof, and the best loan factor. Perhaps you perceive that what is practical for us is to have a house large enough to fit your 2000 piece fine china collection, with a walk-in air conditioned closet filled with $10,000 dresses, expensive jewelery, plus extensive hat and shoe collection, for it reflects our rockstar and supermodel couple status. I do not want to restrict you, but I say I am practical and shrewd as you, plus I'm older than you, and I don't want to drag around superfluous and heavy glitter that I don't need. I want to grow slowly, because I have yet to truly know you, my beloved Julia, and our little house grows gradually with the roots of our love and family. Like a tree. And didn't I say you can have an entire room for your wardrobe? Instead of being the flashy and extravagant wealthy celebrity couple who intent on showing off their power and popularity, we are a spiritual and humble wealthy reclusive couple who focus on our love and happiness together. And to do it all without oppressing the poor by consuming interest. InsyaAllah.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Letter to Julia 20111015
Aw, c'mon Julia! I really prefer small houses, because it's within my strength to maintain! Sure, this house may not look like much right now, but once I jazz it up, you'll never look at a big house ever again. Besides, like I said before, we can build extensions as necessary, and only children would make that necessary. We'll find a way to park your Mercedes-Benz in the back where no one can look at it, OK? All I need is a small local car. But most likely, we'll just be riding our motorcycles everywhere: it's easier to park! We can go and sip tea in the yard if you're feeling confined, I'll even hook up an extension to your satellite TV so you can watch the Bundesliga underneath the mango tree. You can even watch it in bed if you like, just don't make me look at it, because it might turn me off. I've never had much of a taste for watching a bunch of men running around on a field, so I'll have my own TV. Shadowplay TV, of course. The randomizer is the programmer for Shadowplay TV, so that I guess means Allah takes over my computer and chooses the show for me. Lately "Jurassic Park" and "Arrisalah" has been playing repeatedly. But seriously Julia, please don't desire a big house, I really like small houses, with the perfect amount of room and possessions.
Why, do you have female buddies that have become refugees because they converted to Islam? We can't allow them to go back to an oppressive situation. Anyway, I've gotten rather fond of this little yard I have. I've just been observing the miniature vines grow. There are some that have blue flowers and some that have yellow flowers. These ground vines don't grow tall, and they are very pretty. My garden is mostly being taken over by clover which doesn't have flowers, but they attract hundreds of tiny grey butterflies about 1/2 inch across.
Of course I must be grateful for what Allah gives me. That is partially why I am satisfied with a small house. But if Allah gives me more, then I must be appreciative of that as well. I tell you again Julia, I have the strength for a small house insyaAllah, and if I were to have a large house, then I would probably choose a small space to call my own. You and the kids can maintain the rest of the house, just remember that good help is very hard to find. In general, we must try to keep things small, and grow as slowly as possible. With that in mind, make sure you keep all your valuable contacts (friends, medical, industrial, etc) written down on paper. It doesn't matter which part of the planet they are, Mrs. Global. Me? Allah is my friend. InsyaAllah.
Why, do you have female buddies that have become refugees because they converted to Islam? We can't allow them to go back to an oppressive situation. Anyway, I've gotten rather fond of this little yard I have. I've just been observing the miniature vines grow. There are some that have blue flowers and some that have yellow flowers. These ground vines don't grow tall, and they are very pretty. My garden is mostly being taken over by clover which doesn't have flowers, but they attract hundreds of tiny grey butterflies about 1/2 inch across.
Of course I must be grateful for what Allah gives me. That is partially why I am satisfied with a small house. But if Allah gives me more, then I must be appreciative of that as well. I tell you again Julia, I have the strength for a small house insyaAllah, and if I were to have a large house, then I would probably choose a small space to call my own. You and the kids can maintain the rest of the house, just remember that good help is very hard to find. In general, we must try to keep things small, and grow as slowly as possible. With that in mind, make sure you keep all your valuable contacts (friends, medical, industrial, etc) written down on paper. It doesn't matter which part of the planet they are, Mrs. Global. Me? Allah is my friend. InsyaAllah.
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