Of course you'll get through this

InshaAllah.  You're stronger than you give yourself credit for, so quit feeling sorry for yourself.  I love you, Erin.  And I need to be married, and have children.  It's just a matter of when Allah grants me the means to marry, then suddenly the process will be instantaneous, so have faith and pray.  It's out of my control you see, this yearning for the future will be.

I do need to talk business a little.  You have to have a some skill in reading contracts nowadays to conduct business.  So I hope you understand your modeling contract.  Particularly, even if you are under contract to enter dangerous and compromising situations, they have no right to do that to you, and you should refuse to cooperate.  Like being forced into a pit, or at a bottom of a cliff with raging waves, just for the sake of a photograph, is not art but cruelty.

Pizza again?

Free pizza for life for my wife.  This one is sausage and extra extra basil about to go into the oven.  Look at all that basil!  Cheese is always last at home.  Yummy!  Want some pizza?  You like pizza, huh?

Qur'an 20160714

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

32.  Say, "Who has forbidden the beautiful of Allah, which God has provided for God's servants, clean and pure, for sustenance?"  Say, "They are, in the life of this world, purely for them on the Day of Judgement."  Thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who understand.

33.  Say, "The things that my Lord has indeed forbidden are illegal sexual activity whether open or secret, sins or trespasses against truth or reason. assigning of partners to Allah for which God has given no authority, and saying things about Allah for which you have no knowledge."

(The Heights 7:32-33)
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Fish n' Squid n' Chips

with onions.  The potatoes are dark because they had been sitting in my cooler since the beginning of Ramadan, but they still taste good.  Plus the savory of onions.  Hm.  I wonder where I got the idea of cutting the fries smaller?  It's a great idea, though.  The fish could have been crispier, but I didn't want to overcook them.  Next time I'll use breadcrumbs.

Qur'an 20160713

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

28.  When they do that which is shameful, they say,"We found our fathers doing so," and "Allah commanded us thus."  Say, "Allah never commands what is shameful.  Do you say of Allah what you know not?"

29.  Say, "My Lord has commanded justice, and that you set your whole selves at every time and place of prayer, and call upon God, making your devotion sincere as in God's sight.  Such as God created you in the beginning, so shall you return."

(The Heights 7:28-29)
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Nobody sells one kilo of rice anymore

My avatar never smiles.  But just now while I was at the dance club, for a few seconds she was grinning away!  No, I didn't command her to smile.  For that brief moment, she looked so happy.  I know why.  I can't say why in this public place, though.

Anyway, I can't buy just one kilo of rice for my sushi today.  Rice comes in 5 kilo portions around here, and I don't have the money to buy 5 kilos of rice.  What was on sale were boil-in-the-bag pressed rice called "ketupat", common food during the Eid.  So I bought a pack of that, and since it's supposed to be pressed rice it would be sure to be sticky, and perfect for sushi.  The fish of the day is mackerel.  Yeah I don't have anything better, because I'm broke.  Sushi originated in Japan as poor man's food, anyway.  The mackerel were gorging on silversides when they were caught, and they had them in their mouths when I bought them.  The little fish were eating littler fish.  So the sushi today is mackerel, egg, chives, and mackerel liver.  Delicious!  Want some?  Dutch treat!  No, my treat.