Hi Honey

Say, that is a beautiful snapshot.  Very artistic.  You must really list the photo credit for everyone to know, because it is truly a work of art.  I have been a musician for a long time.  38 years.  I thought I would be dead at 30, but God keeps saving my life for some reason.  Now I certainly have work to do, and I put my trust in Allah to protect me and my loved ones.  😃  It may seem to the ignorant that I have a death wish, but what else is there to do?  My mission is to please Allah with music.  InshaAllah.  While it is true that I have a terrible weakness for pretty blondes, I have already chosen who I want to marry.  You should know by now what a stubborn person I am.  However, Allah still hasn't granted me wealth enough to be and stay married.  It's really up to you if you have the patience and faith enough to put up with me.

By the way, did you know that I am color blind?  Red green blindness.  For today's outfit, I felt like being an American high school dance queen.  I think I matched the colors acceptably.  The shoes match the lipstick.

How's your tummy?

Hi Natty honey!  How are you doing today, Sweetheart?  How's your tummy?  I don't know what you're up to over there at Dartmouth, but I do know that you're nervous, and it's making your tummy nervous.  Are you sure you're doing what you want to do?  Well, make sure you eat simple foods until you truly know how to relax.  Please be proactive about taking care of your tummy when you are in your 20's.  Speaking from experience, it will affect your eating habits for the rest of your life.  And your general health.

There's not much on the menu here today.  I had some tamarind pulp, I thought I would make an all-purpose sauce from all-natural ingredients.  So I blended the stuff with onions, garlic, kaffir lime leaves (from my yard), turmeric, salt, sugar, palm oil and water.  The color isn't artistic, but it made an acceptable sweet sour sauce.  I tried it as a base for fried rice, and it worked out OK.  It should make a nice soup base too.  I also used that fried rice for dinner, as a stuffing for steak burritos.  Yeah, my tummy is doing great.  I usually eat better when I'm broke, because I don't have money to buy garbage.  From Allah is our origin, and to Allah is our return.

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)
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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.