Qur'an 20181122

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

154.  After the distress, God sent down calm on a band of you overcome with slumber, while another band was stirred to anxiety by their own feelings, moved by wrong suspicions of Allah, suspicions due to ignorance.  They said, "What affair is this of ours?"  Say you, "Indeed, this affair is wholly Allah's."  They hide in their minds what they dare not reveal to you.  They say, "If we had had anything to do with this affair, we should not have been in the slaughter here."  Say, "Even if you had remained in your homes, those for whom death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their death."  But that Allah might test what is in your breasts and purge what is in your hearts.

(The Family of Imran 3:154)
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Hot soup

Oh that's right, it is 2018 isn't it?  I knew you had graduated, but you were still in school so I was confused.  And it's November already, wow time sure flies.  I want you to know how proud I am of you, that you stayed and finished school, yet be in the entertainment business.  Now you're going back into the hot soup, you're probably out of practice, and all the gossip is starting up again, and making your ears itch.  It's probably mostly just models 10 years younger than you, being jealous and what not.  Make as much money for yourself while you can, and save it don't waste it, and try not to consume interest.  Yes Honey, you are my Rock and Roll Queen.  You are beautiful, and I love you.

Speaking of hot soup, lunch was very enjoyable today.  I had some chicken broth, plus some okra from the yard and some tomatoes so I made rice noodles in soup in a huge man-sized bowl about a foot across.  Alhamdulillah.  But it was such a huge portion, and all that hot soup had an effect on my throat, and I had lots of trouble voice training.  I couldn't channel Billie Holiday at all, and Karen Carpenter didn't want to stick around either.  I guess they don't like hot soup.  I won't do that again, eat that much hot soup before I have to sing.  It took me an hour before I got some control back.

I like the color white best in my clothes, off-white in particular.  Pearl, like I wore today.  It's pearl, do you agree?  It's a great thing that white in virtual clothes don't stain.  In real life, I would only be able to wear this outfit once.

Hi Honey

How are you today, my love?  I'm sorry that I'm running a little late.  Today is Tuesday, and I had to head out early to the mosque.  I just barely got back.  How's the weather there?  It must be getting really cold.  The toes on my left foot feel frostbitten for some reason.  Weird.  Otherwise, it's been a groggy day for me.  The morning was slow and lazy.  I guess it's because it was so cool this morning, that I felt like sleeping in.  The afternoon was hot and humid, but it didn't rain.  Now it's cool again.  Not cold, but the toes on my left foot feel frostbitten.  Weird.  Are you still in school?  I saw that 18 you put by Dartmouth College.  What does that mean?  Some kind of secret code?

My outfit is kind of a 3 tone red today.  It's a red pattern on red for the top, the skirt is black pattern on red, and the shoes are red roses.  At first I thought I looked like a deranged Chinese woman.  But nah, I look like a white girl.

Surrogate Pizza

Hi Honey!  How are you today?  Are you having a blast being you?  I hope you are.  I have to blog and run today, where does the time go?  Not much to report though, just another average day.  I went downtown this morning to pick up my parents' prescription, and had some noodles in soup at Omar's.  I gave Chee Cheah a bath after voice training.  That was one smelly cat.  I just finished my dinner.  I had sliced cheese, and I had dough, so I thought I would make a pizza.  I had no sauce, so I used "sambal tumis" (chillies, onions, and "belacan" (fermented shrimp) blended and fried in oil until saturated) so I used that as sauce.  I had no toppings, but I had some hot dogs so I cut those up and put them on the pizza.  Yeah I'm trying to save money, so food budget is going to be awful for a while.  It was an OK pizza.  It could have been better.  No snapshot though.  Too humiliating.

Today I kind of look like a woman from India.  But I'm not!  Hah!

Sunday

Hi Honey!  How's it going with you today?  Feeling active?  Yeah, my cats were nosier and curiouser and more aggressive than usual.  I had to put up with that, but I overslept.  It was very humid last night, which was uncomfortable of course, but the rain fell after the dawn prayer which cooled things down and made me oversleep.  Sunday is full of chores as usual.  The menu isn't that great today: no ingredients, no imagination.  Lunch was white rice with fresh tomatoes and salted fish, dinner was fried noodles, greasier than usual.  I still have to make dough tonight, and practice guitar.  The day is crammed today.

I know Sunday is supposed to be pink, but I couldn't tell if my dress was pink.  It looked red to me, even though it was labeled "dirty pink".  So I put on red shoes, then I could tell that the dress was pink.

Qur'an 20181118

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

119.  Ah!  You are those who love them but they love you not, though you believe in the whole of the Book, when they meet you, they say, "We believe," but when they are alone, they bite the very tips of their fingers at you in their rage.  Say, "Perish in your rage: Allah knows well all the secrets of the heart."

120.  If aught that is good befalls you, it grieves them, but if some misfortune overtakes you, they rejoice at it.  But if you are constant and do right, not the least harm will their cunning do to you, for Allah compasses round about all that they do.

(The Family of Imran 3:119-120)
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I saw the news

Honey, are you OK?  Did any of those slimy creeps touch you?  They better not have, because you are MY girl.  They better not even look at you wrong.  Do you want me to send a bunch of thugs to their houses, and have them beheaded?  Castrated?  Cannibalized?

I'm joking, of course.  Maybe.  But seriously folks, I have no power to do anything of that sort.  In the video I posted yesterday, you may have noticed that most/all of the people doing the killings were high on drugs, heroin being the drug of choice.  Heroin is an expensive drug.  The journalist mentioned that, being that the Liberians are destitute.  The warlord said that the drugs came from the Nigerians.  But the Nigerians aren't that wealthy to afford heroin, so someone gave the heroin to the Nigerians who gave them to the Liberians.  Money trails are very dangerous to follow, because the bad guys have armed guards watching over them, so it's practically impossible to follow a money trail undetected.  You have to have a powerful group backing you up (government/military) in order to efficiently follow a money trail, and pray that whatever you find on that trail isn't financing the group that's backing you up.  How do I know this?  I pray and study the Qur'an.  God guides whom God wills.

Honey, you are obviously not normal folk anymore.  You're so young though... but by now you would have created an inner circle of family and friends.  So don't be easy to trust anyone outside of that inner circle, they will not fail to corrupt you.  You do want to stay pure, right?  Today the computer wants you to watch a movie.  "The Hunger Games" (2012).  Oh you know that movie?  Don't you have some sort of blood tie to that movie?  Yes my love, God knows our destiny before we realize it ourselves.