Sesame!

 First off, I want to apologize for our being late today.  Internet was bad today, so we couldn't stream and Mary Unknown7 didn't show up to her gig at the karaoke joint until about midnight.  Even then, the Internet cut out again at 12:30 am, so she could only sing for half an hour online.  Locally, everything was normal.  The Internet service seems to have been restored since, so tomorrow Mary will sing online for 2 hours at the usual time inshaAllah.

Hi Natty!  I had a dream about you last night.  I would rather talk to you in person about such an intimate dream, rather than this public place.  Let's just say that I needed mouthwash before we could begin.  When we are married inshaAllah, let's keep a lot of large bottles of mouthwash all over your house so it doesn't become an issue.

Have you ever wondered why they didn't say "Open (something else)" instead of "Open Sesame!"  Or did they eat a lot of sesame on that street?  Well wonder no more, because I bought sesame seeds for tonight's dinner of teriyaki chicken on white rice.  You have to roast them first, but sesame seeds do add a nice nutty flavor to foods.  It makes a big difference with teriyaki chicken, for some reason.  The basil in my yard was looking great again, so I added that in for a nice, fragrant dinner.  Want some?

My cat food is better than my human food (so say the experts)

 Hi Natty!  How are you?  If you're not working, then you must be enjoying extended vacation time at your beautiful homestead.  Ah, what a life!  But with so much time on your hands, I hope you are not feeling too lonely.  I love you and I want to be with you, but I must be able to support you comfortably.  Even if you were to join with me now and share my poverty (which I'm sure you don't want to do), it would not be easier.  There's a spike in the Covid cases in this country, and the government has banned interstate travel.  Since the state borders are closed, then they are even more xenophobic to non-locals.  So please be patient, and pray.

I like my Ramen recipe.  Not only does it make a plain old pack of Ramen great, it's the perfect portion for lunch.  I was enjoying my lunch when Lookie came up to bug me for a taste.  When I offered her the empty bowl, she sniffed at it, sneered, then walked away.  I suppose it was because I was cooking up a batch of cat food at the same time.  My cat food formula is this, folks: for half a kilo of fish, add 1½ cups of rice and ½ liter of water.  Boil the fish first in the water until the stomachs burst and dissolve.  I prefer to slow cook the fish, preferably fish that don't have scales.  Then I remove the fish to let it cool, then add the rice to slow cook until it boils, then shut off the heat to let it steam.  Of course you have to have the lid on.  After the rice has absorbed the fish broth, I add the fish meat and fish heads to it and mix.  NO SALT!  The bones I throw away, and the liver and roe I snack on.  This amount of cat food is 3 days worth for 3 adult cats.  They like it so much, that they like it even more when it's about to go bad (the third day and final portion).  You would be hard pressed to find even a grain of rice left.  And what do they do when it's close to feeding time?  They perch on my stove top.

The stud

 Hi Natty!  How's it going?  How's your weekend?  Oh, it's always the weekend now, huh?  Well, I hope you are doing great and having a marvelous time.  I just got done with dinner.  Nothing special on the menu today, just takeout rice for lunch and hot dogs for dinner.  Hot dogs rolled in dough then cooked, that is.  I should have done something else with the dough.  It wasn't inedible, but I have to give myself a thumbs down for its boringness.

Lily and Bro the kittens are not really kittens anymore.  They're almost fully grown, and are healthy and they seem happy, so alhamdulillah.  Lily should be going into heat at any time now, so hooray for that.  Bro logically should already be sexually mature.  His cat balls aren't really that big yet.  If you happen to be an expert on cat balls, then they could be about two thirds the size of fully grown balls.  Since Floofy died, the cat dynamics have changed in the house, and Bro has figured out that I need him, and I can't afford to let him run away from the homestead as male cats do.  He's a good boy though, and quite disciplined with his indoor and outdoor time.  He hasn't even been going next door lately where I first found him and his sister last Ramadan, just keeping around my house.  I need him to mate with Lookie, so I can extend Floofy's bloodline.  Lookie didn't show any interest in him the last time she was in heat, but that's what I said just now to her: "I want you to mate with him."  She peered back at me all bug eyed from within the Collar of Shame and meowed, which meant "You have to be kidding me!" or "Give me a break!"  Bro on his part has been chumming up to her, only to be met with a hiss and an occasional smack, but he doesn't give up.  That's good.  After all, "The more aggressive chimpanzee has a higher probability of copulating with the female, and thus propagating the species."  (Joyce Brothers)

Hobby

 Hi Natty!  It's Saturday evening, right past sunset and I'm eating my dinner while writing to you.  Curry pups!  Yeah I usually have curry pups for dinner after cutting the grass in the evening, because I get to eat while sitting at the computer.  So what's up with you?  I hope you are healthy and happy.  I noticed you've been shuffling around the episodes on your V,OID, and that's fine.  It's your show Honey, you can do whatever you want with it.  Just don't stress out about it OK?  Not even if stressing out were your hobby.

Do I have a hobby?  I like to work, so that's what I enjoy doing.  Unless it's labor, which I loathe, and that would stress me out.  I mean music and computer work is what I enjoy.  I don't think I have room for anything else, because this music is going to be the death of me.  But if I did have time for a hobby, I would love to build RC aircraft.  I want to build big, clunky objects that fly, none of that streamlined stuff.  And no puny, whining electric motors either.  I like those noisy, roaring gasoline turbine engines!  Ah, dream on.  Next life, maybe.

Friday

 Hi Natty!  How are you, my darling?  I hope you are feeling good, and having a good time.  It's Friday here today.  There's not much going on, just the usual.  I had to attend the Friday prayer, of course.  Everybody is spaced away from each other by one meter.  Sign of Judgment Day.  Eventually, Mecca will be deserted during the Hajj.  Nothing special on the menu today, just a tofu omelet with mushrooms for lunch, and leftover noodles for dinner, which was convenient because I had to cut the grass.  Next up is wardrobe time with Mary Unknown7.  Oh, we tried to match that graphic you had at the bottom of your surfboard for today's look.  Sorry about the vulgarity, I just thought it went well with the look.

So hot

 Wow Natty, you're so gorgeous.  So beautiful.  You totally look like a California girl.  Dream girl!  I love you so much.  Natty, you're so... fucking... hot...

Speaking of hot, I made hot sauce today.  Yeah, I had a lot of work to do in the kitchen.  I needed to make hot sauce, curry pup stuffing, dough, and my dinner which was fried noodles.  It turned out that I gave myself too much to do, so I postponed dough until tomorrow.  Like I said, I made hot sauce or "sambal belacan".  Fresh chillies are supposed to be used here, but instead I rehydrated some dried chillies.  Budget.  It worked though.  It looks like the stock photo above, but not as runny.  Today was a good day in the kitchen, everything was successful so alhamdulillah.  And that hot sauce is so fucking hot.

By the way, moving your first episode of the V,OID to the top of the list is a good idea.  It's the right thing to do, so don't stress out about it.

Next up, I have to do wardrobe with Mary Unknown7.  I think I'll fashion tomorrow's look after the graphic you have on that surfboard.  Mary doesn't usually wear eye makeup, but I don't think she'll mind this one time.

Stress that's caused by stress

 Hi Natty!  How are you feeling today, Honey?  I hope that all is well with you.  When I asked you to please not panic, were you able to do so?  Sometimes stress can cause damage that generates more stress.  We are human beings not animals, and are capable of some effort of choice and we can choose not to panic.  Whether we may be a VIP who is responsible for many people or a simple housewife, there will be stress.  So please relax and enjoy your position and success, so you can enjoy it even more.

Lookie is a nervous cat.  Her mother was a bully, and she developed a nervous habit of over-grooming.  After years of training, she managed to get to the point of having an almost full coat of fur without having to wear the Collar of Shame, and even started to stand up to her mother.  Then recently, Floofy died and at the same time, Lookie went into heat.  Twice.  Now half her coat is gone and she looks like she had a really bad poodle cut.  I didn't think Lookie loved her mother as much as I did, so the reaction took me by surprise.  Then last night, she popped a blister on her right butt cheek while lying on my pillow.  Laundry Day was this morning, so the pus didn't bother me.  But guess who put that blister on her right butt cheek?  She did it to herself.  Then the irritation stressed out her tummy and gave her diarrhea.  Now she's back to wearing the Collar of Shame, and she's going to have to wear it until her coat grows back again.  Don't worry folks, I wash that collar everyday so she has a 5 minute window each day to clean herself up.  The good news is that she doesn't have the runs anymore.

Aaaah!  I forgot to check Mary Unknown7's ears!