Coffee!

 

Selamat Hari Raya!  Hi Natty!  Today is the Eid, so I was wishing you Safe Eid.  How are you today, my love?  I pray that you are well and having a wonderful time.  I drank coffee today!  I'm so happy!  Not my usual blend, but a convenient name brand coffee stick.  But coffee nonetheless!  Housewives busy themselves this time of year making cakes and sweets to give out, and that's what you see above.  To me they all taste the same: like sugar.  Not to be rude, but I don't consume much sugar to begin with so I'm going to have to chuck most of them away.  I can't give them away, because I would only be giving them to the people who made them.  I was about the 4th chain in the link with the above sample as it is.  I'll probably hang on to the stuff I can swallow that lasts, as long as the ants don't claim them first.  Not to be rude again, but sometimes the ants don't want them either.

In other news, a black snake was lurking in the cage where I keep my motorcycle.  Black snake is cobra!  Big one too, this was about 2 meters.  Not a king cobra, but a cobra nonetheless.  In spiritual innuendo, I guess it means that some dangerous fuckers are targeting me most likely while I'm on the motorcycle.  I did manage to arm myself but the damned thing got away, and all I could manage was a lame miss.  Life is but a dream, huh?  When you see a dangerous snake, you can't just let it do as it pleases, you must confront and kill it!  This is true both awake and in dreams!

Qur'an 20210513

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

135.  They say, "Become Jews or Christians if you would be guided."  Say, "No!  The religion of Abraham the True.  And he joined not gods with Allah."

136.  Say you, "We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us, to Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob, and the descendants, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to prophets from their Lord: we make no difference between one and another of them, and we bow to Allah."

(The Heifer 1:135-136)

Stereotypes

 

Hi Honey!  How's it goin'? I hope all is A-OK and peachy over there in Nattyland.  Sorry I'm running late.  I cut the grass then got caught up making the soup for my ramen.  Sorry again Honey, but I gotta have my ramen, I'm so craving it.  We'll make a separate dinner for you OK?  My ramen has become so complex, but I love it!  I'm going to charge ¥500000 a bowl.  Just kidding!  I'm never going back to food service inshaAllah.

Today is the last day of Ramadan, and I'm so happy!  I can drink coffee in the afternoon again!  Everybody, let's have some coffee!  Ya Allah, thank You for a great Ramadan.  Thank You for stepping me up.  Losing Lily sucked, but I understand now that these are Your cats, not mine.

Isn't that an awesome version of the Flintstones theme?  And MonoNeon is just great.  I'm sorry to cast stereotypes, but he's everything a black bass player should be.  Flashy, groovy, funky.  He's just great, isn't that what matters?  Black?  Can't even see what color he is!

Shoes!

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today, Honey?  I hope you are well, and everything is easy for you.  Tomorrow is the last day of fasting, and I'm so excited!  I get to drink coffee in the afternoon again, and I'm so happy!  Today is a change from ramen for dinner.  I made fried flat noodles with chicken.  I don't know what it tastes like because I'm still fasting, but I'm following a routine so inshaAllah it is a success.  I am sure you would be happy to know that over Ramadan, I acquired a deep love for fries.  I've perfected my home fries recipe, and now I'm hooked.  At 4 am for the past month, I've been eating a kilo of fries to go with my cheeseburger (gotta have meat).  I'm sure you love fries too.

I don't normally relate my dreams in this public place but this one is kind of funny, so what the hell.  I had a dream last night that the Queen of England wanted to join my band.  She auditioned by slapping her belly like a hand drum, and was really good at it too!  But she had trouble paying a riff on the left side of her pooch, so I showed her how to play it.  I explained, "It's like slapping a hawg!"  I guess she didn't quite understand because it's American.

I found a great deal on a lot of beautiful new shoes for Mary's avatar!  What serendipity!

Qur'an 20210511

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

120.  Never will the Jews nor the Christians be satisfied with you unless you follow their form of religion.  Say, "The Guidance of Allah- that is the Guidance."  Were you to follow their desires after the knowledge which has reached you, then would you find neither protector nor helper against Allah.

(The Heifer 1:120)

Salted fish: Spanish mackerel

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today, Honey?  How's Mother's Day coming along for you?  I hope you are having a great time.  I just got done cutting the grass and making my dinner and boy, am I thirsty.  It's another 24 minutes before I can break fast.  Another 2 days of fasting, then I can drink coffee in the afternoon!  I'm so happy!  Dinner is ramen again.  I'm sorry, Honey!  I'll make a separate dinner for you but I must have my ramen, I'm so craving it!  This time I started off the soup by frying up some chopped chicken skin (for artificial bacon bits) with salted Spanish mackerel.  The salted fish isn't going into the soup, it's just for flavor.  I'm going to nibble on it later tonight as a snack.  The best part is the meat at the neck!  It's almost like powder!

Lookie's voice has changed.  It's probably from hissing at Adolf Kitler all the time.  Cat romance, huh!  Her voice has become raspier, she sounds almost like... Lily.  Lily is Adolf's sister, she died on April 29 this Ramadan.  I found them together as abandoned kittens under my mother's bedroom window last Ramadan, April 29 2020.  Lily and Adolf were really attached to each other, they really loved each other.  I'm so sorry she died, and so is Adolf.  Now Lookie's voice has changed.  She sounds like... Lily.

Qur'an 20210510

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

111.  And they say, "None shall enter paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian."  Those are their desires.  Say, "Produce your proof if you are truthful."

112.  No, whoever submits his whole self to Allah and is a doer of good, he will get his reward with his Lord: on such shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

(The Heifer 1:111-112)