Coffee black

 

Hi Natty!  How are you?  Want some coffee?  I'm not a coffee pro like you, I just need a shot at the right time so I don't pass out.  Namely, while Mary Unknown7 is singing.  As you may know, I don't eat sugar.  Well, not consciously I try.  I bought some roast chicken for lunch at the big supermarket.  Overcooked!  The skin and outer layer were tough as leather!  The insides were palatable though, and I gave the rest to the cats.  They like having things to chew on.  But roast chicken has sugar in it, I think.  I also bought some of those giant grapes, do you remember those?  Does that count as sugar?  Coffee creamer has sugar in it.  I consume so little sugar, that my teeth have become very sensitive to it.  So I nixed the creamer from my cup of coffee today, and had my coffee black.  I can handle black coffee.  It wasn't even that black, it was sort of off black, almost grey.  It was only half a teaspoon of instant coffee.  I suppose I should start drinking stronger coffee, to get a better jolt.  I'm just not a coffee pro like you.

English

 

Hi Natty!  How are you, Sweetheart?  I hope all is calm and cool with you.  You want some of my fries?  I had fries for dinner to go with my leftover flat noodles.  Yeah it's a weird combination, but that's the beauty of eating alone: nobody cares, least of all me.  I'm full though, and I know I'm not going to get a tummy ache.  But you are welcome to share my fries anytime, because I love you.  Otherwise, there's not much to report today.  I didn't go anywhere, other than to dump the trash then buy my lunch at the corner restaurant.  Ideally it would be no human contact whatsoever during these pandemic days, but I guess that's close enough.  Anyway, it's time to move over.  I love you!

Old ways

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today?  I hope you are well, and enjoying yourself.  Ugh, I'm so drowsy.  Mary really did a number on me today, and I can barely keep my eyes open.  And I just woke up from a nap!  I have to hear that voice bouncing around in my head at close range, and today I'm on the verge of fainting.

I asked my mother to give me an old mortar and pestle set that she didn't want anymore from her collection of unwanted kitchen utensils.  The set above is what I found.  I recognize it: it's the same one my grandmother used 50 years ago, and she probably got it from her mother.  I need it to make hot sauce.  I suppose I could just use a blender, but I need to make at least a cup of sauce at a time otherwise it won't blend properly.  I use a couple of tablespoons of the stuff and the rest goes to waste.  This way I can just make one serving at a time, and it will be fresh every time.  Sometimes the old ways are the best.

Monday

 Hi Natty!  How ya doin' Honey?  Is everything nice and easy for you over there?  I hope so.  I feel much better than I did yesterday.  Yesterday was a busy morning, and I don't like mornings in general.  Too much labor in the morning can leave me useless for the rest of the day, and couple that with lack of sleep...  I have been staying up past bedtime lately, listening to music or watching movies.  I thought it would put me to sleep, but it didn't.  Then I had to do the usual tossing and turning before falling asleep.  I like to do shoulder exercises while I'm tossing and turning.  Those are relaxing to do when I'm lying on my side.  But today I have more energy.  I cut the grass in the evening, and had a simple dinner.  I didn't stay up too late last night, I did my tossing and turning right on schedule.  Anyway, on to the next item on my list.  I love you!

Gamer rage

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today?  I hope everything is A OK over there for you.  You know, those beans yesterday never gave me gas.  Which gives me a theory, that if a food were done right then it won't give you stomach problems.  Which is obvious of course, but flavor is a factor as well.  I put some of those beans on my cheeseburgers for dinner.  You don't like beans, do you?  Nor burgers, right?  Well I plan to feed you with what you like, and teach you how to make them too.  InshaAllah.  I feel tired today.  Sundays are busy for me.  Did I ever tell you how much I admire your feet?  I can tell by your big toes how strong your feet are.  You could probably cling on to branches with your feet like a monkey.  I have bad feet and that makes my legs tired, so I was at half strength during Mary's set today.  I didn't feel like passing out though, thank God.  I need to be alert in case somebody tries to mess with Mary's emotions while she's trying to sing.

Beans

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today, Honey?  I hope all is easy going for you.  Don't worry so much about saying the right thing all the time, just do your best.  And don't worry so much about eating what other people give you, just eat what you like but don't get bloated.  OK?  Easy, right?

People wonder if I or Mary choose the songs for them when they visit Mary at the karaoke joint while she's working.  We don't: the computer chooses what song Mary sings.  Sometimes she skips to the next song if the choice doesn't match the way she feels, but it's always the computer that makes the choice.  That's a clever computer, huh folks?  Praise be to Allah.

I cooked up a fresh batch of beans today.  I had a lot of drippings left over from when I last made roast beef, over a liter.  So I dumped that into the beans while cooking, and nothing else not even salt.  The beans were a success, with a sweetness that you would find in canned baked beans but without the sugar nor tomato paste.  Alhamdulillah.  I worked on hihat tracks in the evening for Shadowplay's next album, "Rise of the Horizon Creature" aka "Search for the Beast", and it was nice to have dinner all ready after.  All I had was beans with sliced bread.  Even the cat liked the beans.  In fact, Adolf Kitler got aggressive about my beans, but I let him lick the pot.  Lookie didn't care for the beans, though.

Qur'an 20210904

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

17.  In blasphemy indeed are those that say that Allah is Christ the son of Mary.  Say, "Who then has the least power against Allah if God's Will were to destroy Christ the son of Mary, his mother and all, everyone that is on the earth?"  For to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is between.  God creates what God pleases.  For Allah has power over all things.

18.  The Jews and the Christians say, "We are sons of Allah, and God's beloved."  Say, "Why then does God punish you for your sins?"  No, you are but men, of the men God has created.  God forgives whom God pleases and God punishes whom God pleases, and to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is in between, and unto God is the final goal.

(The Repast 5:17-18)