The Met Gala

 

Hi Natty!  Natty, you're so pretty!  I want to hug and kiss you!  But I guess you are very busy right now.  Such as you should be, the world needs you.  You have things to do and things to endorse, Mrs. Rock Star.

I'm not a fashion historian nor expert by any means.  I like what I like, and that's it.  This year I learned that the Met Gala is thematic.  Isn't that nice?  If I had to go (and I were aware of the theme), I would have borrowed a look from the movie, "Gangs of New York".  But I didn't go, and I would have been too lazy to put in an effort if I had the means to go.  I'm just an opinionated fashion critic.  Theme aside, the best dressed of the Met Gala 2022 is Lily Aldridge:

Mary's outfit today is:

REED - HALLY necklace

Alli&Ali Designs Christina Hair

Mocha's Blair Dress

[ IBAN ] Mesh Olwina boots

Before I looked at the Dries Van Noten SPRING 2022 READY-TO-WEAR collection, I checked out the JW Anderson collection.  Most of the photos there were of the photographer himself, who looked like a pale chimpanzee, doing lewd poses in a skimpy Speedo with a tractor tire.  I suppose that could be entertaining, but it's not beautiful so I won't display it here.  The Dries Van Noten SPRING 2022 READY-TO-WEAR collection had excellent photography.  But I hate it when they don't isolate the outfits, because it forces me to endorse outfits that I don't like:

Qur'an 20220505

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

49.  They say, "What?  When we are reduced to bones and dust, should we really be raised up, a new creation?"

50.  Say, "Be you stones, or iron!"

51.  Or created matter which, in your minds, is hardest.  Then will they say, "Who will cause us to return?"  Say, "God who created you first!"  Then will they wag their heads towards you and say, "When will that be?"  Say, "Maybe it will be quite soon!"

The Night Journey  17:49-51

Girlie

 

Hi Natty!  Honey now that it's been established that you are the girl, don't you agree that you should dress more girlie regularly?  After all you are a sociologist, and you wouldn't want to confuse society by not dressing all girlie all the time.  I'm sure you wouldn't want a flood of lesbians clamoring to make you their butch so you can pay for all their expenses.  (I don't think she'll do it folks, but I might as well try and get some eye candy) I love you, Natty!

Are you hungry, Honey?  Yesterday I made steamed rice mixed with shredded mustard greens and topped with honey teriyaki chicken and a generous amount of roasted sesame seeds, and it was so successful I had to have it again today.  Would you like some?

Mary's avatar dresses feminine all the time, even though in real life she's like a nun.  But she's definitely the girl, and since I'm her guardian then I would be her "man", so to speak.  Her outfit today is:

.:Bliss:. Betthany dress

.:Glint:. 3 tier swirls necklace gold

EdelStore hair " Barbara " 

Pure Poison - Tiana Sandals

Here are my picks from the Frederick Anderson SPRING 2022 READY-TO-WEAR collection:

Qur'an 20220504

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

41.  We have explained variously in this Qur'an, in order that they may receive admonition, but it only increases their flight.

42.  Say, "If there had been gods with God as they say, behold!  They would certainly have sought out a way to the Lord of the Throne!"

The Night Journey  17:41-42

White broth

 

Hi Natty!  Yes Honey, that's a beautiful photo.  It's an older one, I already have it in my slideshow.  You're so pretty, Natty.  I'm sure many girls have fallen in love with you by now.  Pretty girls, too.  What!  She wants you to be the man?  How insulting!  Natty, YOU be the girl.  I will look after you inshaAllah, because you are MY girl.  I kind of guessed this would happen.  It's a trip, huh?  And there's a LOT of pretty girls out there.  My advice is to be careful of the kiss.  A kiss isn't just a kiss when you put your heart into it.  The emotional high coupled with lust will make you crave for more.  Then you will want to be the man.  Please save yourself for me.  I love you with all of my heart.  Would you like to see my favorite snapshot of you?  It's this one:

Isn't that a gorgeous photo?  It absolutely melts my heart.  It makes me want to kiss you over and over again.  Anyway, I'm still into ramen research.  The other day, I made a dark broth using carrots, seaweed, ginger, cilantro and Vietnamese coriander.  It was very thick and tasty.  Today I made a white broth.  Looks good, huh?  It's made with garlic, onion, mustard green stems, potato and ginger.  It works, but the ginger is a bit strong.  I'll use less next time.  Hm, it tastes almost like Campbell's cream of chicken soup.  It must be the chicken bouillon I used for MSG.

Oh dear, I forgot to turn on ALM again.  Mary's outfit today is:

Natural lips gloss II by Katt Yeetly

Alli&Ali Designs Amnesha Hair

Chop Zuey Couture Jewellery Le Petit Fleur Earrings

R.icielli - VELMA High Heels 

The ONE dress Selena  

Here are my picks from the Emilia Wickstead SPRING 2022 READY-TO-WEAR collection:

Zam's halal Tonkatsu-style ramen

 

Hi Natty!  Selamat Hari Raya!  Happy Eid, folks!  Oh Natty, you're at the redwoods.  I'm so glad they've stopped logging those.  Such magnificent trees.  You and your buddy are in uniform?  How intriguing!  Yes Honey, it's the Eid today, which means no more fasting month.  The calendar says it's Ramadan 30.  From what I observed, the Arabs decided to celebrate the Eid one day sooner, and this country followed suit.  The formal method of determining the Eid is an official body having sighted the new moon.  Do you think they sighted the new moon over the span of all those countries?  What, no cloud cover?  I guess I don't really care.  I'm so happy!  I get to drink my Starbucks in the afternoon!

Towards the end of Ramadan, I had been watching a lot of Japanese ramen videos.  At first I thought Japanese ramen was simple in constitution, but it turns out they put a LOT of stuff in the soup.  God, I miss my ramen.  There was no convenient time to prepare and eat ramen during the fasting month.  Anyway, I was entertained by the process of making Tonkatsu ramen, where they boil hundreds of kilos of pork bones and fat to get the a thick and sickly green soup.  I wondered why do they cook so many bones, and still need to add MSG?  And what do they do with all the seaweed and vegetables that they dumped into the pot?  Do they just chuck all those veggies away?  The answer is that even with 400 kilos of pig, the broth is tasteless unless they add MSG.  I figured that if I needed to add MSG anyway, then only a couple of beef bones would be enough.  And all the vegetables that got cooked until soft, I blended that and put it back into the soup.  The result is a very tasty and thick sickly green broth for my ramen.  Success!  Alhamdulillah!  And it's halal!  I guess one would argue that it would be missing that fatty feeling.  Hm, next time I'll add some butter.

Mary's outfit today is:

"Your Majesty" Diamond & Pearl Necklace by ~TEMPESTUOUS~

-FABIA- Mesh Hair < Aly>

::TD:: Nia Mesh Gown

Pure Poison - Artizan Cloud Pumps

Hey fashion designers!  Good photography matters!  It doesn't matter how powerful you think you are, what's the point of beautiful clothes when you make your girls look like drug addicts?  I had to pass by 3 or 4 designers because of bad photography before I settled on the Alexis Mabille SPRING 2022 READY-TO-WEAR collection: