I like this girl

 

Grace is 17!  17 is legal, right?  RIGHT?  18 is legal for her in Malaysia.  But I might as well put in an interested bid right now, what the hell.  A 17 year old female musician who's beautiful and talented is very valuable indeed, more valuable than any billionaire.  What about it, Grace?  Mary doesn't need an accompanist, but a sure way to get the job is to marry into it.  It's already global, and you don't have to tour.  No rush, Honey!  I'm still broke right now, so go ahead and be a guitar hero.  Would you like me to talk to Anna Wintour and get you all dolled up in a pretty dress, with your picture in Vogue magazine?  Let me know if you want that!

This is my guitar, Grace.  I don't know what year it is, but it's USA.  Its name is "Raven among the crows".  The guy who owned it before me rewired it so it's noisy as hell, unless it's clean.  I don't have a nice amp anyway, so I only play it clean then post-process for the dirt.  The trouble with being a multi-instrumentalist is that I don't pick up the guitar for months sometimes.  When I do, I just play it clean out of a cheapo practice amp.  I only use the neck pickup at full volume and use the tip of my index finger as a pick.  The amp is loud but I pick very gently.  I don't practice in any way, I just do a lot of thinking.  I let my fingers go wherever they will go, it helps to relax my mind.  I try to explore, and avoid habitual riffs and keys.  And I let my mind wander: is she a good person?  Will she make a good Muslim wife?

Movie night

 

It's movie night again!  "Whiplash" (2014).  At last, a movie for musicians!  I don't read music, though.  Well, maybe just a little bit.  I used to be a drum teacher for Yamaha.  I'm surprised they put up with me.  Actually they got sick of me after a few months, then commanded me to go to the big city for an unpaid internship.  I'm done with travel, so I didn't go.  Plus it sure seemed like a mob hit setup.  Mary is musically illiterate, too.  She is a 100% emotional singer.  Never ask her to play the drums, because she doesn't care about tempo.  You folks can hear this during her set: she's always catching up to the music.

Anyway, I like this movie.  I feel that the "cruel to be kind" approach for generating great musicians is bullshit.  It's all the same horse race.  This explains the ending of the movie: "Do you want to ride the winning horse?"  This is why music is not religion.  The world is a stage, and it belongs to God.  When God puts you center stage, that's where you have to be, whether you can handle it or not.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

168.  The ones that say while they themselves sit, "If only they had listened to us, they would not have been slain."  Say, "Avert death from your own selves, if you speak the truth."

The Family of Imran 3:168

I like this girl

 

I like this girl.  She looks just about my size, and she's way prettier and more feminine than Dylan Mulvaney.  Is she a good person?  Will she make a good Muslim wife?  She's already famous though, so it might be too late for her to ride in my Ark.

Promotion!

 

My cats used to have the rank of lieutenant, but Allah gave them all a promotion!  Congratulations, guys!  You all now carry the rank of captain!  Although all the cats have the same rank, of course the parents have seniority.  Ya Allah, please heal and protect my kitties.  Give them long lives and dignified deaths.  Grant us kittens when the time is right.  Have my cats coexist in peace.  Grant me compassionate birth control for my cats.

Congratulations, Captain Adolf Kitler!  (Those spots on his nose are actually black hairs.  Interesting huh!)

Congratulations, Captain Lookie Floofysdöttir!

Congratulations, Captain Otto Floofyson!

Congratulations, Captain Helmut Floofyson!

Congratulations, Captain Jane Rambo Floofysdöttir!

Congratulations, Captain Anna Floofysdöttir!

Congratulations, Captain Gunhilde Floofysdöttir!

All fall down

 

My old laptop from when I was wandering the streets of Tempe finally passed away.  Goodbye, old friend.  18 years old!  A dinosaur among computers, nowadays you can get 10 times more power from a cell phone.  Ah, but you can't get the past.  Many old and not-so-old things are breaking around me at this time, but I expected that.  All fall down.

I understand this was a live performance.  They must have stuffed all those kids' voices in the keyboards, because everyone else looks too embarrassed to sing.  Whatever happened to Arsenio?

Game of Thrones

 

I don't know, folks.  I like Daenerys, but am indifferent towards Emilia.  Why is that?  She's probably already married, anyway.  I need someone younger, anyway.

Nobody

 

Most people pursue the good things in life and persist in sin.