Erm... another shocker...

This is a page from the sports section of the Prefectural paper:

This is (And no, I'm not making this up) my name in the sports section of said prefectural paper:

(In a sea of kanji there are those lone katakana characters... woah...)

I think when the wheels of that lovely 747-600 (And it was a pretty aircraft I would like to add at this time) touched down at Narita airport, the furthest thing in my mind would be that I would be listed in the sports section of a Japanese newspaper... Heck, being in the sports section of any paper would be among the last things I could imagine ever doing in my life...

If you are curious, that's a list of those that made Shodan (Black Belt) during the Kyudo tests (Apparently it's a much bigger deal than I thought...) two weeks ago.

But now... (And I really can't believe I am saying this), I can add "Listed in the Sports section of the newspaper" as one of my accomplishments in my life...

Of course, this paper belongs to Mr. Graves, and I'll have to give him the original back... I'm going to see if I can't find a copy at school tomorrow (It's only a couple of days old). If I can, I'll save it for you, Dad. :D

I am rather stunned... Sure, it was hard... but I never thought it was this important... perhaps it was better that way: I know I would have blown it if I knew that it was this big of a deal...

-Spending my 15 minutes of fame in rather unexpected ways