The Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament is over. The winner of the whole thing was Yokozuna Asashoryu. It was a fun tournament to watch.
(As a side note: I read in the newspaper that Aerosmith's Joe Perry was at the sumo matches on the same day that my family was. Had I known, I would have kept an eye open for him.)
As well as watching the tournament on television, I enjoyed playing a fantasy football-type game on line. Link (My "ring name" is Daijobu.) Each day I choose ten wrestlers. If one of my wrestlers wins, I receive one point. Each day I am matched-up against a different player, which ever player gets more points on any given day earns a "win" for the day.
In my first tournament, I accomplished a "katchikoshi" meaning that I won more times than I lost (my record was 8-7.) Earning kachikoshi means that I will be ranked higher for the next tournament in September. That'll be exciting!
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Miscellaneous notes:
The other day I brought Kenny to see my friend Sumi at the barber shop. I was happy to see her. (I always enjoyed getting my haircut when I lived in Japan. It was one of my best opportunities to practice speaking Japanese, plus she's really fun to talk-to.)
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Today we are taking the day to relax at home. We had a really busy weekend. (visiting friends, going to the festival, shopping, etc.) This afternoon, we will go to the rental shop to get a couple of videos to watch and some CDs to copy. If we can find some cute baby books for Kentaro, we'll get them too.
Tonight I am looking forward to eating some red chili pepper chicken wings that I brought home from a Chinese restaurant. They're really good! They're the spiciest things that I have ever eaten comfortably. (If I remember, I will get a picture of them and put them on here.)