“A Little a Little Late” is better than “Nothing Sometime in the Future”.

This is going to be a short one, mainly because I spent most of my morning doing something other than writing or revising (for a good cause, not just because I was screwing around or procrastinating).

I’m still watching sumō, and cheering on Mitakeumi (8-1 as of last night, 21 MAR 22), but none have taken down Takayasu so far. Kotonowaka and Wakatakakage are putting up a glorious show. Terunofuji bowed out due to some injuries to his knee and heel*, and there are some great rookies out there competing as well. It gets pretty nail-biting sometimes, with some really glorious takedowns**. Overall, I am rooting for Mitakeumi to take the Emperor’s Cup, and get closer to getting upgraded to yokozuna.

My mom and I watch it together***, and while I don’t have much trouble with the Japanese, we have our own nicknames for some of the rikishi. I call Hoshoryu “Ed Chigliak” because he reminds me of my favorite character in the Northern Exposure series. According to my mother, Ichinojo reminds her of a neighbor she had from long before I was even born (and may have shared the same country of origin. My childhood neighborhood was as ethnically diverse as it got in my town).

I’m being lazy here and not linking a whole lot of what I’m sharing. Maybe I’ll come back to fix it some day. Anyway, I have some revising to do; finishing up a short story for submission, and then it’s soul-deep into my revision of Umbra 2. I think I’ve given it enough time to grow in the dark, and either it will be an edible fungus or just another toadstool.

*I’m being nice here, uncharacteristic, I know. He probably got miffed over two losses after being undefeated for so long. Or the injuries are just really effecting his performance, disappointing the grand master.

**No, I’m not familiar with all of the names of the 80+ moves except for oshidashi, the “frontal push out” which is just about as common and almost as boring as the Rhonda Rousey arm bar. Yawn.

***Yeah, my mom watches sumo and fights and likes action movies and video (and the old arcade games, back before we were the first family in the neighborhood to buy an Atari gaming system). She could kick your butt into oblivion with a bunch of different titles. Coolest mom ever.