Hi! My name’s Johnny and I’d like to thank Kirk for letting me join the Kumamoto International editing board. He said I should start by introducing myself so, here goes …
I was raised on a farm in Mooresville, Indiana. My mama ran out on us when I was three, my daddy beat the hell out of me cause he didn’t know no better way to raise me. I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars, whiskey, and you … what else you need to know? ;)
I started reading Kumamoto International after I got involved in a little project related to Minamata. Ah, Minamata! It’s a place like no place on Earth. Full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter. Which, luckily, I am!
The picture you see is one Kirk says he took of me on one of our bar-hoping adventures in the Shimotori area. I say Kirk “says” he took it but, frankly, I have no recollection of posing like this. Who knows, he might have even photoshopped it like he photoshopped Donald Trump for some stupid April Fools prank about Trump buying Kumamoto Castle and making it into a casino! If you don’t believe me just look for yourself. It’s pretty obvious:
https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/photos/a.129499733790134/1390313161042112/
Anyway, you all should be careful about Kirk. He wants you to think that he’s trying to be helpful with all those little posts and all, but it’s guys like that that you have to watch. Me, I’m dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. I mean honestly, it’s the supposedly “honest” ones like Kirk that you have to watch out for. You never know when he’s about to do something incredibly . . . stupid!
Well, at any rate, I’m glad to be an editor. I’ve done a lot of things in my life but I think this is the one. This is the one I’ll be remembered for.
Oh, and happy April 1st and all that!