Awkwardness

Weird things are happening around me. Last week was the second time I appeared on Japanese TV - this time in a show hosted by a famous kabuki actor Nakamura Kankuro. When the TV crew came to our house I thought they'd only film my boss and Kankuro-san, so I sat in the office, answering e-mails when suddenly one sensei burst inside and said that they also want to film me... The worst thing is, I looked like hell. I had trouble sleeping for the past few days, so I had dark circles under my eyes, no make-up at all and a shabby obi and old, worn-out tabi socks. That was not my best day to appear on TV (then again, there are no good days for me).
Thankfully, Kankuro-san turned out to be a very nice and easy-going person, and only 7 years older than me, so we just chatted for a while (the whole point of the show is that he travells around Japan and talks to people who do something traditional) and I didn't notice the cameras that much. I hope they will cut the parts with me from the acctual show though. I still haven't seen the previous one, although they sent me a DVD, and when I buy groceries people tell me they've seen me on TV... Weird indeed. It's me and Kankuro-san in the picture, sitting near the entrance to the house.