Man at Arms: Art of War

[Drunk Monk]

I've seen the rough cut of the Japanese episode.  There's a lot more of me as a talking head because this season, the guest professors have been eliminated.  Feedback was that there were too many talking heads in Season 1, so all of that now falls on me and Da'Mon.  Of course, I'm more prominent on the Asian episodes because I'm the token Asian, at least that's how it played out last year, so we'll see if Japan is atypical in terms of my increased exposure.  But there is a lot more of me and they've edited me down so I sound much more intelligent than I am, for which I'm very grateful. 

I've now been recognized twice.  

The first was at Back-A-Yard, my fav Jamaican place in Menlo, where I stopped to grab a bite on the way to Tom's memorial last week.  I was wearing my El Rey lid, and the guy at the counter commented on how much he enjoyed El Rey's programming, especially the Kung Fu marathons, and I mentioned that I was a star on Man at Arms and he looks at me for a moment and then gets all excited when he recognizes me.  He didn't give me any extra plantains or anything tho.  I thought stars were supposed to get extras like that.

The second was at CVS outside of Cali Roots when I was picking up some supplies and snacks.  Again, someone recognized my lid, an old dude who was buying a quart of cheap vodka.  He's clearly an alcoholic, and tells me to ask Danny Trejo if he remembers the pig roast at some NA meeting they were both at some 20 years ago or something.  As if I have Danny's digits on speed dial or something.  

I gotta wear my El Rey lid more often.