Re: sumo: our own shikona (Re: Bakanohana II?)

[steve daniel <stevedan@access.digex.net>]

When I first entered the Hoshitori, I wasn't sure what to do about a
shikona so I just threw together the first part of my last name and Fuji
to come up with something vaquely Japanese. When I decided to try to
improve on it, a Japanese-American friend and I agreed that Utsukushiyama
(beautiful mountain) was as close as I could come to Mount Pleasant which
is the name of the neighborhood in Washington DC where I live. 
	Based on Utsukushiyama's performance in the January Hoshitori, I'm
not sure that the "improvement" was a good idea.

Steve Daniel
Washington (Mt. Pleasant), DC