Good evening. Umh, excuse me, I’m a little nervous. . . . Well, first of all, I’d like to thank you for encouraging me to attend this WA meeting. I’ve heard so much about the support you give one another, and I . . . I have been trying, trying very hard, to muster the courage to join you for a long time. And well, now, here I stand. So . . . well . . . let me just come out and say what it is I’ve come to say.

My name is Tsuyukusa—and . . . and I’m a weed.