I’m on the cover of the May 31, 2010 issue of TIME Magazine – and I didn’t commit a crime (yay) or win a Nobel Prize (aww) to get there! Here’s an image of the cover as a whole:

Image courtesy TIME Magazine.

And here’s one of a closeup of where I am, with my profile photo circled, courtesy of my friend Scott Joy.

Pretty nifty, huh? A lot of people have been asking how this is possible, and to be honest, I knew it could happen . . . because Facebook’s privacy settings suck. Just kidding. I think it was a couple of weeks ago that I noticed that Scott had joined a Facebook group called I Want To Be in TIME. The premise was, if you joined the group, you were giving the people at TIME permission to use your profile photo for their cover. They also privately messaged the group’s members, asking questions that I presume were for the accompanying cover story – I wouldn’t know, as I haven’t seen the magazine itself yet: While the issue has hit stands on the mainland U.S., new issues of TIME typically don’t hit stores in Hawai‘i until Monday or Tuesday.

Needless to say, I can’t wait to get my hands on an issue! This is kind of like being an extra on “LOST” – I can show you that I was there, but unless I pointed it out to you, you wouldn’t notice. Apparently, this is the story of my life!