Thursday December 31, 1987

We played a marathon road hockey game on Windsor Court. Watched From The Hip. Had dinner with the Bermans and spent the night there. Watched New Year celebration from Time Square in NYC.

Wednesday December 30, 1987

Gary & I worked on History at Cliff's. Played road hockey. Watched the Whalers 3 Leafs 1.

Tuesday December 29, 1987

My parents went to Buffalo for the day. I took Pepper for a long walk. Read my book. I listened to the Rangers vs. Isles on the radio.

Monday December 28, 1987

I went to play shini w/Kamin, Katzin & Mark Owen. In the afternoon I went to the Promenade with parents. That night I watched the Capitals 4 Leafs 4.

Sunday December 27, 1987

Did work on History Project @ Cliff's. We played road hockey after. I went shopping with mom. Leah and Izzy came over to our house for dinner. Watched TV.

Saturday December 26, 1987

Boxing Day. Rented Something Wild. Cleaned all of Pepper's frozen shits in the backyard. Went for a long walk with Pepper. Watched Habs 4 Leafs 1.

Friday December 25, 1987

Christmas. Watched TV. I went to play road hockey at Rockford. I used to go with my stick and wait to be invited by Zeev and the Newtonbrook guys that would play at the tennis courts. Did some work on my History project.

Thursday December 24, 1987

In the afternoon I watched Diner - great movie! Did school work. Watched TV. Parents had a huge fight ... Mom, Gabe and I ended up leaving the house and going to sleep at the Emerald Isle Motel. Whenever I would drive by the place after I would think of that brutal Christmas Eve.

Wednesday December 23, 1987

We worked on our history project at Cliff's place. Played road hockey on Windsor Court w/Gary, Cliff, Tesis, Ryan, etc. John Songaila, my dad's partner at the time, came over for a dinner with his new wife. I watched Leafs 5 ST Louis 1.

Tuesday December 22, 1987

I went to play shini @ Double Rinks w/Long. That night I rented Hoosiers and listened to the NYR game on radio (I wasn't a Rangers fan, so this must have been because I had a Ranger in my hockey pool). To this day Hoosiers is still one of my all-time favourite sports movies. Check out the 'slow clap' in this scene!

Monday December 21, 1987

Christmas Break started. I spent the day hanging w/Pepper. I also worked on my science project (I hated science projects - always came up with most basic, shitty projects for the Science Fair ... like 1 bristol board of plagiarized stuff ... where as other kids with parents that helped them came in with working volcanoes and shit). Watched TV.

Sunday December 20, 1987

I went to see 3 Men and A Baby at Bayview Village. Did work on my History presentation. Got into a big fight with my dad at dinner. Listened to the Rangers game on radio.

Saturday December 19, 1987

I went to Gary's hockey game. There was a major snowstorm. I slept over at Gary's again. Gary, his brother Marc and I went out for a walk and went on a snowball rampage. Awesome night.

Friday December 18, 1987

French Test. A bunch of us walked to Harvey's for lunch. I went skating after school. Cara Lurie had a party at her place. I slept over at Gary's house.

Thursday December 17, 1987

Christmas Assembly. French poster was due. Watched Bruins v. Canucks.

Wednesday December 16, 1987

Chanukkah began. Had enriched math class (clearly someone was pretty proud of being 'enriched'). Did homework. Spoke to Jordi on the phone.

Tuesday December 15, 1987

I ate lunch at Singer's place. We watched the school's Winter Concert. That night watched the Caps beat the Leafs.

Monday December 14, 1987

Process Writing #4 due. Ate at McDonald's - wow this is getting kinda scary. Watched TV.

Sunday December 13, 1987

Cleaned the backyard. Handed out flyers with Gabe. Went to gym with dad. Watched TV.

Saturday December 12, 1987

Gabe and I grabbed breakfast at McDonald's. I went to the public library with Gary and Cliff. Long & I went to the Leafs v. Rangers game; saw Kamin/Jordi … Ryan got a puck from James Patrick his favourite player) and we ended up meeting practically every player.

Friday December 11, 1987

I got my first term report card:
A (Math/Art)
B (History/French/Science/Industrial Arts)
C (Gym)
D (Music)
Mom came in and met with Mr. Lewinsky - and thought he was great (albeit a bit of a schlep)! That night we saw Throw Momma From The Train with my folks at The Promenade.

Thursday December 10, 1987

French journal due. Went to lunch @ McD's w/Ulrich, Alpern, Brett, Gary, Elana and Robyn. Toni Shapanis the crazy bully from Highland was there and everyone was scared shit.

Wednesday December 9, 1987

We had a class trip to Unionville. Ryan Long came back. Our team played volleyball against a team made up of the teachers. I listened to Habs v. NYR on radio.

Tuesday December 8, 1987

I started the enriched math class. I got kicked out of band class. That night I watched the Barbara Walter's special w/Eddie Murphy (no furniture).

Monday December 7, 1987

I ate lunch at school. Summit Week began. I watched special with Yakov Smirnoff. 20 years later we get Borat.

Sunday December 6, 1987

We had a big breakfast at Evan's place. Gary & I went to Cliff's to study for history class. Watched TV.

Saturday December 5, 1987

Played ping-pong with Gabe. I went to Soles, Sluggers and Town & Country to find Evan a birthday gift. Evan Newman's B-Day. He had awesome parties and I remember this one well. Evan had a great room in the basement where you could have half-court ball hockey. Played a bunch of hockey, watched movies and then Al, Ulrich, Poster, Gasee and I all slept over. Hilarious night. Stayed up making fun of each other and pulling pranks.

Friday December 4, 1987

PA DAY. I played shini at Double Rinks w/Ron. Watched TV. Worked on school projects.

Thursday December 3, 1987

We played our first volleyball tournament - coming in 4th place. Brian and I were benched for being late (amazing how much both of us changed over the years). We ended up beating Woodlands, Baythorn and Bercy(?) but lost to Unionville.

Wednesday December 2, 1987

I had lunch at Singer's. Aother volleyball practice - I got #24 shirt ... 24!!!?? Weird. Ryan Long went to Florida (obviously short on my own material that day). Watched TV.

Tuesday December 1, 1987

I played hookey from school. I helped wallpaper the kitchen. Minnesota 3-2 over Leafs.