Saturday February 28, 1987

Hart & I took the Steeles 53 to Finch and then subwayed downtown. Walked down Yonge St. and then went to the Eatons Center and saw Hoosiers. Ari Wintraub had a party that night which Hart & I crashed. We watched Comic Relief and I crashed there.

Friday February 27, 1987

Wrote another French Test. A group of us went to Mayfair after school and had a mini tennis tournament (considering I never wrote down the winner, I'm pretty sure it wasn't me). That night I hung out at Shelly's w/Hart & Jen North.

Thursday February 26, 1987

I got an A on my French test. I went to Singer's for lunch ... his mom made a killer turkey breast on challa bread. We had a second dress rehearsal for the school assembly.

Wednesday February 25, 1987

I had to be at school at 8:45am to serve a detention. We did our history presentation over again. Went to Hart's place for lunch. A real estate agent came by the house as my parents decided to sell.

Tuesday February 24, 1987

We had a dress rehearsal for the upcoming school assembly. Shelly P and I went to McDonald's for lunch. Gino and a few people from Highlands tried to stir shit with us, but we just ignored them.

Monday February 23, 1987

Wrote a science test. We received our mark on the History presentation. It was a minor-disaster. Ms. Gibson felt it was racist and offered for us to do a new one of get a failing grade. I'm not sure I even knew what the word racist meant at the time. Oh well.

Sunday February 22, 1987

During the day I went to Mayfair with Ulrich and played a set - he won 7-6. That night Shelly P had a party at her place. I ended up in a closet with Leila G, but don't think much happened.

Saturday February 21, 1987

Went to Jon Poster's Bar-Mitzvah. In between I went to Upper Canada College to write the entrance exam. David Singer came over, and we watched Clue

Friday February 20, 1987

We finally did our presentation in history class. Our volleyball team played the grade 6 team, and won. My dad took Gabe & I to Massey Hall to see Yakov Smirnoff (pretty much the Borat of the 80's) only to have the show cancelled. Those Russians are about as reliable as their Lada's!

Thursday January 19, 1987

Brian & I went to Singer's place to play ping pong. Stayed over for dinner and practiced our history presentation.

Wednesday February 18, 1987

Had 2 tests - math and science. Ulrich & I had lunch at Hart's place. After school Hart & I went to Mayfair to play tennis.

Tuesday February 17, 1987

Got a detention in history class.

Monday February 16, 1987

A nurse came to school to explain and discuss AIDS and HIV. Art book was due.

Sunday February 15, 1987

Jordi and I went public skating. I got a new Pro Kennex Copper Ace tennis raquet.

Saturday February 14, 1987

My grandmother Dora's 71st birthday. I played tennis during the day with Hart at Mayfair. Then the whole family took granny to dinner at Bindi ... amazing desserts. Met up with Hart, Jordi K & M at Bayview Village to see Mannequin.

Friday February 13th, 1987

Watched Rendez-Vous 87 Game 2: Russia won 5-2. Fortunately nobody could tell that deep down I was actually rooting for Russia.

Just as an aside, I think the reason I wanted Russia to win was threefold: 1. They played a more skilled style of hockey. 2. As a kid of recent Russian immigrants, I was different from my mostly born in Canada friends. With all the embarrasing negative stereotypes about Russia during the Cold War, it was nice to be able to point to something positive about the country my parents were from (even though they were from the south, and consider themselves Jewish and not Russian). 3. I felt bad for the underdog. Not in a hockey sense, but the people. They were standing in lines for bread and suffered so much, I figured at least they would be able to maintain some kind of pride. They were clearly falling way behind the West in just about everything else. So it's not that I didn't love Canada, but a piece of me did secretly want the Russians to win.

Later that night I went over to Hart's. Slept over at his house. We made it a theme night and rented Friday The 13th.

Thursday February 12th, 1987

Completely uneventful day. School. Homework. Sleep.

Wednesday February 11th, 1987

A bunch of us went to McDonald's for lunch. I got into a fight with Hart after school. Watched Rendez-Vous '87: Canada beat Russia 4-3.

Tuesday February 10th, 1987

Played tennis at Mayfair with Hart after school. That night we hooked up with Brian and Ryan, and went over to Shelly's house.

Monday February 9th, 1987

Geography class finished; History semester started. Hart, Brian, Mikey Richards & I went over to Shelly's house after school. Al swung by also.

Sunday February 8th, 1987

My dad took Gabe & I to his new club - Skyline Club - for squash and saunas. That night my whole family went to see Radio Days at the York Theatre.

Saturday February 7th, 1987

Hart, Jordi and I went to Sports Connection to check out some hockey cards and other collectibles. Took the subway downtown. We walked along Yonge Street and I got totally run over by a biker. Not motorcycle. Bicycle. I remember thinking I was dead, coming to and hearing the guy crying 'my bike ... my bike'. Bastrad. Hart thought it was hilarious ... our friendship begins the declining stage. Eventually recovered. Went to Town & Country that night with Hart to see 'Outrageous Fortune' starring Shelley Long and Bette Midler. I'm pretty sure it didn't take the Oscar that year. Went to hang out at Lime Rickey's after (the one on Steeles - not the Eglington version in the pic).


Hart & I saw 'Outrageous Fortune' and went to Lime Rickey's

Friday February 6th, 1987

Geography project was due. Brian Sherman brought a little snake to school. Finished an autobiography for English class.

Thursday February 5th, 1987

Wrote a math test on equations. Had a music test - played trumpet - and got a C-minus. Went over to Gary's house after school to work on our geography project.

Wednesday February 4th, 1987

Went to Hart's house for lunch. Got 93% on my geography test!

Tuesday February 3rd, 1987

Wrote a geography test. Got a 100% on my French notebook. Endurance tests in phys-ed class. Played foot hockey after school.

Monday February 2nd, 1987

I got 76% on my math test. Went to Brian's after school to work on our project for the Science Fair.

Sunday February 1st, 1987

Worked on my 'mini-autobiography' for English class.