Friday December 23, 1988

Jordi and I went downtown. Walked along Yonge St. and bought posters and hockey paraphernalia at a few stores. We had lunch at Lick's. That night mom's friends Betty and Leslie came over to our house for dinner.

Thursday December 22, 1988

Jordi and I went to Markham Place together. I ended up having dinner with his family and going to his hockey game. Sleepover at his place.

[Note - sleepovers sound dirty when a 34 year old writes it ... remember this was when we were 14 perverts!]

Wednesday December 21, 1988

Ryan and I went downtown. We went over to Maple Leaf Gardens to catch the Pittsburgh Penguins practicing. Watched the Leafs game that night.

[Note: that was the year that Rob Brown came out of nowhere and had the craziest year - going from 44 points the year before to 115 points! Must be nice to have played with Super Mario!]

Tuesday December 20, 1988

Legendary road hockey game:

Cliff, Gasee, Andy Long, Evan and Me

v.s.

Josh D, Ryan, Poster, Milberg and Gabe

[Note: Andy Long and I were both huge Quebec Nordiques fans ... I was Peter Stastny and he was Michel Goulet ... figuratively speaking of course :D ]

Monday December 19, 1988

Met up with Min Kang at North York Central library to start working on our project. I went to see Naked Gun at Bayview Village with Fingret and Gary Don.

Sunday December 18, 1988

Gasee and I went to North York City Hall* to skate on the outdoor rink.

[Note: this is now called Mel lastman Square]

Saturday December 17, 1988

Poster, Gasee and I went to Farview Mall to see Twins. Then we went back to Adam's, ordered pizza and watched Leafs 1 Flyers 1.

Friday December 16, 1988

I went over to JJ's house and watched Full Metal Jacket. Played some ball hockey with Pepper.

Thursday December 15, 1988

Day 1 of Christmas Vacation! Mom, Gabe and I went to the North York Central Library and Thornhill Square. I ran into Shelly P. and we hung out for a bit. She looked hotter than ever. Watched Leafs lose 6-3 to the Devils.

Wednesday December 14, 1988

I wrote my final exam - Computer Science! I ended my sequestering at granny's and moved back in with my folks. My nice, juicy Christmas Break begins!

Tuesday December 13, 1988

I wrote my math exam and then studied for Computer Science at school.

Monday December 12, 1988

I wrote my geography exam and studies for math.

Sunday December 11, 1988

I spent the entire day and night studying for geography (except for taking a few breaks to do math problems!).

Saturday December 10, 1988

I spent the day studying for geography and then went to 2 parties that night: D Singer's and Maren Fine's.

Friday December 9, 1988

I wrote my history exam and then went to granny's to study for geography.

Thursday December 8, 1988

I wrote my Science exam in the morning, had fish and chips for lunch, and then wrote my French exam.

Wednesday December 7, 1988

I wrote my English exam and then went to the library to study for French and Science.

Tuesday December 6, 1988

Studied for the English exam.

Monday December 5, 1988

Prepared for my English exam on Wednesday.

Sunday December 4, 1988

Hanukkah starts. Spent the day inside studying.

Saturday December 3, 1988

Moved in with granny for the week.

[Note: My first term, and first time, exam week at Crescent was starting on Monday and I decided that I could get more studying done at my granny's place. No distractions and at the same time she wouldn't feel so alone.]

Friday December 2, 1988

Our science class went on a school trip to York University to observe Physics 'magic'. Went to SWE at Thornlea in the evening with Poster, Fingret, Gary Don and Roger.

[Note: SWE was Some Wonderful Entertainment, a recurring event at Thornlea that featured various bands and other entertainment. Past acts that performed at SWE include The Sppons and Moxy Fruvous]

Thursday December 1, 1988

We has chili for lunch. I watched the Flames vs. Leafs on TV.

Wednesday November 30, 1988

I got 90% on my history test. Played ping-pong with Gabe. Watched TV.

Tuesday November 29, 1988

Egg Rolls for lunch. We had a test in Health class*. I got 85% on my math test and 84% on my French test.

[Note: health class was basically gym class but we took a few weeks off of playing sports and discussed sex education in a little room near Highland Hall].