Sunday February 24, 1991

Gabe left to return to Western. I hung out at JJ's house with Horowitz and J Diament. I had dinner at home and then watched TV and studied for my test on Homer's The Odyssey.

Saturday February 23, 1991

Gabe and I went to granny's place for a late breakfast. I went to Thornhill after to play road hockey:

Rog, Ryan L, Andy L, Kev and I vs. Cliff, Brad, Brian and Gasee.

Sorbara had me, Al, D Scott, Gleed, Christine, Caroline, and Meredith over at his place. After that D Scott, Gleed, Al and I went to Fantasia in Richmond Hill. We ended the evening at Toby's for late night 'good eats'.

Friday February 22, 1991

Grub Day! We had a Physics test on chapter 18 and a Math test. I went to a party at BJ's house with JJ, Eremita, Lundy, Peter L, M Field, Joel, Ritchie, Gleed, Heissler, Christine, Emma, Meredith, and Sue. After that a bunch of us headed to a Branksome party where Myles, Cam, Crane, Craig, Webster, Sandy, DB, Ruhnke, Damien, and Trevor were already at. A few people ended up at "the Mug".

Thursday February 21, 1991

We did our presentation in English A - and got 11/15 (not good). I then wrote a Law test. We told jokes in Society class. I stayed up very late preparing for the Math and Physics tests.

Wednesday February 20, 1991

We had an awesome discussion in History class. Myles and I went to JJ's house to work on our English A presentation. I typed out the presentation handout, did Law homework and watched TV (Wonder Years and Doogie Howser MD).

Tuesday February 19, 1991

We had a school assembly in which there was a debate held: Wolfson and Levine took on Pollack and De Berardinis. We played basketball in Phys-Ed class. Gabe and I went to see Green Card at Bayview Village.

Monday February 18, 1991

I handed in my English A essay on The Handmaid's Tale. Cam and Craig did a hilarious presentation in English A. We had a debate about censorship in Society class. Veal for lunch. After dinner I went through old boxes of stuff and just organized my room while listening to hockey games on the radio.

Sunday February 17, 1991

I helped around the house and worked on my essays for school. Rented the movie of The Handmaid's Tale.

Saturday February 16, 1991

I did homework - wrote my essay for English A. Brad had Jordi, Al, Roger, Mark and I over for drinks. Then we did the circuit: Lime Rickey's, Newtonbrook Bowling and Toby's. We ran into a bunch of people, including Brian, Brett, Katzin, and Gary Don.

Friday February 15, 1991

Of course after a late night out the next day is full of tests: History test, Math test and Physics quiz. Fish sticks for lunch. Gabe came home for the weekend to check out the new place. I went to a big dance at Havergal with a bunch of the guys: Joel, DB, Webbie, JJ, Geoff, Sevag, Eremita, Fred, BJ, Sorbs, D Scott, Tyler, Crane, Craig, Riaz, Munroe, Ben and Gleed. We partied with Sue, Emma, Kate, Katrina, Nessa, Suzanne, and Tanya. 

Thursday February 14, 1991

Valentine's Day and Granny's 75th birthday! I handed in my essay for Society class and another one for English A. Brian and I went to the Neil Young concert at Maple Leaf Gardens. It was Neil Young & Crazy Horse, with Sonic Youth and Social Distortion opening. We didn't see any of the opening acts because when I met Brian at Sheppard Station he realized that he forgot the tickets at home. We ended up going back up to Finch and taking the Steeles 53 back to his house, grabbing the tickets and then catching a cab to the subway. It was quite the adventure and in the end we showed up just before Neil went on stage. Although the concert was great musically, it was a bit disappointing in that Neil literally didn't say a word between songs. You would think coming back to Canada he would talk to the crowd - an anecdote, memory - something. Anything. But he never made a peep. The set included:

Mansion on the Hill
Cinnamon Girl
Keep on Rockin' in the Freeworld
Like a Hurricane
Hey Hey My My
My Boy
Blowin' in the Wind

Wednesday February 13, 1991

I wrote a Law test and had a Physics lab. We played basketball in Phys-Ed and then I went home early (skipped clubs). I did homework, had dinner and then watched Midnight Run. Great flick!

Tuesday February 12, 1991

Back to school. I finished my Physics essay. Did homework. I got my own phone and TV for my room.

Monday February 11, 1991

I did homework and worked on the house (no school today). We grabbed Kentucky Fried Chicken for dinner. Paulina and Alex M. came over. I watched Airplane on TV.

Sunday February 10, 1991

I did homework and work around the house. Granny came over to see the new home. I went over to JJ's house with Dan.

Saturday February 9, 1991

We finally moved into our new house: 137 Gypsy Roseway (Bayview & Sheppard area). We unpacked and I started organizing my room. JJ, Al, Mark, Jordi and I went to some Lawrence Park house party we heard about - it was crap. We then headed to Harvey's at Yonge & Eglinton before going to Newtonbrook Bowling. We ran into Guy, Sucher, Jordana, Katzin, Brian, Brett, Belinda, Lisa and a bunch of other people there.

Friday February 8, 1991

Half-Term Holiday - no school. We went to the new house and unpacked some of the smaller boxes we had. I went to Town & Country to see L.A. Story with JJ, Vendor, Horowitz and Rene.

Thursday February 7, 1991

Still sick. Stayed home from school so that I can be healthy enough to help the move. Granny made me 'Gogol Mogol' a Russian remedy for colds. It basically consists of an egg yolk and a bunch of sugar. You eat that and then sip warm milk.

[Note: good article about Gogol Mogol in T Magazine]

Wednesday February 6, 1991

The basketball game yesterday screwed me - sick again! Stayed home from school and just slept, read and watched TV (Leafs 5 Jets 5).

Tuesday February 5, 1991

I felt better and went back to school. We had a pretty hard Math test. I handed in my Physics lab. We had an incredible game of basketball in our Phys-Ed class.

Monday February 4, 1991

I woke up sick and didn't go to school. I spent the day in bed reading and sleeping. In the evening I watched Murphy Brown and other Monday night shows.

Sunday February 3, 1991

I did homework, watched TV and started coming down with a cold.

Saturday February 2, 1991

I went to the Promenade to meet up with Jordi and Al. A big group of us met up at Newtonbrook Bowling in the evening: Brad, Al, Brian, Brett, Candace, Liza, Krista B, Terri, Stephanie, Mark, Guy, Katzin, Roger, Gary Don, etc.

Friday February 1, 1991

I didn't go to school in the morning because we moved our stuff to granny's place temporarily. I made it to school for a veal parm lunch - my favourite!  Peter L had a big party at his place: DB, Webster, Sandro, Lundy, M Field, D Scott, Sorbara, Nobbs, Myles, McGroarty, Nessa, Katrina, Paula, Rebecca, Lindsey, Tanya, Suzanne, Heather, Beth, etc.

Thursday January 31, 1991

No Entry.

Wednesday January 30, 1991

We talked more about Desert Storm in English B. We played basketball in Phys-Ed class. I spent the afternoon (club time) typing out an essay in the computer lab. Watched TV and did homework.

Tuesday January 29, 1991

We had a guest speaker in Physics class (some genius). Played basketball after school.

Monday January 28, 1991

I wrote a test in English A. We discussed what was happening with the Gulf War in History class. A bunch of my Thornlea friends went over to Mark's house for a weekday party, but I had a bunch of homework to do.

Sunday January 27, 1991

I slept in and then spent the afternoon doing homework. Spoke to candace on the phone (she has a crush on Sorbs). I watched Super Bowl XXV: NY Giants 20 - Buffalo 19 (heart breaker).

[Note - many still say this is the best Super Bowl of all time, and the only one decided by 1 point.]

Saturday January 26, 1991

Jordi, Al and I spent the day hanging around Promenade mall. In the evening I went to some Thornlea house party and then took Katzin, Brad, Candace, Rog, Liza and Al over to a party at Eremita's house. D Scott, Sorbs, B Ireland and L Page were there.

Friday January 25, 1991

I had a Math test. Mark, Al, Candace, Liza and I went to Newtonbrook Bowlerama, Lime Rickey's and then back to Candace's house.

[Note - Al and Liza had a mild flirtation going. Mark and I were both just friends with Candace.]

Thursday January 24, 1991

I didn't go to school - went with mom and dad to check out the new house (137 Gypsy Roseway). I went over to Sorbs' house to type up my Gym essay. Christina and Dave ended up doing most of the work for me. I didn't get home until 11:30pm.

Wednesday January 23, 1991

We listened to and discussed Love's Gonna Get'cha in English A. We played basketball at lunch. I watched Toronto 3 Montreal 7. Parents bought a new house.

Tuesday January 22, 1991

I wrote a Physics test. I got 75% on my Math test and 85% on my English B opener. I presented my workout in Gym class. I watched Toronto 4 Quebec 4 (perfect).

Monday January 21, 1991

We had a school assembly in the morning. I got 78% on a pop quiz in English A on Brave New World. I studied for my Physics test and watched The Hockey News.