Monday October 10, 1988

Thanksgiving Day (no school)! Played road hockey with Milberg, Jakub, Gary, Brian, Gabe, Gasee, Evan, Ryan, and Katzin. played ping-pong that night.

(Note: my family never did the whole turkey thing - chalk it up to being immigrants? To this day I try to weasel myself an invite to a proper Thanksgiving meal because I love turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce ... the whole deal!)

Tuesday June 14, 1988

I made quick peace with Gary Don. Played baseball at lunch. Finished geography class. I got a B- on my character study. Gary, Yves, Cliff, Ron, Evan, Tesis, Jakub and I went swimming at Brian's pool (The Windsor Court communal pool). Went out with mom to run errands.

Thursday June 2, 1988

Cliff, Jakub, Poster and I all went over to Yves place for lunch. The Police (real cops, not the band) came to give a talk at the school. We got a pop quiz in Science class. Went back to Sluggers with Ryan and Evan. Studied for the geography test.

Friday May 13, 1988

Wrote a science test. Played foot hockey at lunch. After school Evan, Cliff, Jakub, Brian and I played road hockey. That night I watched 20/20.

Saturday April 16, 1988

Evan Newman's Bar-Mitzvah - it was pretty good but the food sucked. Ryan got on a roll with a Jakub routine. Played some road hockey with Gary. We did geography homework and watched the Caps beat Philly 5-4 in OT.

Wednesday February 3, 1988

French books due. I had lunch at Singer's place. In gym class a bunch of us were teasing Jakub, with me being the ringleader. When I entered the changeroom after class he jumped me (of course my friends were more interested in seeing a good fight than letting me know I was about to get whooped). I could hold my own but this Jakub was a really tough kid. His knee was all hacked up from an accident with a chainsaw. His first day at school (after arriving from Czechoslovakia) we lost a tennis ball on the roof during red ass and the next thing we knew Jakub was on the school roof showering us with tennis balls lost over the years. Anyway, I managed to rope a dope until our teacher Mr. Goldberg came in and when I was safely behind the teacher I yelled "At least I didn't rape Shelly!" (which was a childish rumor going around ... there was no actual rape as none of us had any idea how this sex thing worked yet). Anyway, one of my more cowardly moments. I went to Ryan's place after school to work on science.

Saturday January 16, 1988

I went to Ryan Long's place to work on the science project. In the afternoon we had a big road hockey game:

Ariel, Brian, Tesis, Gasee, Adrian Newman
vs.
Newman, Poster, Butters, Ryan, Jakub

Watched ens 4 Leafs 3.

Tuesday November 10, 1987

I played soccer at lunch with Gary, Cliff, Poster, Jakub, Singer and Brian. Started playing the trumpet in music (was given my instrument to take home). Did homework.

Wednesday January 21st, 1987

Had a math test. In gym class started teasing Jakub, and he ended up attacking me in the changeroom after class. It got broken up by Mr. Goldberg before he had a chance to give me a good whooping (one of the few people in my grade that could). Went to Richmond Hill Country Club after school. Gary and I played doubles against Hart and Yves.