3:19pm: Goodbye Officially to this Journal...
To all readers, which is none of you, I find it is time to make official was has already been unofficial for quite some time now. This journal is being retired. I will still keep the account and respond to any comments people may leave, and because I may want to look back on the past at some point. But I have not written in this journal because for starters it gets boring at times, but other then that it leaves no privacy. I know there is private entry options, but that goes against what this journal was intended as when I first started it.
Actually, way back when I was 17, I started this journal with the intention of being a true tell all of my life. However I quickly realized that I enjoy having friends, so a true tell all would not be a good idea. I wrote some stuff, but could never be truly honest at times with my views towards the outside world for fear of other people's feelings. And for fear of lawsuits about being detrimental about someone else's image.
I in no way regret having made this journal. It was fun for awhile. But since it does not serve the purpose it was created for, and since LiveJournal seems to be a thing of the past, it is time for something new. LiveJournal was great when I started it, and I've been pleased with the service. It is a very well run site, and I wish the best of luck to the creators, moderators, and remaining users.
What is my future as far as writing about my life is concerned? Something. Possibly a new blog somewhere with no forwarding information. Or maybe just my own private writings. Something.
2:56am: It's late, but I'm not tired...
It's late. Typically I'd be sleeping at this time. But after spending all Monday morning at the emergency room for breathing problems with asthma, only to have to return to the emergency room for several hours today, I just can't sleep now. Thankfully all the various medicine I must be on for the next week has started to work, and by Thursday I should be back to life fairly normal. It all started Friday with a cold, then Saturday with some coughing, and then Sunday non stop coughing into waking up Monday morning with the worst asthma attack of my life so far. Thank God America has one of the best quality of healthcare in the world. Now access to healthcare is a different story, I'm lucky enough to be on parent's insurance. Access to healthcare overall for the people, we don't quite compare. But that's another story for another day.
Anyway, being the middle of the night and not tired and not going to class in the morning so I can rest more, I need something to do. TV shows are all reruns, (well they are anyway at this hour, but they are reruns I've seen), I'm running out of worthwhile websites on the internet to pass my time, and I don't feel like playing any more video games today. So I figured I'd visit a long forgotten website of mine. Now, there has been a lot of things happening in my life since I last wrote here. But I think Live Journal also does impose some sort of limit to how long an entry can be. Regardless, I will just be touching upon the highlights of my life over the last several month without much detailed story, cause it would take just way too long to describe everything. So I will write a condensed version of my life since September.
Since September what I have done in order it happened (with brief explanation for all):
Left for college. Rowan University in South Jersey. Great campus good people.
Attended a military funeral. Somebody I went to high school with. Sad day.
Joined a fraternity at school. Phi Kappa Psi. Great fun, good group of gentlemen.
Went to Florida for first time in my life. Disneyworld with family over Thanksgiving. Lots of palm trees, good times. Love Space Mountain. Rode the Back to the Future ride at Universal Studios, fulfilling one of my life dreams.
Merry Christmas! Got an Eagles win over the Cowboys.
Happy Boxing Day! For those in the UK and some former Commonwealth countries.
Hockey in Canada. Saw the Rangers and then the Devils play the Canadiens on the same weekend in Montreal.
Went back to school for a second semester. Had enough fun the first time, figured why not do it again.
Attended another funeral. Not military this time, but a girl I used to know while at OCC. Another sad day.
Became single. Ok, I didn't make that decision, someone else did. But I hold no bitterness. I learned from the whole Cindy thing many years ago that holding bitterness against an ex doesn't accomplish anything. Just look back fondly on the good times, learn from the bad times, and remember life does everything for an ultimate good. Besides, there are only two people in this whole world worth my hatred. Bud Selig and Jeffrey Loria. They know what they did.
Finished filming Levels of Trust! Now all I need is a place to screen it in the Toms River area.
Between Classes came online! The online internet series that I am the lead in! That bit of news actually warrants it's own entry with it's own long story. Ok, shameless self-promotion, I know. But it's what we people on internet series and movies do. So that will follow soon with an entry about that and a link to it's episodes.
Woke up with the worst asthma attack of my life and had to go to the hospital. Oh wait, that happened today. That's how I opened this up.
Well, that's been my life in a real brief nutshell over the last few months. It's been a crazy ride. I've laughed, been sad, laughed again, got drunk, killed a hobo, traveled to...wait, oh crap, forget that hobo part.
So, will this journal be coming back regularly or just a random entry every few months? Who knows? Time will tell.
12:06pm: Living Out Of A Suitcase....
Over the last 21 nights I have practically been living out of a suitcase. I have spent no more then one third of my nights at any one location. That means no more then 7 nights if you don't know math. I have actually not felt any consistency lately in where I've been staying, but that doesn't bother me.
Here is a list of places I have stayed over the last 21 nights:
The suitcase continues as tonight and tomorrow night I return to Toms River.
Although these last three weeks, despite lacking any sort of real consistency, has been one of the mose memorable three week stretches of my life, and indeed one of the greatest.
Total mileage logged on the road in this time, just counting one destination to another, not including side trips, as according to MapQuest: 2,631 miles.
I would estimate that if side trips were factored in, it would be about 2,750 miles or so over the last 3 weeks.
1:23pm: I Think We All Know What Today Is....
5 years ago today it was. I've tried not to dwell on it. I don't really talk about this day much or think about it much when some of the anniversaries of it have come in the past. I'm not trying to diminish the memory of the those that died. But truth be told, even 5 years later, whenever I stop and really think about what happened today 5 years ago, I still get choked up. I try not to dwell on it because I will still water up in my eyes. Just thinking about how horrible it was, and all those lives cut prematurely short, and thinking about all the families that lost someone, and now are no longer complete.
But for some reason this anniversary, maybe because it's 5, I feel compelled to write about it. A few months ago I was cleaning my room and came across a picture I took of the New York skyline sometime in the summer of 2001. The last time I would have ever saw those buildings with my own eyes in person. I had always wanted to go to the top of those buildings, but that's something I'll never get to do now.
I don't know why 5 years after the fact, when I never even lost anybody on that day, I still seem to have trouble really thinking about it or really talking about it.
I can't really put it into words. But this is a troubling day. Tomorrow will be fine. But today, I stop and think.
10:52am: What Can I Really Say....
I know I said I was going to type more about Vinny's death in my next journal entry, but I don't really have any words to describe it. I didn't know Vinny well, but I spoke to him sometimes in certain classes. He was always a funny kid. Enjoyed a good laugh. I liked talking to him.
It's sad. That's really the only way you can put it.
2:01pm: Sad News....
I just found out in an e-mail from my mom that someone who I graduated from high school with was killed yesterday in Iraq. His name was Vinny. I'll write more about this later. I have to leave in a few minutes. But later tonight or tomorrow I'll sum up the appropriate words and write more about this then.
12:52pm: Country Music....
I recently heard through word of mouth that we have a new country music station in Ocean County. I listened to it a little bit. Believe it or not, I liked some of the songs on there.
So we are in production of the new movie. It's been a big task. We can get a lot of scenes done on one day, but getting everyone's schedule to work together is very hard. I will stop at nothing to make this movie happen. The most important thing is getting every scene involving Greg and his house done since he leaves to go back to school in Florida in the middle of August. I fully expect to still be doing work on it after he leaves. But if we don't get his stuff done before he leaves, we are fucked.
And then I will use some of my down time at Rowan in September before I get a job editing it out there. I will have my own room, so I can get some nice and quiet nights to work on it.
It's been a most peculiar week.
Haven't posted music lyrics in a long time, but I have this song stuck in my head, so I will.
Craig Morgan - That's What I Love About Sunday
Raymond's in his Sunday best, He's usually up to his chest in oil an' grease. There's the Martin's walkin' in, With that mean little freckle-faced kid, Who broke a window last week. Sweet Miss Betty likes to sing off key in the pew behind me.
That's what I love about Sunday: Sing along as the choir sways; Every verse of Amazin' Grace, An' then we shake the Preacher's hand. Go home, into your blue jeans; Have some chicken an' some baked beans. Pick a back yard football team, Nothin' much of anything: That's what I love about Sunday.
I stroll to the end of the drive, Pick up the Sunday Times, grab my coffee cup. It looks like Sally an' Ron, finally tied the knot, Well, it's about time. It's 35 cents off a ground round, Baby. cut that coupon out!
That's what I love about Sunday: Cat-napping on the porch swing; You curled up next to me, The smell of jasmine wakes us up. Take a walk down a back road, Tackle box and a cane pole; Carve our names in that white oak, An' steal a kiss as the sun fades, That's what I love about Sunday, Oh, yeah.
Ooh, new believers gettin' baptized, Momma's hands raised up high, Havin' a Hallelujah good time A smile on everybody's face. That's what I love about Sunday, Oh, yeah.
That's what I love about Sunday, Oh, yeah.
Current Mood: working
Current Music: Craig Morgan - That's What I Love About Sunday
6:11pm: The Greatest Offer Ever....
I just received one of the greatest materialistic offers ever. My credit card company is offering me for a limited time, (until Aug. 15), to send them any digital photo of mine and have it put on my credit card. For free. I have about one month to figure out what picture I want to have on my credit card.
Ok, maybe no one else is really going to be excited by this. I found it pretty cool. I guess other people might already have it. But I am really excited by this offer.
It's funny how sometimes some very simple things can get us very excited.
3:16am: Real Quick Update
A real quick update, since I was talking about my 21st birthday for awhile. It was a blast. A great time.
Things are great with me and Erica!
That's really it. I'd go more into detail on these things but I leave on family vacation in a couple of hours and don't have the time for more detail. I only made this quick update cause I didn't want to keep anyone in suspense about if I had a good birthday or not. Like you all were really waiting on that.
3:19pm: I Was Wrong About Something....
I previously stated that I figured my 21st birthday would be the last one I look forward to. I was wrong. There is one more after my 21st I will look forward to. My 28th. Should the U.S. government ever decide in the future to bring back the military draft in the future, my 28th birthday would be the end of the amount of time I am eligible for the draft. I believe that is the age anyway.
10:20am: A High School Graduation....
Yesterday I attended my younger sister's high school graduation. Her graduating class represented the last of the people that I was ever in high school with at a given time. They were all freshmen when I started. I knew some of them, and it was amazing to see how much they have changed over the last three years. Some of the people that I was equal height with or even taller then now look over me.
As some of the names got called they were receiving large accolades from the crowd, despite the principal asking people to hold all their applause till the end. I remember my high school graduation. I enjoyed high school, but I wasn't exactly the kid that everyone knew. I had my groups, but I wasn't universally known. So when I was called I didn't get a reception that was any more special then anyone else's.
That made me think about college. While it is harder in college to be known by everyone, it would be cool to get a special reception when my name is announced in May 2008. I think in high school I really only participated in the bowling team, and at O.C.C. I really only got involved in two clubs. One was radio which never really discovered it's niche, as of yet. It will do good one day, but it is still in it's growing phase.
I think at Rowan I'm going to get involved more in things. That was always my intention anyone, but this just helped to further cement it. I want to do more clubs and activities there. The one I most want to get involved with is TV. I wonder if I can get involved at some point in producing my own show.
While I am not making it my intention to be known by everybody, I would enjoy doing more social activities once I get to school.
But as far as my thoughts about yesterday's high school graduation go. I don't know. It is sort of an indescribable mood. Not bad or good, but processing everything. There is really no more link to high school for me.
1:19am: Because Portland, Oregon is the Center of the Acrobatic World....
The title of this entry would make sense if you saw "Shore Madness." That is the movie I have been working on with my friends lately, and it finally has seen the light of day. After spending nearly all my free time on it the last month, it's finally done. And my reward for spending nearly all my free time on this? I get to do it all again starting in about 2 or 3 weeks when we begin production on the sequel. That does not bother me, as long as it turns out good.
We are aiming to make it more like a dark comedy. It better come out good. I forfeited looking for a better job so I'd have more time for it. I forfeited my Niagara trip so I'd have a little more time and money to put towards this. I forfeited getting to spend time with my friends that are not working on this movie, since so much free time is going towards it. So for giving up all this, I'm going to be extremely pissed off is anything goes wrong with production and it does not come out good.
There should be no problems. As long as we have an outline set up before we start filming, which I will have done by Sunday night, we can probably complete all our filming in about a month. Then the editing begins, which is actually the most time consuming aspect of it all.
Figures, the summer I turn 21 and all of a sudden have a lot more places I can go and things I can do, is also the summer of the movie. Oh well, if it all turns out good, I won't mind all the sacrifices I'm making for it.
On another note my birthday is less then 2 weeks away. I might make my birthday celebration last a few days with several nights of bar hopping. Why the hell not? You only turn 21 once. I'm not a big fan of Seaside, but it will be fun finally being able to go anywhere there I want, instead of always getting kicked out like in years past.
11:36am: 3 Weeks Till 21st....
Only three more weeks from today until my 21st birthday. And from what I'm told the last birthday you really look forward to. So I have to make this year's birthday celebration count.
I'm excited. I've been looking forward to this birthday for awhile. Not that I plan to go out and drink all the time or go to Atlantic City all the time. But it is nice to finally know that I'll have the option of doing that whenever I want.
12:42pm: It's Almost Here....
I know last entry I spoke of the movie being released in early July. Well it looks like it might be ready to premiere this weekend.
And then after this weekend we can begin work on the sequel. We may have a limited time frame to work on it. We don't want to let this one get shelved for two years. But I'm confident that if we have an outline for filming set up before we start, that we can get everything accomplished.
It is just so nice because we have been working hard on this for the last month. A lot of late nights editing, and to now see how close we are to accomplishing this. It is a great feeling.
3:54pm: Movie
The movie I started almost 2 years ago is finally almost done. Should be released in early July. I'm going over to Hogan's to edit it later. I like the way it is coming along.
In other news I love my girlfriend and am proud of her. She knows why. I hope she has a good time this weekend on her trip.
Oh, and I also recently went to the Charlie Brown's in Silverton. I remember when that used to be a Dunkin Donuts that I would visit a lot. It is hard to imagine when you go in there that it used to be a Dunkin Donuts.
12:40pm: Job Dilemma....
Here are the two situations I have in regards to a job this summer. I can stay at the mall, where I am guaranteed every vacation day I requested already off, which is a few, but on the weeks I have no vacation, I only have 20-25 hours of work. Or I can go someplace new and have no guarantees in regards to days off, though I would fight to get at least Niagara in late July off, but the weeks of no vacation I can get 35-40 hours a week.
So I can work a lot and save up a lot of money, but have less time for fun. Or I can work less and have more time for fun, but less money to do things during the fun.
And my mom really wanted me to go on the family vacation because since my little sister will be coming, this would be the first real family vacation taken since 2002. So if I couldn't get the time off at a new job, I know that would disappoint her a lot. You see, I really don't know if I could get the family vacation off if I'm already trying to get 5 days off to go back to Niagara Falls this summer.
This is all debate that will have to wait until next week. In the next week I have 4 papers due in school, one big astronomy project that I have very little clue in, and a group debate to prepare for. I have to do good because I don't want to have a late semester slip in my grades. I'm averaging an A in 3 of my classes. Astronomy I'm probably averaging a B, but if I don't do well on that project it will probably drop to a C. I am currently having, knock on wood, the best semester grade wise ever since starting O.C.C. I would like to keep it up. It would be a nice way to end it.
11:20pm: Have I Finally Crossed That Line....
I finished my astronomy paper a little bit ago. In a couple minutes I'll read it over and make sure it sounds good, and then work on the works cited page.
I remember I used to always come up with crazy schemes. Not get rich quick schemes, but just crazy ideas. Some for fun, others for movies, others to make comedy groups, others for plans to be part of a touring group. I did these up until about my 19th birthday. One plan around high school graduation was to move to San Diego and open a New York style pizzeria on their boardwalk. Not to get rich quick, but to just have a direction for my life.
Today I read a news story on CNN. Somewhere in North Dakota a bowling alley owner is giving away his bowling alley and a two bedroom house on the same property to whoever wins a bowling tournament that he is sponsoring. I began thinking today what if I took everything I have, invested in getting to North Dakota and entering the tournament. I could have nothing, or I could win my very own bowling alley. I don't know what made me think up this scheme. Maybe cause I figured it would give me a future and save me two more years of college. I eventually dismissed the idea, because the bowling alley is only six lanes big and in a town of about 1,000 people. I would get bored quickly, I figured.
But I noticed that this was the first real crazy, take a chance, off the wall scheme I have had in over a year. I went to work later in the day and began wondering if I had somehow crossed that imaginary line between two points of my life without realizing it. I certainly am not the same person I was a year and a half ago. I went through some maturity I guess you would call it throughout last school year. I probably turned into the person I presently am last spring.
I don't know what it means, or what I really mean by this post. I just sort of stopped and have been doing a reevaluation of different aspects of my life.
I leave for school at the end of August. I know my Ocean County time is almost up. How will I spend my last few months here?
February 2005 during a terrible snowstorm me, Jeff, and J.P. were driving on the parkway in blizzard conditions in the middle of the night. This led to us talking about dangerous driving that could lead to death. That led me to setting as goals for my life to get married, have a family, and have some kids. This was contrary to what I had wanted in the months leading up to then, when I didn't want kids. But after taking a class at school about child raising, I am now beginning to see how easily I can screw a kid's life up. Do I really want kids one day?
After being burned my some bad dating experiences and friendship experiences the first 19 years and 3 months of my life, I made a vow to myself to work on making myself emotionally stronger. I have succeeded. I can honestly say almost nothing short of the death of someone important to me will hurt me for too long. But have I done too well at my emotional strength that I don't focus enough on the feelings of those close to me?
I want to work full time this summer. But my current job said if I stay this summer, I would have all the vacations I have planned guaranteed off. Is it more important to make more money but maybe miss the family vacation and still get to go to Niagara with my friends; or is it more important to make less money but get all the time with the people important to me?
I used to have the attitude that I was going to eat whatever I want, regardless of the health concerns. I figured you only live once, why deprive yourself. I have now risen to about 180 lbs. I am only 5'6, so that is not good. About two years ago I was probably only about 140-150 lbs. My weight gain is as alarming as the current gas price gain. I also found out my cholesterol is getting pretty high. Is having some great tasting food really worth losing possibly 10-20 years off of my life? I'm thinking not.
It is funny how every once in awhile as you go through life with a happy face you get the occasional day that makes you stop and think about things. The things I touched on here are just the tip of the iceberg. There are no easy answers to some of these questions. Some of them have obvious answers that I try and overlook.
It was just one of those deep contemplative days. Tomorrow I will wake up and everything will be normal. I'll be happy, well, I still am happy now. But I will continue to be happy and go on with my life as so.
One thing I gained today is I found out as a late Christmas gift from my oldest sister who I have not seen since before Christmas, I am getting two tickets to the Phillies vs. Giants game on May 7th. I really do not like Barry Bonds, so I look forward to booing him when he comes up to bat.
Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's
6:20pm: Great Weekend....
This last weekend in Montreal was fantastic! Lots of fun. Had a great time up there with Erica and Mike (Lauren had to back out at the last minute).
Friday night we went to a comedy club up there. We sat up front and got to be a part of the jokes. I tell you, at comedy clubs up front is the place to sit.
Saturday we went to the Olympic Tower, which is one foot higher then the Washington Monument, and went to the top. Terrific view, and it was a nice clear day, so you could see for miles in every direction.
The game of course was Saturday night, and the Devils won! It was a great game, and their crowd really gets into it. I tell you, that is the atmosphere that a hockey game is supposed to have. You have not seen a hockey game until you've seen one in Canada.
Each morning for breakfast I went to Tim Horton's, since there was one only two blocks from our hotel. Their donuts are so good. I'm telling you, if I lived in Canada I'd probably be fat, cause I would eat there every morning.
The metro was easy to ride and understand, even though all the announcements were in French.
I had such a great time that I'm considering making a Devils road trip to a good northern hockey city a yearly tradition. There are still a few more northern hockey cities I could reach by car that would be great for a road trip and would probably have a great crowd atmosphere. Toronto, Ottawa, Boston, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh to name a few. Plus there is always the possibility of going back to Montreal.
8:05pm: Montreal Tomorrow....
I leave for Montreal tomorrow. I have recovered from a sore throat, but still have an annoying cough. The good thing is I have no trouble breathing, the coughing is really more of an inconvenience.
Due to the medicine I have to take to make sure I am well enough to go on this trip, I am unable to have alcohol for ten days. Originally that upset me. But then I started to think up some of the positives that will come from this.
1. Erica is not really a drinker. So I will get to spend more quality time with her. I have been sober and had conversation with a drunk person before, that is not quality time. But we will be sober together. 2. No risk of hangover. This has only happened to me twice, but at least no worries that it may happen. 3. Less money. Sodas and coffees are much cheaper then alcohol.
I could probably think up more, but I'm tired and have to pack.
10:54pm: Something to Ponder....
Here is something that will make you think. Say you were given the ability to relive one day of your life. You can pick any day. Once you are in that day you have the ability to do anything you want. Of course, anything you do differently then you originally did could cause the future to be very different when that day is up and you come back to the present.
Given all that knowledge, what would you choose to do with that day? Would you choose to relive a bad day and do it differently, trying to change that day and make it good? Or would you choose to relive a great day, not changing anything, but just enjoying the goodness of the day for a second time?
Spend some time trying to figure that one out. I first thought up this question back in July. I still don't know what I would choose.
Happy St. Patrick's Day! I can claim this as a holiday of mine because I'm 25% Irish. At some point today I plan to enjoy a meal of corn beef and cabbage. I don't know if my mom is cooking it later. If not, I'll go to the diner and open up the wallet and get some myself.
Although it's St. Patrick's Day and I don't even have any plans to do any drinking. I don't know how I can be Irish and not drink on this day. I feel like I'm an insult to Ireland.
I'm excited about tomorrow. All of us going on the Montréal trip are going to hang out tomorrow, and everyone will get a chance to meet one another. I'm the only one that knows everyone going, which makes sense since I'm the one that has handled the planning of the trip.
Of the other three, Erica and Mike are the only ones that have met before, but I don't think they really know each that well. So it'll be a good chance for them to get to know one another even better. As for Lauren, none of them have ever met her. So it's good that we are all taking a day to hang out for a bit so come the trip everyone will know each other at least somewhat.
I think everyone will get along just fine. These are all fun loving people, and I've taken at least day trips with all of them before. I know all of them well enough to say they will all get along just fine. It's just a matter of how shy any of these people will act when first introduced to a new person. But once we get past that, I think it'll be a great weekend in Montréal.
5:56pm: So Long Toms River & Ocean County....
It has taken me three years longer then it should have in the first place. I have made excuse for missing deadline after deadline. But finally, years later, I am going to college. Correction, I'm going to real college. Come this September I will be taking off to Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. Ok, so it's not really that far. A little over an hour's drive, an hour if traffic is good. But the point remains that I have been long overdue to finally get out of this town.
I will recall Toms River with fond memories, but it's time to move on. Starting toward the end of this August my time here will become limited to only summers, one month in the winter, and an occasional weekend. Toms River becomes like the dad in a divorce case that lost custody. This September for the first time ever I'll be setting up my online profiles without having Toms River, NJ as my home.
I am really excited about this. The older I was getting and continued to live at home, while I saw others my age advancing their lives, the more left out and behind I felt. I can't wait to go to school. This is a first step toward the rest of my life and eventual independence!
1:02pm: I Feel Good....
I am feeling very good today. Woke up today, have a clear head, starting to feel some improvement from the cough, and am just overall feeling good. I have about six pages to type for Cultural Anthropology class that I haven't started yet. But I still feel good.
And I'm hungry. I'm going to need to begin thinking about lunch soon.
Rowan got my application, still waiting on a response. Will I finally be going to a four year school this September? About two years later then when I originally wanted to. Oh well.
11:38am: Top 10....
I have thought about for a long time doing a list of the "Top 10 Best Days of My Life" on here. But there are always complicated issues in creating such a list. For starters, do you include the days that were the best when they happened, taking into account only the feelings I had on that day, or do I consider long term effect. Only picking days that looking back I am still fond of.
More than likely, such a list would be looking back at the 10 most memorable moments, and then just trying to remember what the date was it occurred. I guess the fairest way to do it would be to take into effect how I felt on that day. Really finding the top 10 would be hard. Some great and fond moments would be excluded, because you can't fit them all. And I'm sure if I really give it some thought, I'd probably pick some moments that surprise others.
I have thought about doing something like this for awhile. I'll probably do it at some point. I just don't know how I would figure out the best 10 days of my life.
11:14am: Montréal, Québec
I haven't spoken much about it, but next month I am going to Montréal. I'm going to see the Devils play a road game up there. I'm taking this trip with Erica, Mike Daly, and Lauren.
I'm starting to get really excited. Less than a month until we all leave on vacation. I have been wanting to take a trip up there to see a Devils road game since early 2005. That's when I first got the idea. A year ago. Of course there was the NHL lockout last year, so doing it then was not an option. I started getting the idea when I think back to some of the trips taken up there with family to see the old Expos games. I remember how nice the city is, and always wanted to go back. I also know that northern cities, especially in Canada, love their hockey. We're going to be in for a game experience unlike anything down here in the States.
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