Settling In - FEB.12.08
Entry posted by Mason Raymond
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<table width=90% align=center><tr><td><img src=http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2007/09/raymond_blog.jpg border=0 align=left vspace=3 hspace=4>Tonight’s the Canucks annual Dice and Ice event, which being my first year and all, I’m pretty blind about the whole thing truthfully. I know it’s a great charity event that the team puts on every year and raises a lot of money for the Canucks for Kids Fund but other than that, I don’t know what it’ll be like as far the schedule of events and things like that.
I’ve been told that last year, a couple of the rookies had to tell their best joke and I’m not sure what I have to do but I know that something’s going to happen. I didn’t even get word of anything until this morning but I know that I should be on alert. I don’t really have a repertoire of jokes, so if it’s going to be the same as last year, I’m definitely not prepared. At least, it won't be pies again - or at least I hope it won't be for my suit's sake. I’m anxious to see what will happen though.
<a href=http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2008/01/jan0508_skills15_b.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2008/01/jan0508_skills15_t.jpg border=0 align=right vspace=3 hspace=4></a>Since the last time I wrote (which seems like a long long time ago), I’m had some clothes sent out so I’m doing a lot better as far as clothes. I was fortunate that I had just bought a black suit a little while ago and I just bought a white shirt so I should be set for tonight.
Now, I’m not much of a card player at all but I’m going to be dealing blackjack tonight. Usually if I play, it would just be like a donation on my part, so it’ll be interesting how tonight will end up (good things it’s just funny money). I know Roberto and Alex Burrows are big into playing cards so they’ll probably be really good at it tonight.
People always say all the bad things about living in a hotel but I’m definitely not complaining but I must admit, I’ve got a pretty good setup here. The room is like a little apartment with a little living room and a kitchen, although admittedly, I don’t use it. I do a lot of eating out because I’m not much of a cook, I’ve never really liked it and I don’t think I’m very good at it either. Luckily, in Winnipeg, I was staying with some family so I got some good meals made for me there. I definitely eat out a lot more here than when I did there but it’s still tough to complain with things I have here.
<a href=http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2008/01/jan0208_practice08_b.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2008/01/jan0208_practice08_t.jpg border=0 align=left vspace=3 hspace=4></a>I haven’t even really had too much time in Vancouver and on my off days, I just spend a lot of time relaxing to recharge the batteries. There hasn’t been too many exciting things going on but so far the best experience I’ve had off the ice is just when I went over to Trevor or Markus’ for dinner. I got to spend some time with their families and have a home cooked meal, which is really nice. It’s good for me to experience that because I look forward to having that down the road for myself.
We’ve got a couple of big games coming up so hopefully I’ll some time in between to check in more frequently than I have.</td></tr></table>
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