Just Around the Corner - DEC.20.07
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>Last time I blogged, I said I would start my Christmas shopping and I actually did. I didn’t have much shopping to do but what I did need, I got it all done in Winnipeg for the most part. I only really needed to get a few things, my parents, fiancé, and a couple of others – pretty easy I’d say.
Christmas this year will be a little different because I don’t really know what I’m going to be doing yet. It’s a day-by-day kind of thing right now.
Of course, it’d be nice to go home for Christmas and spend it with my family – I think that’s what I would miss most about being away during the holidays. It’s become like a vacation spot for me now to go back so it’s always fun. Another perk is that there’s no farming this time of the year so all the chores are pretty much shut down. It’s a good time to go back, relax, and just enjoy being home.
<a href=http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2007/12/dec1207_canuckgameday08_b.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2007/12/dec1207_canuckgameday08_t.jpg border=0 align=right vspace=3 hspace=4></a>Growing up in Cochrane, there was always lots of snow around this time of the year. My dad built a rink in the backyard so we would got to do that too. I’d go out with my cousins and no matter what, it was always fun just going out there. What made it more memorable is that every time I go out there, my dog Champ would be right there with me no matter what. He was border collie – typical farm dog. He was almost like another teammate for me – always helping me out, grabbing pucks, and bringing them back. He had a few broken teeth but it didn’t matter. He just loved being out there and neither one us would trade it anything.
Of course getting new equipment was always exciting and great but one gift that stands out is a basketball net I got when I was… no more than 10 years old. I don’t know why but I had really wanted it as a kid and I just went out there and played with my cousins but we usually had to sit through the winter and by spring, I was itching to go out there and play. It definitely wasn’t one of those impulse gifts, where you really want it and then forget about in a week, it stayed pretty popular for a while. It’s actually still standing out there back home but a little more worn, having gone through the weather.
<a href=http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2007/10/oct1807_practice13_b.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2007/10/oct1807_practice13_t.jpg border=0 align=left vspace=3 hspace=4></a>Okay, so some of you may be talking about my “stint” on a sitcom but I really don’t have a lot to say about it. Honestly, I don’t know the show but a lot of people have asked me and emailed me about my name being mentioned on “How I Met Your Mother”. I still haven’t had a chance to see it but people are asking me if I’ve talked to the girl in the show and everything but all I know is my name was randomly mentioned. I don’t know how it happened, I don’t know the actor or how that came about but it’s kind of funny.
Since coming back to Vancouver, the biggest difference I’ve noticed is the weather. The temperature is for sure different. Winnipeg is covered in snow and here is pretty mild. I really noticed that this time coming here. It’s more like home in Winnipeg because there is snow and the rain is actually something new to me but both are fine. But I’ll take rain over snow, if it means being in Vancouver for a longer time.
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