Adam McLaughlin - 15 things You Didn't Know - 2008


1) In late elementary school, Adam wrote to the actress Bridgette Wilson who played 'Sonya Blade' in the 1995 screen adaptation of "Mortal Kombat" In the letter he professed his admiration for her and her work, and asked if she would like to be friends, and if she would write back. Years later when the story surfaced, in response to the content of the letter, Adam Mancini was quoted as saying "That (the letter) was brief, and bold". Miss Wilson failed to reply to Adam's plea for friendship. It is also worthy to note that Adam discovered Miss Wilson's mailing address in an issue of Gamepro magazine.
2) Early in Adam's childhood, he would sneak into his mother's closet to be with her leather boots. Details of what exactly was done while spending time with the boots is hazy, but sources point to caressing gestures. When caught and questioned as to why he had locked himself away in the closet, he would tell his parents that he was simply "playing G.I. Joe's" a pass time he often enjoyed with his close friend Chubbs. It would appear his early penchant for leather goods would not be wholly manifest until his later years, in which several DVD copies of David Hogan's 1996 master piece "Barbed Wire" would be purchased, and viewed repeatedly.
3) Up until the summer of 2006, Adam thought that Watermelon rinds were poisonous.
4) Throughout his high school years, Adam was a member of the Newmarket based break dancing crew "Body language" alongside Geoff Watson and Frasier Avey. Group highlights include the events "Geoff's garage '01" and "Mount Albert throwdown"
5) Upon hearing about the death of the 40th President of the United States of America, Ronald Reagan, in June of 2004, Adam responded: "Who's that?" Days later while travelling in Boston Massachusetts, when asked why flags were flaying at half mast, Adam sharply replied " 'Cause someone died" When asked who had died, without break he shot back: "Ronald McDonald"
6) Adam's wedding present to his older sister was a patio lantern he found while rummaging through a dumpster. To his credit, the lantern was still packaged.
7) Adam spent an entire school year swooning a special lady friend from school. His tactics included walking her home from school, daily, while serenading her with the Fugees song "Ready or not"
8) Adam owns the special edition "Sex in the city" DVD box set.
9) Adam was known at his elementary school for being the kid who would regularly wear sweat pants, and would pull them past his waist up to his neck to impress his friends.
10) Adam has his black belt in Karate, and once choreographed a martial arts routine to the Mortal Kombat film score, an up-tempo techno remix that expounded upon the original, more subdued video game soundtrack.
11) Many of Adam's jeans have a "chap stick mark" worn into the denim in the right hand front pocket, from his near fanatic use of the stuff. A small price to pay for visibly soft, silky and kissable lips. His favorite flavours include: melon melody and berry blast.
12) Adam was almost evicted from his Toronto based apartment on the account of him flying a pirate flag from his balcony railing.
13&14) Adam refuses to get an ipod. Along with his janitor keys, he manages to shove a portable cd player into the back pocket of his size seven jeans.
To further prove this point, his carry-on bag when flying to Arizona was a plastic bag of cassette tapes for his Walkman.
15) Adam has no inner dialogue.

(A Special Thanks To Adam For Having One The Greatest
Sense of
Humours and No Shame!)

Adam McLaughlin - Anatomy - 2005

Three Concussions : (1 major, 2 minor) "All done snowboarding. The first one I blacked out for 20 minutes but in my head the day just replayed itself until I woke up face to face with the ski patrol. So now sometimes before I even go try something I think I may have already tried it, fell, and don't even know it yet.

The Second one "I actually trapped some fluid in the back left corner of my head that was the diameter of a softball!"



Wrists: 2 broken wrists. One was snowboarding and the other was a war wound from 'ruff housing' at the the playground.

Ankle #1: "I was 17 in my driveway having a highest ollie competition with myself. I apparently lost because I tore all the ligaments in my left ankle."

Ankle #2: Torn ligaments again. "Two months ago I was skating the Newmarket Park's double set and basically when your heads not in it, its not a good idea..."

Collarbone:
Broken collarbone...came right along with the second concussion.

Elbow: "I dislocated it skating mini at the newmarket park. Got on top of a pivot fakie, put my arm out while shooting out...and out it came."


Heel: "I had the 'really good idea' of ollieing off my highschool portable. Bruised it pretty bad"

Knee: Partial Tear of cartilage with 1st concusion

Ankle #3: Broken."I had to have it re-broken after a week. they drugged me up with something called 'conscious sedation', its like day dreaming. Then they just hold you down and lean on your ankle till it breaks... 2 Thumbs Up for That."