150 words or more (oh god what have I done), give SHL Cribs a tour of your place!  Where is it? How big is it? what's in it? does it have amenities or special features? how about the cars?? and of course most importantly.. what's in your fridge!

Hello there to my favorite SHL'ers, welcome to my Halifax crib!  After being drafted last season I spent the early weeks of my Raider career living in a hotel near the rink.  Being a bit shy and not knowing anybody, I expected to stay in the hotel for my entire time in Halifax.  But luckily when I was named a S45 assistant captain, team captain Dominic Montogomery insisted that I move in with him and our other assistant Perry Morgan, and we've been living it up in our bachelor pad ever since.

We settled into a fairly modest 3 bedroom, 3 bath place about twenty minutes away from the arena.  I mentioned to Dom and Perry that we should definitely upgrade to something lavish this season, but after my contract from New Orleans came through I decided I needed to save all the cash I could.  We do have a large kitchen at least, which seemed to be a must for Perry and Dom.  I think Perry just wanted to make sure there was plenty of space around his weird ass SodaStream monstrosity that he won't let anybody else touch.  Seriously, Perry is REALLY protective of that thing.  Any time Dom or I poke fun at Perry for using it he drags it into his room and slams his door, I have no idea what he's doing with it and frankly I don't want to know.   You can get better soda down at the corner store, but don't tell Perry that.  And now that I think about it, I've never seen him actually USE the damn thing....why the hell is this taking up counter space?  ANYWAYS.  I love our kitchen because of the huge fridge.  As you can see on my shelves I only have the essentials: 



Ignore Dom and Perry's crap at the bottom, I don't even know what that is.


Moving on to our living room, this is probably where I spend most of my time.  The couches are perfect for me to pass out on after a long night out or to bunker down on to play video games to unwind.  It isn't the biggest room, but we have some Raiders over now and then to hang out.  Last week Troy stopped by and managed to forget half a bottle of Jack Daniels when he left, good luck getting that back Troy.  Speaking of which, this little dude next to the couch is also named Troy:


Named by Dom, like Troy it is prickly on the outside but sweet on the inside.  Dom somehow managed to sneak the cactus into the bachelor pad, as we each got ONE decoration to bring without it being veto-ed by the other two....and somehow Dom got TWO.  It must be nice to be the captain...  You can see his magical second veto proof decoration over there by the dining table:



I've taken this thing down and hidden it so many times, but I think Dom installed a tracking beacon in it just so he could keep hanging it.  Luckily I never eat at the table so I don't have to think about that thing too much.  Most of the time I'm either eating on one of the couches while watching TV, or eating in my room...speaking of which let's go check out my room.

I have to keep the door closed so that my little buddy doesn't tear up the bachelor pad while I'm not home.  Okay Rupert you can come out now!




Don't mind Rupes, once he gets to know you he's super friendly.  Please don't tell too many people about him, we aren't allowed to have pets in this building, but somehow I've managed to keep him a secret from our land lord for over a year.  Rupert was MY one item (get it Dom, ONE item) for the bachelor pad and I think mines the best of the three (well four) to be honest.  Perry and Dom do seem to be quite jealous of Rupert as they have been known to call him the "r" word a lot (robot, pretty disgusting of them but I love the guys). If I drop any food or spill my beer Rupert is always quick to eat or drink the mess up, basically the perfect pet.  It can be quite a chore to get Dom and Perry to help out with Rupes though, usually if I get home from practice later than them I have to yell at them for not letting Rupert out to get exercise.  Seriously, if Rupert doesn't get out enough during the day he'll keep me up all night.

And over here is where the magic happens (pointing to the bed).  And by magic I just mean it is pretty magical if I make it there instead of passing out on the floor.  *God I'm so lonely* Otherwise I try to keep my room fairly minimalistic: a small desk with my gaming PC in the corner, a mini fridge in the opposite side, and finally this is where I keep my newly bought wakeboard I purchased after offseason boating with Dom, Perry, and Troy in Michigan:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnMZlKXA_fJ/...hare_sheet

I pretty much only wear the warm-up clothes I've been given by Halifax and New Orleans (seriously what was up with that Specter contract) so I don't need too much room.  I can't say I'm looking forward to moving out, even with the small bedroom.  I'm going to miss living with Dom and Perry, and I'm definitely sad we will be split up.  This is my first time with roommates and it couldn't be any better.

Alright everybody, thanks for stopping by.  Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go move Perry's SodaStream two inches to the left and throw that damned dog artwork on the roof.  Watch the beer bottles on the way out!