The Chronicles of Ricky: 2008

2008

hanging at Pauls in Stafford Springs

Dom's first real snowman

February 7th I got it a bar fight at the Rex Karaoke Club in Chicopee. It was not my fault I was minding my own business. Either way I was sitting at a table my Friend Darlene was sitting across the table with her back to the wall my friend Reno was sitting to my right and we were just talking, goofing around and waiting for our turns to sing karaoke. This guy that looked just like Magnum Pi, He had the 80s hair mustache he was tall and muscular , he went over and stood between Reno and Darlene. He started whispering something in her ear and I guess his mustache brushed her neck and she asked him to stop. People said something to me but I didn't witness this incident so I didn't care, lol I wasn't going to get upset over nothing. A few minutes go by and this guy's back over next to Darlene and something happened, so Reno asks the guy nicely to step away and says that she asked you not to do that And that's when this Magnum Pi looking guy looks Reno right in the face and says "you want a punch in the mouth" and he just punched him in the mouth. lol

Looking back now, I don't think that guy Reno that hard in the mouth, but it was the heat of the moment so I just responded. Before Reno even had time to touch his lip, I burst from my chair, I shoved her you know out of the way, which incidentally threw him to the floor by accident, and I started punching the sky in the face and his head started bouncing off the wall. I had him like 15 times before my father yanked me away and the sky felt at a floor blood pouring from his nose and mouth. Two of my friends tried to help him up and in the heat of the moment I yanked myself away from my father and soccer kicked the sky in the face before he even had a chance to get off the ground. It was horrifying, I've never seen a body just drop limp like that to the ground before. But this guy was a lot bigger than me and he just started swinging so I didn't know what to do. When the cops got there they were congratulating me, they said this guy has been going to local bars and picking fights with all kinds of people. The people in the ambulance were laughing because I broke this guy's nose and he had a 3 inch gash across his forehead. They said I was about time this guy got his ass kicked. But honestly I felt like a piece of crap. I think the worst part for me was that my right hand and my right foot both hurt for over a month after that. Every time I went to the gym I was reminded of that fight. But I still know I was in the right, so what are you going to do lol.

Picture of the bruise on Reno's arm for me throwing them to the ground lol

We had to go to court over this a couple months later and we signed paperwork saying we didn't remember what happened that night. The lawyer that was helping my buddies since he was assaulted by this guy told me that I should become a lawyer or an investigator. After these charges were dismissed this guy still wanted to fight me he felt like I had cheated because he hit my friend and then I hit him. lol I think the worst part of this was this guy was like 10 or 15 years older than I was. People never grow up this guy should have been acting like an adult and here he was looking to get knocked out again.

Saturday April 19th Westfield Wildwater Canoe races, Saturday I raced with Dara in the aluminum canoe, and my dad and brother raced in a Coleman. I felt so bad for Dara this entire race we zigzagged back and forth we spun around like a bunch of goofballs and I had no idea that it was all the canoes fault. She probably thought I stunk lol

Dara and I came in 12th place at that hour and 12 minutes and 53 seconds in recreation mixed male female class. My brother and father came in 29th place at an hour and 25 minutes and 40 seconds in the Coleman class

I'm pretty sure I bragged bragged about how we are going to kick ass and then then we spun around right here like a bunch of goofballs and it was terrible we lost so much time and we did so much worse than I thought we were going to do. lol I really don't stink that bad lol

Sunday the 20th I did the pro canoe races with Joe Ferrero and I got my picture in the city newspaper. I think it's hilarious that my buddy got cut out of the picture lol

Found the pic I paid for off of the newspaper website

Before the race he told me the only way that he gets pumped up is if somebody sticks a finger in his belly button apparently I didn't stick my finger in far enough because we didn't win the race

April 30th Testing Dom's grip strength I don't know how long it took before you could actually do a pull up LOL

Around June I invited my dad to karaoke and introduced him to a friend there Mary Walbridge and they kind of hit things off and got into a relationship for a few years. Also met Darlene that year

2008 Country inn and suites 2008-2009

May 12

This was taken father's Day June 15th one of the last times that I remember seeing Kirk

In June of this year I thought it would be hilarious to take this photo and have a poster made at Walgreens because they would mail it and everything, it totaled like 20 bucks, I couldn't resist I thought it was the funniest thing in the world. So I had my sister take the picture, I uploaded it to Walgreens and I just waited for a response. My uncle ended up calling me like two weeks later asked me what the hell I was thinking. lol When I went from vacation in 2009 he had it hanging above the mantle in his living room, he had taken some thumbtacks and pinned it there just before I arrived. it was absolutely hilarious. lol

Kathy also shaved Dominick's head for the first time this summer

Quabbin trip June

July back to Mt Tom we went a lot that year. Paul told me to try to look like beaker from the Muppets, so I try to suck my face in as best I could. I think I did a good job. lol

2008- Charles "Bill" Cote died 8-16 born 12-30-1932 Erica Stebbins Grandfather, used to go swimming at their house

This is one of the most exciting times I had in Vermont, I jumped off the bridge this time you can see in the picture below I spent a lot of time with my dad which I always liked. I kayak down this river almost caught a fish and it flipped the kayak and I almost lost the camera that I had I only ended up losing the pliers that my dad loaned me there at the bottom of the river somewhere.

2008 Bhn 2008-2009

October 5

Ocotber 6 cushion tunnels

Carved pumpkins with the kids- It was around this time that I invited DB and her kids to move in with us. I was not mentally in the greatest of places, but I did it anyway, I didn't know any better.

October Halloween at Ellie and Billy's

2008 Kirk Anthony Intellisano died 11-28 Born 6-13-1973 Nephew Dominic's father. hung-out a few times. nice guy with struggles. I remember I was devastated when Kirk died because Dominic was just a baby and I knew what it would be like for him to grow up without a father. I think the worst part is somebody called me at work and told me I was working out the country and in sweets in Holyoke and there was nothing I could do about it, just sit at work alone and have a panic attack lol

December 2008-

I think it was December I started doing cross stitching at work. I started getting bored just sitting there. This is around the time that my elbow started to really burn as well. My forearms felt like they were on fire all the time and the doctor didn’t believe me