His choice of weapon would have a detrimental psychological effect on Melissa forever. I guess I should back up for a minute here, for a couple of reasons. First, before any of this happened, I was really into going to hockey games, comedy clubs, and watching bands. That is why it came as kind of a sad shock to me that I was beaten with one of the hockey sticks I had collected. It made me question how I would react if I tried to go back to watch a hockey game. I was blessed to have a great sense of humor. It was something I seemed to get from my father and my grandmother. Like I said, one of my “vices” before this happened was comedy. I had season tickets to the local hockey team and I would go to the comedy club as often as I could. I had also been fortunate enough to make friends with several local and national comic—some known, some unknown (at the time). Before my attack, I used to date a couple of local comics. I also used to hang out with this one national comic who would come to town two or three times a year.
