A good man Fredrickville.com
Posted by
FredFredrickson on 03/24/05.
Vocabulary fails me at the moment, excuse me.
I would like to officially dedicate this website to a great man that I knew. Aaron Risley, who without, this website probably wouldn't exist.
Risley had always been a good friend. I will admit we weren't the closest of friends, but he was always there for me when I had a question. Risley was the kind of guy that you saw jogging on the side of the road in the middle of the night, just because he could, and if the cops asked him any questions, he'd just stand up to them and ask what law he broke, then continue jogging.
Risley was the kind of guy who was always at functions. Whether it was bowling or chilling at a friend's house, he almost always showed up. A void in our list of friends that will never be able to be filled again.
Risley personally helped program a few features on the gripe corner, and programmed what used to be the email features of fredrickville. He went through all my crappy code and organized it. Risley was the one who originally registered fredrickville.com, two years ago. Risley's credit card is how we are seeing fredrickville today.
There is no doubt in my mind that years after this, he will still be in all of our hearts and minds. I hereby dedicate Fredrickville.com to the memory of Aaron Risley. Feel free to post any comments or additions to this post.
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flushmaster2000 @ 03/24/05 "He will be missed. He was a really great friend."
SpIkE @ 03/24/05 "I'm gonna miss he a lot, he was really a terrific guy. We'll miss you Aaron."
FreakBurrito @ 03/24/05 "All the times we laguhed together, All the times we got pissed off at each other, I will never forget those. You will be missed."
irisangelapearl @ 03/24/05 "I wasn't friends with him for as long as I would have liked, but for the time I did know him he was as good of a person and friend that anyone could ask for and he always tried to help me out with whatever problem I happened to have. I will personally miss and never forget him."
FredFredrickson @ 03/24/05 "He put up with my bs and never got upset"
GlassEye @ 03/24/05 "I knew Aaron by name from my friend Nikki. There are not words that can express my sympathy for those who knew him. I am truely sorry for everyone's lose."
Kallie @ 03/24/05 "He was amazing. So smart and talented. He's going to be missed."
chronic_groupie @ 03/24/05 "I didn't know aaron... but im freaking out now because i saw the ambulance and stuff GET to that crash... it had happened a few before"
chronic_groupie @ 03/24/05 "*a few minutes before*"
melwhite @ 03/24/05 "Aaron Risley was the love of my life...the most caring, giving, kind, and wonderful person I've ever known. I miss him with all my heart and soul and will never be the same without him."
InvisibleCola @ 03/24/05 "I send my soul out to everyone who knew him. Keep smiling."
KellBell @ 03/24/05 "My best friend is Mel White, I met Aaron through her. He always called me to see if I was ok and to ask advice of the lovelorn. I'll miss the intellectual conversations of an 18 year old genius."
nclittlebit @ 03/25/05 "I wish I had known the man who was obviously a great person. I hope that all that loved him are safe at heart and can cherish the memories they have with him. All my love and support,
Rae"
Hidalgo @ 03/25/05 "Doode I didnt even know him but from what Paul and Eric tell me he was an amazing guy, and I am just sad that he died sooo young...RIP bro you will always live in memory..."
momrayno @ 03/26/05 "we love you and miss you so very much -my other son. you were brilliant and special and lived way ahead of most, 18 going on 30 right?? you are immortal to all of us, with love Kathy Rayno"
Kibbie @ 03/26/05 "Aaron kid...Rayno's better half...I will miss you so much . What can I say, there wasn't a moment you didn't impress me with your knowledge of everything. See you on the other side someday. "
Hoyt @ 03/26/05 "I'm writing only because I know that somehow Aaron is reading all of this and loving it and now I figure I should spill the secret that I regret not going out with him when he asked and I really miss his kiss, I have so many regrets and Aaron I'm sorry I didn't keep in touch better.I'll never forget the head games we played on each other. Aaron I love You, sorry I didn't say it sooner."
cherrybomb @ 03/27/05 "i can't say a lot. i never knew him. id only heard of him, but i talked to him once. he seemed like a wonderful guy. i feel for everyone who did know him well and is greiving his loss. it sucks to lose someone you care about."
TimLenihan @ 03/28/05 "I met AR a few times when he was much younger and his dad and I worked together. Even 10 years ago you could tell he was exceptional. Bob if you read this, I am truly saddened by you loss, and will continue to pray for you and your family. TDL"
Vanmorrison @ 03/29/05 "It's been a really long time since I've been on this site, but I just got a sudden urge to come back and see if anything was written about Aaron and I'm glad to see so many comments here. I talked to Aaron in a couple of my classes and online. I wish we hung out more oustside of school. Everyone keeps talking about how great Aaron was with computers and technology, but that was only a part of who he was. What I liked about Aaron was his sense of humor and beautiful smile. Last time i saw him was the fourth of July. I still remember what he was wearing because I thought he looked really classy, and his blue collared shirt brought out his eyes. In class we would innocently flirt, I think he was the only guy whoever understood my sarcasm, because normally he was the only one laughing. He never made me feel stupid, even though he was so intelligent. A few memories of Aaron:
We had a student newspaper that the school wouldn't print because it cost too much. Kinkos had a policy where if another copying company was cheaper than theirs they would match their price. So Aaron made up a fake statement from his company saying they copied for a cheap price. Reluctantly, Kinkos agreed to match the cheap offer and we got all of our 500 newspapers copied (with color!) for an extremely inexpensive price.
Another time he took one of the journals and put a barcode on it so if you were to ring it in at a regular store it would register as a USA Today.
When we did sophomore testing he wrote an essay all about how standardized testing was a waste of time. It was well written, I remember being really impressed.
We were talking online once discussing music and I put in some lyrics and asked him to guess the song. He got it right, then put in a song for me. It was a Dire Straits song, which almost made me cry because my dad used to listen to them and I had never thought that anyone else knew who they were, but Aaron did.
Goodbye, Aaron. You will be missed, I'll never forget you.
-Danielle Center- "
SpIkE @ 03/29/05 "That's Aaron for ya!"
FreakBurrito @ 03/30/05 "Anyone remember risley-bec?"
FredFredrickson @ 03/30/05 "I have that essay on standardized testing, he posted it on FV, I have it in an archive somewhere if you want it"
SpIkE @ 03/30/05 "yeah! find it!"
chronic_groupie @ 03/31/05 "i want to read it!"
momrayno @ 04/01/05 "syill thinking of you, we are awu now"
momrayno @ 04/01/05 "woops, still upset too we are in Mexico mike "
TittiesMcGee @ 04/01/05 "Aaron knew all life's secrets: Love, be loved, learn, grow, achieve. I always thought that we would have our whole lives to spend more time together, make more memories. I wish I had seized the moment instead of assuming that later would come. I miss you so much Aaron. It shouldn't have been you. This was the biggest mistake the universe has ever made. "
melwhite @ 04/04/05 "Hello, this is Mel--Aaron's girlfriend. I know that many of his friends and acquaintances come to this website so I figured it would be the best way to communicate with you all. I just wanted to thank everyone who came up to me after the funeral and offered their condolences and kind words. I hope it didn't seem that it wasn't appreciated...I was in a bit of a zombie state of mind at the time. So many people came up to me and introduced themselves but unfortunately it's all a blur. There was a very nice person that asked if I wanted to join him and his friends at their table but I was unable to bring myself to be around people. I'm sorry I don't recall his name but I hope he knows I thought it very kind of him to offer. I know everyone misses Aaron and I know he would be so pleased to see how many people care about him. He was such a huge part of my life and now there is nothing but a void where he used to be. I miss him so intensely it hurts. My heart feels as if it has shattered into a billion pieces and I don't know that it will ever be whole again. He had such a kind, sweet soul and was such a beautiful person. Everyone says there is nothing but time that can heal. I hope this is true because I have never felt this kind of pain before in my life. It is so frustrating to feel sad and angry at the same time about him being gone. In some ways it helps to speak with people who knew him. So once again, thank you so much to everyone who has tried to comfort me and I'm sorry I couldn't be more responsive to you at his funeral. And I agree with one of the comments made...this is certainly the biggest mistake the universe has ever made."
FreakBurrito @ 04/06/05 "I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to offer my condolences to you mel, I tried speaking to you at the reception and you seemed lost in your own little world and I saw you leave just as I was coming back into the recpetion. I'll see you at my 6 month appointemnt, and I'm still flossing,
Brian"
SpIkE @ 04/07/05 "I would have said something, but I just felt weird. I didn't know what to say. So I am sorry as well. :("
Hoyt @ 04/12/05 "we all love ya Mel and we are all here for you and understand where you are comming from."
momrayno @ 04/18/05 "Mel I hope you are doing alright, thinking of you, we are all heartbroken in differnt ways, and all I can tell you is that the pain eases up with time, sometimes it takes a long while, but you are intelligent ansd I think you have good perspective. Just know that we all know you hurting . You need to know we all loved you when you got up and spoke at Aaron's service . I thought how amazing you were and I know what Aaron saw in you. "
momrayno @ 04/29/05 ""
TooRahLoorah @ 06/04/05 "wow reading all of this gives me whole new found resperect for Aaron... The world will miss a true amaizing individual"
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