Recently, for a number of reasons, i've been thinking about mortality. If i were to die tomorrow, what would i have wanted to say to people? What would i have wanted to do? Where would i have wanted to travel?
To start off, the people i would wish i'd have thanked:
Rebecca Shore for being perfect.
Jodi Bates for being a friend when i needed one most.
Louise Tunley for being herself.
Anna Perry for making my year.
Sarah Jones for those few weeks of fun.
Fay Carver for putting up with me through bad times.
Anna-Marie Harling for some of the best months of my life.
Karrie Smith for not forgetting me.
Kate Dearnaley for those sunday afternoon chats.
Chris Griffiths for making the most of 1999 and being such a good friend.
Paul Wright for being a great mate and treating Louise so well.
Phil Andrews, Wayne Divine and John Lester for keeping me sane in all the madness.
Katie Deakin, Kirsty-Anne Robins and Ella Rivertt for giving me a reason not to quit.
Luke Whitworth and Matt Joyce for being great mates.
Mark Vandevelde for pushing me to create the uncreatable.
Allen Ayres and Deb Edlhuber for letting me take far more credit than was mine.
Charles Capps, Chris Lambert, Mike Sullivan and Jason Kruzak for helping me create something the was so sucessful. Much more than we could have done alone.
Carrie Ostrea for reminding me what i was doing it all for, on so many occasisons.
Elliot Brady and Sally Young for cheering me up daily.
Peter Fielding for allowing me to create something so amazing. You are a constant source of inspiration.
Jeffery Zeldman for supporting my work.
Derek Powazek for letting me 'get out there'.
The UK blogging community for being so warm and welcoming.
The c2x2 team for accepting me without question.
I'll most likely follow this with a list of things i would have wanted to do. If you've got anything you want to say before you die, [tell me](mailto:cal@iamcal.com?subject=i just wanted to say...).