Without these people life wouldn't be worth living
Stars, each and every last one of them. Pardon the horrific pun.
College
Claire Packham - biggest hug ever awaits, Michael Sienczak - smartass comment here, Melanie Corbett - there will never be one more beautiful than you, Benzi - you rock!!!, Jessica Di Gesso, Duncan "Drunken 4 Life" Bell, Tom & Mel Appleby, Caroline Woolhouse, Steve Gush, Suzanne O' Leary (who's smirking at the back?), Martin Dempsey - scream like a Dinosaur!, Sally Butcher, Pete Hamilton, Holly May - why are Vyvian selling vinyl in Sheff?, Alison Young, Kate Lucy, Dan Bleksley, Esh Hassan, Ashleigh Tondrew, Alex Riley, Miles Chennery, Erika, Sabine-I can pronounce your name sober!, Dave/Rodders-thanx again for Chris Perry (PS - relegated!!!), Amy (hang on - you're here!), Dayal 'The Count' Patterson, Steve & Tony 'Hellraiser' Banfield, Andrew Lansley (oh man, another SHU resident), Ginger Dave, Thomas Muchoki, Julie, Ruth, Isobel Davis, Carrie-Anne Corbett, Fiona Basting, Michael Tickner, Luke Elcombe, Luke Davids - was it Palace or Spurs that went down?, Madeline Simpson, Emily Simpson, Freya Cummings, Sam Brown, Julijana Stoijanovic, Gabriel Packard, Ghenghis/Frank, various people I clobbered at footie and/or b-ball over the years - SORRY!, Caroline Baber - who else am I gonna flirt with?, Craggy, Thomas Gough, all those working @ at the Faucet & Firkin, and the Desert Rat (when it was any good). Spent a wee bit too much time in those places in my extended stay at Reigate College methinks...
Ah, what the Hell, the staff as well. Brian Mulligan, Richard Selwood, Brett Freeman, all the footie coaches I went through, Mary Lambell, Vanessa Ross, Stella Sharma, Elizabeth White, Jane Taylor, John Spencer, Sharon Tait, Mal Simmonds. And of course - Iain Checkland. One more time: 'He's fat, he's round, he's mentally unsound, CHECK-ER-LUND, CHECK-ER-LUND!!!'
Uni
Richard O'Hanlon, Emma Ryan, Rachel Timms, Gill Rippen, Tabitha Gillard, Hugh McIllroy (where is your snugglepups BTW?), Ross Bradley, Jonny Matthewson (walked any more gimps lately?), Ifan Paxton, Keith Adie, Michelle Ramsey, Joanne Rosmarie Anastasia Adams (even though there is a kid out there without a name since you took them all up!!!), Charlotte Buhl, Becci Rees, Lee Kilby, Lisa Prowse, Helen, Jim Cox, Tallulah Radula-Scott (all people should have a name like that), Kate Belfield, Kate Budgen (missing you already), Paul Illes, Nina Petchy, Jan Roberts, Ian Truman, Debbie Evans, Nina Craze, Stephen Rollinson, all those @ The Corporation (Max, Jose, Toby - "I'm gonna fuck your girlfriend!!!", Meg (See Above...), Andy, Dan, Pete, Mark Stripey Head - two days in Oxford?!?, Rahul, Leighton, Lindsay, Awal, Susie, Leanne, James, Jon the Mad Bastard, Matt, Jemma, Helen, Pat, Pete (how many are there?), Cat, Mark, Jimmy Shaq, Lawrence, Gemma, Anna, DJ Rice, Phyll, Kev, Mutley, Chippie (ahem...), and everyone who's name I didn't catch - barring a few jackases, BTW - WATCH THE ELBOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), Sean McGonegal & his small Irish community, Lydia, Verity, Rob Kelsall & the rest of Shudder, the community of Spurs fans @ the Slug & Fiddle - well, until my untimely barring, Chris Warrington, Grant, Tez, Jim Colebrook, Lisa, Tom Rose, Debbie Sturgess, Adam Constive, Steph, Lindsay, Chloe Cheadle, Natasha Nedved, Meg Taylor, Vicky Norton, Gill Neill, Grant Bridges - the coolest seminar tutor ever, everyone who's got overly familiar with me @ Blockbuster - Zee, Grace, Katie, Julie, Stuart, Paul, Steve & Dave, Scott @ The Beer Engine. A few sore points too that I won't comment on for the time being. Kelly Latimer being the obvious example...
Various schools
Mark Ng, Scott Kirby, Chris Garland, Sam Preston, Lisa Realis, Gillian Stott, Paul Grant, Stuart Jennings, James Kenney, Katie Shelly, Katy Hill, Kelly Smiles, Natalie Tyson, Natalie Piper, Katy Simcox, Richard King, Luke Toyer, Simon Packham, Sushil, Lora Veale, Dan Taylor, Simon Sanchez, Debbo, Dedji and Benga, Richard Matthews, Emma Mendoza, Carley Benson, Philippa Wakeman, Sarah Bailey, Richard Phillips, My Little Cult (LOOOONG story)...
Everything else
Karen Ehinger - Snootch to the motherfuckin' nootch!!!, Jody Marie Deak - my Lil' Lily (I'm gonna get it for that), Simon, Andy, Brett Lackey, Shannon (don't even think about it!!!), French Fry, Punkass Bitch, PainFilledSoul, Sharon Bavalage, Nacho, Cindy, Aaron Lindgren (check your copy of Tonight the Stars Revolt again...) and all those others I have made message boards a contact sport with (say what, say WHAT?!?), everyone down The Ship (Jon, Zoe, Grizz, Rob 'Pisshead' Sanchez, Ian, Phil et al), PDiS, Sean, Ad C., Sharky, Jim-Bob - maybe I shoulda just put 'All the Waco Steakhouse lads', all those I've met in queues for various gigs or shot shit with in pubs over the years. Shouldn't I meantion ma famiglia?
Anyone I forgot-post on the Message Board dammit!!!
(I can't help forgetting stuff - I'm TOO DAMN BUSY!!!)