Sorry I couldn't post this any sooner. I was watching this thread on my phone over the weekend at work and kept wanting to respond but I just couldn't find the time. Finally got a day off, so I just wanted to say thanks to everyone. I met so many great people through .Net this past season. It's seriously like family to me at this point. Even if we only met for a drink, it's still all been a part of the greatest collective experience of my life, and I want to thank you all for that. Make no mistake, none of this would have at all been possible without the help of the fine people who frequent these boards. I can't say enough how blown away I've been by this place. From giving me a crash to place, to taking me in like family for Christmas, to donating $ for tickets for me and a friend for the NFC Championship, to hooking it up with free jerseys, to hooking it up with tickets, to hooking it up with absolutely priceless Seahawks items, and most importantly, to just having a damn good time at Temple, or in Houston, or wherever we were any given week. Man, I seriously consider myself one of the absolute luckiest guys on the planet, no doubt. And I have all of you to thank.
I've seriously made some lifelong friends (whether some of you like it or not, you're stuck with me for the long haul, sorry) and will never forget the kindness and the generosity that was expressed to me. Like Eli says, I just gotta Hawk it Forward at this point. I have no other choice. The universe and you fine people have all been too good to me to not make that one of my missions in life.
Oh, and thanks for putting up with (and pretending to like), my weekly blocks of text. You're all too kind. Heh, seriously though, thanks for the kind words that kept me motivated and kept me going along the way. To those of you who I never got to meet in person but would offer words of encouragement and stuff throughout the journey, thank you, I couldn't have done it without you. You guys helped my mind right and focused on the task at hand.
So thanks again for the beautiful year. The best of my life, no doubt. I'd be a bold-faced liar if I said I wasn't thinking about doing it all again for the RePete. Or maybe I just go to Vegas before the season opener, put all my $ on the Seahawks, and then use the winnings to go to every game during the qwest for a 3Pete? Who knows at this point. I've had to get right back to work since the season ended and haven't really had much time to just chill and think about life for a minute. We shall see, it'll all play itself out in the manner that it's supposed to.
All I know is, the Seahawks are winning the Superb Owl AGAIN next year, no doubt in my mind.
Much love all. Thanks again.
