Ok. This page is just going to have completely and totally random things on it. Stuff that doesn't quite mesh with the other pages....because they don't get along. What can I say? I'm a dork.
This note can be found on the back of the CD booklet for The Young and the Hopeless by Good Charlotte.This was typed exactly as Benji wrote, grammar and everything is the same so yell at him not me. *like you would do that.....*
so it's 2 am july 27 2002 and we're driving thru the middle of nowhere on our way to a show in chicago. i haven't showered in a week, i'm running on no sleep, i miss cashdogg and some kid at the show today asked me "why i even call myself punk". these may sound like complaints but actually i'm really happy. i am listening to this record. yea i'll admit it i listen to our records and i am thinking how crazy all this is. 3 years ago i was stocking shelves at target living on ramen noodles and crashing at Billy's house. now i'm on tour. 4 kids from nowhere. we made another record and i feel just as excited as i did the first time. i say this all the time but i mean it, if this all stopped yesterday i would still feel like the luckiest guy alive. i remember going into my room after school writing letters to record labels saying "you can sign us now for cheaper" and sending out demos. i laugh about it now but back then i was so serious. you know we dreamed about this all day every day and i gotta say it feels just like we thought it would.
our goals may have changed. i'll admit, it's not about being famous or making millions of dollars anymore. yeah, i used to day dream about that, being broke gets old quick but now i have sorta seen how it all works and i don't want to be the biggest band in the world i want to make music with paul and billy and joel. that's all.i want to tour. i want to be good to my friends. i want to take care of my family. i want to meet kids at shows. that's real to me.
i see some bands and i get frustrated for them. it's easy to get lost in the whirlwind of all of this but i realize we all have to learn on our own, we are still learning. we have made our share of mistakes. we have done some cheesy stuff. but it's good to look back and laugh at how young we were. i see a lot of bands worrying about credibility and all of that and i guess i have realized it only comes with time if we are still here in ten years maybe we will be credible. til then we just gotta do what we want to do, make music. tour. provide for our families. you know i used to fight every guy i came across that told me i wasn't punk. lars asked me one night "are you gonna fight the world?" he was right, i was pretty stupid. it made me realize we are what we are and no one can change that. i guess we have done a lot of growing up since the last record. we started this when we were 16. its the only thing i ever had. its probably the only thing i ever will have. i just feel lucky. we are four kids in a rock band from waldorf. we're no better then any other band out there and we know it. so thanx for getting our record and being a part of this. thanx for giving us a chance to do what we love. thanx for making this real.
see ya at the show
benj
good charlotte
the young and the hopeless
I found this card at a little 5 and dime in Rhehoboth Beach in Delaware. I am typing this as it is printed on the card. I did not make this myself ok?
The lineage is finally revealed. Many people are at a loss for a response when someone says: "You don't know Jack Schitt!" Read on and you'll be able to handle the situation intelligently.
Jack Schitt is the only son of Awe Schitt and O. Schitt.
Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, marries O. Schitt, daughter to a partner of Kneedeep & Schitt, Inc..
Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt, and the deeply religious couple begat 6 children: Holi Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Giva Schitt, Bull Schitt, and the twins, Deap Schitt and Dip Schitt.
Against her parent's wishes, Deap Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high school dropout.
After 15 years of marriage, Jack and Noe Schitt divorced. Noe Schitt later married a Mr. Sherlock, and out of devotion to her children, decided to hyphenate her last name and became Noe Schitt-Sherlock.
Dip Schitt married a woman named Loda Dung, who became Loda Schitt. The couple produced a nervous son, Chicken Schitt.
Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, inseperable throughout childhood, subsequently married the Happens brothers. The local newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens wedding, which was quite the event. The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Hoarse.
Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He returned from his travels with his Italian bride, Pizza Schitt & child Caca.
So, NOW if someone says: "You don't know Jack Schitt", you can beg to differ.
You not only know Jack Schitt, but the entire Schitt list !
