You might be wondering why I miss Yahoo! Member Directory. Well in 2006 I was going through a lot at the time and had a huge crush on Chuck Comeau-the drummer of Simple Plan. I couldn't find him on Yahoo! Member Directory or other Simple Plan members, so I tried my hand at finding Benji Madden from Good Charlotte. I successfully found him and people had a better chance at finding him than members of Simple Plan or other Good Charlotte members. I got to know him and thought of how cool he is. He even asked me to see a Broadway show with him and go to a party or two as a guest. I wanted to go, but sadly turned him down. For awhile people were impersonating celebrities on the Internet, so you never know who was the real deal or a phony. He did say so himself that he created that screen name to talk to fans, so I thought maybe it actually was him.

This year I saw that Simple Plan was going to play near me, so I got tickets and the VIP package-after party and autographs. David Desrosiers-the bassist-sat this tour out, because he is battling depression. I shared that story about meeting Benji on Yahoo! with Chuck from Simple Plan and he had the "I don't believe that" look on his face and tone in his voice, but he said to me and I quote "That's cool." The so-called "Benji" did ask if I wanted Joel's screen name and asked that I not give it to anyone, so I said ok. I figured that maybe this was indeed Benji after all.