Origins : The unusual email address

I often get asked about how some aspects of my life got started up so I figured I would start with a nice easy one, my email address. Now, I'm not going to reveal my full email address, in other words I'm not going to give what follows the @ sign, but what comes before it is bestfriendsbecomestrangers.

If I was to give the simple answer then I could just tell you that it's lyrics from a song. That song is "Say Anything" by Good Charlotte and that specific lyric is in the start of the second verse.

My reasons for choosing this were at the time, which was around 2005, I was having a few difficulties keeping ahold of friends, especially those close to me. I had lost Maz at the time, who went on what could best be described as "radio silence" and I was having a rough time, and then me and a girl who I have known for about 4 years at the time had a MASSIVE argument and didn't speak for about a month. During which time I created the email address.

Infact, at around the time I was such a fucking dick, I would have hated me. Looking back I was such an complete and total dick, I became "depressed" for stupid reasons and if I could time travel and meet myself from 2005, I would give myself a good ol' slap.

Anyway, yeah, I was looking for a new email address and I was really into Good Charlotte's "Young and Hopeless" album at the time, heard that lyric and thought it suited my mood at the time, and that is the origin of the email address.

The song can be found below and as I say, the lyric that sparked the email address is just after the chorus, enjoy.