Comments on: Tiny Dancer

By: Swistle

Swistle — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:54:02 +0000

I think I’d even be okay with dental work if it weren’t for the price. My god, how can it be so expensive?

I didn’t think much of Vicodin, either. But Percoset? That made me consider looking at a map to find this Black Market I’ve heard so much about.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:27:25 +0000

Probably going to ruin any good will I earned through referencing Vanilla Ice by saying something about Akon. Now remember, I am a certifiable music bumpkin (I always thought Rock the Casbah was Rock the Sasquatch…I know, it’s frightening). Our iTunes library is our 2.5 year old’s favorite toy. She scrolls, selects and then dances. A non video song we have is, I believe, Akon, just a photo of a super cut guy with no shirt on and the song starts out sounding like The Chipmunks singing about being lonely. Anyway, that little 20 seconds of odd, squirrelish warbling is one of her favorites. She has strange taste, her favorite video is the Fat Boy Slim with Christopher Walken doing an oddly impressive dance routine.

By: Lawyerish

Lawyerish — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:03:17 +0000

Akon? Billy Crudup? I know not of what you speak. But the image of you trying to rouse yourself from a Vicodin haze for hours is too funny. You poor dear. Rest assured, I would have dispelled all overdose rumors on the Web and commenced a lawsuit against the drug manufacturers on your behalf immediately. I’m here for you like that.

By: Suebob

Suebob — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:43:46 +0000

“and convinced myself that I was about to overdose, and if I fell asleep, my heart would stop beating and I’d be dead by apparent suicide, and what would everyone say?”

They would have said “And her kid, Timmy? Now he has asthma AND no mother!”

By: Jen W.

Jen W. — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:19:59 +0000

Bah to the Vicodin, YAY to the hydrocodone…not that I’ve ever taken the stuff…

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:29:38 +0000

Umm…(cough)…”have you seen…”

Note to self: edit before pressing “submit.”

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:28:54 +0000

Vicodin does next to nothing for me, so I can’t relate, but I’m oddly jealous. NyQuil, on the other hand, does to me what a triple dost of Ambien will do for most people. Yet another characteristic reinforcing that I am the weirdest person alive.

Did you see Billy Crudup recently? He’s sporting a very bizarre mustache. Yuck.

By: winterwheat

winterwheat — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:08:10 +0000

Wow, a root canal — what a drag. But I’m so glad to hear it went well! I had one almost 20 years ago and it wasn’t exactly medieval, but I also didn’t walk out of there marveling at the technology. Reminds me of that Simpsons episode where Lisa’s orthodontist warns her, “These predate stainless steel. You can’t get them wet.”

I agree about Vicodin. After my c-section I got its less refined sister, oxycontin. It made me feel groggy and slow and completely unpleasant. In fact, it mimicked hypothyroidism. Who in hell would want that? And the constipation — I’ll spare you the details.

A physician friend of mine explained that there’s addition to painkilling drugs, and there’s addiction to being pain-free. She believes that many people get addicted to these drugs not because they love the effects of the drug, but because they’ll do anything to be pain-free. It’s kind of sad when you think about it.

Me, I prefer booze.

By: TwoBusy

TwoBusy — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:49:39 +0000

Kozelek busting into “Tiny Dancer” – with the whole bus joining in – is one of the really great, radiant moments in that film.

Anyhow. Glad to hear you’re not heading down the Brett Favre road of Vicodin addiction. Phew!

By: H

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:39:55 +0000

Akon. Listening to his nasal, whiny, repetitive crap makes me nuts. I’m always tuned in to the teenagers’ station in the car. I generally enjoy it but every now and then there’s some drone who has a hit that sends me over the top and right now, Akon is that drone.