October 15, 2007
Good Post Gone Bad
filed under: DadditudesThis started out as just another "hey look at the funny my kid made" post. To wit:
Dad: [Watching video for "Haunted" by Shane MacGowan feat. Sinead O'Connor] Boy, Shane is drunk.Mom: SO drunk.
Max: What's drunk?
Dad: Er... it's when you have too many grownup drinks. Having a drink now and then is "drinking," having them ALL the time is "being a drunk."
Max: Is Shane MacGowan a drunk?
Dad: Yes, buddy. He's a genius, but he's a drunk.
Max: [Thinks.] You know who else is a drunk?
Mom: Who?
Max: Amy Winehouse.
Mom & Dad laugh uproariously.
Mom: That's so true! How did you know that?!
Max: I'm drunk.
Right? Cute, right?
So then I go to google image a picture of Amy Winehouse, all drunk, to accompany the piece. Like so:
Ha, ha! Whee!
And then I discover that La Winehouse has become, with terrifying swiftness, a haggard and anorexic drug addict who seriously, seriously looks like she's going to die soon if she doesn't get some help.
Like this:
She's admitted to being on crack and heroin, but in a sad case of life imitating art, just last month she swore she would, in fact, never go to rehab again. (There's a site called Bossip that is covering her decline with feverish, obsessive intensity, and from which several of the above images were ganked.)
Oh noes. That's not funny at all.
Posted by rjt at October 15, 2007 10:37 AMStrange that Max announces he's a drunk the same month that my daughter announced in the supermarket "Daddy, why are we getting beer when we never buy food!" which is a completely false accusation, but boy did the heads turn.
Same shopping trip, as I put a 6 pack of Blue Moon into the cart, my boy yells "I want to get the beer that I like! This is the beer that Lily likes!" He's 2, she 6, and both were enjoying making daddy look very bad in public.
Amy Winehouse is tryin to die, nothing you can do 'bout that. Enjoy her music while you can.
Posted by: perj at October 17, 2007 10:52 PM