No, I know--I used to have a huge problem with "said" too, because teachers and writing books will tell you that said's too boring and they'll brainwash you into thinking you shouldn't use it. What I ended up realizing is that if my dialogue's bad, it's not said's fault. And this is why using no attribution at all, when it's obvious who *is* speaking, really helps break up the said-said-said.