Be An Optimist Prime

As someone who grew up as a big Transformers fan and who is also occasionally inclined towards pessimism, this is completely awesome:

Whom To Vote For?

So, I don’t know if you’ve heard or not, but there’s a pretty big election coming up in the next month or so.

I’ve talked before about how I’m not a Barack Obama fan. I disagree strongly with his views on abortion, which is a deal-breaker for me, but I have other problems with him as well.

Unfortunately, as a person, I think he’s probably a better guy than John McCain. I come closer to agreeing with McCain on a lot of issues, and, as I’ve written before, in some ways, McCain is a very admirable guy.

But on the whole, he seems to be a big jerk. He’s infamous for his terrible temper, he slept around all over the place on his first wife, and it’s really hard for me to respect a guy who would say things like this to his current wife (and in public!).

So it looks like I’m in need of a different candidate*, and it’s for that purpose that I’m writing this blog post—to accept nominations for a write-in candidate.

The first nomination I received a while back from my brother, and it’s a pretty good one: Optimus Prime.

I think Optimus has a lot of characteristics that would make him an ideal President. Consider:

• He would bring an entire new meaning to “Commander-in-Chief.” I’m not even sure we’d need an army anymore.
  
• International Negotiations: This goes along with the first point I guess, but seriously, can you imagine Ahmadinejad or Hugo Chavez doing anything other than treating Prime with the utmost respect?
• Over and over he has staunchly supported and affirmed the value of all human life.
• He’s the wisest and most noble of all Autobots.
  

But on the flip side:

• As someone who transforms into an 18-wheeler, Optimus is an inherent and fundamental part of our oil crisis in a way that no other candidate could be.
  
• And the big one: he’s not a native born citizen of the United States. Not at all.

So I guess the nominations are still open…

*I actually hope that McCain wins the election, but I’m just not sure that I could bring myself to vote for him. I’m pretty sure that in my state, it won’t matter though, which is why I’m taking such a light-hearted approach to this.

Coolest Dream Ever

I don’t remember a whole lot of the dream, but I was helping Optimus Prime and the Autobots fend off an attack from the Decepticons, and in the process, I stabbed Megatron in the eye with a lightsaber.

Half of his face melted, he got really mad, and then I woke up.

Transformers and Star Wars combined. I told you it was cool.