I am bothered by people I knew from high school who treated me like hell, and now they want to add me as a Facebook friend. It’s like… you negatively molded my personality, contributing to my pessimism, and now you want me to be another notch on your virtual bedpost of insecurity? Nothxbai.

Now that the election is all over, I feel comfortable talking about candidates. I just don’t feel like my preferences should be displayed out there before everyone’s had a chance to vote. I don’t think it’s fair, and I feel that sometimes that whole pre-voting attention parade becomes an actual reason why people vote a certain way.

That said, HOLY CRAP I’M SO HAPPY. Mainly, because this never had a chance to bloom: http://www.eandppub.com/2008/11/fox-news-palin.html

I’m sure John McCain may be a nice guy and all, but the fact that he chose someone so incompetent as a running mate shows very poor judgement on his part. I would never want (another) someone like that leading my country.

At least Tina Fey can get maybe one or two more skits out of it though, amiright?

Today is election day. I don’t think it’s really anyone’s business who I’m voting for, and don’t let this post sway you into forging a guess, because you might be wrong.

One thing that drives me crazy about people (collectively) is their need for attention. Sometimes I need attention, sure. I mean, look at me, I’m all over the place. It would be easy for me to say I don’t like or need attention because I’m in the spotlight (granted, a dim spotlight) every single day. However, for people who make their decisions based on what type of attention it will bring them, it pisses me off.

A great example of this is a term I’m calling Spotlight Voters. These are the people who want everyone to know who they’re voting for, because a certain candidate will make them look better as a person.  These are the people who make it a point to announce to the world their candidate of choice in their Facebook status, blog, Twitter, daily apparel, bumper sticker, etc. There’s nothing wrong with being proud, but that’s a completely different issue.

This year, the Spotlight Candidate is Barack Obama, for several reasons. You want all your friends to know that you’re  progressive and hip. You want your friends to know that you hated George W. Bush, because you heard on MTV that he’s bad. Let’s face it, you want your friends to know that you’re voting for the African American candidate so that later when it comes up in a discussion, you can say “Well I’m not racist, because I voted for Obama.” It’s that age-old “I have plenty of black friends” argument.

These are the people who annoy me.

Vote for whoever you like today, but please make it an educated vote. Don’t worry about what type of status your vote will give you, or what types of conversations you will have later with your pretentious friends at your faux-liberal parties where you eat “organic” imported food and talk about how we all need a change so badly, because you’re sick of paying $4 a gallon to fill up your Ford Expedition. Research the candidates, know who you’re voting for, don’t listen to what the TV tells you and make the choice that you feel most comfortable with, deep down in your heart.

If you’re reading this and thinking that I’m way off base because you actually DID research and vote for who you honestly believe is the best candidate, without forming a parade about it along the way, then you have my utmost respect. If you’re voting for a candidate because you saw on TV that McCain plans to declare war on the world or that Obama is a baby-killing Muslim, then PLEASE do some research. You still have a few hours.