I Dream of Huckabee
Jan 7th, 2008 by Brian
The dream…
It was mid day, summer, and I stood in front of a familiar looking two car garage. It was quite possibly the old Reston AR commune house from a few year’s back, but you’re never really sure in dreams. In the garage was a mid-sized truck, green and with a longer bed (maybe 8 foot) and the bed of the truck was covered with one of those caps that is higher in the back than in the front. On top of the cap was a Yakima roof rack outfitted for kayaks. The truck had been backed into the garage.
I was outside the garage and acting as spotter for a driver who remained unseen. From my vantage point the truck had a clearance problem. There was just no way it could pull out of the garage without shearing off roof rack parts. But what did I know? The driver slowly pulled the truck out of the garage, and there was the roof rack, fully intact and without a scratch. The driver stepped out of the cab smiling. It was a miracle.
With the truck in the driveway I had another job to do… I had to instruct the driver on the proper way to secure sea kayaks to his new roof rack system. But who was this mystery truck driver anyways? Why it was none other than the former governor of Arkansas, and recent winner of the Iowa Republican Caucus, Mr. Mike Huckabee!
WTF?
Why am I dreaming of Huckabee? Obviously he’s been in the news a bit lately, but there’s been lots of news in the news lately and I haven’t dreamt of any of the other political candidates, or attacking tigers, or violence in Africa, or anything related to photography or Primal Quest (though I suppose you could make an argument about kayaking and PQ, but it would be a weak one). And I so rarely remember my dreams too, so why this time?
Actually, I have a thought on the why I remembered it part. It was Saturday morning and most Saturday mornings are spent slumbering soundly in bed only this particular Saturday morning I was rousted early by the many alarms reminding me that I should be getting out of bed, and into the shower, and onto the road for a morning day of manual labour and plumbing. So I think the fact that my normal sleep cycle was interrupted might explain the remembering part. And maybe (before my friends call me out on it) I should note that I actually woke up earlier on Saturday than I normally wake for work, so that’s the real sleep cycle that was interrupted.
The Huckabee thing though, that’s still a worry. Feel free to leave your own dream analysis in the comments.
Basically, you’re admitting that Conservative Evangelical Christian Republicans are better than you.
Clearly they can drive a tall truck out of a garage better than I can. Of course, in this dream he still needed help putting boats on a car, so whatever.