Voting ROCKS

Actually, the best part of the whole thing may actually be the sticker:

(Mine isn't this cool,

I just have a piddling red "X" with I Voted printed beside it)

But of course I jest, the best part is standing in line and listening to the people around you. The girl behind me (for an hour, no less!) kept getting and making phone calls on the subject of a friend and this friend’s court date. Apparently “things were looking up” for the friend, until she totally didn’t show up at her sentencing this morning. Oops.

I voted at the “International Union of Operating Engineers” which was sort of interesting because I’ve always wanted to see inside the building. Turns out, their decorating theme can be summed up in one word: Collage. Oh yes, for every event held at the IUOE they felt the need to make an elaborate photo-montage. There is an entire hallway dedicated to this; it is honestly kind of creepy.

So there ya go, two reasons* to vote completely unrelated to civic duty … what more could you want?

*Okay okay, so maybe "being nosey" is technically only ONE reason ... but isn't it reason enough??