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Well, I got my chance to vote today, and took it. Initially, I thought that voting this late wouldn't really have any significance... and because I live in DC it still may not, but it's closer to being meaningful than I would have thought.

I'm still excited to be a part of the democratic process. Does that make me naive?

Germany

In non-political news, I'm off to Germany on Friday. I'm going to go stay with my folks for a bit while my dad's recovering from his surgery. It'll be a really short trip - I'll come back on Tuesday. But it's better than nothing. I'll be in Marl (near Dusseldorf) and if anyone knows of anything one absolutely must do there, please tell me; but I doubt I'll be doing much touristing overall.