VOTE!

I don't need to remind anyone that today is Election Day. Nor do I have to stress the importance of actually getting out and voting today. This is certainly the most important election that I have ever been able to participate in during my lifetime. I was, unfortunately too young to vote in 2000, a fact which I have rued for nearly eight years.

Though this day is some two years coming in terms of campaigning, it is somewhat anti-climactic for me as I have already voted absentee in Iowa. According to the sticker on my bicycle "I'm ridin' on Obama & Biden" so needless to say, I voted for the Obama, Biden ticket. I don't get the thrill of standing in line for who knows how long just to spend three minutes filling in circles, but that is the democratic process at its best. I am incredibly excited and anxious for the results to role in throughout the evening. This could be one of the most triumphant days in electoral politics or the most crushingly disappointing. I wait with bated breath. But, I will not wait alone. One of my professors is hosting an election party tonight and it should be fun. A lot of my friends are going and there will be a lot of professional people there as well.

It will be weird however, not be barraged with political advertisements and flyers at every corner. I've gotten used to seeing and hearing my buddy Barack and uncle John everywhere; they've become ubiquitous. Oh well, I think I'll manage.

In closing there's only one more thing to say, VOTE!