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For some reason I tend to get very "into" things. I don't know how it happens and I don't really know why, but I do. Like now for example, when I'm into the voting for the European Parliament. I don't care about politics, but I still get "into" it.

I remember the last time - in 2004. I was 19 and I didn't vote. Not so much because I didn't care, but because I had no idea what it was about and I didn't feel like casting a blanc vote (because, let's face it - I always have an opinion). My boyfriend at the time went for a blanc and he kept telling me off because "voting is a privilege and think of all the people who doesn't have the right to vote" and so on and so forth. I still didn't vote though, and I still think I made the correct decision.

Today - about five years later and boyfriendless - I voted. And it felt good. I'm still all excited about it and I know that even though I don't want to care, I'm going to stay up and watch the vote-count, because now, I know that my vote can make a difference in the long run.