I voted for Nader in 2000 and though I don't think you're wasting your vote, I really wanted bush out of office and after hearing Kerry speak about issues I found him to be a very decent candidate. Nader didn't do for me this year what he did in 2000, but I think that's because he seemed to lack support from the green party or most other people, but kudos for sticking to your guns.
and yeah, ive been playing the uke since 99 or so. I learned to play back in the days when i was still busking and needed something to play that I could easily tote around