I finally figured out what this nonsense of waiting around for Barack Obama’s veep text message reminded me of: the truly awful CW show, Gossip Girl.

For those of you who have never watched the show (and I hope it’s all of you), the “Gossip Girl” on Gossip Girl is an anonymous text messenger/emailer who sends out salacious news stories on the lives of the kids at a fancy prep school in New York City.

There will be these scenes where the students are walking down the hall and simultaneously every cell phone or blackberry will buzz with a new message. The kids all look immediately to find out the latest dirt, with their lives changed forever once the new gossip is revealed.

So, Gossip Girl, please, please let us know who your veep will be. We’ve got a term paper due by five.