I am likely going to find this post to be terribly embarrassing when I wake up the next morning, but I am far too full of squee upon watching tonight's Gossip Girl season finale! (Just wondering: does anyone on the flist watch this show? Or am I alone in my curious love for it?)

( spoilers and rambling within that no one will likely read! )

First, I unexpectedly received two Dreamwidth invite codes this morning. I get the feeling that everyone who already wants a Dreamwidth account already has one, but, in the event that there's someone out there who would like an invite, the first two people to leave their e-mail address in the comments get them. (ETA: One remaining ( Read more... )

All right, all. I am virginia_bell -- surprise, surprise -- over at dreamwidth. Find me, add me, and I shall try to do the same for the rest of you!

Signing off, V.M. Bell

Title: Orszagian
Author: V.M. Bell
Disclaimer: The American political establishment does not belong to me. Neither does The Onion or the other pop culture references that may or may not be found in this fic.
Summary: A scene from the daily goings-on of the Obama administration, per The Onion. In today's episode: Peter Orszag seeks comfort in ( Read more... )

So, one of my writing resolutions for this year was to run a monthly drabble request as a means of ensuring a steady output of writing. I (eventually) succeeded in doing this for January and February, while March and April were lost causes, but I'm ready to restart the requests! After all, I will be done with school on May 9, which should leave ( Read more... )

As the entire political world already knows, Senator Arlen Specter (now D-PA) is going to change his party affiliation. I can't say that this was entirely unexpected: the idea that Specter would change parties has been floated around in the past, with various high-level politicians in the state trying to persuade him to go through with the party ( Read more... )

Title: Land's End
Author: V.M. Bell
Disclaimer: Merlin does not belong to me. Nothing at all spoilery within.
Summary: Alone by the edge of the sea, Arthur permits himself a moment of introspection.
Rating: G
Characters: Arthur
Word Count: 326
Author's Notes: For lareinenoire, who requested, "Arthur, grey, ambiguous." Finally, I am finished with my February ( Read more... )

Tucked inside the Asia section of this week's print edition of The Economist is an interesting piece about reforming the Chinese writing system. Aside from being yet another example of why no newsweekly in the world will ever approach the supreme awesomeness of this publication, it brought to mind the many discussions I've had with other writers ( Read more... )

My vaunted weekend of productivity is already off to a bad start: after stumbling upon these images, I found myself unable to resist the temptation of redoing my layout, which, in my defence, had not been changed in some time. Needless to say, my general incompetence in the realm of CSS and Adobe Photoshop led to my spending more time than ( Read more... )

It's ironic, that I should be doing this meme at this particular time of my life, because (1) I haven't properly read anything for pleasure in quite some time and (2) I should be reading at this very moment...about the Ricardian approach to budget deficits. However, wanderlight insisted that everyone on her flist steal it, so I am.

( a novel is not an allegory )