List-less

Until I discovered the finer points of BuzzFeed, I must admit I thought it was a ridiculous entertainment site used only to publish inane lists on completely random topics.  Of course, once I started reading the inane lists, I quite liked them and kind of found them hilarious, which was disappointing to me as well.  So maybe that's where the real problem began.  I've realized, I've been relying quite a bit lately on lists to write these blog posts.  Why is that?

Why are blog posts or stories easier to write in list format?  It may be this need of mine to categorize something instead of stringing together a workable narrative.  It might also be, that it's just easier and less taxing to compose a list instead of writing a complete story from A-Z.  Just ask BuzzFeed, their reporters seem to have that down to a science.  Of course, it might also be that my life's not that interesting right now and due to a lack of something fun to write about, it's a bit simpler to give you the rundown on some other random topic of conversation that's floating through my mind.  Hoping that Life in general will pick up soon with the return of that big bright yellow thing in the sky this spring that's been missing all winter, mind you.

In any event, I'm going to try not to do that so much.  I read so many great authors and writers each day, and would very much like to be at least a little like them.  That requires practice and focus and something interesting to happen, of course.  Aside from Friday Five, I'm going to try very hard to focus the posts a bit and be the writer I wish to be (with a little BuzzFeed-iness thrown in for good measure here and there, because honestly, who doesn't care about the top 15 hottest Catholic men in Holloywood?  I didn't until I learned number 3 was George Clooney.  How did I not know he was Catholic?  That makes him officially perfect but I digress... : )