"How you coming on that novel you working on? Hmm? Got a big, uh, big stack of papers there?"

It is no secret that we would like to get a book deal and become best-selling authors. If we look deep into our hearts and see the "why" we want to achieve the coveted status, the reason is simply because we are lazy and we want to be thought of as "clever" for our laziness. When you look at the big picture, it seems stupid to spend hours of your time in front of your computer or notebook, churning out words that might (if you're good enough) equal a comprehensive story or commentary, without getting paid a penny in return for your time "invested." Yes, indeed, this is stupid. Especially when you think of all the things one could be doing with one's time: volunteering in the community, feeding the hungry, building a chair, learning a foreign language, enjoying the great outdoors, actually doing something to make money, etc., etc. Writing becomes not so stupid though when the book deal does come and one gets PAID to write. Then writing is the best idea ever! It beats doing just about any other line of work out there. It's funny how money changes the perspective of EVERYTHING.

Being on a reality show, for instance, is another one. Who in their right mind would want to endure the crap that 99.9% of reality shows make participants endure? People being paid to endure it, that's who....and attention whores. You can't forget those either. How about being an actor? Really, if you look at the "profession," it is the stupidest thing ever. People get paid (or don't, which is worse) to pretend to be other people or things. Remember the drama geeks in high school? No one thought they were cool. I mean, how can you be cool when you're sitting on the floor pretending to be a pear or some other piece of fruit? Those people are real dorks until they start getting offered millions of dollars to make movies that the rest of us shell out tons of money to see. Money makes those people not so ridiculous. Who's stupid now, the dork pretending to be a pear or the jerk making fun of the fruit dork? The list could go on, but this post has already morphed into something I did not intend to write when I started.

Sooo, to get back to my original point - we are lazy. It is obvious because this blog is supposed to have a team of 5 writers. Ben and I are the only ones who have posted something and we (and by "we" I mean "me"...or I?) haven't done a lot. I don't think Cristin has even accepted the blog authorship invitation yet (not surprising though; her personal blog, Continuing Along the Path hasn't been updated for over a month). This laziness is a condition from which we are all suffering. Fortunately, I found out the reason why. It is because we are all white. That's right, I just pulled the race card to make excuses for my flaws. I've found a source to back me up though. Stuff White People Like is a blog (that has also turned into a book, hey hey!) that makes fun of all the stuff that white people like. I would love to say that I'm not represented in this "stereotypical" (pun intended!) blog, but I unfortunately am. Probably half or more of the list describes me. #21 on the list, Writer's Workshops made me laugh out loud (lol for the textually active) all the while convicting me of my whiteness. While I cannot say that I have ever been to a writer's workshop (unless you count the semester long fiction writing class I took in college), I've always wanted to go to one, so I reckon that's bad enough.

There you have it, folks, the reason why we keep on with this blog though posts are often few and far between. Someday, we are going to "make it." If not, we're going to keep telling ourselves that we are. We will at least try half-ass our whole lives to write that novel, to get that book deal. We can't help it. It is in our blood. :-)