Oh, Lawd, the hormones, the HORMONES....

Emotions are from the devil.  Satan himself must have designed them to be the perfect road-to-hell tripwire.  Whether by fear, anger, lust or sadness, we are all manipulated and brought down by our "feelings".  The 'man behind the curtain', our emotions, can color every thought, interaction, conversation, task, relationship and job that we take on. 

I, for one, am tired of it.  I am tired of being ruled by intangibles.  When Chris says "Let's go the movies", and my brain hears "I don't want to spend time with just us", one must ask where the massive disconnect occurred.  As an actor, I truly understand that internal and external conflict is that which makes our favorite plays, television shows and movies interesting, compelling and addictive.  However, as a strong, 21st century woman, I am finally starting to realize that stability and harmony in my personal life is a much happier and more wondrous place to be.

Therefore, I choose to reject the imaginary, hormonally based, internal dialogue that is only designed to cause drama, conflict, suspect and confusion.  Much like Dorothy, I'd like to return from that mythical, sometimes beautiful, and always difficult place called Oz, and live in peace and happiness surrounded by my most dearest ones in Kansas.

I'll allow Ms. Gale to say it for me: 

DOROTHY
"But I did leave you, Uncle Henry -- that's just the trouble. And I tried to get back for days and days."

AUNT EM
"There, there, lie quiet now. You just had a bad dream."

DOROTHY
"No----but it wasn't a dream -- it was a place.  And you -- and you -- and you -- and you were
there.  But you couldn't have been, could you?

AUNT EM
"Oh, we dream lots of silly things when we --"

DOROTHY
"No, Aunt Em -- this was a real, truly live place. And I remember that some of it wasn't very nice......but most of it was beautiful. But just the same, all I kept saying to everybody was, I want to go home.  And they sent me home.  Doesn't anybody believe me?

UNCLE HENRY
"Of course we believe you, Dorothy."

DOROTHY
"Oh, but anyway, Toto, we're home! Home! And this is my room -- and you're  all here! And I'm not going to leave here ever, ever again, because I love you all!  And -- Oh, Auntie Em -- there's no place like home!"

~Jenn