Friday, June 28, 2013

Get Your Butt Outta Oz!

 I spent a significant amount of my life in Northeast Kansas. Since there isn't much out there, people really only say one thing when I tell them that. So, let the Dorothy jokes commence....

 But seriously, I LOVE the Oz books (not a huge fan of the Judy Garland movie). There are like 12 or 13 Oz books...something like that. I have read most of them I think. Turns out, they are all free on Apple Books. So, if Oz is your thing, be like me and download them ALL! :)




Ok, here is Oz in a nutshell. Dorothy got sucked up into a tornado and dropped into Oz. She was lost and alone in this crazy, trippy place. Add Munchkins and Wizards? Poor girl must have been so, super confused! She journeys through this place trying to meet up with The Wizard. They make this poor girl go mess up a Wicked Witch before they will help her get home. Then, when all is said and done they tell her that she could have left any time she wanted. All she had to click her feet. In order to get home she literally had to use her own feet. No magic, balloons or any of that crap worked as well as Dorothy looking within herself and gettin' it done!!

 Kind of shitty on the part of Glinda and The Wizard to make her do all this running around before they tell her how to get home. But, let's put ourselves in their shoes (ha. ruby slippers joke). A girl from Kansas shows up. Of course you are going to try and get her to get rid of your Wicked Witch! Kansas girls know how to get stuff done!!

 All that aside, how awesome is it that in the end she did it herself? She didn't need a spell or a magic wand. She had the power all along. She just didn't know it. And guess what, boys and girls!! We've all had the power all along. We just have to learn it for ourselves. So, get out there and be fantastic. Get some stuff done and get your butt outta Oz!!

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