Wanting to want to

I'm sorry; I missed two days.
I was "away from computer", really, but ... I could have tried harder.

Mr. Shifters and I had a long talk last Saturday ...

We worked on our definition of love -
Love is soul, invested in another soul; tying you to that person forever. Our addition?
If you tie yourself to another person, and then fight that connection ... love sours and eventually becomes hate.

Anyways, that's the sort of stuff we kick around.

One of those things --- could a computer ever be said to have a soul?
We imagine that AI will have to be a lot more complex than some sort of 'IF/THEN' insanity.
Eventually our talk boiled down into:
What is emotion? Really?
Yeah, not a TREMENDOUS segue; but I think it led to something nonetheless.

I've been thinking about it. What if emotion is more than a bodily response?
Suppose it's actually an answer to some of the questions posted here?

I tie myself down ALL the time. It's what I do to protect myself.
It's why I won't do drugs.
I don't want to feel out of control.

I poked around on Match.com. There's a woman on there ... everything I want.
Maybe ...
I need to embrace how much I want this.

Why should I ever do anything? Because I want to. That's all the answer I need.
Time to get out of control.
(Not with drugs. :P)

There's a lot chained to the wall up here ---
It's time to break it loose.

---
Mr. S

ps. Oh, also, I love the blues. Blues scales are fun!