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The Sake of Living

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Nole Freshie; Fl;
Forever bitter that Ziva is dead(or not)
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All 49 of the victims killed in the Orlando shooting

(On a personal note. It was sobering creating this post. It didn’t occur to me, at first, that I would have to go down the list and save each picture. Next, right click, save image, next 49 times. It makes you realize how big a number 49 is when you’re dealing with 49 different lives and faces staring back at you. Then I had to group them sense tumblr wouldn’t let me post 49 pictures all at once. I tried to figure out the best grouping to use but 49 is a prime number. 49 can’t be divided by any number that exists. Ironic how divided the country is about 49 deaths. 49 that can not be divided. I finally got them into groups with one extra. I thought I made a mistake at first. One man appears in the collection twice. I had to go back and read the caption on the picture. The man just happened to be in his boyfriend’s picture. Both he and his boyfriend were killed that night. 49.)

I always thought that my home, Orlando, was safe because it's not like NYC, DC or Chicago. Orlando isn't a dense city with major political affiliations. It's a family town and a vacation for tourists. I never thought a terrorist attack could happen here. Not in my backyard. But it did. It just goes to show that no place is immune to terror. However I will not live in fear. But I will not live in blissful ignorance. I will live with caution and awareness but not let bad things keep me from living. Rest in Eternal Life where hate can never hurt you. We love you. All 49 of you. We as Floridians, Americans, stand together in the face of hate and will not allow this senseless act to defeat us.

[..] We wanted to build-in the sense that he was, too big for the pot. I mean he was like a plant that needed to get put out. And, properly planted in the wild. And so I think that’s what happened to DiNozzo, he’s been sort of altered forever by becoming a father. And by losing, at least seemingly losing, the love of his life, Ziva and I think all those story points were sort of brought together wonderfully by the..I mean they had a lot to accomplish. And it allowed me to really say goodbye to the character correctly. (x)
Q: Is your departure related to Ziva’s? MW: In a sense I suppose it is. But I think that even if she was still there it’d be time for, I mean I think that she left in part because she felt that it was time to go as well. You know things run their course. So, I love Cote de Pablo a lot and we were together, we had a party at my friend Andrew’s apartment in New York and my wife and I and all of our friends were there and Cote came to the party and it was beautiful to see her and then she writes me these very long emails that you really have to sit down, because she, you know, she’s not a simple thing. You engage with Cote, it’s two hours of like deep, deep, deeeep stuff and it’s—she has a poet’s heart. She’s an exhausting and wonderful friend.