#just z being random

[chrisodonline]

I have been thinking about the show and you guys a lot more, not just because we're approaching the anniversary of the end but because...it seems like LA ties keep popping up everywhere!

I know I haven't been active, but I do like coming back to see you guys on my dash even if I have no idea what you're posting about because I'm not part of those fandoms. I've been debating on coming back more -- or going back to that LOL, Z blog I started just to make sure I keep writing and staying in touch. So, we'll see.

Work has been crazy, and I just took the first actual day(s) off in a good while. I had some rough losses near the end of last year, and then huge project after huge project has meant not just working without days off but also working on my days off. Finally actually took a couple days off and did nothing. And I actually got a good amount of writing done, so now I don't want to go back. (I find I actually do get going a lot quicker if I start by hand, but my joints cramp up soooo quickly. It's always been annoying. ANYWAY.)

What finally prompted this was I was watching last night's SNL, and NCIS:LA got a mention, despite being off the air. (There was a joke about character actors and appearing on arcs on shows with titles that are only letters. There were four spots, and LA was the fourth. IT IS STILL REMEMBERED! But holy crap, how about that Hawai'i turn? Wow. Anyway.)

In the past year, small things have made me think about LA:

-Waking up to an old episode from a syndicated outdoors show (I sleep with the TV on, don't judge me) that featured Gerald McRaney talking about his acting career -- filmed years ago -- and doing outdoors stuff -Spotting Medalion in a small spot on New Girl -Being addicted to Disney Dreamlight Valley when I was redirecting my impulse shopping addiction into cozy gaming (that was basically ADHD-crack because of all the tasks you just have to complete!). How is this relevant? Because the only fish I could seem to catch most of the time? COD! -Todd popping up in new commercials all the time -Getting into Elsbeth and watching CBS shows on Paramount and hearing the little logo music after or before a show and remembering watching LA on the platform a lot towards the end

And I know there are many more, but age + too may back-to-back storms and natural disasters have made my memory even wonkier. (We currently have a joke about our "weekly tornadoes" here. It's funny because it's not completely a joke. Lololol.)

Anyway, I won't lie to say there wasn't some freedom and relief that came with the show's ending. But there are definitely parts of it I miss like you guys.

[lucaonthropy]

Overheard someone saying T*re Liy* is the best author in my country and subsequently took psychic damage

[fabuloustrash05]

Here’s my Dragon Ball hottake (if it even is one in the fandom idk):

Goku is a better father than Vegeta.

Vegeta is a better husband than Goku.

[idk-i-want-mcl-content]

Me rn:

(not mine)

[sylvanium]

Láska za časů státnic

on: "Učíš se ve stresu, tam budeš taky ve stresu, tak se ti to všechno krásně vybaví!"

já, na hraně zhroucení: "Proč zlehčuješ moje utrpení?"

on: "Nic nezlehčuju. Takhle to funguje, to jsou fakta."

já: "Takhle to rozhodně nefunguje, to je blábol."

on, zcela vážně: "Ne, to je ověřená Cimrmanovská úleková fixace."

[themynock]

Z is so unhinged these last few episodes and honestly it's one of the most deeply relatable portrayals of when you're having a total crisis but you still have to keep on trucking (literally, in Neoscum's case) and hold it together and get stuff done but you're not really going to be able to be normal about any of it

[peanutbutterfiles]

oh. OH. I have POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome). I definitely fucking have POTS. jesus.

[obstinaterixatrix]

also asking for a reference did get me chatting with ex-coworker again which is nice, we’re gonna restart our weekly chats so we can keep up with each other

[mayplantstarrwaters]

teenagers are always fun and wear fashionable clothes you guys just hate to see the younger generation having fun without you

[mwagneto]

also having aziraphale listen to moonlight serenade was a personal attack on me personally

[oneofthosecrazygirls-mp3]

can't even look at myself

[fabuloustrash05]

Concept: Dear Even Hansen’s song Good For You but it’s Goku, Bulma and (maybe Future) Trunks singing to Majin Vegeta.

[fraternum-momentum]

wait oh my god. since im on the topic of music, i want to share that i love jvke songs theyre really catchy and the instrumentals are dream like and heavenly but my god are the lyrics so fucking corny and honestly kinda shallow like look bruh im fucking

[sysig]

Ughhhhhhh

[capinejghafa]

everyone keep asking me questions and i’m ready to tell them to f*ck off... but this is my job so???

[lesbianraskolnikov]

i like how i can still be bewildered by cruelty online in some cases like yeah there’s anonymity here people can use it to be a bully with near 0 repercussions