They are. And you MUST NOT MISS the commentary on Jeremiah Crichton -- Browder, the writer, and the producer all take turns commenting on just how epically lousy an episode it is. Everybody mocks Ben's beard.

Em loves the water and loves being in it and I want to nurture this as much as possible.

So, I think, that my doctor's office has the updated insurance stuff.

My pharmacy certainly has the updated info as a month of Ambien is gonna cost me $92.67 instead of $117. Thanks guys.

Yep, there's also an annual deductible which, at least, the full amount goes toward and then $30 per for name stuff. Generics, at $15, don't have an annual deductible.

I already miss my old insurance sooooooo much.

The new one doesn't have me listed as having the mail-order "three months of a script for a little less money" benefit which means I am going back again to my HR guy.

And the thing is? I'm lucky. I have health insurance. So I am incredibly lucky, but my diamond shoes are not only slicing my feet into ribbons but the cuts are getting infected.

If it wasn't for the fact that I can multi-task, I wouldn't have accomplished jack shit today. And Jack Shit, he's not got BB arms or anything worth doing.

I need to buy the Starbursts in some weird future AU where I have money again. HAHAHAHA.

Sorry. Just... haven't managed to work at all this week.

If my old team has an open slot (as they should) by then, I may see about going back to work away from the house by December. Bleh.

Brokeback Mountain made me weep like a baby, though, so I feel all refreshed and purged, and maybe I can bring myself to actually do something that pays now.

really though? the first season isn't at all arc-y and watching them in random order doesn't hurt.

Even if there's no big arc, are they so random there's no character development or anything?

At any rate, are these Starburst editions in an order that makes some sort of sense?

I just read a book with a character named Jack Schitt. h He was a villain.

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Fie on deductibles and expensive YMCAs. Fie!

lisah, it's really not bad and the weird pairings don't last the whole season. We just finished with episodes 15 & 16. The next disc is episode 17 & 18.

There maybe is a tiny bit of Zhaan stuff, but everything else is understandable.

Even if there's no big arc, are they so random there's no character development or anything?

In the first half of the season, not really. As it goes on, more and more events will start to matter later, but the first 8 or so eps are more or less complete standalones.

what askye and Jessica said. in fact, i wasn't (really! truly!) hooked until i watched episode 11 or 12. whichever number The Flax is.

The afterburners kick in at DNA Mad Scientist.

Thanks for all the information! I tried to look for the Starburst ones on Amazon and the first season is broken up into 3 "collections" that are $20 each. Is there someplace better to look?

I'm so remedial!

(Also, very tired today because I got the best super secret birthday surprise last night--my friends took me to see Dolly Parton. I didn't know that's where we were going until we were inside the concert hall. I cried and laughed A LOT. She is a goddess.)