I got my head looked at today

I got an EEG and fMRI scan today. The lab next to the MRI machine is pretty nifty -- loaded with computers and other electronic equipment, there's a glass window that looks into the room with the MRI machine. The MRI machine looks like a big metal cube with a hollowed out tube. There's a sliding tray that enters the tube -- that's where I got to lie down on for the length of the scan. For the EEG scan, I got to wear the cap. The cap looks like something crossed between a katamari and something you'd see described in a cyberpunk novel. There's a bunch of electrodes and sponges that cover the cap and saline solution is injected through a techno-pipette into the sponge. There's a big huge cable that comes out the back of the cap (approximately in between where the ear and the neck is) which has two huge sockets to connect into other electronic devices. I also had electrodes taped to my face and my chest. I plugged my ears with earplugs and then put on headphones so I could hear instructions during testing. You go into the room (after removing all your metallic items) and lie there while the big huge noisy magnet takes pictures of the head.

When I went to the library later, I passed through their security checkpoint and set it off. I was thinking maybe the fMRI scan gave me the power to set off anti-theft deterrents, but when it walked through to exit, it didn't go off, so I suppose that I'm just a plain old human being. Though if I suddenly manifest superpowers, you'll all know why.

I really feel like watching About a Boy (Widescreen Edition) right now. It's because I want to listen to the part where Hugh Grant talks about units, which is how he's managed to divide up the time that he spends doing various activities in the course of his life. In a way, that's sort of how I feel right now.